Episode 22 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Becky Shaw Simms,

a project office administrator from Witney.

Her specialist subject, the Snooker World Championships.

Next, Kate Morris, a maths teacher from Oxford.

She'll be answering questions on the musicals of Lerner and Loewe.

Jon Wilkins, a retired teacher from Leicester and his subject -

the novels of Cara Black.

And Rae Donaldson, a record shop manager from Manchester.

His subject - Philip II of Spain.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Four more contenders are about to take the stage tonight

and, as usual, they will face two minutes of questions on their specialist subject

and two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge,

and the winner will go through to the next round, the semifinal,

and will be on course to become the next Mastermind Champion.

No great cash prize at stake, of course,

but you can't put a price on the honour of it.

So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Snooker, two minutes.

In 1977, the World Snooker Championship was held

for the first time at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

-Who won that year's tournament?

-John Spencer.

Yes. During the second-round match against Terry Griffiths in 1983,

who completed the first-ever 147 break at the Crucible?

Cliff Thorburn.

Yes, by what score was Willie Thorne leading Eddie Charlton at the '78 Championships

when he missed what would have been a match-winning black,

Charlton then went on to win 13-12?

-9-0.

-12-9.

How many times has Jimmy White been the losing finalist

in World Championships at the Crucible?

-Six.

-Yes, at the beginning of the famous '88 final,

how many consecutive frames did Steve Davis win against Dennis Taylor without reply?

-Eight.

-Yes. In which frame did Alex Higgins achieve his title-winning

full clearance of 135

in the final against Ray Reardon in 1982?

Pass.

In '78, Perrie Mans became the only player from which country to have

reached the final at the Crucible?

He lost to Ray Reardon by 25 frames to 18.

South Africa.

Yes. In the deciding frame of the '94 final against Stephen Hendry,

what colour did Jimmy White miss off its spot

while 13 ahead that allowed Hendry to claim victory?

-A blue.

-The black.

Who became only the third player to win the World Championships

four times in the Crucible era when

he beat Judd Trump in the 2011 final?

-Ronnie O'Sullivan.

-John Higgins.

In '89, who was told

to "buck his ideas up" by the referee John Williams

because his play was deemed to be too slow?

-Peter Ebdon.

-No, it was Dean Reynolds.

Who did Ronnie O'Sullivan beat by 18 frames to 12

to win the 2013 Wold Championship

in spite of having played only one competitive match

all season prior to the tournament?

-Barry Hawkins.

-Yes.

Who shared the prize for the highest break with Peter Ebdon

at the 1996 Championships, both players scoring 144?

-Graeme Dott.

-Tony Drago.

In 2010, who did Neil Robertson beat in the final to become the first

Australian to win the World Championship at the Crucible?

-John Higgins.

-Graeme Dott.

In his '89 World Championship last-16 match against Jimmy White,

who sportingly called a foul against himself

that hadn't been seen by the referee?

-Pass.

-When he defended his World title for the first time in 1991...

BEEP

..Stephen Hendry was beaten 13 frames to 11

in the quarterfinals by whom?

-Steve Davis.

-Steve James.

Two passes, Becky.

It was John Virgo who turned out to be a really good sportsman

and he called a foul against himself the referee hadn't spotted.

And it was in the 33rd frame

that Higgins achieved his title-winning full clearance of 135.

You have six points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

The musicals of Lerner and Loewe in two minutes, starting now.

In which city's Shubert Theater did the lyricist Alan Jay Lerner

and the composer Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady

receive its pre-Broadway trial in February 1956?

-Chicago.

-New Haven, Connecticut.

Which song in Gigi was inspired by Maurice Chevalier's remark

that he was "too old for women, too old for that extra glass of wine,

"too old for sports"?

-I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More.

-Yes.

Which celebrated choreographer directed Lerner and Loewe's

early musical What's Up?, which Loewe regarded as awful?

Pass.

Who was the producer of the first run of Brigadoon

at Broadway's Ziegfeld Theatre from 13th March 1947?

-Moss Hart.

-Cheryl Crawford.

From which show, written in collaboration with Kurt Weill,

did Lerner take and modify the duet I Remember It Well

for use in Gigi?

Pass.

In the original stage version of Paint Your Wagon,

who played the role of Julio Valveras?

The character is omitted from the later film version.

Pass.

In which song from Brigadoon does Tommy feel

he could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half and hour?

-The Heather On The Hill.

-Almost Like Being In Love.

What was the name of the production manager who began his long

association with Lerner on the stage version of Paint Your Wagon?

Pass.

According to the song C'est Moi, in Camelot,

what would have been the consequence of Lancelot being the partner of Eve?

-They'd be in Eden still.

-Yes.

A critic accused Lerner of plagiarising

the story of Brigadoon from Germelshausen,

a tale by Friedrich Wilhelm Gerstacker.

What was the critic's name?

Pass.

According to Prof Higgins and Eliza,

in which three places do hurricanes hardly ever happen?

In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire.

Yes. What major theatrical law did Lerner confess to

breaking in the song Guenevere,

from the penultimate scene of Camelot?

Breaking the fourth wall?

No, describing events that took place offstage.

Which British actress, a future soap star, played Meg Brockie

in the first London run of Brigadoon in 1949?

Pass.

In My Fair Lady, what single item of furniture does Eliza

want in her room far away from the cold night air?

Pass.

Which English actor responded to an invitation to appear

in Camelot by saying, "Absolutely love it, all that rusty armour!"

BEEP

-Robert Coote.

-Yes, that's correct.

And you had seven passes.

In My Fair Lady...

# All I want... One enormous... #

One enormous chair, yeah.

Michelle Gordon was the future soap star

in the first London run of Brigadoon.

The name of that critic was Nathan.

Stone or Bud Whitney was the name of the production manager.

Tony Bavaar played the role of Julio Valveras.

Love Life was the show written in collaboration with Kurt Weill.

And George Balanchine was the celebrated choreographer.

You have, Kate, four points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

The novels of Cara Black in two minutes, starting now.

Aimee Leduc is the central character in a series

of detective novels by Cara Black set in Paris.

On what street is her detective agency?

Pass.

What is the name of the handsome dwarf with green eyes

and goatee beard who is Aimee's partner in the Leduc Agency?

-Rene Friant.

-Yes.

In Murder On The Ile Saint-Louis, explosives are discovered

in the kitchens of the Hotel Lambert. To what are they attached?

-Underneath a cooker.

-A chopping block.

What is the title of the novel in which Aimee is

accused of shooting her partner, Rene, in their offices?

-Murder In The Latin Quarter?

-Murder In The Palais Royal.

In Murder In The Rue De Paradis, Aimee learns of a Nazi operation

that forced skilled Jewish workers to restore clocks,

furniture and other items on the Left Bank.

What was the name of this operation?

Pass.

In Murder In The Palais Royal, on what means of transport does

Aimee navigate the corridors of the Louvre with Silvie, the cleaner?

-Rollerblades.

-Yes.

With what nickname had the papers labelled Patrick Vaduz,

Inspector Morbier's chief suspect for the murder

in the fourth book of the series?

-Beast of the Bastille.

-Yes.

In Murder In The Palais Royal, Rene's attacker wears

the same brand of motorcycle helmet as Aimee. What brand is it?

Pass.

In Murder Below Montparnasse,

Aimee is asked by Yuri Volodya to recover a lost Modigliani painting.

Who's the painting of?

Pass.

What is the name of the cat belonging to Leo,

-the radio engineer in Murder In Passy?

-Pass.

Aimee's lover is found murdered shortly after proposing to

her in Murder In The Rue De Paradis. What is his name?

-Yves Robert.

-Yes.

Rene witnesses the power of light from the star-shaped stained-glass window

in a side chapel of a church in Murder At The Lanterne Rouge.

Which church?

Pass.

In Murder Below Montparnasse, Rene has accepted a job in America.

What is the name of the replacement he recommends whom Aimee takes on trial?

Pass.

What reason does Aimee give for nearly always overtipping

her taxi drivers, for instance, after she had asked the driver

to circle Rue du Livre three times in Murder Below Montparnasse?

BEEP

Taxi karma, so she gets good treatment later on.

Yeah, that's it - for "rainy-night taxi karma", as she put it.

And you had seven passes.

The name of that replacement in Murder Below Montparnasse was Maxence.

The church in Murder At The Lanterne Rouge was Saint Nicholas,

or Saint Nicolas des Champs.

Marconi was the name of the cat in Murder In Passy.

In Murder Below Montparnasse, the painting was of Lenin.

That helmet, the brand was Blue Fever.

Operation Meuble was the name of the operation

in Murder In The Rue De Paradis.

And Aimee Leduc's detective agency was on Rue de Louvre.

So you have seven passes, you've scored, Jon, five points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, our last contender.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Philip II of Spain in two minutes.

Philip II of Spain ruled a worldwide empire.

In which city, on 20th October 1555, did Charles V abdicate

and invest Philip as ruler of the Netherlands?

-Brussels.

-Yes. The original plans

for the Spanish Armada were drawn up by the Marques of Santa Cruz.

After his death, in early 1580, whom did Philip appoint as commander?

-The Duke of Medina Sidonia.

-Yes.

Which agent of Charles V stood in for Philip on 6th March 1554

in the betrothal ceremony with Mary Tudor?

Pass.

Who was Philip's first wife? He married her in Salamanca, in 1543.

-Maria Manuela of Portugal.

-Yes.

Which military commander led the expedition of 1564 to '65

to begin the systematic occupation of the Philippines,

which had been named after Philip about 20 years earlier?

-Miguel Lopez Legazpi.

-Yes.

Which administrative body was responsible for governing the

kingdoms of Naples and Sicily

until Philip created a separate Council of Italy in the late 1550s?

The Council of Aragon.

Yes. Which peace treaty between Philip and Henry IV of France was

agreed several months before Philip's death?

Servins.

No, Vervins.

Which city was brutally sacked in 1576

by Philip's unpaid troops after his bankruptcy?

-Antwerp.

-Yeah.

With whom was the Duke Of Medina Sidonia,

the commander of the Invincible Armada, ordered to collaborate

off Margate Cape, according to Philip's detailed instructions?

-Parma.

-Yes.

In which city did Philip meet the Cortes of Portugal in order to

affirm his right to the kingdom after its conquest?

-Tomar.

-Correct.

What position was held by the Dominican friar Diego de Chaves

towards the end of Philip's reign?

-He was Philip's confessor.

-Yes.

Which Flemish-Burgundian composer was appointed by Philip

as Maestro of the Capilla Flamenca in the Escorial from 1586?

-Rogier.

-Yes.

What name is usually given to the tax Philip introduced in 1590

that caused widespread unrest in Castile?

-The Millones.

-Yes. The Spanish artist Francisco Hernandez de Toledo visited

Philip's American territories and made several studies

and paintings. What was the main subject of those works?

-Wildlife.

-Yes. Plants and their properties.

What was the name of Justicia of Aragon who was beheaded in Zaragoza...

BEEP

I'll finish the question.

..under orders from Philip as a consequence of

the civil unrest that accompanied the flight of Antonio Perez from Castile?

Lanuza.

It was indeed. You had one pass.

The agent of Charles V who stood in for Philip was Lamoral.

So just that one pass. Rae, you have scored 13 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, a bit of a gap in the scores there,

but another round yet to come. So let's have a look at the scores so far.

In fourth place, four points, Kate Morris.

Third place, five points, Jon Wilkins.

Second place, six points, Becky Shaw Simms.

In the lead, with 13 points, Rae Donaldson.

APPLAUSE

So it is the general knowledge round now

and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.

So let's get on with it and ask Kate to join us again,

if you would, please.

And...you struggled a bit,

but there are an awful lot of Lerner and Loewe musicals,

so I quite understand why. Anyway, let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two-and-a-half minutes, starting now.

Murder At The Vicarage, set in the village of St Mary Mead,

is the first Agatha Christie novel to feature which elderly spinster detective?

-Jane Marple.

-Miss Marple, yes.

Which staple food is mainly manufactured on a commercial scale

by the Chorleywood process - makes it softer and prolongs its shelf life?

-Bread.

-Yes.

What name is given to the fibrous protein

that constitutes the outermost layer of skin, hair and nails?

-Keratin.

-Yes.

Which former member of a girl band

won the Designer Brand of the Year title at the 2011 British Fashion Awards?

-Victoria Beckham.

-Yes.

Port Erin and Port St Mary stand near the southern tip of which of the British Isles?

Er, pass.

Who wrote We're Going On A Bear Hunt -

he was appointed as the fifth Children's Laureate in 2007?

Pass.

Montezuma II, who reigned from 1502 to 1520,

was the ninth and last significant ruler of which empire?

-The Aztec.

-Yes.

Weber's Invitation To The Dance of 1819

is generally thought to be the first concert piece

featuring which dance particularly associated with Vienna?

-Er, waltz.

-Yes.

What kind of gateway, topped by a crown,

is used for the logo of the House of Commons?

-Portcullis.

-Yes.

Which novel by EM Forster was made into a film

starring Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Hopkins?

Pass.

In which country is Lake Balaton,

the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe?

-Italy.

-Hungary.

What annual show-business extravaganza

was first broadcast on television in 1960,

when stars including Harry Worth and Liberace

took to the stage of the Victoria Palace Theatre?

-The Royal Variety Show.

-Yes.

The name of which animal, a type of anteater, means "earth pig" in Afrikaans?

-Aardvark.

-Yes.

The Clapham Sect was a group of Evangelical Christians,

prominent in England from about 1790 to 1830,

who promoted missionary work and particularly campaigned against what?

Pass.

The obi is what part of the clothing

worn by a participant in Japanese martial arts?

-The sash.

-Yes.

The Oscar-winning song When You Believe,

that was a chart hit for Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston,

features in which 1998 animated biblical epic?

-The Prince Of Egypt.

-Yes.

The name of what tradesman comes from the Latin for "lead"?

Pass.

In 2012, the British Olympic team

won Britain's first showjumping gold medal for 60 years.

Which member of the team had broken his neck

in a horse-riding accident 12 years earlier?

Pass.

Whose work Age Of Reason, first published in the 1790s,

is an exposition of the place of religion in society?

-John Bunyan.

-Thomas Paine.

Which town on the south Devon coast

-is the home of the Britannia Royal Naval College?

-BEEP

-Dartmouth.

-Is correct.

You had six passes.

Nick Skelton was the poor chap who broke his neck in a horse-riding accident.

It's a plumber that comes from the Latin for lead.

Slavery was what the Clapham Sect campaigned against so vigorously.

Howards End was that EM Forster novel.

And Port Erin and Port St Mary are on the Isle of Man.

But you've now increased your score to 16 points.

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And now Jon again, please.

And you start out with five points, Jon.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two-and-a-half minutes, starting now.

Which trunk road that links London and Edinburgh is

Britain's longest major road? It's about 410 miles long.

-A1.

-Yep.

In the James Bond film, what is the name of Goldfinger's Korean bodyguard

who has a lethal steel-rimmed bowler hat?

Pass.

Which small island lies in the bay fronting the city of Marseilles -

its castle, once used as a state prison,

is celebrated in Dumas' The Count Of Monte Cristo?

Pass.

Which common garden invertebrate can be identified, when it's mature,

by the smooth, swollen band around its body known as the clitellum or saddle?

-Worm.

-Yep. Earthworm.

What Italian term is used for a granular water ice or sorbet?

-Frappuccino.

-Granita.

In Greek legend, which queen founded the city of Carthage

and killed herself on a funeral pyre

after she was abandoned by her lover Aeneas?

Pass.

Which French revolutionary did the artist Jacques-Louis David paint dead in his bath?

Pass.

What name of Old English origin

is given to the small agricultural holdings

typically found in the Northern Highlands and Islands of Scotland?

-Kirk.

-Croft.

Which club won the 2013 Capital One Cup

ten years after they narrowly escaped relegation from the Football League?

-Swansea.

-Yes.

In which city was Robert Kennedy campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination

when he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968?

-Detroit.

-Los Angeles.

Whose first novel Waverley,

set during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745,

was published anonymously in 1814?

-Walter Scott.

-Yes.

Which British singer and songwriter, born in Kenya in 1936,

had Top 20 hits in the '60s and '70s with Durham Town and The Last Farewell?

Pass.

Total, partial and annular are the three types of which astronomical phenomenon?

-Eclipse.

-Yes.

What was the name of the council of the Anglo-Saxon kings

whose duty it was to advise the king on all matters on which he chose to consult them?

-Privy Council.

-Witan.

Abuja replaced which city as the federal capital of Nigeria in the early 1990s?

-Lagos.

-Yes.

Which French composer's only completed opera is Pelleas Et Melisande

based on the play by Maeterlinck?

-Saint-Saens.

-Debussy.

The name of what member of the horse family,

whose domesticated form is known as a donkey,

has become synonymous with a foolish person?

-Ass.

-Yeah.

In which television crime drama does Martin Shaw play a police inspector

based in Northumberland in the 1960s?

-George Gently.

-Yes.

-What is the name of the island off the Lleyn...

-BEEP

..peninsula that is sometimes known as the "island of 20,000 saints"

because of the large number of holy men buried there?

-Anglesey.

-Bardsey Island.

You had five passes, Jon.

Roger Whittaker was the Durham Town and The Last Farewell man.

Marat was the French revolutionary whom David painted dead in his bath.

Dido was the queen who founded the city of Carthage.

And the Ile d'if is that small island in the bay fronting the city of Marseilles,

and the name of that bodyguard with the lethal hat was Oddjob.

You have scored a total, Jon, of 13 points.

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And now Becky again, please.

And you start out with six points with your knowledge of snooker.

Here we go with your general knowledge.

Two-and-a-half minutes, as ever.

The Spanish designer Manolo Blahnik is particularly famous

for what type of fashion wear?

-Shoes.

-Yeah.

Which former Middlesex and England cricketer replaced Ally McCoist

as one of the regular team captains on A Question Of Sport in 2008?

Pass.

Which crime fiction writer created

the Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen?

Pass.

What name is given to the garland of flowers or feathers worn

around the neck that is presented in Hawaii as a welcome or farewell?

-A lei.

-Yes.

In which sport do the regulations state

the ball must weigh a mere 2.7 grams?

-Table tennis.

-Yes.

Who topped the UK Singles Charts in January 2013 for the first time

since 2004 when she duetted with Will.I.am on Scream And Shout?

Pass.

Which Mongol military leader, born in 1216,

was a grandson of Genghis Khan and completed his conquest of China?

Pass.

What name is given to the flexible bands of tissue that hold

bones together at a movable joint?

-Cartilage.

-Ligaments.

Which novel by Anne Bronte tells of a talented young female painter with

a small son who has left her violent husband to live in seclusion?

-Wuthering Heights.

-The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall.

Which film actor, who plays Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible films

was born Thomas Mapother IV in Syracuse, New York State, in 1962?

-Tom Cruise.

-Yes.

What name for the western part of the Isle of Dogs in London

comes from the windmills that stand on an embankment

that protected the low-lying marshland from flooding?

Pass.

The works of which Impressionist painter

include Dance Class and Prima Ballerina?

-Manet.

-Degas.

Which European capital city stands on the River Tagus

near its entrance to the Atlantic Ocean?

-Lisbon.

-Yes.

What substance, secreted by glands in the worker bee's abdomen,

can be used as a polish and also to make candles and cosmetics?

-Beeswax.

-Yes.

Which classic horse race for three-year-old thoroughbreds

has been run at Epsom on the first Saturday in June since 1995?

-The Derby.

-Yes.

What term of Greek origin is used to describe plants

such as alfalfa, cotton and soybean,

that move in response to the position of the sun as they grow?

-Phototropic.

-Yes.

What name was given to the body that, along with the State Council,

formed the Russian Parliament from 1906 to 1917?

It was revived for the Lower House of the Russian Federal Assembly in 1993.

Pass.

Which region of eastern France is particularly noted for its chickens

and is also home to a variety of blue cheese?

Pass.

Which Dickens novel features the characters

Nell Trent, Daniel Quilp and Kit Nubbles?

A Tale Of Two Cities. BEEP

No, it was The Old Curiosity Shop.

And you had seven passes as well.

Bresse is that region in eastern France.

The Duma is the name given to the body that formed

part of the Russian parliament.

Millwall is the name for that western part of the Isle Of Dogs,

on account of the windmills and all that.

And Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan,

who finished off China.

Britney Spears sang with Will.I.am on Scream And Shout.

Michael Dibdin created the Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen.

And Phil Tufnell was the cricketer who replaced

Ally McCoist on Question Of Sport.

Though seven passes, Becky, you now have 14 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Rae, again, please.

And you already have 13 points with your knowledge of Philip II

so we'll see how many you can get.

Here we go. Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.

The famous rant, "You cannot be serious," was first heard in 1981

when it was directed at the Wimbledon umpire Edward James

during a match against Tom Gullikson. Who said it?

-John McEnroe.

-Yes.

Which Roman General did Queen Cleopatra VII marry in an Egyptian ceremony?

-Antony.

-Yes.

What small British birds that often feed by clinging to the bark

of trees can, unlike woodpeckers, climb downwards as well as upwards?

-Treecreepers.

-Nuthatch.

Which small market town in Cheshire was transformed into

a major railway centre when the Grand Junction Railway

opened its locomotive works there in 1843?

-Crewe.

-Yes.

Which Austrian physicist, who died in 1916, gives his name to the number

representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound?

Pass.

What name that comes from a traditional fairground

throwing game, was given to the fairground doll played

by Una Stubbs in the children's television series Worzel Gummidge?

Pass.

Which character in The Merchant Of Venice

delivers the speech beginning, "The quality of mercy is not strained?"

-Portia.

-Yes.

Which city has been the capital of Uganda since the early 1960s?

-Kampala.

-Yeah.

What song that gave Harry Belafonte a number two hit in 1957

is an adaptation of a Jamaican or Trinidadian work song?

-The Banana Boat Song.

-Yes.

What general name for the West Midlands is given to the football derby

between West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers?

Pass.

The Australian artist Sidney Nolan is remembered

principally for his paintings of which outlaw?

-Ned Kelly.

-Yes.

What word for a large cemetery comes from the Greek for "city of the dead"?

-Necropolis.

-Yes.

Robert Donat, Kenneth More and Robert Powell have all

played Richard Hannay in film versions of a novel. What is the novel called?

-39 Steps.

-Yes.

In which British city is Kelvingrove Park part of a fashionable West End,

which, like London, contrasts sharply with a poor East End?

-Glasgow.

-Yeah.

What is the name of the veteran American folk musician

and singer who performed This Land Is Your Land

at President Obama's inaugural celebration concert in January 2009?

-Pete Seeger.

-Yes.

Rollmops are made from fillets of which saltwater fish?

-Herring.

-Yes.

What name is traditionally given to the Penitent Thief,

who was crucified alongside Jesus? He is the patron saint of prisoners.

-Barabbas?

-No. St Dismas.

The Apennine mountains form the central spine of which European country?

-Italy.

-Yeah.

From the 17th century onwards, Grub Street, near Moorfields in London,

was associated with the less-respected members of which profession?

-The press.

-Yes.

-BEEP

Three passes, Rae.

That general name for the West Midlands - Black Country.

Aunt Sally was what Una Stubbs played, or who Una Stubbs played.

And Mach was the Austrian physicist.

Mach two, Mach speed and all that sort of thing.

You've just won. I think I'll have to say that at this point.

You've got 27 points.

APPLAUSE

So, let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place with 13 points, Jon Wilkins.

Third place, 14 points, Becky Shaw Simms.

Second place, 16 points, Kate Morris.

First place, with 27 points, Rae Donaldson.

APPLAUSE

Which means, of course, that Rae is tonight's winner

and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.

If you would like to be a contender on the next series,

do go to our website - bbc.co.uk/mastermind

And you can follow us on Twitter - @mastermindquiz

And do join us again next time for more Mastermind.

Thanks for watching. Good night.

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