Episode 2 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Paula Keaveney,

a university lecturer from Liverpool.

Her specialist subject is The Thick Of It.

Next, Cliff Morgan from Malvern. His subject, Eric Clapton.

Stephen Peter from Cumbria

will be answering questions on British poetry.

And Tim Allison,

director of public health from Beverly on Lawrence of Arabia.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

Our four contenders are under pressure on several fronts -

the glare of the spotlight, the ticking of the clock,

and the notorious black chair.

They get two minutes on their specialist subject.

Two and a half minutes on their general knowledge.

The winner will come back in the semifinals

and have to do it all over again.

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

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Thick Of It in two minutes.

In the television satire, The Thick Of It,

what's the name of the tyrannical spin doctor

who's described as having the physical demeanour

and the political instincts of a velociraptor?

Malcolm Tucker.

Who plays Nicola Murray, new Secretary of State

for the Department Of Social Affairs And Citizenship

in the third series?

-Rebecca Front.

-In the fourth serious,

Murray becomes leader of the opposition.

What event does she say she's prepared for

having thought of the lead question,

the follow-up sarcastic question,

and the withering put-downs?

Prime Minister's Questions.

What word first uttered by Malcolm Tucker as he berates

Nicola Murray was named the Oxford Dictionaries

Word Of The Year in 2012?

Omnishambles.

Whose face does Nicholas say looks like a squeezed doughnut

after Malcolm Tucker punches him on the nose

during a moment of extreme frustration?

-Glenn Cullen.

-When Hugh Abbot's department is renamed

Social Affairs And Citizenship,

he's pleased that citizenship is the first word

the Prime Minister thought of,

otherwise they could have become

the department of Social Affairs And...?

Woodland Folk.

What is the name of the policy advisor

played by Chris Addison who is described as a little bit

morally bankrupt, massively self-centred,

and a tiny bit dangerously unreliable?

Ollie Reeder.

What is the name of the minister for Social Affairs

who's forced to resign

at the beginning of the first series?

-Hugh Abbot.

-Cliff Lawton.

What are Glenn Cullen and Julius Nicholson listening to on the radio

while their colleagues are scheming over who to back

as the new party leader in the episode Spinners And Losers?

Tess Match.

In the fourth series, there's friction within the coalition government.

Peter Mannion sarcastically likens his relationship

with his Junior Minister to that of Caligula and...?

His horse.

What is the name of the civil service

director of communications for DoSAC?

She maintains her position through all four series.

Terri Coverley.

In the first series, the Minister Of Social Affairs

needs a policy that is what the public want, universally popular and free.

Ollie suggests bringing back capital punishment

or introducing a national database for what?

Spare rooms.

When Peter Mannion and the director of communications,

Stewart Pearson, attend an awayday,

the only place they can get mobile phone reception

is standing on the top of...?

Children's slide.

Nicola Murray's Ukrainian driver has a name that is unpronounceable.

What nickname does Terri say he's been given

because of his appearance?

BEEP Elvis.

Correct. No passes, 13 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The music of Eric Clapton in two minutes. Here we go.

Clapton achieved fame in bands such as The Yardbirds and Cream

as well as his collaborations with other artists.

On which track on the Beatles' White Album

did he play at the request of George Harrison?

While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Who produced Clapton's '77 album, Slowhand,

and his Backless album released the following year?

Glyn Johns.

Which short-lived supergroup did Clapton form

with Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood after Cream broke up?

Ric Grech joined shortly after.

Blind Faith.

Clapton co-wrote the hit song, Layla, about Pattie Boyd.

Which love song on the album, Slowhand,

was also written for her

while he waited for her to get ready one evening?

Wonderful Tonight.

What is the title of the second single

released by the Yardbirds in 1964?

-For your love.

-Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.

Clapton joined his first band in '63

when he replaced Brian Jones led by a group by Tom McGuinness.

What was it called?

The Roosters.

Which song gave Clapton an American number one in '74?

It was originally recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers.

I Shot The Sheriff.

On which independent record label

owned by Robert Stigwood

was Cream's debut album, Fresh Cream,

released in December 1966?

Reaction.

At which venue did Clapton record the live album, 24 Nights,

released in 1991?

The Royal Albert Hall.

At which Manchester club did Cream play their first gig

two days before their official debut

at the National Jazz and Blues Festival

in Windsor in July '66?

Pass.

What song that reached number five in the UK charts in '92

did Clapton write as a tribute

to his four-year-old son, Conor,

who had died in a fall the previous year?

Tears In Heaven.

Clapton makes a cameo appearance as the preacher

in the film Tommy, performing Eyesight To The Blind.

Who wrote and originally recorded the song?

Sonny Boy Williamson.

Which artists released the album

The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking

featuring Clapton on guitar?

Roger Walters.

Which song on Clapton's '74 album, 461 Ocean Boulevard,

begins with the line,

"Standing at the crossroads, trying to read the signs."

-Bell Bottom Blues.

-Let It Grow.

With whom does Clapton duet on the song

Tearing Us Apart on his '86 album, August?

Tina Turner.

-BEEP

-In '97, Clapton teamed up with Simon Climie

to make the album Retail Therapy

under the group name TDF.

What pseudonym did he adopt as a band member?

x-sample.

Correct. Just the one pass.

The Manchester club where Cream played their first gig

was the Twisted Wheel.

-Cliff, you have 13 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

A lot of poetry. Two minutes. Here we go.

Who wrote the poem, Church Going,

in which the narrator donates an Irish sixpence

reflecting the place wasn't worth stopping for?

Philip Larkin.

What's the title of last of TS Eliot's four quartets

inspired by a visit

to a village church in Cambridgeshire?

Little Gidding.

Stevie Smith's poem,

Thoughts About The Person From Porlock,

muses about the man Coleridge blamed for interrupting

his writing of which poem?

Kubla Khan.

Who wrote the poem The God Of Love

in which pack of wolves killed a heard of musk ox

by a frozen lake?

George MacBeth.

Which poem by Edith Sitwell

set during the London Blitz is subtitled

The Raids, 1940, Night and Dawn?

Pass.

Danny Abse wrote,

"Shipwrecked, the sun sinks down harbours

"of a sky, unloads its liquid cargoes of..."?

-Rain.

-Marigolds.

Who is the only female poet

represented in the famous Movement anthology New Lines

published in 1956?

Elizabeth Jennings.

In which poem by Robert Graves

does the narrator ask,

"Why have such scores of such lovely, gifted girls

"married impossible men?"

Um...

-Winter Solstice.

-No, A Slice Of Wedding Cake.

Book 16 and 17 of Homer's Iliad

inspired Auden to write the title poem

of a collection published in 1955.

What was it called?

Pass.

In Edwin Morgan's Stanzas Of The Jeopardy,

three squares are mentioned -

Times Square, Leicester Square, and...?

-Piccadilly.

-Red Square.

Which poet wrote a villanelle for his dying father in 1951

with the opening line, "Do not go gentle..."?

Dylan Thomas.

The Scottish poet Christopher Murray Grieve

published poetry under the pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid

including In Memoriam James Joyce

that says, "In England where the men, and women too,

"are almost as interesting as the..." what?

-Pass.

-Who wrote the 1961 poem, My Sad Captains,

that begins, "One by one they appear in the darkness:

"a few friends, and a few with historical names."

Thom Gunn.

What is the title of Ted Hughes'

first full collection of poems

that was published by Faber in 1957?

The Hawk In The Rain.

What is the subtitle of Martin Bell's Winter Coming On...

-BEEP

-..a poem to dedicated to his friend

and fellow writer, Peter Porter?

Pass.

Well, I can tell you cos we're out of time.

A Caricature From Laforgue.

You had four passes, Stephen.

Christopher Murray Grieve said,

"In England where the men, and women too,

"are almost as interesting as the sheep."

That collection published by Auden in '55

was The Shield Of Achilles.

And that poem by Edith Sitwell set during the London Blitz

is Still Falls The Rain.

You have, Stephen, eight points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

TE Lawrence in two minutes.

What name did the British Army officer TE Lawrence choose

for the autobiographical description of his part

in the Arab revolt of 1916 to 1918

against Ottoman Turkish rule?

The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom.

The legend of Lawrence of Arabia was actively promoted

by an American journalist and documentary film-maker

who first met Lawrence after the capture of Jerusalem. Who was he?

Lowell Thomas.

In July 1917, Lawrence met the newly appointed commander

of the regular Allied forces for the first time. Who was he?

Allenby.

At which city did Lawrence report that he had been captured

and tortured by the Turks in November 1917?

Deraa.

Lawrence's first diplomatic mission in April 1916

was part of a delegation that tried to negotiate the release

of the British and Indian forces besieged in which town?

Kut Al Amara.

As well as a promotion to the rank of major,

what military honour was bestowed on Lawrence

after his Arab forces captured the port of Aqaba in July 1917?

CB.

Lawrence won a scholarship to Oxford,

enrolled in the autumn of 1907,

and gained a First-class degree in History.

Which college?

Jesus.

In 1917, Lawrence's attempt to destroy

a key railway viaduct

and so disrupt supplies to the Turkish forces in Palestine

was discovered at the last minute.

In which river gorge behind enemy lines did this take place?

Yarmouk.

What did Lawrence and his friend, Clare Sydney Smith,

name the speedboat they were given in 1929?

Biscuit.

Lawrence's first published work was a map and gazetteer

of previously uncharted areas of the Sinai Desert

which was later useful to Allied forces. What was its title?

The Wilderness of Zin.

Lawrence owned a succession of motorbikes

made by the same company and was riding one

when he had his fatal accident in May '35. Which company made them?

Brough.

Under what assumed name did Lawrence enter

the Royal Air Force as an aircraftsman in August 1922?

John Hume Ross.

What Army regiment did Lawrence join as a private

under the name Thomas Edward Shaw in March 23

after he'd been discharged on the Royal Air Force.

Royal Tank Corps.

In September 1918,

Lawrence reputedly issued a command to take no prisoners

when his Arab forces pursued the Turks

retreating from the village in Syria

where there had been a massacre.

What's the name of the village?

BEEP

Tafas.

Correct. You had a perfect round, Tim. 14 points.

Well, a very close, high-scoring round there.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, eight points, Stephen Peter.

Joint second place, 13 points apiece,

Paula Keaveney and Cliff Morgan.

First place, 14 points, Tim Allison.

The general knowledge round now

and if there is 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.

But, if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

So, let's get on with it.

I'll ask Steven to join us again, if you would, please.

Right, so you have eight points

and this is your chance to catch up with the general knowledge.

Two and a half minutes of questions in this round. Here we go.

What term is used for the container

provided by a restaurant

for a customer's uneaten food that suggest the leftovers

are being taken home for a pet?

Doggy bag.

Whose orchestral work popularly known as the Enigma Variations

is dedicated to "my friends pictured within"?

Edward Elgar.

Which football club sacked their manager,

Michael Laudrup, in February 2014

although he had guided them to their first major trophy

the previous season?

Swansea City.

What is the common name for paraesthesia,

a normally temporary condition in which pressure on a nerve

causes a tingling or prickling sensation?

Pins and needles.

Which band leader used to end his guest night on the radio

with his signature tune, "Here's to the next time."

-Joe Loss.

-Henry Hall.

What was the name of the publishing firm

set up and initially run from their home in Richmond

by Leonard and Virginia Woolf in 1917?

-Bloomsbury.

-Hogarth Press.

Which red dye stuff consists of the dried, pulverised bodies

of female cactus-eating scale insects?

Pass.

The name of which character

in Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

was inspired by calf's head soup

made in imitation of a more expensive dish?

The Mock Turtle.

Which Spanish King and his queen, Isabella,

financed Christopher Columbus' first voyage in 1492

that led to the discovery of the New World?

Ferdinand.

In 2001, the former human rights campaigner, Dame Anne Owers,

was appointed as the first woman chief of the inspectorate

of which institution?

She was succeeded by Nick Hardwick in 2010.

Pass.

Whose painting,

Fruits On A Table Or Still Life Of The Small Dog,

completed in about 1889 and stolen in 1970

was found on a retired Italian factory worker's kitchen wall in spring 2014?

-Van Gogh.

-Gauguin.

Which aircraft company made the Blenheim, the Beaufort,

and the Beaufighter which all saw service during the Second World War.

-De Havilland.

-Bristol.

What word for the descent of a bird of prey onto its quarry

is also a general term for a bent position of the back or shoulders?

Stoop.

The 1958 film A Night To Remember starring Kenneth More

told the story of which maritime disaster?

Titanic.

What is the name of the Imperial Palace in Vienna

that houses the Spanish Riding School

and the offices of the Austrian president?

Um... Pass.

Which physician in the country town of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh,

created by Hugh Lofting, was taught by his parrot, Polynesia,

to understand the language of animals?

Dr Dolittle.

By what title given to him by the Mongol people in 1206

is the warrior leader born Temujin better known?

-Tamerlane.

-No, Genghis Khan.

In which European capital city is the fortified Tower of Belem?

It was built in the 16th century

to control the entrance to the city from the sea.

-BEEP

-Make a guess.

European capital city... Go for it, quick.

-Madrid.

-No. No, nearly. Lisbon, not far off.

You had three passes.

The name of the Imperial Palace in Vienna was the Hofburg.

Prisons is what Dame Anne Owers

ran for a very long time as chief inspector.

And if you pulverise those cactus-eating scale insects

you get cochineal, apparently.

Anyway, Stephen, you have a total of 17 points.

And now Paula again, please.

And you start out with 13 points.

So, general knowledge. Two and a half minutes. Here we go.

In the book of Genesis, who replied

"Am I my brother's keeper?"

after the Lord had asked him where his brother Abel was?

Cain.

Which small, stuffed pasta parcels

have a name meaning "little cake" in Italian?

-Ravioli.

-Tortellini.

What shade of bluish-purple also known as Tyrian or aniline purple

was the first aniline dye invented by the British chemist

William Henry Perkin in 1856?

-Indigo.

-It was mauve.

"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

That's the opening sentence of the prologue

to which novel by LP Hartly first published in 1953?

The Go-Between.

What sculpture completed in 1886 was originally conceived

by its designer Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

as a lighthouse for the Suez Canal

entitled Egypt Brings Light To Asia?

Pass.

Which actor famed for his slicked-back duck's tail haircut

played the title role in the '53 film, Houdini,

alongside his wife, Janet Leigh,

who played his wife in the film?

-Dirk Bogarde.

-Tony Curtis.

Widely used as a pack animal in Tibet,

the zo is a cross between a cow and which other animal?

Yak.

Which Venetian traveller who lived in China for 17 years

dictated to a fellow prisoner, Rustichello,

an account of his journeys

while imprisoned by the Genoese in about 1298?

Marco Polo.

What English word often associated with Twitter

has been replaced in French government communications

by 'mot-diese' meaning "sharp word"

in an effort to preserve the purity of the language?

Hashtag.

Which Czech composer wrote two sets of Slavonic dances

inspired by Bohemian and Moravian folk music?

-Bartok.

-Dvorak.

The Last Man In Europe

was George Orwell's original title for which novel?

1984.

The birds called buntings include a British species

whose name refers to its preference

for nesting in fields where cereal crops are grown.

What's it called?

Corn bunting.

Whose television roles include Blake,

the head of the Cunnington family in Dynasty,

and the voice of Charlie in Charlie's Angels?

Pass.

In 1956, which city became the first in the Southern Hemisphere

to host the Olympic Games?

-Athens.

-Melbourne.

Which town in Worcestershire, a weaving centre in the Middle Ages,

later became known for the manufacture of carpets

and is now home to the Museum Of Carpet?

-Axminster.

-Kidderminster.

The song, Run To You, which peaked at number 11 in 1985

was the first UK chart entry

for which record-breaking Canadian singer?

Pass.

What term for a person who holds a temporary position

in place of another, especially a doctor,

comes from the Latin word for place?

-Pass.

-The novel, Brighton Rock, has been filmed twice

with Richard Attenborough and Sam Riley

each playing the main protagonist, Pinkie. Who wrote the novel?

-Graham Greene.

-Which poison found in deadly nightshade

gets its name from the member of the fates in Greek mythology

who chose how and when a person was to die?

-Belladonna.

-Atropine.

What was the name of the former ballerina

played by Joanna Lumley in The New Avengers?

-BEEP

-Her pageboy-style haircut was much copied.

-No?

-Margot Fonteyn.

No, a wee bit out there, I think.

It's known as a wild guess, isn't it? It was Purdey.

Yeah. The passes, the term for the person...

-You'll be cross with yourself...

-Locum.

-Yeah, locum.

You knew it all the time.

And Bryan Adams, Run To You.

John Forsythe played the head of the Carrington family in Dynasty.

And that sculpture completed in 1886 - Statue Of Liberty.

So those four passes, Paula, you have 21 points now in total.

And now Cliff Morgan again, please.

And you also start out with 13 points, Cliff.

21 is now the score to beat. Let's see how you do.

Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.

What does the letter U stand for in the acronym SCUBA -

for the breathing apparatus used by skin divers?

Undersea?

Underwater. Which topical TV sketch show first shown in 1979,

starred Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith and Pamela Stephenson?

Not The Nine O'clock News.

Which classic role-playing game, created by Dave Arneson

and Gary Gygax, and released in 1974, has been

turned into an animated television cartoon series

and a film starring Jeremy Irons and Justin Whalin?

Risk?

Dungeons And Dragons.

What name is given to a cocktail of vodka, cream or milk, and coffee liquor?

Pass.

Who became King of Scotland in 1040 after killing his cousin,

Duncan I, in battle near Elgin?

In 1057 he was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by Malcolm Campbell.

Macbeth.

Which musical instrument did Sir Thomas Beauchamp describe

as sounding like two skeletons copulating on a corrugated tin roof?

Bagpipes.

Harpsichord! What popular name was given to the deregulation of the

London Stock Exchange, that came into force on the 27th October, 1986?

Pass.

What did the German chemist Andreas Marggraf

succeed in extracting from beets in 1747?

Sugar.

John Wayne won his only Oscar for his role as a

hard-drinking United States Marshall in which 1969 Western?

True Grit.

The Punch cartoonist Sir John Tenniel, born in London in 1820,

is chiefly remembered for his illustrations of the works of which children's author?

Lewis Carroll.

In March 2014, who set a new world record of 140 international rugby union caps

when he played for Ireland against Italy in his last test on home soil?

Brian O'Driscoll.

Members of which profession described by Disraeli in his novel Lothair as

"the men who have failed in literature and art"?

Politicians.

Critics. Which tree is named after a distinguished French botanist

who died in 1715, the deciduous species produced large white

or pink flowers in spring and early summer?

Bougainvillea.

Magnolia. What rank is held by an officer in the British Army with a

single crown on their epaulet?

Captain.

Major. Who was the Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of the First World War,

best remembered for saying, "The lamps are going out all over Europe.

"We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime"?

Pass.

In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the dawn,

described poetically by Homer as "rosy-fingered."

Eos.

Which television series, set in the inner-city Fenn Street School,

starred John Alderton as the teacher, Bernard Hedges,

and Deryck Guyler as the caretaker Norman Potter?

Please Sir!

A tomato divided in two with a zigzag cut, leaving sharp points all round,

is named after a Flemish artist. Which one?

BEEP Brueghel.

-It was Van Dyke.

-Oh.

-Yeah, I know. There we go.

Three passes. The lamps are going out all over Europe.

That was Lord Edward Grey.

The Big Bang.

That's what they called deregulation of the London Stock Exchange.

And that vodka cocktail, well, vodka etc cocktail, is the White Russian.

-White Russian!

-Yeah.

You have 21 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Tim again, please.

You start the round with 14 points.

And still it is 21 to beat.

So here we go. Let's see if you can do it.

Two-and-a-half minutes.

Pete Best was fired as the drummer in which band in August 1962?

Pass.

The Silver Ghost, which was launched in 1907, remained in production till

the mid '20s, was the first model made by which car company?

Rolls-Royce.

What single word was sometimes used by alchemists for a substance supposedly

able to turn base metals into gold, and also for a preparation that was claimed

to prolong life?

Philosopher's stone.

No. Elixir. In a novel first published in 1726,

which fictional hero is the ship's surgeon on board The Antelope?

Pass.

Who became the second president of France's Fifth Republic in 1969

after Charles de Gaulle abruptly resigned?

He died in office in '74.

Pass.

What literary name was given to the picturesque railway line, now being partly

reopened, that ran from Carlisle to Edinburgh through the Scottish borders?

It was closed in '69 in spite of massive local protest.

The Borders Line?

No. The Waverly Line.

What flowers are the subject of a painting by Van Gogh that was

sold at auction in 1987 for 49 million? It broke the record set earlier

in the year by the same artist's Vase With 15 Sunflowers.

Lilies.

Irises. Who directed the 2005 film version of the HG Wells novel

The War Of The Worlds?

Pass.

In Arthurian legend, what is the name of the empty seat at the Round Table that could

only be sat on without danger by the finder of the Holy Grail?

Pass.

Which famous steeplechaser, foaled in 1979 by Grey Mirage out of Flower Child, was

affectionately known as Fred before his name was officially registered?

Pass.

Which technique for recording and displaying three dimensional images

was invented by the Hungarian-born scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948?

He won the 1971 Nobel Physics Prize for his research.

Hologram.

Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing are among the works of literature

that have been translated in which language created for Star Trek?

Klingon.

What name is given in Japanese cuisine to noodles made from buckwheat?

Pass.

Who was the Prime Minister of Britain from 1770 till 1782,

throughout most of the American War Of Independence?

Pitt.

No, Lord North. The Plymouth Rock is a breed of which domesticated bird?

-Chicken.

-Brahms, Schumann, Liszt and Rachmaninoff were among the composers

who've written works based on themes by an Italian composer and virtuoso violinist.

Who was he?

Pass.

What is the name of the sequestered glen on the Hudson River where the

schoolteacher Ichabod Crane lives in the short story by Washington Irving?

BEEP

Sleepy Hollow.

Sleepy Hollow is correct. You had eight passes altogether.

Paganini was the virtuoso.

The noodles made from buckwheat are called soba.

Desert Orchid was the very famous horse.

Siege Perilous was the name of the empty seat.

Steven Spielberg directed The War Of The Worlds.

-Pompidou...

-HE GROANS

Yes, I know.

The second president of France's Fifth Republic.

-Gulliver. Yes?

-Yep.

Was the fictional hero on board The Antelope.

-And...

-The Beatles.

-The Beatles, exactly.

You didn't need me to tell you, did you?

Tim, 19 points in total.

APPLAUSE

Well, did you spot what's happened? Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place with 17 points, Stephen Peter.

Third place, 19 points, Tim Allison.

Joint first place, 21 points AND four passes apiece,

Paula Keaveney and Cliff Morgan.

APPLAUSE

And that means, of course, that we have to have a tie-break.

Which means I shall read the same five questions to each contender

and the one with the highest score obviously is the winner.

We're not against the clock this time.

So, let me ask Cliff to leave the studio

so he can't hear the questions, and Paula to come to the chair.

Again.

I don't suppose you were expecting to sit in the chair three times

this evening, Paula, but there we go.

All good experience.

Right, as soon as Cliff is out of earshot...

Here we go. Five questions starting now.

Louise de Kerouaille, Lucy Walter

and Barbara Villiers were among mistresses of which British king?

Edward VII.

What is the flavour of the colourless Curacao liquor

triple sec?

I don't know.

What is the capital city of Sicily?

Palermo.

Catching Fire and Mockingjay are the second

and third books of which trilogy by Suzanne Collins?

I don't know.

In show-jumping, what French word meaning power is given to the

event that test the horse's ability to jump over high obstacles?

-Puissance.

-Thank you. Those are the five questions.

APPLAUSE

So, I can ask Cliff, who has returned from exile,

to come and join us again, please.

He did not, of course, hear those questions.

You get the five questions, Cliff.

I'm not going to give the answers. Here we go.

Louise de Kerouaille, Lucy Walter

and Barbara Villiers were among mistresses of which British king?

George IV.

What is the flavour of the colourless Curacao liquor

triple sec?

Pass.

What is the capital city of Sicily?

Palermo.

Catching Fire and Mockingjay are the second

and third books of which trilogy by Suzanne Collins?

Pass.

In show-jumping, what French word meaning power is given to the

event that test the horse's ability to jump over high obstacles?

-Equipage.

-Thank you. Those are the five questions.

APPLAUSE

Well, we have a winner.

In second place, 22 points, Cliff Morgan.

In first place with 23 points, Paula Keaveney.

APPLAUSE

Which means that Paula goes through.

Join us next time for more Mastermind. Thanks for watching.

Goodnight.