0:00:24 > 0:00:26First in the spotlight tonight is Mike Wing,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28a digital consultant from Hertford.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31He's answering questions on The West Wing.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Next, Amanda Calton,
0:00:32 > 0:00:36a jeweller's assistant from Wrexham, on the great athlete Jesse Owens.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Stephen Adams is an intellectual property consultant from Cornel.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44His specialist subject: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And Simon Alvey is a PR consultant from London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49His subject: Billy Bragg.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Four more contenders tonight, each sharing the same ambition:
0:01:08 > 0:01:12to get through this round, then the next, and then win the grand final.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13No problem!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Except that only one person can do it,
0:01:15 > 0:01:16and standing in their way,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21and two and a half on general knowledge.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23So... Let us get on with it
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- And your name is?- Mike Wing.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- Your occupation?- Digital consultant.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- Your specialist subject? - The West Wing.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40The West Wing, in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43The first season of The West Wing opens during the first term
0:01:43 > 0:01:46in office of a fictional American president played by Martin Sheen.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48What's the president's name?
0:01:48 > 0:01:49- Josiah Bartlet.- Yes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52What is the name of the young naval officer whom the president chooses
0:01:52 > 0:01:53as his personal physician,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56but is killed when his plane's shot down on the way to
0:01:56 > 0:01:57a teaching hospital in Jordan?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Morris Tollimore.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00No, Captain Tolliver.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02What proportion of the staff at the White House
0:02:02 > 0:02:06does Congressman Peter Lilienfield claim use drugs on a regular basis?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07- One in three.- Yes.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10What name does Leo McGarry give to the one day of the year
0:02:10 > 0:02:13when White House senior staff meet with organisations
0:02:13 > 0:02:15who wouldn't normally get such an opportunity?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Big block of cheese day.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Yes! After President Bartlet survives an assassination attempt,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22he becomes obsessed with a school board election in New Hampshire.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24What is the name of his old adversary,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26who is standing for election to the board?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Pass.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30When Josh Lyman is given a card by the National Security Council,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32telling him where to go in the case of a major incident,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36it troubles him because none of his staff have been given the card.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39What specific incident does it apply to?
0:02:39 > 0:02:40To a nuclear attack.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Yes. What is the name of the Republican that Bartlet is referring to
0:02:43 > 0:02:45during his re-election campaign, when he tells a local television
0:02:45 > 0:02:51interviewer that he has a .22 calibre mind in a .357 Magnum world?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Pass.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57What group meeting is secretly arranged by Vice President John Hoynes,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01and is also attended by Leo McGarry, in the episode Stirred?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Alcoholics Anonymous.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Yes. In which episode is the White House press secretary CJ Cregg
0:03:05 > 0:03:06followed by a documentary crew
0:03:06 > 0:03:09who are doing a day-in-the-life piece on her,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12on a day in which she has to deal with an FBI stand-off crisis?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Pass.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Which of Bartlet's daughters is Doug Westin married to?
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Bartlet's asked to support him
0:03:17 > 0:03:19in a bid to represent New Hampshire in Congress.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Elizabeth.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Yes. What type of car, made by Toyota,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27does Josh Lyman crash into when he test-drives a large SUV?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Prius.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Yes, a hybrid. When Bartlet is onstage celebrating his re-election as president,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34his wife Abigail notices a symptom of his MS.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35What is it?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Erm... Pass.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41What do the magicians Penn and Teller... BEEP
0:03:41 > 0:03:43..appear to do that sparks controversy
0:03:43 > 0:03:45while they are providing entertainment
0:03:45 > 0:03:47at Zoey Bartlet's birthday party at the White House?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Burn the American flag.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Yes, indeed.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52You have four passes, Mike.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56What Bartlet can't do, which makes his wife a little suspicious,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58is he can't read the teleprompter properly.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04The episode in which there is that FBI stand-off crisis was Access.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08The name of the Republican to whom Bartlet referred in that re-election campaign
0:04:08 > 0:04:10was Rob Ritchie.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12And after the president survived that assassination attempt,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16he became obsessed with Elliott Roush, his old adversary,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18who was standing for election to the board.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19So, those four passes, Mike.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20You have eight points.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22APPLAUSE
0:04:30 > 0:04:32And our next contender, please.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- And your name is?- Amanda Calton.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Your occupation? - Jeweller's assistant.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- And your chosen subject?- Jesse Owens.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Jesse Owens. Two minutes. Here we go.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51The American track athlete Jesse Owens won four Olympic gold medals.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54He equalled the world record for the 100 yards,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and broke the records for the long jump, 220 yards
0:04:56 > 0:05:00and 220 yards hurdles on 25 May 1935.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01At which university did he do it?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Ohio.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Michigan. What was the name of the athletics coach who worked with
0:05:06 > 0:05:08the young Owens at both Fairmount junior high school
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and East Tech high school in Cleveland?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Charles Riley.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Yes. Who finished second to Owens
0:05:13 > 0:05:15in the final of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympics?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Ralph Metcalfe.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Mack Robinson.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The 1936 Olympics were the beginnings of Owens' friendship
0:05:22 > 0:05:24with a German long jumper who sportingly gave him advice
0:05:24 > 0:05:27on how to ensure that he qualified for the final. Who was he?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Luz Long.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Yep. Which elementary school did Owens attend
0:05:30 > 0:05:33after his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35According to legend, he became known as Jesse
0:05:35 > 0:05:39after one of the teachers misheard when he gave his name as JC Owens
0:05:39 > 0:05:40in his Alabama accent.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Bolton.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Yep. What was placed in the long-jump pit at a meeting at Arbor in 1935
0:05:45 > 0:05:47to mark the existing world record?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Owens jumped six inches beyond it to set a world record
0:05:50 > 0:05:52that lasted for a quarter of a century.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53A handkerchief.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Yes. After the Berlin Olympics, Owens earned an estimated 10,000
0:05:56 > 0:05:59by campaigning for which Republican presidential candidate?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Alf Landon.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Correct. What alliterative nickname for Owens was partially derived
0:06:03 > 0:06:05from a nickname for the state of Ohio?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07The Buckeye Bullet.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Yeah. On Boxing Day 1936,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Owens won a highly publicised race against a horse in Havana.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13What was its name?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Julio McCraw.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Yeah. In his book Black Think,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Owens criticised the Black Power movement.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21What is the title of his 1972 work in which he retracted
0:06:21 > 0:06:22some of those criticisms?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23I Have Changed.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Yes. Who beat Owens in the 100 metres
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and the long jump in the 1935 AAU championships,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31but injured his hamstring early the following year
0:06:31 > 0:06:32and missed the Berlin Olympics?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Eulace Peacock.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Correct. On which ship did Owens and the rest of the American team
0:06:37 > 0:06:39sail to Europe for the '36 Olympics?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Manhattan.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Yep. Owens received which honour from Gerald Ford in 1976?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Medal of Freedom.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Yes. Owens broke the long-jump world record at Ann Arbor in 1935.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53BEEP Which Japanese athlete had previously held the record?
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Er... Tajima.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58No. Chuhei Nambu.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01No passes, Amanda. You have 11 points.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03APPLAUSE
0:07:09 > 0:07:11And our next contender, please.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- And your name is?- Stephen Adams.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Your occupation? - Intellectual property consultant.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- And your chosen subject? - The life of Manfred von Richthofen.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Von Richthofen.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31In two minutes. Von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34was the most successful German air ace of the First World War.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37How many aircraft that were shot down were officially attributed to him?
0:07:37 > 0:07:3880.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Yeah. Which English ace, the first fighter pilot to receive
0:07:41 > 0:07:45the Victoria Cross, was shot down by von Richthofen on 23 November 1916?
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Lanoe Hawker.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Yes. In which cavalry regiment did von Richthofen receive
0:07:49 > 0:07:53his first commission in 1912, after he completed his military training?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- The 1st West Prussian. - Yes, or the 1st Regiment of Uhlans.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00What rank was von Richthofen promoted to in April 1917,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04in keeping with Army tradition, although he no longer served on horseback?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Rittmeister.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Yes, or cavalry captain.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13The red Focke DR1 triplanes most famously associated with von Richthofen
0:08:13 > 0:08:16were fitted with two fixed LNG 0815 machine guns
0:08:16 > 0:08:18bearing the imprint of which arsenal?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19- Spandau.- Yep.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22In English, what is the codename for the bombing unit that
0:08:22 > 0:08:24von Richthofen was sent to in August 1915?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Er...the...er... observation...
0:08:28 > 0:08:30pigeon unit.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Yes, the carrier pigeon unit.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Which fighter unit, consisting of four fighter squadrons,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38was formed in June 1917 with von Richthofen as its commanding officer?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40It was nicknamed the Flying Circus.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41JG One.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45The first of a succession of silver cups that von Richthofen
0:08:45 > 0:08:48ordered to mark his victories bore the inscription One Vicker Two
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and the date 17 September 1916.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52To what does the two refer?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Two-seater.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Yep. What was the make and model of the first of the four British planes
0:08:57 > 0:09:00to be shot down by von Richthofen on 29 April 1917?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It was piloted by Lieutenant Richard Aplin.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04BE Two.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06The SPAD VII.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08What was the name of the ceremonial walking stick
0:09:08 > 0:09:11passed down to JG One's future commander, Hermann Goering,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14that became a symbol of von Richthofen's leadership?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Geschwaderstock.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Yes. Which highly prized Prussian and later German honour
0:09:18 > 0:09:22was awarded to him after his 16th aerial victory in January 1917?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24The Pour le Merite.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Yes. After von Richthofen was shot down and wounded in the head in July 1917,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30he was taken to a hospital... BEEP ..in Courtrai.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Which hospital?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Field hospital 76.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Yes, or St Nicholas Hospital.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37No passes, Stephen.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39You have also 11 points.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42APPLAUSE
0:09:48 > 0:09:50And our final contender, please.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- And your name is?- Simon Alvey.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- Your occupation?- PR consultant.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- And your chosen subject? - The life and music of Billy Bragg.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Billy Bragg, in two minutes. Here we go.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08The English singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg
0:10:08 > 0:10:10released his first album in 1983.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12What was his first stage name, taken from a comic strip
0:10:12 > 0:10:14in the American magazine MAD
0:10:14 > 0:10:16that he incorporated into the title of that album?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Spy Vs Spy.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Yes. Kirsty MacColl had a number seven UK hit in 1985,
0:10:21 > 0:10:22with which Billy Bragg song?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24A New England.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Yep. In '81, Bragg signed up to the Royal Armoured Corps
0:10:26 > 0:10:29but bought himself out following three months' basic training.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31At which Army training centre was he based,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33after a fitness programme in Solihull?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Catterick.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Yeah. Which Beatles song gave Bragg and Cara Tivey a UK number one in 1988?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39It was part of a double A side
0:10:39 > 0:10:42with Wet Wet Wet's version of With A Little Help From My Friends.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43She's Leaving Home.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Correct. What was the title of the '89 BBC television documentary series
0:10:46 > 0:10:49that included the episode called Silver Tracks,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53in which Billy Bragg and Andy Kershaw went to Bolivia and Chile together?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Great Journeys.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Yep. In which park in Hackney was Bragg part of the crowd
0:10:57 > 0:11:01to see The Clash perform in the Rock Against Racism Carnival in April '78,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03an event he recalled as an eye-opener?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Victoria Park.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Yes. Which of Bragg's songs contain the line:
0:11:06 > 0:11:09"When the world falls apart, some things stay in place"?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Levi Stubbs' Tears.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Yes. On which label was his album of predominantly political songs,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The Internationale, released in May 1990?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Utility.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Yep. In '77, Bragg and his band Riff-Raff spent several weeks writing
0:11:22 > 0:11:25and rehearsing songs at a farmhouse near Oundle in Northamptonshire
0:11:25 > 0:11:28that had a converted music studio. What was the name of the property?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Pass.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Which album, released in 2013, includes the tracks
0:11:32 > 0:11:35January Song, Handyman Blues and There Will Be A Reckoning?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Tooth And Nail.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Correct. Kirsty MacColl and The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr
0:11:39 > 0:11:41collaborated with Bragg on which single,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45taken from the '86 album Talking With The Taxman About Poetry?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Pass.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49What is the title of the top 20 hit single Bragg made
0:11:49 > 0:11:52with the charity Rosetta Life in 2005?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Pass.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56When the young Billy Bragg compiled his own top 20 pop charts,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58which folk song, covered by Simon and Garfunkel,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01stayed his number one for well over a year in '71 and '72?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Scarborough Fair.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Yep. Billy Bragg and the American rock band Wilco
0:12:04 > 0:12:07released in 1998 an album... BEEP
0:12:07 > 0:12:09..in which they had set their own music to lyrics
0:12:09 > 0:12:12written by the folk singer Woody Guthrie. What is the album's title?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Mermaid Avenue.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14..is correct.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16You have three passes, Simon.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21We Laughed was the title of that top 20 hit with the charity Rosetta Life.
0:12:21 > 0:12:27The single taken from that '86 album was Greetings To The New Brunette.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33And Bear Shank Lodge was where that converted music studio was.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36You also, Simon, got 11 points.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38APPLAUSE
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Well, a very close first round there. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52In fourth place with eight points is Mike Wing.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Joint first place, 11 points apiece,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Amanda Calton,
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Stephen Adams
0:12:57 > 0:12:58and Simon Alvey.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01APPLAUSE
0:13:03 > 0:13:06So it is the general knowledge round now,
0:13:06 > 0:13:07and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16And if they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-breaker.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20The six highest-scoring runners-up will also be able to claim
0:13:20 > 0:13:22a place in the semifinal, so, plenty to play for.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Let's get on with it and ask Mike to join us again, please.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30And you start this round with eight points,
0:13:30 > 0:13:31with your knowledge of The West Wing.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34You get two and a half minutes of general knowledge,
0:13:34 > 0:13:39so lots of time to catch up and overtake everybody else. Here we go.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44What is the British equivalent of a person known in America as a realtor?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Estate agent.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Yeah. Russian blue and Havana brown are breeds of which domestic animal?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Cat.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Yep. Which Bishop is the third most senior cleric of the Church of England,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56following the Archbishops of Canterbury and York?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Durham.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00London. What type of fine white sugar takes its name from the container
0:14:00 > 0:14:03with a perforated top that is used to sprinkle it?
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Caster.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Yep. In 1854, Elisha Otis successfully demonstrated an automatic
0:14:09 > 0:14:12safety device for equipment that was initially devised to carry freight,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15but later adapted for passengers. What was it?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Seat belt.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17A lift or elevator.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Edie Sedgwick, a model and actress who died aged 28 in 1971,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24was the muse for a famous artist during the '60s. Who was the artist?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Warhol.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Yeah. Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge Of Courage,
0:14:29 > 0:14:34made into a film starring Audie Murphy, is set during which 19th-century conflict?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35American Civil War.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Yes. Toby Stephens, who played the villainous Gustave Graves
0:14:38 > 0:14:40in the Bond film Die Another Day, is
0:14:40 > 0:14:43the son of the actor Robert Stephens and which celebrated actress?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Pass.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The Russian city of Volgograd was famously besieged
0:14:47 > 0:14:48during the Second World War.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50By what name was it known at the time?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52St Petersburg?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Stalingrad. Which South American country did Pedro Alvarez Cabral
0:14:55 > 0:14:58discover and claim for Portugal in 1500?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Pass.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Which car designer was responsible for the creation
0:15:04 > 0:15:08of the Morris Minor, that went on sale in 1948, and the Mini, in '59?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Issigonis.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Yes. Which English humorous writer, who was knighted in 1975,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17was once described by the playwright Sean O'Casey as "a performing flea"?
0:15:17 > 0:15:18Pass.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21What part of the sun's radiation is split into three types,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23A, B, and C, according to wavelength?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Both A and B components can have harmful effects on humans,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29while the C component does not reach the Earth's surface.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Pass.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33In which bay off the west coast of Ireland
0:15:33 > 0:15:37are the Aran Islands of Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer located?
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Pass.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The ballet dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta,
0:15:41 > 0:15:46who joined the Royal Ballet in 1998, was born in which Caribbean country in 1973?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Cuba.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Yep. In 1689, who was crowned alongside her husband, William III,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53to emphasise the joint nature of their sovereignty?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55A second coronation chair was made for the occasion.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Mary.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Yes, Mary II.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The triangular area between Morley, Rothwell
0:16:00 > 0:16:02and Wakefield in West Yorkshire is famous for growing
0:16:02 > 0:16:06the forced early variety of a plant whose stalks are used in pies or crumbles.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Which plant?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Rhubarb.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Yep. Which pop entrepreneur... BEEP
0:16:11 > 0:16:13..had his second and final UK top ten hit
0:16:13 > 0:16:15with Double Dutch in 1983?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Malcolm McLaren.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17..is correct.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19You had five passes altogether.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Galway Bay is where Inishmore, Inishmaan etc are located.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Ultraviolet is the... CHUCKLES
0:16:26 > 0:16:27..the sun's radiation.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31PG Wodehouse was "the performing flea", according to Sean O'Casey.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Brazil was discovered by Cabral,
0:16:34 > 0:16:39and Dame Maggie Smith was the other half of that couple.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Mike, you have scored a total of 18 points.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44APPLAUSE
0:16:51 > 0:16:54And now, Amanda, again, please.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55And, er...
0:16:55 > 0:16:59You are one of the several who scored 11 points in that first round.
0:16:59 > 0:17:0218 is the score to beat as we speak.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And you have two and a half minutes in which to do it. Here we go.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Which poet's birthday do the Scots celebrate every year
0:17:08 > 0:17:12on 25 January with a special meal and recitations of poetry and songs?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Robert Burns.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Yes. In Greek mythology, which race of creatures have the head,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18arms and trunk of a human, and the body and legs of a horse?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Centaur.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Yeah. Which British naval hero was given the title the Duke of Bronte
0:17:23 > 0:17:25by the King of Naples in 1799?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Nelson?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Yes. The tradition of the ticker-tape parade in New York City
0:17:30 > 0:17:36began after a spontaneous celebration of the unveiling of what sculpture in 1886?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37The Statue of Liberty.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Yes. On a French menu, what items of offal are rognons?
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Pass.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44In which Commonwealth country was the classical singer
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Hayley Westenra born in 1987?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Australia?
0:17:47 > 0:17:51New Zealand. Psittacosis is a form of pneumonia that can be transmitted
0:17:51 > 0:17:53to humans by which class of creature?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Dog?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Birds. Who wrote the children's book The Queen's Nose,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01in which ten-year-old Harmony Parker finds a magic 50p piece that grants wishes
0:18:01 > 0:18:04if the side with the Queen on it is rubbed?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Philip Pullman.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Dick King Smith. In which northern European country are Espoo,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Tampere and Turku major cities?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Portugal?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Finland. A singer and actress whose films include Mask and Moonstruck
0:18:15 > 0:18:21was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in California on 20 May 1946.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22How is she better known?
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Cher.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Yes. Which document was introduced in its modern form after the passing of
0:18:26 > 0:18:30the British Nationality And Status Of Aliens Act of 1914?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Entente cordiale?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The passport. An English and British Lions hooker known as Pitbull
0:18:36 > 0:18:39won the 2010 Sports Book Of The Year prize for
0:18:39 > 0:18:41his autobiography Beware Of The Dog.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42What is his name?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Gareth Edwards.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Brian Moore. What is the largest inland county in England?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It shares a border with Wales.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Menai Strait.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Shropshire. The two trading wars between China and Britain,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56known as The Opium Wars, took place in which century?
0:18:56 > 0:18:5720th.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The 19th. Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potcher
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and Bruce Woodley were all part of which UK chart-topping
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Australian close harmony group of the '60s?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- Pass.- Who was the regular presenter of the children's
0:19:09 > 0:19:12programme SMTV Live, alongside Ant and Dec,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15before she went on to host the American show So You Think You Can Dance?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Zoe Ball.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Cat Deeley. Which French writer earned renown in 1898 for his intervention
0:19:20 > 0:19:23in the Dreyfus affair and his authorship of the J'Accuse letter?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Emile Zola.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Yes. Article five of the treaty signed by the 12 nations
0:19:27 > 0:19:31on 4th April 1949 states that an armed attack against one or more of them
0:19:31 > 0:19:35in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Which treaty? BEEP
0:19:36 > 0:19:38NATO.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39NATO is correct.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41You had two passes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Judith Durham etc were part of The Seekers.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49And rognons are kidneys.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52You've scored, Amanda, 18 points.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54APPLAUSE
0:20:00 > 0:20:02And now Stephen, again, please.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07And you also start this round with 11 points, Stephen,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11and 18 is still the score to beat.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Two and a half minutes of general knowledge questions. Here we go.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Of which country was Kyoto the capital from 794 to 1868?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Japan.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Yep. To what animal does the adjective vulpine refer?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Fox.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Yep. The metal magnesium is an essential constitute of chlorophyll,
0:20:27 > 0:20:31where it plays a role similar to a metal in haemoglobin. Which metal?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Copper.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Iron. What Italian superlative is sometimes used for
0:20:34 > 0:20:36the supreme commander of a military force,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39particularly a force composed of several armies or navies,
0:20:39 > 0:20:40or drawn from more than one country?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Pass.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Which German city, famous for its book publishing industry
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and long regarded as a cultural centre,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49was the second-largest city in the old East Germany?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Berlin.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Leipzig. Who starred as Lurcio, the slave to Ludicrus Sextus,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58in the television comedy series Up Pompeii?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Pass.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01John Crome and John Sell Cotman were
0:21:01 > 0:21:04leaders of a 19th-century school of landscape painters named after
0:21:04 > 0:21:07the east Anglian city where they were based. Which school?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Norwich.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Yeah. Which variety of pea is normally used
0:21:10 > 0:21:13in the preparation of mushy peas?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Pass.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17What Latin term, used in English and Welsh law to describe
0:21:17 > 0:21:20an ancient common law writ, means "you shall have the body"?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Habeas corpus.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Yes. Which town now stands on the site of Camulodunum,
0:21:24 > 0:21:29which was burned in AD 60 during the uprising of the British queen Boudicca?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Colchester.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Yes. In the Arthurian legends, what is the name of King Arthur's sister,
0:21:34 > 0:21:39or half-sister, whom Geoffrey of Monmouth names as the ruler of Avalon?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Mary.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Morgan le Fay. Hamish is a Scottish Gaelic version of which English forename?
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Henry.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51James. What was the subject of the guide first published in 1839
0:21:51 > 0:21:53by George Bradshaw, a Manchester printer?
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Railways.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Yeah, railway timetables.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58With which song did Tasmin Archer top the UK singles
0:21:58 > 0:21:59chart in October 1992?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Pass.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role alongside her father
0:22:04 > 0:22:06in the 1973 film Paper Moon?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08She went on to marry John McEnroe in 1986.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Pass.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13In which city is the Berlaymont building,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15where the European Commission has its headquarters?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Brussels.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Yes. In JK Rowling's second Harry Potter novel,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22a fierce and mythical beast is discovered in the chamber of secrets.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23What beast?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Cerebus.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Basilisk. The very tall tower of St Botolph's,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31the parish church of Boston in Lincolnshire, is often known by what nickname?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Leaning tower.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35The Boston Stump. What is the name of the Labour MP of Hackney North
0:22:35 > 0:22:38and Stoke Newington who's been a regular guest
0:22:38 > 0:22:41on the late-night politics show This Week, hosted by Andrew Neil?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Pass.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Phi, chi and psi are the penultimate letters in which alphabet?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48BEEP
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Greek.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52The Greek alphabet is correct.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55You have six passes altogether. Diane Abbott was the Labour MP.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Tatum O'Neal married John McEnroe and won an Oscar.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Sleeping Satellite was the song that Tasmin Archer topped
0:23:02 > 0:23:04the singles chart with.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Marrowfat peas are used for mushy peas.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Frankie Howerd was... Yes, Lurcio.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And "generalissimo" is the Italian superlative
0:23:14 > 0:23:17if you're a very grand commander indeed.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Stephen, you have 19 points.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22APPLAUSE
0:23:28 > 0:23:30And finally, Simon, again, please.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35And you also start with 11 points, Simon,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and 19 is now the score to beat.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Two and a half minutes for you to get through to the semifinals,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43or not, as the case may be. Here we go.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Which seven-sided coin first went into circulation in Britain
0:23:46 > 0:23:48on 19 June 1982?
0:23:48 > 0:23:4950p.
0:23:49 > 0:23:5420p. Which European country is known in its own language as Magyarorszag?
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Montenegro?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Hungary. A statue that is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch
0:23:58 > 0:24:02was discovered by a local on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and is now in the Louvre in Paris. Which statue?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05- Venus De Milo.- Yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08A Coronation Street character was the subject of the
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Free The Weatherfield One press campaign in 1998
0:24:11 > 0:24:13that included a tongue-in-cheek intervention by Tony Blair.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15What was her name?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Deirdre Barlow.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Yeah. Who eventually escaped from England in 1651 after the Battle of Worcester
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- disguised as William Jackson...- Charles II.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24..a servant of Jane Lane of Bentley Hall near Walsall?
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Charles II.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Charles II is correct. In which American state is the resort of Atlantic City?
0:24:28 > 0:24:29New Jersey.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Yes. The spider Atrax robustus and other similar species
0:24:32 > 0:24:35are much feared in parts of Australia because of their venomous bite.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37How are they popularly known,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39because of the distinctive shape of their webs?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Funnel.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Yes, funnel-web.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45An author whose witty novels of upper-class life include Love In A Cold Climate
0:24:45 > 0:24:47was one of six daughters of the second Baron Redesdale.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49What was her name?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Nancy Mitford.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Yes. The greengage is considered to be a variety of which fruit?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Plum.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Yep. Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, who is better known as Chuck D,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00is the front man of which rap group?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Public Enemy.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Yes. What do the initials WAN stand for in the world of computing?
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Pass.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Which former deputy leader of the Labour Party claimed
0:25:08 > 0:25:10he was the eponymous hero of Spitting Image,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12the only character in the show who actually spits?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Roy Hattersley.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Yes. Which actress plays Selene in the Underworld films,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Anna Valerius in Van Helsing
0:25:18 > 0:25:20and Eva Gardner in The Aviator?
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Kate Beckinsale.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Yep. Which female English poet was a rival candidate to Tennyson
0:25:25 > 0:25:28for the post of Poet Laureate following the death of Wordsworth in 1850?
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Emily Dickinson.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Winston Churchill justified his alliance with which country in World War II
0:25:34 > 0:25:36when he said, "If Hitler invaded hell,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39"I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil
0:25:39 > 0:25:40"in the House of Commons"?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41The Soviet Union.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Yes. Who was the first composer to be elevated to the peerage?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47He was created a life peer in 1976, the year of his death.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Elgar.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52No, Britten. On which island in the Irish Sea is the district of Grenaby,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55supposedly haunted by Jimmy Squarefoot, who takes
0:25:55 > 0:25:57the appearance of a man with a pig's head?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Pass.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01In 2013, which former England defender replaced
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Stuart Pearce as the manager of the England Under-21 team?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Southgate.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Yep. The River Thames is known by what name as it flows through Oxford?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11It's a misapprehension of the origin of its Roman name.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Isis.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Yes. What insects are the preferred food of the pangolin?
0:26:15 > 0:26:16BEEP
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- It uses its long tongue to probe for them in the ground.- Ants.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Yeah. Termites, yep.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Two passes, Simon.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27The Isle of Man is where Jimmy Squarefoot hangs out
0:26:27 > 0:26:32or did hang out, and WAN stands for Wide Area Network.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35You have scored a total of 25 points.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38APPLAUSE
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Well, it was very close,
0:26:46 > 0:26:47and then it wasn't.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Let's have a look at the scores.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53In joint third place, 18 points apiece, Mike Wing and Amanda Calton.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Second place, 19 points, Stephen Adams.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00First place, a healthy lead, 25 points. Simon Alvey.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Which means that Simon is tonight's winner,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16and he goes through to the semifinals.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Congratulations to him.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And if you would like to be a contender on the next series,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24do go to our website: bbc.co.uk/mastermind
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and you can follow us on Twitter: @mastermindquiz
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0:27:31 > 0:27:32Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE