0:00:02 > 0:00:04Last summer, 96 contenders hoped
0:00:04 > 0:00:05that they had what it took
0:00:05 > 0:00:09to win the toughest challenge in quizzing...
0:00:09 > 0:00:12but most of them were to see their hopes dashed.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Only six remain.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20Tonight, we will find out who is to be crowned the nation's Mastermind.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22This is the Mastermind Grand Final.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42First in the spotlight tonight is Alan Heath,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44a chartered accountant from Buckingham.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46He's answering questions on Thunderbirds.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Next - Richard Tring,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52an administrator from Kent on England Test Cricket since 1970.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Christine Harrison is an agency worker from Southampton.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Her subject - Elizabeth Gaskell.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Andrew Diamond, an IT consultant from Walthamstow.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04His subject - the Seven Years' War.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Ewan Paton, a barrister from Bristol,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08answers questions on the Ryder Cup.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09And Jim Maginnis,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11an RAF Navigator from Lurgan.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14His subject - the Battle for Berlin.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17APPLAUSE
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Hello and welcome to the Mastermind Grand Final with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Tonight's six finalists have won their way through the heats
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and the semifinals,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39but this is where it gets really serious.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Only a tiny number of people throughout the nation
0:01:42 > 0:01:44can claim the title of Mastermind
0:01:44 > 0:01:45and, in the next hour,
0:01:45 > 0:01:50we shall find out who will be the latest to join that elite group.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52They all know the rules, as I'm sure you do.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54They get two minutes on their specialist subject
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and 2½ minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Five of them will leave empty-handed.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02The winner will take home the glass bowl
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and the right to say, "I was the Mastermind Champion."
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Let's get on with it, then,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09and ask our first finalist to join us, please.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18And your name is?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Your occupation?
0:02:20 > 0:02:21And your specialist subject?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Thunderbirds are go!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Thunderbirds was my favourite programme as a child
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and I revisited it at every opportunity
0:02:46 > 0:02:47when it was re-shown again.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52It was the popular culture of the time,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54it was the action sequences
0:02:54 > 0:02:56and the models, and the puppetry.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59It was the epitome of great television in the 1960s.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Thunderbirds is a tough subject to take on Mastermind.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09It's 32 episodes - that's 27 hours of television.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11That's a lot of watching to do.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13For the special subject, because it's a TV series,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15he really has to watch television.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20So, he sits and watches Thunderbirds in the evenings.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Ah, biscuits.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Yeah, how's it going?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Not too bad, thank you very much.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26F-A-B. I like it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We never really thought he'd get through the first round
0:03:29 > 0:03:32and he's done so well. I'm so proud of him.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34You called, m'lady?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Yes, Parker. Get to the Rolls-Royce.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39We are going for a little drive.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I'm at the Slough Trading Estate,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44where the original series of Thunderbirds was filmed.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I'm just about to see the new series being filmed.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Stephen, can you tell me about this new Thunderbirds project of yours?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Our aim is to make three episodes of
0:03:56 > 0:03:59what's now known as classic Thunderbirds
0:03:59 > 0:04:02using, basically, pretty much all the same techniques
0:04:02 > 0:04:05that they would use back in the 1960s.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08We've got three seconds to switch off that beam.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Whilst over here, I got to meet Jamie Anderson,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12which was an amazing experience to
0:04:12 > 0:04:15actually have met the son of the creator.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Well, I brought along something from Dad's archive.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Oh, excellent.- It's a book of some photos which he kept.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24He wasn't a very nostalgic man.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Fab- 1. The original Fab- 1. Yes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- And me as a kiddie... - Is that you?- Yeah.- Amazing.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30..with the original Fab 1.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Amazing.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36To win the grand final of Mastermind would be incredible.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41It would be the apex of any quizzing career.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42It would be a dream come true.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Two minutes on Thunderbirds starting now.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Thunderbird 5, the space station at the heart
0:04:51 > 0:04:54of International Rescue's communications network,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57is manned alternately by John Tracy and which of his brothers?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58- Alan Tracy.- Yep.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Gerry Anderson was partly inspired with the idea for the series
0:05:01 > 0:05:05by a rescue operation mounted after a mining disaster in which country?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06- Germany.- Yep.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07In Trapped In The Sky
0:05:07 > 0:05:09when the atomic-powered Fireflash aircraft
0:05:09 > 0:05:11is found to have a bomb in its landing gear,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13London Airport's evacuated.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14The alert uses the code RH -
0:05:14 > 0:05:16what do the letters stand for?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17- Radiation hazard.- Correct.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18In Terror In New York City,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20which US Navy warship fires missiles
0:05:20 > 0:05:23at Thunderbird 2 because it believes it's hostile?
0:05:23 > 0:05:24- The Sentinel.- Yes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Who kidnaps Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy Hodge
0:05:26 > 0:05:29in Anderbad Tunnel in order to find out the details
0:05:29 > 0:05:32of a new process that can produce rocket fuel from seawater?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33- Godber.- Yep.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35A company making a film about a Martian invasion
0:05:35 > 0:05:38unwittingly provides cover for the Hood
0:05:38 > 0:05:41who traps two actors in a cave so he can film the Thunderbirds in action
0:05:41 > 0:05:42when they come to the rescue.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44What is the company called?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Bletcher... - No, Goldheimer Film Unit.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50What is the name of the tanker
0:05:50 > 0:05:52carrying a highly combustible liquid,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Alsterine, which blows up when it's surrounded
0:05:54 > 0:05:56by a mysterious sea mist in Danger At Ocean Deep?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Ocean Pioneer.- Yes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Who is the inventor of the Crablogger
0:06:00 > 0:06:02tree-felling machine that is about to crash into the dam
0:06:02 > 0:06:05at San Martino when its shutdown procedure is activated?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06- Jim Lucas.- Yes.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08In Desperate Intruder, what is the name of the device
0:06:08 > 0:06:11that Scott and Gordon used to rescue Brains from the ruins of the temple
0:06:11 > 0:06:13on the bed of Lake Anasta?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14It is, essentially, a huge airbag.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Hydrostatic Hoist.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Yes, in Day Of Disaster,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19which suspension bridge collapses under the weight
0:06:19 > 0:06:21of the Martian probe rocket being driven across it?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23It's already been weakened by a storm.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Allington Suspension Bridge.- Correct.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Which lost pyramid do Lindsay and Wilson discover
0:06:27 > 0:06:29while they're waiting for International Rescue
0:06:29 > 0:06:32while they're stranded in the Sahara desert with no water?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33- Khamandides.- Yes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36David Holliday provided the voice of Virgil Tracy in series one.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Which actor took over for series two?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39- Jeremy Wilkin.- Correct.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41What painting by Bricasso is apparently stolen
0:06:41 > 0:06:43when the Duchess of Royston takes it to New York?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Portrait of a Gazelle. - Correct.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47What is the title of the final episode,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49shown on Christmas Day 1966?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51The show was cancelled six episodes into the second series...
0:06:51 > 0:06:52BEEP
0:06:52 > 0:06:54..when it failed to sell in America.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Give Or Take A Million. - Is correct.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Alan, you have no passes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01You've scored 13 points.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07APPLAUSE
0:07:10 > 0:07:11And our next finalist, please.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21And your name is?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Your occupation?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25And your specialist subject?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38We're here at the Oval today cos this is where
0:07:38 > 0:07:41the first ever Test match was played in this country, back in 1880.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45This ground has witnessed some of the most memorable performances
0:07:45 > 0:07:48by English and overseas players.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50One of my fondest memories of Test cricket
0:07:50 > 0:07:54is actually coming to watch a game in person here at the Oval in 1979.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I came to the last two days.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It was against India, fourth test of the series.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I was lucky enough to see some world-class players in action.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Geoffrey Boycott completing a century while I was here.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06That should be his hundred. It's dropped short.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It's cracked through mid-wicket by Boycott.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11And then Sunil Gavaskar
0:08:11 > 0:08:13made an absolutely faultless 221.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Records and achievements going by the board here.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20The best innings, I still say, I've ever seen in any form of cricket.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22It's amazing.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Having watched cricket from this place on television over the years,
0:08:25 > 0:08:26and being here as a spectator,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30I can't believe I'm actually on the outfield, this close to the square.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Unbelievable.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Magical place.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Love it.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I played cricket for a couple of years in my late teens, early 20s
0:08:42 > 0:08:43before knee problems meant
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I couldn't really run properly any more, so I gave it up.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48But then, a few years ago, I started umpiring for a local team
0:08:48 > 0:08:53in their league cricket, which I did for about seven or eight years.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55The friends I've spoken to about being on Mastermind
0:08:55 > 0:08:57are very, very pleased for me.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59They think it's about time, some of them, to be honest.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00I think it was a surprise to them,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03but probably more of a surprise to me, that I've made it.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Semifinal went to a tie-break,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08which I believe is very unusual in Mastermind.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Very nerve-racking,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11but, thankfully, I managed to come through.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Tonight's winner, Richard Tring.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17APPLAUSE
0:09:17 > 0:09:21To revise for the final, I've been looking through old record books,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25scorecards, mostly provided by the late great Bill Frindall.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27The facts and figures are there
0:09:27 > 0:09:30and hopefully they'll all come to mind when I need them.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32To win the grand final of Mastermind
0:09:32 > 0:09:35would be right up there with
0:09:35 > 0:09:37probably the greatest achievements in my life.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Two minutes on English Test Cricket starting now.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Which England batsman won the Compton Miller medal
0:09:47 > 0:09:50as player of the series in the 2015 Ashes,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52for scoring 460 runs -
0:09:52 > 0:09:54including two centuries and taking eight catches?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55- Joe Root.- Yep.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Whom did England play against in the first test match
0:09:58 > 0:10:00to be held at Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground in 2011?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01- Sri Lanka.- Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Whose only Test century for England came on his Test debut
0:10:04 > 0:10:07against the West Indies at The Oval in 1973?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Frank Hayes.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Yep. Who scored a triple century in England's first innings
0:10:11 > 0:10:14and a century in the second innings against India at Lord's in 1990?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Graham Gooch.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Yes. The former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- was born in which country? - Australia.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Papua New Guinea.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Which Derbyshire player took two catches in South Africa's
0:10:24 > 0:10:28first innings at Edgbaston in 1998 while he was acting as a substitute?
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Chris Adams.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Ben Spendlove. Since the 2004/5 season, the trophy awarded to
0:10:33 > 0:10:35the winner of the Test series between England and South Africa
0:10:35 > 0:10:39has been named after which South African-born England cricketer?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Basil D'Oliveira.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Correct. What natural phenomenon resulted in an unusual rest day
0:10:45 > 0:10:50after the first day in the 1980 Golden Jubilee Test between England and India at Bombay?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Total eclipse of the Sun.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Yes. In which Pakistan city did the infamous incident
0:10:53 > 0:10:57take place in 1987 when the England captain Mike Gatting
0:10:57 > 0:10:59and umpire Shakoor Rana started to argue with each other?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Faisalabad.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Yes. Which opening batsman captained England against New Zealand
0:11:03 > 0:11:06in the First Test in 2004 after Michael Vaughan
0:11:06 > 0:11:08twisted his knee during practice?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Andrew Strauss.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Trescothick. Against which country did England play only six Test matches,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- from 1996 to 2003? - Zimbabwe.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Yes. Who scored three consecutive Test centuries against the West Indies
0:11:19 > 0:11:23in 2009, but lost his place in the England team later that year?
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Ravi Bopara.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Yes. Which wicketkeeper made his Test debut against the West Indies
0:11:27 > 0:11:30at Port of Spain in 1981 and played his last Test,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- also against the West Indies, in 1988?- Paul Downtown.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Yep. Whose Test career lasted just over 30 minutes
0:11:36 > 0:11:39before he was hit on the head by a ball from Malcolm Marshall
0:11:39 > 0:11:41in 1984 at his home ground of Edgbaston?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43He spent several days in hospital recovering,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and never played Test Cricket again.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Andy Lloyd.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Yes. David Gower made his Test debut...
0:11:48 > 0:11:49BEEP
0:11:49 > 0:11:51..at Edgbaston in 1978 against Pakistan
0:11:51 > 0:11:53and hit the first ball he faced for four.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54- Who was the bowler? - Liaqat Ali.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57It was indeed. Richard, no passes for you, either.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You have scored 12 points. APPLAUSE
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And our next finalist, please.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21And your name is?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Your occupation?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25And your specialist subject?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I'm at the John Rylands library, and I'm here to have a look
0:12:37 > 0:12:40at the most important Gaskell collection in the world.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47When people think of the 19th century,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49the women writers they choose are the big three -
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Jane Austen, George Eliot, and the Bronte sisters -
0:12:53 > 0:12:56but I think Mrs Gaskell deserves a place amongst them.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I was drawn to her courage as a writer.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04In those days, women writers were frowned upon,
0:13:04 > 0:13:09and people like George Eliot had to actually write under a pen name -
0:13:09 > 0:13:11she was really Mary Ann Evans.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16But Mrs Gaskell, I feel, was very courageous in her writing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18She brings to light a lot of subjects
0:13:18 > 0:13:21which women in particular were not supposed to talk about at the time.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It was a real thrill to be able to see the actual manuscript
0:13:26 > 0:13:28of The Life Of Charlotte Bronte,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31and to think that this was Mrs Gaskell's own hand
0:13:31 > 0:13:34that had written it - all her crossings out and alterations.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It's quite something to see this actual manuscript in all its glory.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44There have been some very good adaptations
0:13:44 > 0:13:47of Mrs Gaskell's work on television.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49In particular, Cranford.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52It is a joy to us that your stepmother can spare you.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Now that there are so many little Smiths at home - four already.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Five.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Five! The eldest barely seven.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03I'm standing, at the moment,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07in the Elizabeth Gaskell house in Plymouth Grove, Manchester.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09The place where she lived.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11And it's where she wrote so many of her novels,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13and did so much of her work.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15It's wonderful being here
0:14:15 > 0:14:18because I feel as if it's really brought home to me
0:14:18 > 0:14:20what she was like,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22and I'm almost expecting her to walk through that door
0:14:22 > 0:14:23at any minute now,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and wonder what I'm doing here talking to a BBC crew!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28SHE LAUGHS
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Elizabeth Gaskell is quite a tough subject
0:14:31 > 0:14:34in the sense that she obviously wrote quite a bit -
0:14:34 > 0:14:39not just the novels, but articles, short stories, and novellas.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40I've studied for the subject
0:14:40 > 0:14:43by obviously reading up as much as possible,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45and I'm making notes on each book as I go along,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47which is obviously quite hard work,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49but it's quite a lot of fun.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54I never honestly believed I would make it through to the final.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I'm delighted that I've come this far, but, having said that,
0:14:58 > 0:14:59I would love to win that trophy.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Two minutes on Elizabeth Gaskell, starting now.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Gaskell's novel Cranford was first published as a serial in 1851
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and as a book in 1853 and was largely inspired by
0:15:13 > 0:15:15her memories of her upbringing in which Cheshire town?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Knutsford.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Yes. What is the title of Gaskell's first published work,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21a poem co-written with her husband William,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24a clergyman and teacher whom she had married in 1832?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Bran.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Sketches Among The Poor.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Under what pseudonym did she publish the stories The Sexton's Hero,
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Christmas Storms And Sunshine,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34and Libbie Marsh's Three Eras in Howitt's Journal in the late 1840s?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Cotton Mather Mills.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Yes. Gaskell was brought up as a member of a non-conformist branch
0:15:38 > 0:15:41of Christianity that rejects the concept of the Trinity,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43and was popular among the leaders and intellectuals
0:15:43 > 0:15:45of Manchester society. What is it called?
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Unitarianism.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Yes. The 1854 edition of Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52included two lectures by her husband William as an appendix.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54What was the subject of the lectures?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Pass.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Between about 1821 and 1826 Gaskell attended a boarding school
0:15:59 > 0:16:02run by sisters in Warwickshire, initially at Barford,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04later in Stratford-on-Avon.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05What was the sisters' surname?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Byerley.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Yep. In North And South, what is the name of the industrialist
0:16:09 > 0:16:12who tells Margaret Hale that, "Cromwell would have made a capital mill-owner.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14"I wish we had him to put down this strike for us"?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Mr Thornton.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Yes. In 1857, who threatened to sue for libel in response to
0:16:19 > 0:16:22suggestions in Gaskell's biography of Charlotte Bronte that she
0:16:22 > 0:16:25had seduced Branwell Bronte while he was tutoring her children?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Lady Scott.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Yes. In the story The Grey Woman, set in Germany and France
0:16:29 > 0:16:32in the late 18th century, what is the name of Anna's resourceful maid
0:16:32 > 0:16:34who helps her escape from her murderous husband?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Amante.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Yes. What maritime industry, along with fishing,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40is central to the coastal town of Monkshaven
0:16:40 > 0:16:42in the 1863 historical novel Sylvia's Lovers?
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Whaling.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Yep. What is the name of the Old Bachelor,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48a cousin of Miss Pole and a former admirer of Miss Matty,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50to whose home Mary Smith pays a visit
0:16:50 > 0:16:52in the fourth chapter of Cranford?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Thomas Holland.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Thomas Holbrook.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56What was the title of the story The Ghost In The Garden Room
0:16:56 > 0:16:59changed to, when it was reissued in the collection
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Right At Last And Other Tales by Sampson Low in 1860?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02A Crooked Branch.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Yes. What word was added against Gaskell's wishes
0:17:05 > 0:17:07to the title of her 1863 novella...
0:17:07 > 0:17:08BEEP
0:17:08 > 0:17:09..A Night's Work by her editors,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Charles Dickens and George Smith?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Dark.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Is correct.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16You had just one pass.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- Those lectures were on the subject of the Lancashire dialect.- Oh!
0:17:21 > 0:17:24So, just that one pass, Christine - you've scored ten points.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25APPLAUSE
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And our next finalist, please.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43And your name is?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Your occupation?
0:17:45 > 0:17:48And your specialist subject?
0:17:55 > 0:17:57It's hard to believe that after all these weeks
0:17:57 > 0:17:59reading about the Seven Years' War,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03here I am actually at the site of one of the major engagements.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06In fact, the battle at Fort Ticonderoga was the biggest battle
0:18:06 > 0:18:09in North America until 100 years later in the Civil War.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12The Seven Years' War was a global conflict,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15which officially began when Britain declared war on France.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Conflict broke out in 1754 to 1755,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20when Britain attacked disputed French positions
0:18:20 > 0:18:23in North America and seized hundreds of merchant ships.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It was described by Churchill as the first WORLD war,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30and started the next 150 years of colonial history.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Basically, it's the reason why you can get a decent curry in London,
0:18:33 > 0:18:34but not in Paris.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38During a failed attempt to take the Fort,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40the darling of the British Army,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42General Lord Howe, was killed
0:18:42 > 0:18:43down there.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46The Seven Years' War is a tough subject.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The British colonial, British and French bits are OK,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53but the interminable battles between Prussia and Austria...
0:18:54 > 0:18:56..they're hard to get your head around.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01The way I've been learning my specialist subjects -
0:19:01 > 0:19:04and I hope it works in the final - is to just read a lot about it,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07read around it, and then distil everything I've read
0:19:07 > 0:19:10into a spreadsheet that answers maybe 100 questions on the subject.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I applied for Mastermind because every Friday night
0:19:15 > 0:19:18when John Humphries says, "If you want to be a Mastermind..."
0:19:18 > 0:19:19my wife says, "My husband does!"
0:19:20 > 0:19:21And here I am.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27I haven't been spending all my time revising -
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I've still got plenty of time to play my banjo with my band.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I've been playing for about 20 years.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34FOLKSY TWANGING
0:19:37 > 0:19:40When my friends and family found out I'd got onto Mastermind,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44they all thought I was, to put it politely, a smarty-pants.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46But they knew that already.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Getting to the final has been like some sort of weird dream.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I've been watching it for over 40 years.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I've been in other broadcast quizzes,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55and in one case got to the final - though I didn't win it -
0:19:55 > 0:19:57but to do it in Mastermind,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59which is the king of them all, would be amazing.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Two minutes on the Seven Years' War, starting now.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09The invasion of a Mediterranean island led to Britain declaring war
0:20:09 > 0:20:12on France on 17th of May 1756. Which island?
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Minorca.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Yep. The commander of the Allied cavalry at the Battle of Minden
0:20:16 > 0:20:19failed to obey repeated orders to charge, which led to a court-martial
0:20:19 > 0:20:21that found him unfit to serve in a military capacity.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Who was he?- Duke of Cumberland.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24No, Lord Sackville.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28The capitulation of a fort to the French on 9th August 1757
0:20:28 > 0:20:31was followed by the killing, by French-allied Native Americans,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34of many of the surrendered British garrison as they marched away.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Which fort?- William Henry.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Yes. Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's defeat of a French fleet
0:20:39 > 0:20:41at a battle on 20th November 1759
0:20:41 > 0:20:44put an end to the threat of a French invasion of Britain. Which battle?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Lagos.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46No, Quiberon Bay.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50To which fortified camp did the Saxon army withdraw in August 1756
0:20:50 > 0:20:53after an invasion by the Prussian army under Frederick the Great?
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Hagenbeck.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Pirna. At what battle fought on 12th August 1759 was the Prussian army
0:21:00 > 0:21:03decisively defeated by a combined Russian and Austrian force?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05They'd already been defeated at Paltzig.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Kohlin.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Kunersdorf. Who replaced Cardinal de Bernis as Minister for Foreign Affairs
0:21:14 > 0:21:17to Louis XV in December 1758
0:21:17 > 0:21:19and controlled French foreign and military policy
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- for the remainder of the war?- Pass.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Which Caribbean island
0:21:23 > 0:21:26was captured by a British Expeditionary Force in May 1759,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and then used as a base for attacks on neighbouring French-controlled islands?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32The Force had previously failed to take Martinique.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Dominica.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Guadeloupe. Which French privateer landed a force of French troops
0:21:36 > 0:21:39at Carrickfergus in February 1760 and threatened Belfast?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Pass.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Who succeeded Ferdinand VI as King of Spain in August 1759
0:21:44 > 0:21:47and, after offering to mediate between Britain and France,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50signed a pact with Louis XV that led to Spain
0:21:50 > 0:21:52entering the war in January 1762?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Pass.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58What was the name of the fortress at the entrance to Havana harbour
0:21:58 > 0:22:01that fell in July 1762 after the British successfully detonated
0:22:01 > 0:22:03a mine under one of its bastions?
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Morro Castle.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08El Morro, yes. Who took command of the British troops during the final stages...
0:22:08 > 0:22:09BEEP
0:22:09 > 0:22:10..of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
0:22:10 > 0:22:14after the death of General Wolfe and the wounding of his second-in-command?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Pass.- Well, I can tell you, because you are out of time.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It was George Townshend.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23The other passes...
0:22:23 > 0:22:27It was Charles III, or Carlos, if we prefer, who succeeded Ferdinand VI.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32Francois Thurot was the French privateer who landed those forces
0:22:32 > 0:22:33at Carrickfergus,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and Etienne Francois, Duc De Choiseul,
0:22:36 > 0:22:40replaced Cardinal de Bernis as Minister for foreign affairs.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Andrew, you have three points.- Yeah.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44APPLAUSE
0:22:53 > 0:22:55And our next finalist, please.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03And your name is?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Your occupation?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07And your chosen subject?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20We're here at the Belfry, a golfing resort in the West Midlands,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22the home of four Ryder cups.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24A very special place in the Ryder Cup's history.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I'm really keen to have a look round, and perhaps play a few holes.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31The Ryder Cup is held every two years.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35It's between the USA, now, and Europe.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Until 1979, it was the USA against Great Britain and Ireland.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42But after one heavy defeat in '77,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44it was agreed to make it a USA vs Europe match.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47In recent years, it's been very, very close, and very exciting.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50It's an amazing place,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53it's got lots of fantastic pictures on the walls,
0:23:53 > 0:23:54lots of memories that I've...
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I watched on television when I was young.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And being here in the flesh and seeing it is quite incredible.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Well, so many great players have played here,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I really can't wait to give it a go myself.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It's amazing being here on the 18th at the Belfry.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22I watched it on television 30 years ago, when I was 14,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26when Britain and Europe first won the Ryder Cup after 16 years,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29and I sat and watched all of the team play brilliantly,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32and I remember Sam Torrance playing here on the last day
0:24:32 > 0:24:34and clinching it, so it's a very special place for me.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- CHEERING - Not a million miles away, is it?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41HUGE CHEERS
0:24:43 > 0:24:45One tactic that I've had is never to pass.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47In my first ever contest,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50my daughter had said that I should say hamster
0:24:50 > 0:24:52if I didn't know the answer.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Which domestic animal does the prefix ailuro refer to? As in the word ailurophile.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Hamster.- Cat.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00That's about one syllable more than pass,
0:25:00 > 0:25:01but I kept moving and kept going.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I'd be very proud and pleased to win it.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07I'm not quite sure how I'd react.
0:25:07 > 0:25:14Whether I'd smile or start crying or just stare ahead in shock, but...
0:25:14 > 0:25:15we'll wait and see.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Two minutes on the Ryder Cup, starting now.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25At which country club in Massachusetts was the first official Ryder Cup held
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- in June 1927?- Worcester.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Yep. What was the surname of the Somerset brothers Ernest,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Charles and Reg, who all played for the British team
0:25:32 > 0:25:35in 1935 at Ridgewood Country Club in New Jersey?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Whitcombe.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Yep. When the Cup's format was revised for the first time in 1961,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41how many matches were played?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Two years later, the contest was extended to three days,
0:25:43 > 0:25:44and 32 matches.
0:25:45 > 0:25:4712.
0:25:47 > 0:25:5024. Christy O'Connor Jr famously played a second shot over the water
0:25:50 > 0:25:53to the 18th green at the Belfry in 1989 to secure
0:25:53 > 0:25:56a one-hole victory over Fred Couples. Which club did he use?
0:25:56 > 0:25:572-iron.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Yep. In their heavy defeat in 1963, who was the only British player
0:26:00 > 0:26:02to avoid defeat in the afternoon singles
0:26:02 > 0:26:04when he gained a half against Tony Lema?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06He had beaten Arnold Palmer in the morning.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11- Peter Alliss.- Yep. At which club in St Louis was the 1971 contest played?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13After a heat wave during the practice days,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16the opening ceremony was postponed because of torrential rain.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Old Warson.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Yep. Who captained the USA team
0:26:19 > 0:26:22when they lost by a record nine points at Oakland Hills in 2004?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Hal Sutton.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Yep. Two Spanish players were picked when the Great Britain
0:26:26 > 0:26:29and Ireland team was expanded to include the rest of Europe in 1979.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Seve Ballesteros was one. Who was the other?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Antonio Garrido.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Yes. Who was Lee Westwood's partner when his record-equalling run
0:26:35 > 0:26:39of 12 consecutive Ryder Cup matches unbeaten finally came to an end
0:26:39 > 0:26:43in a four-ball match against Boo Weekley and JB Holmes in 2008?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Patrick Harrington.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Soren Hansen. The 2014 Ryder Cup was played on the course at Gleneagles
0:26:49 > 0:26:51that was designed by Jack Nicklaus
0:26:51 > 0:26:54and was formerly known as the Monarch's course. What is it called?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56PGA Centenary.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Yep. At which Florida club was the 1939 contest scheduled to be played?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It was cancelled because of the start of the Second World War.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Ponte Vedra.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Yep. An American businessman subsidised the costs
0:27:05 > 0:27:07of the first post-war contest on condition that
0:27:07 > 0:27:10the contest would be held in Portland, Oregon. Who was he?
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- Robert Hudson.- Yep. The so-called "war on the shore" at Kiawah Island in 1991
0:27:15 > 0:27:16was played over which course?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18The Ocean course.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Yes. Who beat Jay Haas by one hole to win the trophy back for Europe in 1995...
0:27:22 > 0:27:23BEEP
0:27:23 > 0:27:26...when they were captained by Bernard Gallagher? It was his only Ryder Cup.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Philip Walton.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Is correct.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30No passes, Ewan.
0:27:30 > 0:27:3112 points.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE
0:27:41 > 0:27:43And our final finalist.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53And your name is?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Your occupation?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57And your specialist subject?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11I'm here at the Humboldthain flak tower in Berlin.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14This tower played a pivotal role in the defence of Berlin,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17attempting to take out Soviet tanks and artillery.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19There was three in the city.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22They were basically very, very tall, very strong structures
0:28:22 > 0:28:28which housed, on the top, eight 128mm flak guns,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30and also 20mm and 37mm flak guns.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32That was their primary role.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34They were also used as hospitals,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36they were used for storing treasures,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38they were used for shelters for people during raids,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41and this particular tower could hold up to 15,000 people.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46As part of the research, I'm going to the Commonwealth War Graves
0:28:46 > 0:28:47on the Heerstrasse,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51which contains about 3,500 Allied soldiers,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53and the majority of them were airmen
0:28:53 > 0:28:55who were killed for the Battle of Berlin,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57so it's a very, very poignant place to visit,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00and see chaps who basically did the same job as me,
0:29:00 > 0:29:0370-odd years ago, and didn't come back.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09The significance of the seven headstones down the centre
0:29:09 > 0:29:13is that each row of seven shows one bomber crew,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15whether it's a Halifax, Lancaster, or Stirling,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17and in fact the front row of seven graves here
0:29:17 > 0:29:19are all members of my old squadron, 12 Bomber Squadron.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23I think the average age of a Bomber Command aircrew was 22,
0:29:23 > 0:29:27and there are guys here much younger than that. 18, 19 years of age.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Really, really very emotional.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Initially, I was writing out questions in an A4 binder,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37which really didn't work,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39so my daughter, who's just finished her master's degree,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41suggested I use flash cards,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44and I can sit with a pile and just pick them out at random,
0:29:44 > 0:29:45and it means that I don't...
0:29:45 > 0:29:48that I can't cheat by looking down the list, as it were.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52I reached the semifinal back in the 1991 series.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Your name, please?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Occupation.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57I was in the lead after the first round,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00but unfortunately the general knowledge questions didn't go my way.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03In fourth place on 26 points is Jim Maginnis.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Before the semi-final I got incredibly nervous.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11I suspect it's going to happen again, only on a greater level,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13but I think once you get in the chair, once you sit down
0:30:13 > 0:30:15and once the music starts, the lights go down,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19I think then you just focus on the next 4½ minutes of your life.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22At least I can hold my head up and say, "I was a Mastermind finalist,"
0:30:22 > 0:30:24and there's not too many people can do that.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29The Battle for Berlin in two minutes, starting now.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Which building in central Berlin was chosen by Stalin
0:30:32 > 0:30:34as the symbolic goal for the advancing Red Army?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36It was a burnt-out shell by the time it was captured.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Reichstag.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Artur Axmann was the national leader of a German military group
0:30:40 > 0:30:43that was heavily involved in the Battle - which group?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Hitler Youth.- Yes. Which bridge across the River Spree
0:30:46 > 0:30:48was attacked in the afternoon of the 28th April, 1945?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51It was the last major obstacle for the Russians to overcome
0:30:51 > 0:30:53before reaching the Reichstag.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- Moltke Bridge.- Yes. What is the name of the German army,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59led by General Busse, that was surrounded by advancing Russian troops
0:30:59 > 0:31:01south-east of Berlin, and eventually broke out westwards
0:31:01 > 0:31:04to join the Twelfth Army near Beelitz?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Ninth Army.- Yes. Which town, south of Berlin, housed the Maybach bunkers
0:31:07 > 0:31:11that were the general communications headquarters for the German forces?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14They were evacuated just before they were overrun by the Red Army.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Zossen.- Yes. Who was the commander
0:31:16 > 0:31:17of the Russian Fifth Shock Army?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20He was installed by Marshal Zhukov as commandant of Berlin
0:31:20 > 0:31:22when the battle was still raging.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Bezarin.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Yes. On what date in 1945 did Adolf Hitler commit suicide
0:31:26 > 0:31:28in the Reich Chancellery bunker?
0:31:28 > 0:31:29- 30th April.- Yes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Which Russian Marshal led the armies of the First Ukrainian Front
0:31:32 > 0:31:35that attacked Berlin from the south and south east,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37although Stalin gave the honour of finally capturing
0:31:37 > 0:31:39the Reichstag to his rival, Marshal Zhukov?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Koniev.- Yes. In which suburb of Berlin
0:31:41 > 0:31:44was the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics?
0:31:44 > 0:31:45After the Red Army captured it,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48the Soviet Union used its material for its own nuclear programme.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- Dahlem.- Yes. Heinrich Himmler tried to negotiate
0:31:51 > 0:31:53with a member of the Swedish Red Cross
0:31:53 > 0:31:56for a favourable German surrender to the Western Allies
0:31:56 > 0:31:58without Hitler's knowledge. Who was the Red Cross member?
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- Bernadotte.- Yes.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02By what acronym was the counter-intelligence agency
0:32:02 > 0:32:04attached to Red Army units known?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06The agency was active in the search for Hitler's remains
0:32:06 > 0:32:08after the battle was over.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09- Smersh.- Yes.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Who did Hitler name as the next President
0:32:11 > 0:32:14of the German Reich in his last Political Testament
0:32:14 > 0:32:15before he committed suicide?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16- Doenitz.- Correct.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Which fortress stands on an island at the confluence
0:32:18 > 0:32:21of the rivers Spree and Havel? Its defenders surrendered
0:32:21 > 0:32:23to the Russians on 1st May.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Spandau.- Correct. What is the name of the Russian general
0:32:25 > 0:32:29who took the surrender of Berlin from General Weidling on 2nd May?
0:32:29 > 0:32:30- Chuiko.- Correct.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Which high-ranking SS officer was married to Eva Braun's sister?
0:32:34 > 0:32:38He was executed when Hitler discovered he had plans to escape from Berlin.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Hermann Fegelein.- Correct.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45No passes, Jim. All of them right, you have a total of 15 points.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47APPLAUSE
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Well, this is shaping up to be quite a battle.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Let's have a look at the scores. In sixth place,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03three points, Andrew Diamond.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Fifth place, ten points, Christine Harrison.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Joint third place, 12 points apiece,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Richard Tring and Ewan Paton.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Second place, 13 points, Alan Heath.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17In the lead with 15 points, Jim Maginnis.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19APPLAUSE
0:33:22 > 0:33:26So, all those months of hard work come down to this -
0:33:26 > 0:33:29general knowledge. 2½ minutes of questions each
0:33:29 > 0:33:33that will decide who is going to be the nation's Mastermind.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37And as you will know, if there's a tie at the end of this round,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40then the number of passes is taken into account, and the person with
0:33:40 > 0:33:43the fewer passes is the winner, and if they're tied on passes, as well,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46there will have to be a tie-break, so let us get on with it
0:33:46 > 0:33:49and ask Andrew to join us again, please.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57And I won't remind you how many points you've already got
0:33:57 > 0:33:59because I suppose you can remember.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Anyway, you've got 2½ minutes for this general knowledge,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04so let's see how you do with it. Here we go.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Rufus Norris succeeded Sir Nicholas Hytner
0:34:06 > 0:34:09as the Artistic Director of a London theatre company
0:34:09 > 0:34:11in April 2015 - which company?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Old Vic.- The Royal National.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15According to legend, for how many days
0:34:15 > 0:34:18is it supposed to rain if it rains on St Swithin's Day,
0:34:18 > 0:34:1915th July?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- 40.- Yes. The novels Howard's End,
0:34:21 > 0:34:23A Room With A View and A Passage To India,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26which have all been made into films, were written by whom?
0:34:26 > 0:34:27- EM Forster.- Yes. Which female athlete
0:34:27 > 0:34:30won the 800 and 1500m at the 2004 Olympics
0:34:30 > 0:34:33to become only the second Briton after Albert Hill in 1920
0:34:33 > 0:34:35to achieve the double?
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Pass.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39What name is given to the 1521 assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
0:34:39 > 0:34:42before which Martin Luther appeared to defend his views?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- Diet Of Worms.- Yes. What name was traditionally given
0:34:45 > 0:34:47to a generally itinerant mender of pots, kettles
0:34:47 > 0:34:49and other metal household articles?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51The term was also sometimes applied to a gypsy.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Tinker.- Yes. The estuary of the River Dovey
0:34:53 > 0:34:56forms the southernmost boundary of which National Park?
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- Snowdonia.- Correct. Methanoic acid,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01found in ant and nettle stings, is more commonly known
0:35:01 > 0:35:03by what name that comes from the Latin for "ant?"
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- Formic acid.- Yes. Which composer's last works
0:35:05 > 0:35:07include The Art Of Fugue,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09which was unfinished when he died in 1750?
0:35:09 > 0:35:10- JS Bach.- Yes.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Which animated cartoon character returned to Britain's television screens
0:35:13 > 0:35:17in September 2015 after an absence of more than 20 years,
0:35:17 > 0:35:20now voiced by Alexander Armstrong?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22It's a dog, but I can't remember which.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Danger Mouse.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25What was the name of the Irish Prime Minister
0:35:25 > 0:35:28who signed the Downing Street Declaration with John Major in December 1993?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32It paved the way for the end of armed conflict in Northern Ireland.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33- Haughey.- Reynolds.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35In which country were the film actress sisters
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Magda, Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor born?
0:35:38 > 0:35:39- Hungary.- Yes.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Which aquatic insect, that gets its common name
0:35:41 > 0:35:44from the shape of its body, has long oar-like hind legs
0:35:44 > 0:35:46that it uses to propel itself?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Water Boatman.- Yes. Which Post-Impressionist painter,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51who was born in Aix-en-Provence and died there in 1906,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54is regarded as the precursor of modern art, especially Cubism?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Braque.- Cezanne.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59What item provided the title of Rihanna's hit single
0:35:59 > 0:36:01that topped the charts in May 2007?
0:36:01 > 0:36:02- Pass.- The Sundance Film Festival,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05which helps promote up-and-coming and independent film makers,
0:36:05 > 0:36:07is named after a famous role of an American actor
0:36:07 > 0:36:12and director who is heavily involved with the festival - who is he?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- Newman and the other guy. - Robert Redford.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Which country has borders with Vietnam
0:36:17 > 0:36:20to the south-east and east, Laos to the north-east
0:36:20 > 0:36:22and Thailand to the north and west?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- Cambodia.- Yes. What is the English name of the edible bean
0:36:24 > 0:36:27usually known in North America as the fava bean?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Flageolet.- Broad bean.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Which Rugby League Club became the Giants
0:36:31 > 0:36:34at the start of the 1996 season?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- Wigan.- Huddersfield.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42Your passes, Andrew - an umbrella was the item provided
0:36:42 > 0:36:46by the title of that Rihanna hit single,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50and Dame Kelly Holmes was the great runner.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- You've redeemed yourself. You've got a total of 13 points.- Thank you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57APPLAUSE
0:37:04 > 0:37:06And now Christine again, please.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11And you start out, Christine, with 10 points,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14with your knowledge of Elizabeth Gaskell. Let's see how you do
0:37:14 > 0:37:17with 2½ minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Which southern hemisphere country took part
0:37:20 > 0:37:23in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2015?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Australia.- Yes. Which title character
0:37:25 > 0:37:27of a Shakespeare play had been a student
0:37:27 > 0:37:29at the University of Wittenberg?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Romeo.- Hamlet. Royal, glace and fondant
0:37:31 > 0:37:34are three types of which decorative topping?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- Icing.- Yes. What word that comes
0:37:36 > 0:37:38from the late Latin for "I shall please"
0:37:38 > 0:37:42means a remedy that has a psychological rather than a real medical value?
0:37:42 > 0:37:43- Panacea.- Placebo.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Which fictional Edinburgh schoolteacher famously said,
0:37:46 > 0:37:50"Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life"?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Miss Jean Brodie.- Yes. Which Irish-born painter's
0:37:52 > 0:37:54works include Three Studies of Lucian Freud
0:37:54 > 0:37:56and Study for Head of Lucian Freud?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Both have been sold at auction in recent years.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Bacon.- Yes. In the alphabet of which western European language
0:38:01 > 0:38:05do J, K, W, X, and Y only exist in imported words?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Inuit.- Italian. Who teamed up with Marc Almond to top
0:38:08 > 0:38:11the UK Singles Charts in 1989 with a version of his
0:38:11 > 0:38:141967 hit single Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Gene Pitney.- Yes. Which remote island in the Pacific
0:38:17 > 0:38:21was named in honour of the Holy Day in 1722 on which the Dutch
0:38:21 > 0:38:24explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European to visit it?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Easter Island.- Yes. The rubric, a set of instructions
0:38:27 > 0:38:30at the top of a document such as an examination paper
0:38:30 > 0:38:32was traditionally written or printed in what colour ink?
0:38:32 > 0:38:33- Blue.- Red.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Which Romantic poet was the son of a former army captain
0:38:37 > 0:38:40known as "Mad Jack" and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- Byron.- Yes. Which British duo won the gold medal
0:38:43 > 0:38:46for ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympic games in Sarajevo?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Torvill and Dean.- Yes. In the Bible,
0:38:48 > 0:38:51who was commanded by God to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Abraham.- Yes. The carline, which has
0:38:53 > 0:38:58a yellowish-brown flower, is a species of a prickly wild plant
0:38:58 > 0:39:01that usually has a reddish-purple flower head. Which plant?
0:39:01 > 0:39:02- Cactus.- Thistle.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06What celebration is Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington
0:39:06 > 0:39:09generally credited with originating in 1910?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12It was officially recognised in the USA by Lyndon Johnson in '66
0:39:12 > 0:39:14and is held on the third Sunday in June.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Father's Day.- Yes.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Which Hungarian-born physicist's role in developing the first
0:39:18 > 0:39:22thermonuclear bomb led to him being called the "father of the H-bomb?"
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- Niels Bohr.- Edward Teller.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Which composer was six years old when his father took him
0:39:27 > 0:39:29and his older sister, Maria Anna,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32around Europe's grand capitals to demonstrate their musical talents?
0:39:32 > 0:39:33- Mozart.- Yes.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35What name for the vast Turkish Empire that existed
0:39:35 > 0:39:40from about 1300 to 1922 comes from that of its ruling dynasty?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Ottoman.- Yes. Which area of high ground
0:39:42 > 0:39:45in the Peak District was the scene of a mass trespass in 1932
0:39:45 > 0:39:48by walkers seeking access to its open moorland?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- Scafell.- No, Kinder Scout.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55No passes, Christine, you have a total now of 22 points.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59APPLAUSE
0:40:04 > 0:40:06And now Richard again, please.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13And you also start out with 12 points, Richard,
0:40:13 > 0:40:17with your knowledge of Test cricket. The score to beat, as it stands,
0:40:17 > 0:40:21is 22. 2½ minutes of general knowledge in which to do it.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Here we go.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Which song, written by Bert Russell and Phil Medley
0:40:25 > 0:40:28and recorded by The Beatles, begins, "Well, shake it up, baby, now?"
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- Twist And Shout.- Yes. What name is given
0:40:30 > 0:40:33to the thin, rocky outermost layer of the Earth that includes its surface?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Together with a portion of the upper mantle it forms the lithosphere.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41- Crust.- Yes. What does the "Wi" in the term Wi-Fi stand for,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44in the facility that enables devices such as computers and smart phones
0:40:44 > 0:40:47to communicate with the internet without a direct cable link?
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- Wireless.- Yes. Which Arthur Miller play
0:40:50 > 0:40:53set in 17th-century New England was written in 1953
0:40:53 > 0:40:57and is a thinly veiled attack on Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist witch-hunt?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- The Crucible.- Yes. The artist Donald McGill,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02who was prosecuted for obscenity in 1954,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05has a museum dedicated to his work in Ryde on the Isle of Wight -
0:41:05 > 0:41:07what type of artworks was he famous for?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Postcards.- Yes, saucy postcards.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12The song No Matter What from the musical Whistle Down The Wind
0:41:12 > 0:41:16was a UK number one hit single for which Irish boyband in 1998?
0:41:16 > 0:41:17- Boyzone.- Yes.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20What word for a person of outstanding merit or virtue
0:41:20 > 0:41:25who serves as a model for others is also a term for an outstanding diamond?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- Bright spark.- Paragon.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29The cast of an award-winning American musical
0:41:29 > 0:41:32that toured Britain in 2015 consists of three humans
0:41:32 > 0:41:36and 11 puppet characters who interact as if they are human. Which musical?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Avenue Q.- Yes. Who features on Alfred Leete's
0:41:39 > 0:41:42celebrated poster with his finger pointing towards the viewer?
0:41:42 > 0:41:44It first appeared on the cover of the magazine London Opinion
0:41:44 > 0:41:46in September 1914.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47- Lord Kitchener.- Yes.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50The radio and television sports presenter Kelly Cates
0:41:50 > 0:41:53is the daughter of a former footballer who played for Celtic, Liverpool
0:41:53 > 0:41:54and Scotland - who is he?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Kenny Dalglish.- Yes. In the world of finance,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58what's defined as the value of an asset
0:41:58 > 0:42:01less the value of all liabilities associated with that asset?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Profit.- Equity.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06From 1940, which country obliquely described its plans
0:42:06 > 0:42:10for expansion as building a "Greater East Co-Prosperity Sphere?"
0:42:10 > 0:42:11- Soviet Union.- Japan.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13What is the meaning of the word "suss,"
0:42:13 > 0:42:16used to describe one of the styles of wine produced in Germany?
0:42:16 > 0:42:17- Dry.- Sweet.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Which prominent Labour politician was born
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Barbara Anne Betts in Chesterfield in 1910?
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Barbara Castle.- Correct. Which Thomas Hardy novel
0:42:25 > 0:42:27is subtitled "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented"?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Jude The Obscure. - Tess Of The d'Urbervilles.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Marie-Antoinette was the wife of which French King?
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Both were guillotined during the French Revolution.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36- Louis XVI.- Yes.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39How is the DJ and record producer Norman Cook better known?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Fatboy Slim.- Correct.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Which town is the administrative centre and county town of Wiltshire?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- Trowbridge.- Correct.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Fenwomen by Mary Chamberlain, published in 1973,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51was the first book released by an imprint
0:42:51 > 0:42:55designed to highlight the literary talents of women - what is its name?
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Orange.- Might have been, mightn't it?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02No, Virago Press.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07There we go, that's it. Anyway, no passes, you have a total
0:43:07 > 0:43:09of 25 points.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11APPLAUSE
0:43:18 > 0:43:21And now Ewan again, please.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25And...
0:43:26 > 0:43:28..you also start out with 12 points,
0:43:28 > 0:43:32and 25 is now the score to beat.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Here we go, 2½ minutes of general knowledge.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Whose record as Britain's longest-reigning monarch did
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Elizabeth II overtake on the 9th September 2015?
0:43:40 > 0:43:42- Queen Victoria.- Yes.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Who had the idea for a series of novels for which she became famous
0:43:45 > 0:43:47on a crowded train journey from Manchester to London?
0:43:47 > 0:43:50King's Cross Station features regularly in the books.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52- Priestley.- JK Rowling.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55In mythology, what gift from the Greeks did the priest Laocoon
0:43:55 > 0:43:59advise his people to reject because he had a gift of foresight?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01- Fire.- Wooden horse.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04Holliday Grainger and Richard Madden play the principal characters
0:44:04 > 0:44:09in the 2015 television adaptation of which DH Lawrence novel?
0:44:09 > 0:44:11- Sons And Lovers. - Lady Chatterley's Lover.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Which opera by Bizet was originally set in Mexico
0:44:14 > 0:44:17and was first performed in London in 1887 with the title Leila,
0:44:17 > 0:44:19after one of the principal characters?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21- Carmen.- The Pearl Fishers.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Which Canadian Province is the largest in area
0:44:23 > 0:44:25of the country's ten provinces, and forms
0:44:25 > 0:44:27the eastern shore-line of Hudson Bay?
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- Manitoba.- Quebec.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31What name is given to the only body of the United Nations
0:44:31 > 0:44:36in which every member of the organisation is represented and allowed to vote?
0:44:36 > 0:44:38- General Council. - General Assembly.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Which native tongue is the most widely spoken language in Sri Lanka?
0:44:42 > 0:44:43- Tamil.- Sinhala.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Which spirit is used instead of vodka to turn
0:44:46 > 0:44:49a Bloody Mary into a Bloody Maria?
0:44:49 > 0:44:51- Gin.- Tequila.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55What is the Celsius equivalent of the temperature 273.15 degrees
0:44:55 > 0:44:57on the Kelvin scale?
0:44:57 > 0:44:58- Zero.- Yes.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life
0:45:01 > 0:45:03is the alternative title of a celebrated work
0:45:03 > 0:45:06that was first published in 1859 - which work?
0:45:06 > 0:45:09- The Origin Of Species.- Yes. Whose starring roles include
0:45:09 > 0:45:11the abusive alcoholic Raymond in Nil By Mouth
0:45:11 > 0:45:15and the retired gangster Gary Dove in Sexy Beast?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17- Ray Winstone.- Yes. What is the common name
0:45:17 > 0:45:19for the membrane that partially joins
0:45:19 > 0:45:21together the toes of some animals,
0:45:21 > 0:45:23especially aquatic birds such as ducks and geese?
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- Webbing.- Yes. Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire
0:45:26 > 0:45:28and Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire are among the most
0:45:28 > 0:45:31celebrated of the monasteries inhabited by monks of an Order
0:45:31 > 0:45:35who are also known as the White Monks or Bernardines - which order?
0:45:35 > 0:45:36- Cistercian.- Correct.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Who became the only man to have won the Tour de France
0:45:38 > 0:45:42and win Olympic Gold medals and World Titles on both track and road
0:45:42 > 0:45:46when he won the time trial at the World Championships in Spain in 2014?
0:45:48 > 0:45:50- Chris Froome. - Bradley Wiggins.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53Which weapon in use particularly in the 15th and 16th centuries
0:45:53 > 0:45:56was a combination of a spear and battle-axe mounted on the end of a long pole?
0:45:56 > 0:45:58- Pike.- Halberd.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00In which novel by Charles Dickens
0:46:00 > 0:46:03are Louisa and Tom brought up by their father, Thomas Gradgrind,
0:46:03 > 0:46:06to know nothing but the most factual and pragmatic information?
0:46:06 > 0:46:07- Hard Times.- Yes.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10The Blockheads were a backing band for a rock singer
0:46:10 > 0:46:13who had a top five hit with Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part Three -
0:46:13 > 0:46:14what was his name?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- Ian Dury.- Is correct.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19No passes, Ewan. 20 points in total.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21APPLAUSE
0:46:28 > 0:46:32And now Alan again, please.
0:46:32 > 0:46:37And you, as if you didn't know, Alan, start out with 13 points.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40The score to beat is still 25 points.
0:46:40 > 0:46:422½ minutes, here we go.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45The Articles of the Barons that were agreed upon in early June 1215
0:46:45 > 0:46:48form the basis of a historic document sealed
0:46:48 > 0:46:50on the 15th of that month - which document?
0:46:50 > 0:46:51- Magna Carta.- Yes.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Which Pink Floyd single features a chorus by pupils
0:46:53 > 0:46:56from a school in Islington that was near the recording studio?
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- Another Brick In The Wall. - Yes. What old word meaning "nonsense"
0:46:59 > 0:47:01is now chiefly used for a sweetmeat made
0:47:01 > 0:47:03by boiling milk, sugar, butter and flavouring together?
0:47:03 > 0:47:04- Poppycock.- Fudge.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07In Roman Catholicism, what name is given to the state
0:47:07 > 0:47:10in which faithful souls undergo purification before entering heaven?
0:47:10 > 0:47:11- Purgatory.- Yes.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the ruthless pig Napoleon
0:47:14 > 0:47:17is modelled on Stalin. Who does the more idealistic pig Snowball represent?
0:47:17 > 0:47:20- Trotsky.- Yes. Whose first major film role
0:47:20 > 0:47:22was in Zulu? He played Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead,
0:47:22 > 0:47:25the second in command of the forces defending Rorke's Drift.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26- Michael Caine.- Yes.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28By what name did the 500cc Motorcycle World Championship
0:47:28 > 0:47:30become known in 2002?
0:47:30 > 0:47:31- Superbike.- Moto GP.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34In which television series did Stephen Lewis play
0:47:34 > 0:47:38Nora Batty's eternally miserable lodger, Clem "Smiler" Hemmingway?
0:47:38 > 0:47:41- Last Of The Summer Wine. - Yes. Which capital city
0:47:41 > 0:47:44was founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia
0:47:44 > 0:47:48and lies on the Mapocho River at the foot of the high Andean peaks to the east?
0:47:48 > 0:47:50- Quito.- Santiago.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52What name is given to the part of a plant stamen
0:47:52 > 0:47:53that contains the pollen sacs?
0:47:53 > 0:47:54- Anther.- Yes.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57What multiplying factor does the prefix "mega" denote
0:47:57 > 0:47:59in the SI International System of Units?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01- Million.- Yes.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04In 1999, who became Leader of the Liberal Democrats? He was only 39.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08He lost his parliamentary seat at the 2015 General Election
0:48:08 > 0:48:09and died the same year.
0:48:11 > 0:48:12- Kennedy.- Yes.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14Which kingdom was united with Castile in 1479
0:48:14 > 0:48:17by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
0:48:17 > 0:48:19to form the nucleus of modern-day Spain?
0:48:19 > 0:48:20- Aragon.- Yes.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23What word for a place of refreshment in a factory or school
0:48:23 > 0:48:25comes from the Italian for a cellar?
0:48:25 > 0:48:27- Refectory.- Canteen.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Which African country became the 54th member
0:48:29 > 0:48:31of the British Commonwealth in November 2009?
0:48:31 > 0:48:34It was administered by Belgium until 1962.
0:48:34 > 0:48:35- Rwanda.- Yes.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37What became compulsory for new motorists in Britain
0:48:37 > 0:48:40on the 1st of June 1935?
0:48:40 > 0:48:41- Driving tests.- Yes.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Which American football team has a squad of cheerleaders
0:48:43 > 0:48:46known as "The Gold Rush?"
0:48:46 > 0:48:47- The 49ers.- Yes.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50What is usually referred to as the fourth dimension
0:48:50 > 0:48:52as opposed to the other three spatial dimensions?
0:48:52 > 0:48:53- Time.- Yes.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56What term for the 1920s in America, popularised in the title
0:48:56 > 0:48:59of a collection of short stories by F Scott Fitzgerald,
0:48:59 > 0:49:03reflects the popular musical taste of the time and its associated lifestyle?
0:49:03 > 0:49:04- Roaring twenties.- Jazz age.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06In which city is the Balti Triangle,
0:49:06 > 0:49:09known for its large number of Asian restaurants in the areas
0:49:09 > 0:49:11of Sparkhill, Balsall Heath and Moseley?
0:49:11 > 0:49:13- Manchester.- Birmingham.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15In politics, the term "spad" is a shortened form
0:49:15 > 0:49:17of the name of what occupation?
0:49:22 > 0:49:25- Social... - No, Special Adviser.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29No passes, Alan, you have now scored
0:49:29 > 0:49:31a total of 27 points.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33APPLAUSE
0:49:40 > 0:49:44And, finally, Jim again, please.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48You start out with 15 points, which is the good news.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51The bad news is that you've now got to beat 27 to win
0:49:51 > 0:49:54if you are to become the Mastermind champion.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58So, 2½ minutes, here we go.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00In September 2015, what substance was discovered
0:50:00 > 0:50:02on the surface of Mars that might indicate
0:50:02 > 0:50:04the possibility of life existing there?
0:50:04 > 0:50:05- Water.- Yes.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08What word for the form of dizziness that can affect people,
0:50:08 > 0:50:10typically when exposed to the view from a high place,
0:50:10 > 0:50:12comes from the Latin for "whirling round?"
0:50:12 > 0:50:13- Vertigo.- Yes.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16Which whale is the largest creature known to have inhabited the Earth?
0:50:16 > 0:50:17- Blue whale.- Yes.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Which service area, just south of the junctions of the M1 with
0:50:20 > 0:50:22the M45 and the M6, was the first to be opened
0:50:22 > 0:50:25on the British motorway network in 1959?
0:50:25 > 0:50:26- Plumpton.- Watford Gap.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Which singer, who died in 1988,
0:50:28 > 0:50:30has the words "The Best is Yet To Come" -
0:50:30 > 0:50:33the title of the last song he performed publicly - etched on his tombstone?
0:50:33 > 0:50:35- Ray Charles.- Frank Sinatra.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37In what 2015 animated film, that's a prequel
0:50:37 > 0:50:39to the Despicable Me series of films,
0:50:39 > 0:50:42do Stuart, Kevin and Bob seek out Scarlet Overkill,
0:50:42 > 0:50:46who calls herself "the greatest supervillain of all time"?
0:50:46 > 0:50:48- The Untouchables.- Minions.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50The radical social and religious groups the Levellers,
0:50:50 > 0:50:54the Diggers and the Ranters emerged in England during which century?
0:50:54 > 0:50:55- 16th.- 17th.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58What name is given to the rower who sits in the seat
0:50:58 > 0:51:03closest to the stern of the boat and sets the tempo for the rest of the crew?
0:51:03 > 0:51:04- Stroke.- Yes.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07The name of which Germanic tribe, who sacked Rome in 455 AD,
0:51:07 > 0:51:10has come to be applied to any people who engage in wanton destruction?
0:51:10 > 0:51:11- Vandals.- Yes.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14In January 2015, Joanna Frogatt won a Golden Globe
0:51:14 > 0:51:17for playing Lady Mary's maid Anna Bates in which television series?
0:51:17 > 0:51:19- Downton Abbey.- Yes.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21What name, that comes from the Greek for "to distinguish,"
0:51:21 > 0:51:23is used for marks attached to letters
0:51:23 > 0:51:28to indicate modified sounds, such as a grave or acute accent?
0:51:28 > 0:51:29- Modifiers.- Diacritic.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32A mechanical firing mechanism invented around the middle
0:51:32 > 0:51:35of the 15th century allowed soldiers to hold their gun
0:51:35 > 0:51:39with both hands throughout aiming and firing - which mechanism?
0:51:39 > 0:51:41- Matchlock.- Yes.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43What completes the lines from Tennyson's poem
0:51:43 > 0:51:44The Charge of the Light Brigade -
0:51:44 > 0:51:46"Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why,
0:51:46 > 0:51:48"Theirs but to do and...?"
0:51:48 > 0:51:49- Do or die.- Yes.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51Which religion's sacred text is traditionally believed
0:51:51 > 0:51:54to have been translated from golden plates granted to the faith's founder
0:51:54 > 0:51:56near his home in upstate New York?
0:51:56 > 0:51:57- Mormons.- Yes.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Joan of Arc referred to herself as "Jehanne La Pucelle" -
0:52:00 > 0:52:02what is the meaning of "la Pucelle" in English?
0:52:02 > 0:52:03- The maid.- Yes.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06Ghost Flight is the debut adult novel of a British adventurer,
0:52:06 > 0:52:09writer and television presenter - who is he?
0:52:09 > 0:52:10- David Walliams.- Bear Grylls.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12In which of the Baltic states are Tartu
0:52:12 > 0:52:14and Parnu among the principal cities?
0:52:14 > 0:52:15- Estonia.- Yes.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Which chemical element has isotopes known as deuterium and tritium?
0:52:19 > 0:52:21- It's water.- Hydrogen.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23What name for the meat obtained from deer
0:52:23 > 0:52:25comes from the Old French for "hunting?"
0:52:25 > 0:52:26- Venison.- Yes.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Which wolf-like animal shares its name with a trickster figure
0:52:28 > 0:52:34found in the mythology of many of the indigenous people of north America?
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Could you repeat the question?
0:52:35 > 0:52:37I'm afraid not, because we're out of time.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42- Loki.- No.
0:52:42 > 0:52:43Coyote.
0:52:43 > 0:52:48No passes, Jim. You have 27 points.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51APPLAUSE
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Well, I said this was going to be a tough battle -
0:53:03 > 0:53:06I didn't realise quite how tough.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Let's have a look at all the scores. In sixth place,
0:53:08 > 0:53:10with 13 points, Andrew Diamond.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Fifth place, 20 points, Ewan Paton.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Fourth place, 22 points, Christine Harrison.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Third place, 25 points, Richard Tring.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24Joint first place - 27 points apiece and no passes, either,
0:53:24 > 0:53:28Alan Heath and Jim Maginnis.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30APPLAUSE
0:53:34 > 0:53:37So, we have a tie-break, and that is the first time
0:53:37 > 0:53:42it's happened in a grand final - certainly in the years that I've been doing the programme.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45Now, what happens is this. I shall read the same five questions
0:53:45 > 0:53:49to each of the contenders, and the one with the higher score will win,
0:53:49 > 0:53:52and we are not against the clock this time.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55So, let me ask Jim to leave the studio now, for obvious reasons,
0:53:55 > 0:54:00and Alan, if you would please come to the chair,
0:54:00 > 0:54:05and I shall give you your five questions and I will not
0:54:05 > 0:54:08be telling you whether you've got the answers right or wrong -
0:54:08 > 0:54:10that, we shall discover in a moment.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12So, here we go.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15The burbot is the only freshwater member of which fish family?
0:54:15 > 0:54:19Like most other members of the family, they have well-developed chin barbels.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22The chub.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24In classical mythology, a beautiful statue came to life
0:54:24 > 0:54:27in answer to the prayers of the sculptor Pygmalion -
0:54:27 > 0:54:30what name has she been given in the post-classical era?
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Maria.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39Which novelist's 1992 book The Queen and I
0:54:39 > 0:54:43sees the Royal Family exiled to a council estate in the Midlands
0:54:43 > 0:54:46after a republican party wins the General Election?
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Jacqueline Harris.
0:55:03 > 0:55:07Which Welsh rock band released the album Futurology in 2014?
0:55:07 > 0:55:09Manic Street Preachers.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12Which artificial waterway was opened in 1894
0:55:12 > 0:55:15and has locks at Eastham, Latchford, Irlam, Barton and Mode Wheel?
0:55:15 > 0:55:17Manchester Ship Canal.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Thank you, those are your five questions.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22APPLAUSE
0:55:28 > 0:55:33And now let's get Jim back into the chair.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37And exactly the same procedure with you, Jim. I ask you five questions,
0:55:37 > 0:55:40and you're not against the clock. Here we go.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43The burbot is the only freshwater member of which fish family?
0:55:43 > 0:55:48Like most other members of the family, they have well-developed chin barbels?
0:55:53 > 0:55:54Tope.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57In classical mythology, a beautiful statue came to life
0:55:57 > 0:55:59in answer to the prayers of the sculptor Pygmalion -
0:55:59 > 0:56:02what name has she been given in the post-classical era?
0:56:07 > 0:56:08Siren.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10Which novelist's 1992 book The Queen and I
0:56:10 > 0:56:13sees the Royal Family exiled to a council estate in the Midlands
0:56:13 > 0:56:16after a republican party wins the General Election?
0:56:39 > 0:56:40JK Rowling.
0:56:40 > 0:56:44Which Welsh rock band released the album Futurology in 2014?
0:56:47 > 0:56:48Stereophonics.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51Which artificial waterway was opened in 1894
0:56:51 > 0:56:54and has locks at Eastham, Latchford, Irlam, Barton and Mode Wheel?
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Welland Canal.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06- And those are your five questions. - Thank you.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09APPLAUSE
0:57:16 > 0:57:18Well, at the end of that tie-break,
0:57:18 > 0:57:20we do have a winner.
0:57:20 > 0:57:24Jim has a total now of 27 points,
0:57:24 > 0:57:26but with 29 points,
0:57:26 > 0:57:30the Mastermind champion is Alan Heath.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33APPLAUSE
0:57:51 > 0:57:52Alan.
0:57:57 > 0:57:58- Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:57:58 > 0:58:02So you're not only the 2016 Mastermind champion,
0:58:02 > 0:58:04but you've also made a little bit of history
0:58:04 > 0:58:09because it hasn't gone, the grand final, to a tie-break before.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11- What was it like for you? - It's pure hell.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13Pure hell! That sums it up nicely,
0:58:13 > 0:58:16but you're a worthy winner. Alan is our winner,
0:58:16 > 0:58:19but the search will start again later this year
0:58:19 > 0:58:22to find a new Mastermind, and if you think that could be you,
0:58:22 > 0:58:25then do visit us online at...
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0:58:33 > 0:58:34Thanks for watching. Good night.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37APPLAUSE