Episode 19 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Mike Wing,

a digital consultant from Hertford.

He's answering questions on The West Wing.

Next, Amanda Calton,

a jeweller's assistant from Wrexham, on the great athlete Jesse Owens.

Stephen Adams is an intellectual property consultant from Cornel.

His specialist subject: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.

And Simon Alvey is a PR consultant from London.

His subject: Billy Bragg.

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

Four more contenders tonight, each sharing the same ambition:

to get through this round, then the next, and then win the grand final.

No problem!

Except that only one person can do it,

and standing in their way,

two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,

and two and a half on general knowledge.

So... Let us get on with it

and ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is?

-Mike Wing.

-Your occupation?

-Digital consultant.

-Your specialist subject?

-The West Wing.

The West Wing, in two minutes, starting now.

The first season of The West Wing opens during the first term

in office of a fictional American president played by Martin Sheen.

What's the president's name?

-Josiah Bartlet.

-Yes.

What is the name of the young naval officer whom the president chooses

as his personal physician,

but is killed when his plane's shot down on the way to

a teaching hospital in Jordan?

Morris Tollimore.

No, Captain Tolliver.

What proportion of the staff at the White House

does Congressman Peter Lilienfield claim use drugs on a regular basis?

-One in three.

-Yes.

What name does Leo McGarry give to the one day of the year

when White House senior staff meet with organisations

who wouldn't normally get such an opportunity?

Big block of cheese day.

Yes! After President Bartlet survives an assassination attempt,

he becomes obsessed with a school board election in New Hampshire.

What is the name of his old adversary,

who is standing for election to the board?

Pass.

When Josh Lyman is given a card by the National Security Council,

telling him where to go in the case of a major incident,

it troubles him because none of his staff have been given the card.

What specific incident does it apply to?

To a nuclear attack.

Yes. What is the name of the Republican that Bartlet is referring to

during his re-election campaign, when he tells a local television

interviewer that he has a .22 calibre mind in a .357 Magnum world?

Pass.

What group meeting is secretly arranged by Vice President John Hoynes,

and is also attended by Leo McGarry, in the episode Stirred?

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Yes. In which episode is the White House press secretary CJ Cregg

followed by a documentary crew

who are doing a day-in-the-life piece on her,

on a day in which she has to deal with an FBI stand-off crisis?

Pass.

Which of Bartlet's daughters is Doug Westin married to?

Bartlet's asked to support him

in a bid to represent New Hampshire in Congress.

Elizabeth.

Yes. What type of car, made by Toyota,

does Josh Lyman crash into when he test-drives a large SUV?

Prius.

Yes, a hybrid. When Bartlet is onstage celebrating his re-election as president,

his wife Abigail notices a symptom of his MS.

What is it?

Erm... Pass.

What do the magicians Penn and Teller... BEEP

..appear to do that sparks controversy

while they are providing entertainment

at Zoey Bartlet's birthday party at the White House?

Burn the American flag.

Yes, indeed.

You have four passes, Mike.

What Bartlet can't do, which makes his wife a little suspicious,

is he can't read the teleprompter properly.

The episode in which there is that FBI stand-off crisis was Access.

The name of the Republican to whom Bartlet referred in that re-election campaign

was Rob Ritchie.

And after the president survived that assassination attempt,

he became obsessed with Elliott Roush, his old adversary,

who was standing for election to the board.

So, those four passes, Mike.

You have eight points.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Amanda Calton.

-Your occupation?

-Jeweller's assistant.

-And your chosen subject?

-Jesse Owens.

Jesse Owens. Two minutes. Here we go.

The American track athlete Jesse Owens won four Olympic gold medals.

He equalled the world record for the 100 yards,

and broke the records for the long jump, 220 yards

and 220 yards hurdles on 25 May 1935.

At which university did he do it?

Ohio.

Michigan. What was the name of the athletics coach who worked with

the young Owens at both Fairmount junior high school

and East Tech high school in Cleveland?

Charles Riley.

Yes. Who finished second to Owens

in the final of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympics?

Ralph Metcalfe.

Mack Robinson.

The 1936 Olympics were the beginnings of Owens' friendship

with a German long jumper who sportingly gave him advice

on how to ensure that he qualified for the final. Who was he?

Luz Long.

Yep. Which elementary school did Owens attend

after his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio?

According to legend, he became known as Jesse

after one of the teachers misheard when he gave his name as JC Owens

in his Alabama accent.

Bolton.

Yep. What was placed in the long-jump pit at a meeting at Arbor in 1935

to mark the existing world record?

Owens jumped six inches beyond it to set a world record

that lasted for a quarter of a century.

A handkerchief.

Yes. After the Berlin Olympics, Owens earned an estimated 10,000

by campaigning for which Republican presidential candidate?

Alf Landon.

Correct. What alliterative nickname for Owens was partially derived

from a nickname for the state of Ohio?

The Buckeye Bullet.

Yeah. On Boxing Day 1936,

Owens won a highly publicised race against a horse in Havana.

What was its name?

Julio McCraw.

Yeah. In his book Black Think,

Owens criticised the Black Power movement.

What is the title of his 1972 work in which he retracted

some of those criticisms?

I Have Changed.

Yes. Who beat Owens in the 100 metres

and the long jump in the 1935 AAU championships,

but injured his hamstring early the following year

and missed the Berlin Olympics?

Eulace Peacock.

Correct. On which ship did Owens and the rest of the American team

sail to Europe for the '36 Olympics?

Manhattan.

Yep. Owens received which honour from Gerald Ford in 1976?

Medal of Freedom.

Yes. Owens broke the long-jump world record at Ann Arbor in 1935.

BEEP Which Japanese athlete had previously held the record?

Er... Tajima.

No. Chuhei Nambu.

No passes, Amanda. You have 11 points.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Stephen Adams.

-Your occupation?

-Intellectual property consultant.

-And your chosen subject?

-The life of Manfred von Richthofen.

Von Richthofen.

In two minutes. Von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron,

was the most successful German air ace of the First World War.

How many aircraft that were shot down were officially attributed to him?

80.

Yeah. Which English ace, the first fighter pilot to receive

the Victoria Cross, was shot down by von Richthofen on 23 November 1916?

Lanoe Hawker.

Yes. In which cavalry regiment did von Richthofen receive

his first commission in 1912, after he completed his military training?

-The 1st West Prussian.

-Yes, or the 1st Regiment of Uhlans.

What rank was von Richthofen promoted to in April 1917,

in keeping with Army tradition, although he no longer served on horseback?

Rittmeister.

Yes, or cavalry captain.

The red Focke DR1 triplanes most famously associated with von Richthofen

were fitted with two fixed LNG 0815 machine guns

bearing the imprint of which arsenal?

-Spandau.

-Yep.

In English, what is the codename for the bombing unit that

von Richthofen was sent to in August 1915?

Er...the...er... observation...

pigeon unit.

Yes, the carrier pigeon unit.

Which fighter unit, consisting of four fighter squadrons,

was formed in June 1917 with von Richthofen as its commanding officer?

It was nicknamed the Flying Circus.

JG One.

Yes.

The first of a succession of silver cups that von Richthofen

ordered to mark his victories bore the inscription One Vicker Two

and the date 17 September 1916.

To what does the two refer?

Two-seater.

Yep. What was the make and model of the first of the four British planes

to be shot down by von Richthofen on 29 April 1917?

It was piloted by Lieutenant Richard Aplin.

BE Two.

The SPAD VII.

What was the name of the ceremonial walking stick

passed down to JG One's future commander, Hermann Goering,

that became a symbol of von Richthofen's leadership?

Geschwaderstock.

Yes. Which highly prized Prussian and later German honour

was awarded to him after his 16th aerial victory in January 1917?

The Pour le Merite.

Yes. After von Richthofen was shot down and wounded in the head in July 1917,

he was taken to a hospital... BEEP ..in Courtrai.

Which hospital?

Field hospital 76.

Yes, or St Nicholas Hospital.

No passes, Stephen.

You have also 11 points.

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And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Simon Alvey.

-Your occupation?

-PR consultant.

-And your chosen subject?

-The life and music of Billy Bragg.

Billy Bragg, in two minutes. Here we go.

The English singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg

released his first album in 1983.

What was his first stage name, taken from a comic strip

in the American magazine MAD

that he incorporated into the title of that album?

Spy Vs Spy.

Yes. Kirsty MacColl had a number seven UK hit in 1985,

with which Billy Bragg song?

A New England.

Yep. In '81, Bragg signed up to the Royal Armoured Corps

but bought himself out following three months' basic training.

At which Army training centre was he based,

after a fitness programme in Solihull?

Catterick.

Yeah. Which Beatles song gave Bragg and Cara Tivey a UK number one in 1988?

It was part of a double A side

with Wet Wet Wet's version of With A Little Help From My Friends.

She's Leaving Home.

Correct. What was the title of the '89 BBC television documentary series

that included the episode called Silver Tracks,

in which Billy Bragg and Andy Kershaw went to Bolivia and Chile together?

Great Journeys.

Yep. In which park in Hackney was Bragg part of the crowd

to see The Clash perform in the Rock Against Racism Carnival in April '78,

an event he recalled as an eye-opener?

Victoria Park.

Yes. Which of Bragg's songs contain the line:

"When the world falls apart, some things stay in place"?

Levi Stubbs' Tears.

Yes. On which label was his album of predominantly political songs,

The Internationale, released in May 1990?

Utility.

Yep. In '77, Bragg and his band Riff-Raff spent several weeks writing

and rehearsing songs at a farmhouse near Oundle in Northamptonshire

that had a converted music studio. What was the name of the property?

Pass.

Which album, released in 2013, includes the tracks

January Song, Handyman Blues and There Will Be A Reckoning?

Tooth And Nail.

Correct. Kirsty MacColl and The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr

collaborated with Bragg on which single,

taken from the '86 album Talking With The Taxman About Poetry?

Pass.

What is the title of the top 20 hit single Bragg made

with the charity Rosetta Life in 2005?

Pass.

When the young Billy Bragg compiled his own top 20 pop charts,

which folk song, covered by Simon and Garfunkel,

stayed his number one for well over a year in '71 and '72?

Scarborough Fair.

Yep. Billy Bragg and the American rock band Wilco

released in 1998 an album... BEEP

..in which they had set their own music to lyrics

written by the folk singer Woody Guthrie. What is the album's title?

Mermaid Avenue.

..is correct.

You have three passes, Simon.

We Laughed was the title of that top 20 hit with the charity Rosetta Life.

The single taken from that '86 album was Greetings To The New Brunette.

And Bear Shank Lodge was where that converted music studio was.

You also, Simon, got 11 points.

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Well, a very close first round there. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place with eight points is Mike Wing.

Joint first place, 11 points apiece,

Amanda Calton,

Stephen Adams

and Simon Alvey.

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So it is the general knowledge round now,

and if there is a tie at the end of it,

then the number of passes is taken into account,

and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

And if they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-breaker.

The six highest-scoring runners-up will also be able to claim

a place in the semifinal, so, plenty to play for.

Let's get on with it and ask Mike to join us again, please.

And you start this round with eight points,

with your knowledge of The West Wing.

You get two and a half minutes of general knowledge,

so lots of time to catch up and overtake everybody else. Here we go.

What is the British equivalent of a person known in America as a realtor?

Estate agent.

Yeah. Russian blue and Havana brown are breeds of which domestic animal?

Cat.

Yep. Which Bishop is the third most senior cleric of the Church of England,

following the Archbishops of Canterbury and York?

Durham.

London. What type of fine white sugar takes its name from the container

with a perforated top that is used to sprinkle it?

Caster.

Yep. In 1854, Elisha Otis successfully demonstrated an automatic

safety device for equipment that was initially devised to carry freight,

but later adapted for passengers. What was it?

Seat belt.

A lift or elevator.

Edie Sedgwick, a model and actress who died aged 28 in 1971,

was the muse for a famous artist during the '60s. Who was the artist?

Warhol.

Yeah. Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge Of Courage,

made into a film starring Audie Murphy, is set during which 19th-century conflict?

American Civil War.

Yes. Toby Stephens, who played the villainous Gustave Graves

in the Bond film Die Another Day, is

the son of the actor Robert Stephens and which celebrated actress?

Pass.

The Russian city of Volgograd was famously besieged

during the Second World War.

By what name was it known at the time?

St Petersburg?

Stalingrad. Which South American country did Pedro Alvarez Cabral

discover and claim for Portugal in 1500?

Pass.

Which car designer was responsible for the creation

of the Morris Minor, that went on sale in 1948, and the Mini, in '59?

Issigonis.

Yes. Which English humorous writer, who was knighted in 1975,

was once described by the playwright Sean O'Casey as "a performing flea"?

Pass.

What part of the sun's radiation is split into three types,

A, B, and C, according to wavelength?

Both A and B components can have harmful effects on humans,

while the C component does not reach the Earth's surface.

Pass.

In which bay off the west coast of Ireland

are the Aran Islands of Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer located?

Pass.

The ballet dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta,

who joined the Royal Ballet in 1998, was born in which Caribbean country in 1973?

Cuba.

Yep. In 1689, who was crowned alongside her husband, William III,

to emphasise the joint nature of their sovereignty?

A second coronation chair was made for the occasion.

Mary.

Yes, Mary II.

The triangular area between Morley, Rothwell

and Wakefield in West Yorkshire is famous for growing

the forced early variety of a plant whose stalks are used in pies or crumbles.

Which plant?

Rhubarb.

Yep. Which pop entrepreneur... BEEP

..had his second and final UK top ten hit

with Double Dutch in 1983?

Malcolm McLaren.

..is correct.

You had five passes altogether.

Galway Bay is where Inishmore, Inishmaan etc are located.

Ultraviolet is the... CHUCKLES

..the sun's radiation.

PG Wodehouse was "the performing flea", according to Sean O'Casey.

Brazil was discovered by Cabral,

and Dame Maggie Smith was the other half of that couple.

Mike, you have scored a total of 18 points.

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And now, Amanda, again, please.

And, er...

You are one of the several who scored 11 points in that first round.

18 is the score to beat as we speak.

And you have two and a half minutes in which to do it. Here we go.

Which poet's birthday do the Scots celebrate every year

on 25 January with a special meal and recitations of poetry and songs?

Robert Burns.

Yes. In Greek mythology, which race of creatures have the head,

arms and trunk of a human, and the body and legs of a horse?

Centaur.

Yeah. Which British naval hero was given the title the Duke of Bronte

by the King of Naples in 1799?

Nelson?

Yes. The tradition of the ticker-tape parade in New York City

began after a spontaneous celebration of the unveiling of what sculpture in 1886?

The Statue of Liberty.

Yes. On a French menu, what items of offal are rognons?

Pass.

In which Commonwealth country was the classical singer

Hayley Westenra born in 1987?

Australia?

New Zealand. Psittacosis is a form of pneumonia that can be transmitted

to humans by which class of creature?

Dog?

Birds. Who wrote the children's book The Queen's Nose,

in which ten-year-old Harmony Parker finds a magic 50p piece that grants wishes

if the side with the Queen on it is rubbed?

Philip Pullman.

Dick King Smith. In which northern European country are Espoo,

Tampere and Turku major cities?

Portugal?

Finland. A singer and actress whose films include Mask and Moonstruck

was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in California on 20 May 1946.

How is she better known?

Cher.

Yes. Which document was introduced in its modern form after the passing of

the British Nationality And Status Of Aliens Act of 1914?

Entente cordiale?

The passport. An English and British Lions hooker known as Pitbull

won the 2010 Sports Book Of The Year prize for

his autobiography Beware Of The Dog.

What is his name?

Gareth Edwards.

Brian Moore. What is the largest inland county in England?

It shares a border with Wales.

Menai Strait.

Shropshire. The two trading wars between China and Britain,

known as The Opium Wars, took place in which century?

20th.

The 19th. Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potcher

and Bruce Woodley were all part of which UK chart-topping

Australian close harmony group of the '60s?

-Pass.

-Who was the regular presenter of the children's

programme SMTV Live, alongside Ant and Dec,

before she went on to host the American show So You Think You Can Dance?

Zoe Ball.

Cat Deeley. Which French writer earned renown in 1898 for his intervention

in the Dreyfus affair and his authorship of the J'Accuse letter?

Emile Zola.

Yes. Article five of the treaty signed by the 12 nations

on 4th April 1949 states that an armed attack against one or more of them

in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.

Which treaty? BEEP

NATO.

NATO is correct.

You had two passes.

Judith Durham etc were part of The Seekers.

And rognons are kidneys.

You've scored, Amanda, 18 points.

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And now Stephen, again, please.

And you also start this round with 11 points, Stephen,

and 18 is still the score to beat.

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

Of which country was Kyoto the capital from 794 to 1868?

Japan.

Yep. To what animal does the adjective vulpine refer?

Fox.

Yep. The metal magnesium is an essential constitute of chlorophyll,

where it plays a role similar to a metal in haemoglobin. Which metal?

Copper.

Iron. What Italian superlative is sometimes used for

the supreme commander of a military force,

particularly a force composed of several armies or navies,

or drawn from more than one country?

Pass.

Which German city, famous for its book publishing industry

and long regarded as a cultural centre,

was the second-largest city in the old East Germany?

Berlin.

Leipzig. Who starred as Lurcio, the slave to Ludicrus Sextus,

in the television comedy series Up Pompeii?

Pass.

John Crome and John Sell Cotman were

leaders of a 19th-century school of landscape painters named after

the east Anglian city where they were based. Which school?

Norwich.

Yeah. Which variety of pea is normally used

in the preparation of mushy peas?

Pass.

What Latin term, used in English and Welsh law to describe

an ancient common law writ, means "you shall have the body"?

Habeas corpus.

Yes. Which town now stands on the site of Camulodunum,

which was burned in AD 60 during the uprising of the British queen Boudicca?

Colchester.

Yes. In the Arthurian legends, what is the name of King Arthur's sister,

or half-sister, whom Geoffrey of Monmouth names as the ruler of Avalon?

Mary.

Morgan le Fay. Hamish is a Scottish Gaelic version of which English forename?

Henry.

James. What was the subject of the guide first published in 1839

by George Bradshaw, a Manchester printer?

Railways.

Yeah, railway timetables.

With which song did Tasmin Archer top the UK singles

chart in October 1992?

Pass.

Who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role alongside her father

in the 1973 film Paper Moon?

She went on to marry John McEnroe in 1986.

Pass.

In which city is the Berlaymont building,

where the European Commission has its headquarters?

Brussels.

Yes. In JK Rowling's second Harry Potter novel,

a fierce and mythical beast is discovered in the chamber of secrets.

What beast?

Cerebus.

Basilisk. The very tall tower of St Botolph's,

the parish church of Boston in Lincolnshire, is often known by what nickname?

Leaning tower.

The Boston Stump. What is the name of the Labour MP of Hackney North

and Stoke Newington who's been a regular guest

on the late-night politics show This Week, hosted by Andrew Neil?

Pass.

Phi, chi and psi are the penultimate letters in which alphabet?

BEEP

Greek.

The Greek alphabet is correct.

You have six passes altogether. Diane Abbott was the Labour MP.

Tatum O'Neal married John McEnroe and won an Oscar.

Sleeping Satellite was the song that Tasmin Archer topped

the singles chart with.

Marrowfat peas are used for mushy peas.

Frankie Howerd was... Yes, Lurcio.

And "generalissimo" is the Italian superlative

if you're a very grand commander indeed.

Stephen, you have 19 points.

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And finally, Simon, again, please.

And you also start with 11 points, Simon,

and 19 is now the score to beat.

Two and a half minutes for you to get through to the semifinals,

or not, as the case may be. Here we go.

Which seven-sided coin first went into circulation in Britain

on 19 June 1982?

50p.

20p. Which European country is known in its own language as Magyarorszag?

Montenegro?

Hungary. A statue that is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch

was discovered by a local on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820,

and is now in the Louvre in Paris. Which statue?

-Venus De Milo.

-Yes.

A Coronation Street character was the subject of the

Free The Weatherfield One press campaign in 1998

that included a tongue-in-cheek intervention by Tony Blair.

What was her name?

Deirdre Barlow.

Yeah. Who eventually escaped from England in 1651 after the Battle of Worcester

-disguised as William Jackson...

-Charles II.

..a servant of Jane Lane of Bentley Hall near Walsall?

Charles II.

Charles II is correct. In which American state is the resort of Atlantic City?

New Jersey.

Yes. The spider Atrax robustus and other similar species

are much feared in parts of Australia because of their venomous bite.

How are they popularly known,

because of the distinctive shape of their webs?

Funnel.

Yes, funnel-web.

An author whose witty novels of upper-class life include Love In A Cold Climate

was one of six daughters of the second Baron Redesdale.

What was her name?

Nancy Mitford.

Yes. The greengage is considered to be a variety of which fruit?

Plum.

Yep. Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, who is better known as Chuck D,

is the front man of which rap group?

Public Enemy.

Yes. What do the initials WAN stand for in the world of computing?

Pass.

Which former deputy leader of the Labour Party claimed

he was the eponymous hero of Spitting Image,

the only character in the show who actually spits?

Roy Hattersley.

Yes. Which actress plays Selene in the Underworld films,

Anna Valerius in Van Helsing

and Eva Gardner in The Aviator?

Kate Beckinsale.

Yep. Which female English poet was a rival candidate to Tennyson

for the post of Poet Laureate following the death of Wordsworth in 1850?

Emily Dickinson.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Winston Churchill justified his alliance with which country in World War II

when he said, "If Hitler invaded hell,

"I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil

"in the House of Commons"?

The Soviet Union.

Yes. Who was the first composer to be elevated to the peerage?

He was created a life peer in 1976, the year of his death.

Elgar.

No, Britten. On which island in the Irish Sea is the district of Grenaby,

supposedly haunted by Jimmy Squarefoot, who takes

the appearance of a man with a pig's head?

Pass.

In 2013, which former England defender replaced

Stuart Pearce as the manager of the England Under-21 team?

Southgate.

Yep. The River Thames is known by what name as it flows through Oxford?

It's a misapprehension of the origin of its Roman name.

Isis.

Yes. What insects are the preferred food of the pangolin?

BEEP

-It uses its long tongue to probe for them in the ground.

-Ants.

Yeah. Termites, yep.

Two passes, Simon.

The Isle of Man is where Jimmy Squarefoot hangs out

or did hang out, and WAN stands for Wide Area Network.

You have scored a total of 25 points.

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Well, it was very close,

and then it wasn't.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In joint third place, 18 points apiece, Mike Wing and Amanda Calton.

Second place, 19 points, Stephen Adams.

First place, a healthy lead, 25 points. Simon Alvey.

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Which means that Simon is tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

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

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

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and do please join us again, next time, for more masterminds.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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