0:00:25 > 0:00:27First in the spotlight tonight is Richard Tring,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29an administrator from Kent.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31He's answering questions on Brian Clough.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Next, Stephen Porter, a teacher from Liverpool
0:00:35 > 0:00:37on the films of Paul Verhoeven.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Dave Barker is a civilian police employee from Wakefield.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45His specialist subject is the band ELO, the Electric Light Orchestra.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47John Savage is a salesman from Polmont.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50His subject, the Easter Rising.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And Rachael Neiman, a student from Manchester.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Her specialist subject, the American humorist David Sedaris.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Five contenders tonight,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and that's because this is a semifinal,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24which means there's one last hurdle to clear before the grand final
0:01:24 > 0:01:27and the chance to become the nation's Mastermind.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Slightly different timings -
0:01:28 > 0:01:31a minute and a half on their specialist subject
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and then two minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35So, let's get on with this
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47And your name is?
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Your occupation?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And your chosen subject?
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Brian Clough in a minute and a half. Here we go.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Against which country did Clough make
0:01:56 > 0:01:58his international debut for England in October 1959?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01It was one of only two full England caps he received.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Wales. - Known for his wit,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05when he was asked about his success, Clough replied,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business, but I was in the top...?"
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- One.- Which club was Clough playing against
0:02:11 > 0:02:14when he tore a cruciate ligament in his knee on Boxing Day '62,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17effectively ending his playing career?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Bury. - Which player first discovered at Hartlepools United
0:02:20 > 0:02:23did Clough take with him to Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- John McGovern. - To which Mediterranean island did Clough
0:02:26 > 0:02:29take his Nottingham Forest players for training
0:02:29 > 0:02:31prior to their second European cup win in May 1980?
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Majorca.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Which team in the Cleveland League
0:02:35 > 0:02:38did Clough play for as a teenager with three of his brothers?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41He joined Middlesbrough as an amateur in '51.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Great Broughton.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44When Don Revie unexpectedly resigned,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Clough was interviewed for the England manager's job
0:02:47 > 0:02:49in December '77. Who got it?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Ron Greenwood.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52In the final of which minor competition did
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Clough's Derby County beat the Scottish league team Airdrieonians
0:02:55 > 0:02:582-1 on aggregate in April '72?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Texaco Cup.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02In which city is the Chase Hotel where Clough met Peter Taylor
0:03:02 > 0:03:05to try to persuade him to leave his job managing Burton Albion
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and join him at Hartlepools United?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Sunderland.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13York. Clough was fined £500 and given a three-month touchline ban
0:03:13 > 0:03:15in February '89 for striking spectators
0:03:15 > 0:03:17while he was managing Nottingham Forest.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Which team were Forest playing in the League Cup quarterfinal?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21QPR.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25With the money he received for his 44 days in charge of Leeds United...
0:03:25 > 0:03:28BEEP ..Clough was able to pay off his mortgage.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30He bought a new house in which Derbyshire village?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Quarndon.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Quarndon is correct.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35No passes, Richard. You have scored 10 points.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38APPLAUSE
0:03:45 > 0:03:46And our next contender, please.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55And your name is?
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Your occupation?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And your specialist subject?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Paul Verhoeven in 90 seconds.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04The films of Paul Verhoeven include Basic Instinct,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08which opens with the murder of Johnny Boz who's killed with which implement
0:04:08 > 0:04:11that's seen under the bed at the end of the film?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Ice pick.- Which actor appears in several of Verhoeven's films
0:04:14 > 0:04:17including as Hugo in Katie Tippel, Erik Lanshof in Soldier of Orange
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and Gerrit Witkamp in Spetters?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Rutger Hauer. - In Business Is Business,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Nell Muller leaves her abusive boyfriend Sjaak to be with Bob de Vries.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27In which city does de Vries live?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28The Hague.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Eindhoven. What's the name of the gorilla successfully brought back
0:04:32 > 0:04:35from an induced state of invisibility in Hollow Man?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38This leads to Sebastian becoming the human subject of the next experiment.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Isabelle. - In RoboCop, what is the name of the new city
0:04:41 > 0:04:44that's due to be built and policed by enforcement drones
0:04:44 > 0:04:46to replace Detroit after it is demolished?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Delta City.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51In The Fourth Man, after watching some old home videos, Gerard discovers
0:04:51 > 0:04:54that Christine has had three previous husbands, all of whom died.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Which one was apparently eaten by a lion?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Erm, Gerritt.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01In Showgirls, Nomi takes over Cristal Connor's role
0:05:01 > 0:05:05in which lavish production at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas
0:05:05 > 0:05:09after she has injured Cristal by pushing her down a staircase?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Goddess. - Which Dutch cinematographer,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14who directed films such as Twister and Speed,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16worked on many of Verhoeven's many early films
0:05:16 > 0:05:19and was director of photography on Basic Instinct?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- Jan de Bont. - What is the name of the Omni Consumer Products executive
0:05:22 > 0:05:26who was killed by the prototype ED-209 when a boardroom demonstration
0:05:26 > 0:05:29of its capabilities goes badly wrong in RoboCop?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Mr Kinney.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33In Black Book, what is the hobby of Ludwig Muntze... BEEP
0:05:33 > 0:05:36..that allows the Dutch resistance fighter Rachel Stein
0:05:36 > 0:05:40to get close to him and so infiltrate Gestapo headquarters?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Stamp collecting.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Stamp collecting is correct.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44No passes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46You, Stephen, have scored 9 points.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50APPLAUSE
0:05:56 > 0:05:58And our next contender, please.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06And your name?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Your occupation?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09And your chosen subject?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13In 90 seconds, here we go.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15The English rock band Electric Light Orchestra,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18or ELO, were formed in Birmingham in 1970.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Under what name were the band making albums and touring
0:06:21 > 0:06:23when they decided to change their name to ELO?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24The Move.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27With which progressive EMI label did ELO sign
0:06:27 > 0:06:29their first record contract in 1970?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Harvest.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Under what title was ELO's self-titled debut album
0:06:33 > 0:06:36first released in America by United Artists in 1972?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38No Answer.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41The band's second album, ELO 2, released in 1973
0:06:41 > 0:06:43contains a cover of which Chuck Berry song?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Roll Over Beethoven. - Which ELO musician would pretend on stage
0:06:47 > 0:06:49to play The Dying Swan on his cello
0:06:49 > 0:06:52using an orange on the neck instead of his fingers?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55He later started performing it on an exploding cello.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- Mike Edwards. - Which fashion photographer took the cover shot
0:06:58 > 0:07:00for ELO's 1973 album On the Third Day
0:07:00 > 0:07:03in which all the band members are seen exposing their navels?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Avedon.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08What was the name of the 1978 tour that featured a giant spaceship?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10The opening concert in Britain was
0:07:10 > 0:07:13in front of members of the royal family at Wembley Arena.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The Big Night.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Yes, or Out of the Blue. At which studio was the
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Out of the Blue album recorded in Germany in 1977?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Musicland.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25On which "appalling" ELO song did Bev Bevan refuse to play drums?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28It resulted in Roy Wood filling in and playing instead?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The Battle of Marston Moor.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Which ELO album collected silver, gold or platinum awards
0:07:33 > 0:07:36in several countries, and entered the UK Charts at number one
0:07:36 > 0:07:38when it was released in June '79?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Discovery.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42When Roy Wood and Bill Hunt left the band to form Wizzard,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45which cellist did they take with them? BEEP
0:07:45 > 0:07:46He later returned to ELO.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Hugh McDowell.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Is correct. Dave, no passes. Perfect score. 11 points.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02And our next contender, please.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11And your name is?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Your occupation?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15And your chosen subject?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Padraig Pearse read the proclamation declaring Ireland's independence
0:08:22 > 0:08:24on Easter Monday 1916 outside which building
0:08:24 > 0:08:27that the Republicans made their headquarters?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28The GPO.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Many of the rifles used by the Republicans had been
0:08:30 > 0:08:33landed at Howth two years earlier on the Asgard,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37a yacht belonging to which English-born Irish Nationalist author?
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Childers.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42What was the name of the Republican Commandant of Dublin's First Battalion,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44was stationed in the Four Courts area of Dublin?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Eamonn Ceannt.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49No, Daly. Eamon de Valera, the Commandant of the Third Battalion,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52made his headquarters during the Rising at which bakery
0:08:52 > 0:08:54on the corner of Grand Canal Street?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Boland's Mill. - What was the name of the Brigadier General
0:08:57 > 0:09:00who commanded the British troops at the Curragh?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Lowe.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04From which building, owned by the strike-breaker William Martin Murphy,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07did the Republicans fly the Starry Plough flag?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- The Imperial Hotel. - On the Wednesday following the Rising,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14which British gunboat sailed up the Liffey shelling Republican positions?
0:09:14 > 0:09:15The Helga.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19In which County Meath town was an attack made on Royal Irish Constabulary barracks
0:09:19 > 0:09:22in the only large-scale fighting outside Dublin?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Ashbourne.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26The Republican surrender to the British forces on 29th April 1916
0:09:26 > 0:09:30was delivered under the protection of a white flag by a nurse
0:09:30 > 0:09:33who was a member of the Irish Republican women's paramilitary organisation.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34What was her name?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- Elizabeth O'Farrell - All of signatories to the Proclamation of Independence
0:09:38 > 0:09:43were executed after they surrendered. How many signatories were there?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Seven.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Which Republican leader was executed by a firing squad
0:09:46 > 0:09:50on the 12th May 1916 while he was tied to a chair... BEEP
0:09:50 > 0:09:52..because he'd been badly wounded during the Rising?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53James Connolly.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Is correct.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- No passes, John. 10 points. - Thank you.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07And our final contender, please.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23And your name is?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Your occupation?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27And your chosen subject?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31David Sedaris in a minute and a half. Here we go.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33David Sedaris is an American humorist and essayist.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37In his Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist, he mentions which sister
0:10:37 > 0:10:40whose early artwork was much better received than his own?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Gretchen.- In the short story Possession,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45whose house does Sedaris fall in love with while in Amsterdam?
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Anne Frank.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49In Attaboy, a member of the public makes a citizen's arrest
0:10:49 > 0:10:52of a young boy on a street in New York. What's the boy caught defacing?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Mailbox.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57What type of shop did Sedaris's Greek grandmother have that made him
0:10:57 > 0:10:59look forward to filling up a pillowcase with her
0:10:59 > 0:11:01merchandise at the end of each visit?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Newsstand.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Or sweet shop. In which short story does
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Sedaris worry about a boil on his tail bone? His boyfriend, Hugh,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10lances it for him, earning him the nickname Sir Lance-a-Lot?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Old Faithful. - Who are the neighbours who always trying to outdo
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Beth and her husband in Christmas Means Giving
0:11:16 > 0:11:19by trying to appear more charitable and wealthy?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Er, Beth and... No.- No.- Pass.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24In the story Us and Them, what form of entertainment
0:11:24 > 0:11:27does Sedaris's neighbour Mr Tomkey not believe in,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30a view the other neighbours feel is unfair on his wife and children?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Television. - When Sedaris is on an airport layover in Denver,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36he hears what name called over the tannoy
0:11:36 > 0:11:40and finds is hard to imagine why anyone would give their child that name?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Adolf, Adolf Hitler.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45In Chipped Beef, what is the name of the church that the family attends?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48One of its tenets is to keep money well maintained and clean?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Church of the....Unicorn.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53No, the Cathedral of the Sparkling Nature.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56In Jesus Shaves, which religious holiday does
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Sedaris's French class try to explain?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00A Moroccan student admits to never having heard of it.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Easter.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Who is the allegedly long-lost daughter... BEEP
0:12:04 > 0:12:07..who joins the Dunbar family from Vietnam at Halloween
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and disrupts proceedings by wearing a bikini to the Thanksgiving dinner.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Khe Sahn.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Yes. You had one pass, Rachael.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Those neighbours who were always trying to outdo Beth and her husband
0:12:19 > 0:12:22were the Cottinghams, otherwise Doug and Nancy Cottingham.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24But you've scored 9 points.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48So, that is the end of a brilliantly close first round.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Let's have a look at the scores.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52In joint fourth place, 9 points apiece,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Stephen Porter and Rachael Neiman.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Joint second place, 10 points apiece,
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Richard Tring and John Savage.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01First place, just, one-point lead,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Dave Barker with 11 points.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14So, Round 2 now - the general knowledge round,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16and if there is a tie at the end of it,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23and if they are tied on passes as well,
0:13:23 > 0:13:24there has to be a tie-breaker.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29So, let's get on with it and ask Stephen to join us again, please.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32And you start this round with 9 points
0:13:32 > 0:13:35with your knowledge of Paul Verhoeven, Stephen.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Here we go. You get two minutes now for your general knowledge.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40In which Scottish city does the Royal Mile run
0:13:40 > 0:13:44between the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Castle Esplanade?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Edinburgh.- A Lancashire hotpot is topped with a layer which vegetables
0:13:47 > 0:13:50that become brown and crisp in the oven?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Potatoes. - What is the name of a cross with a loop at the top
0:13:53 > 0:13:55that was the symbol of eternal life in Ancient Egypt?
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Pass.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Which line of latitude forms much of the boundary
0:13:59 > 0:14:02in the west between America and Canada?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Erm... Pass.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06What term historically applies to two types of crime,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10the high form indicating betrayal of one's country or sovereign?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Treason. - Which novel by Gillian Flynn
0:14:14 > 0:14:17about a man who's the main suspect when his wife disappears
0:14:17 > 0:14:21has been made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike?
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Gone Girl.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25The upper-case form of which Greek letter is used to symbolise
0:14:25 > 0:14:28the SI unit of electrical resistance, the ohm?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Omega.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Which actor, who was knighted in 1983 and died in '95,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34played King Lear on the stage
0:14:34 > 0:14:36and narrated the adventures of Paddington Bear on TV?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Michael Hordern. - By what name of Canadian French origin
0:14:39 > 0:14:41is the North American reindeer known?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Caribou.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47In August 1984, Joan Benoit of America became the first winner
0:14:47 > 0:14:49of which Women's Olympic athletics event?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Marathon.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Which toy, originally known as a spring-end hopping stilt,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58was patented by Hans Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall in 1920?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Pogo Stick.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Who wrote the piano work for four hands Mother Goose or Ma Mere l'Oye?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06It was later orchestrated and produced as a ballet.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Mozart.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Ravel. Which Irish group topped the UK Album Charts for the tenth time
0:15:11 > 0:15:14in March 2009 with No Line On The Horizon?
0:15:14 > 0:15:15U2.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18What is the name of the Spanish king who succeeded to the throne
0:15:18 > 0:15:21on the abdication of his father Juan Carlos in June 2014?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Pass.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Which prominent left-wing politician stood down as MP for Chesterfield
0:15:26 > 0:15:29at the 2001 General Election to "devote more time to politics"?
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Tony Benn.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34What word can mean either a subsidiary section of a book or other publication,
0:15:34 > 0:15:39or, in biology, a short extension from the surface of any organ?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- BEEP - Extension?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Appendix is the correct answer to that.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46You had three passes, Stephen.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Felipe VI was that Spanish King,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51the line of latitude between American and Canada,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53the 49th parallel,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- and that cross with a loop at the top is the ankh.- Ankh.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Yeah, absolutely. Stephen, three passes.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01You've now got a total of 20 points.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13And now Rachael again, please.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And, Rachael, you have 9 points as well,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38so let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Two minutes, and the score to beat, as it stands, is 20 points.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Here we go.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Which basic incendiary weapon named after a Soviet foreign minister
0:16:46 > 0:16:48consists of a bottle filled with flammable liquid?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Molotov cocktail. - What fruit was Hercules required to steal from
0:16:51 > 0:16:54the Garden of the Hesperides as one of his 12 labours?
0:16:54 > 0:16:55Apple.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Who took over as interim leader of the Labour Party
0:16:58 > 0:17:01when Ed Miliband resigned following the 2015 General Election?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Harriet Harman.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Which planet is the Bringer of Jollity
0:17:05 > 0:17:07in Holst's suite The Planets?
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Jupiter.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Which TV comedy featured a spoof episode of University Challenge
0:17:11 > 0:17:14in which Footlights College played Scumbag College?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- The Young Ones. - Which 19th-century American author wrote
0:17:17 > 0:17:19the short horror story The Pit and the Pendulum,
0:17:19 > 0:17:23which was made into a 1961 film starring Vincent Price and Barbara Steele?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Edgar Allan Poe.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Which historic town, now a suburb of Birmingham,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32had the title Royal attached to its name by decree of Henry VIII in 1528?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Edgbaston.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Sutton Coldfield. The synthetic element with the atomic number 99
0:17:37 > 0:17:41first identified in 1952 is named after which scientist?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Einstein.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44The lead singer of the band The Killers
0:17:44 > 0:17:47had his second solo UK number-one album in May 2015
0:17:47 > 0:17:49with The Desired Effect. What's his name?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Brandon Flowers.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52In which American State is the Grand Canyon?
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Arizona.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57The name of which region in north-eastern France is given to a quiche
0:17:57 > 0:17:59filled with beaten eggs, fresh cream and bacon?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Lorraine.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Which hymn that became an anthem of the American civil rights movement
0:18:03 > 0:18:07was written by John Newton, a slave trader whose conversion to Christianity
0:18:07 > 0:18:11began after his ship survived an Atlantic storm in 1748.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Amazing Grace. Which female German tennis player
0:18:15 > 0:18:19held all four Grand Slam Singles titles at the same time in 1988?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Serena Williams was the next woman to achieve it.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Steffi Graf. - Who wrote the 1966 book In Cold Blood -
0:18:24 > 0:18:27an account of a multiple murder committed in Kansas
0:18:27 > 0:18:30and an early example of the New Journalism genre
0:18:30 > 0:18:32that combines fact with fiction?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Truman Capote. - Which country was ruled by King John IV?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39His daughter, Catherine of Braganza, became Charles II's wife.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Austria.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Portugal. Which English architect worked for Sir Christopher Wren
0:18:43 > 0:18:46and is remembered for his Baroque churches... BEEP
0:18:46 > 0:18:50in London and Westminster, in particular Christ Church, Spitalfields?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Nash.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52No, Hawksmoor.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56No passes, Rachael, but you have scored 21 points.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17And now Richard again, please.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21And you start out with 10 points, Richard,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23with your knowledge of Brian Clough.
0:19:23 > 0:19:2521 is now the score to beat,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and you have two minutes in which to do it. Here we go.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Which stretch of water was first swum by a man in 1875
0:19:31 > 0:19:33and by a woman in 1926?
0:19:33 > 0:19:34English Channel.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Which celebrated highwayman reputedly worked as a butcher but turned to crime when
0:19:38 > 0:19:41he became involved with a gang of deer-stealers in Epping forest?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Dick Turpin.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Which city became the political capital of the Swiss Confederation in 1848?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Bern. - What name is given to the highest part of
0:19:49 > 0:19:51a horse's back, between its shoulder blades?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Withers. - The Duke of Mantua sings La Donna E Mobile
0:19:55 > 0:20:00in which opera by Verdi that is based on a play by Victor Hugo?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Les Miserables.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Rigoletto.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05In 2015, Touker Suleyman, Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins
0:20:05 > 0:20:09joined the panel of experts on which TV reality show presented by Evan Davis?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Dragons' Den.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14What Latin word for unless appears in the term for a provisional decree,
0:20:14 > 0:20:18especially in divorce proceedings, which will later be made absolute
0:20:18 > 0:20:20unless cause is shown why it should not?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Nisi.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25In 2015, who became the first golfer since Tiger Woods in 2002
0:20:25 > 0:20:29to win back-to-back US Masters and US Open championships?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Jordan Spieth.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33According to his Second Epistle to the Corinthians,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Paul escaped his persecutors by being let down from
0:20:36 > 0:20:38a window in a basket when he was in which city?
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Tarsus.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Damascus. What simple mechanisms that are used to amplify physical force
0:20:43 > 0:20:45are split into three types depending on
0:20:45 > 0:20:48the relative positions of the effort, load and fulcrum?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Pivot.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Levers. At the end of the WWII, who became Premier
0:20:52 > 0:20:54and then later President of Yugoslavia?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Tito.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The first volume of which actor's autobiography published in 1972
0:20:58 > 0:21:00was called The Moon's A Balloon?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01David Niven.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Which actress won a Golden Globe
0:21:03 > 0:21:06and was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar
0:21:06 > 0:21:09for the role of Queen Victoria in the '97 film Mrs Brown?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Judi Dench. - The name of which Portuguese wine
0:21:11 > 0:21:15that literally means green wine is derived from the tradition of drinking it
0:21:15 > 0:21:17while it's young and not from its colour?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Vinho Verde.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22By what name has the former University College of North Staffordshire
0:21:22 > 0:21:23been known since 1962?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Birkbeck.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Keele. The songs When Daffodils Begin To Peer,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Lawn As White As Driven Snow... BEEP
0:21:29 > 0:21:32and Jog On, Jog On, The Footpath Way
0:21:32 > 0:21:35are sung by Autolycus in which of Shakespeare's plays?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Timon Of Athens.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38No, The Winter's Tale.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Never heard of it. - LAUGHTER
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Richard, no passes.
0:21:42 > 0:21:4421 points.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55And now John again, please.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01And you also start out with 10 points,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03John, in this incredibly close contest.
0:22:03 > 0:22:0621, the score to beat now.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Two minutes. Here we go.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11What name is given to the injury to the head, neck or spine
0:22:11 > 0:22:13caused by being thrown forcefully forward or back,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15often as the result of a motor accident?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Concussion.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Whiplash. Which children's character first appeared on TV in 1950?
0:22:19 > 0:22:23He lived in a picnic basket and was friends with Teddy and Looby Loo?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Andy Pandy. - Which former Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper
0:22:27 > 0:22:30became a full-time artist when he retired from cricket in 2004?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32He now has his own gallery in Chipping Sodbury.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Michael Atherton.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Jack Russell. In theatre, what term is used for a comment
0:22:36 > 0:22:40made by an actor directly to the audience unheard by the others on stage?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Aside. - The name of which island of the West Indies
0:22:43 > 0:22:44means rich port in Spanish?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- Puerto Rico. - In May 1915, a German submarine sank which
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Cunard liner, with the loss of over 1,000 lives,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55contributing to the eventual entry of America into the First World War.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Lusitania.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Whose first book entitled Puckoon
0:22:58 > 0:23:01is a satire about a fictitious village in Ireland,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04arbitrarily partitioned between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic
0:23:04 > 0:23:07by the Boundary Commission in 1924?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Spike Milligan.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Camelopard is an archaic term for which animal?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Hare.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Giraffe. According to the traditional definition,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18all acids contain what chemical element?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Hydrogen.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23In which sport did Anita Lonsbrough win Olympic and Commonwealth gold medals?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26In 1962, she became the first woman to be voted
0:23:26 > 0:23:28BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Swimming.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31What is the nationality of the pop groups
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Ace of Base, Roxette and The Cardigans?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Swedish.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37The name of which fire-breathing monster of Greek mythology
0:23:37 > 0:23:39has become a byword for a wild fancy
0:23:39 > 0:23:42or any unreal creature of the imagination?
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Hydra.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Chimera. Which region of Romania did Bram Stoker make the home of Count Dracula,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49although Stoker himself never visited the country?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Transylvania. - What name meaning perfect love in French
0:23:51 > 0:23:54is given to the lilac-coloured, Curacao-based liqueur
0:23:54 > 0:23:57flavoured with flower petals, usually rose or violet,
0:23:57 > 0:23:58and vanilla pods and almonds?
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Aniseed.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Parfait D'amour. On which instrument did Julian Bream
0:24:02 > 0:24:05collaborate with the British tenor Peter Pears
0:24:05 > 0:24:08in performances of songs by John Dowland and other Elizabethan composers?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Cello. - BEEP
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It was actually the lute.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15John, you have scored a total of 19 points.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28And finally, Dave Barker again, please.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35And...you start out with that extra 1 point.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40You have 11 points as we start. 21 is still the score to beat.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Which widely spoken modern European language
0:24:45 > 0:24:47is sometimes called Castilian or Castellano?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Spanish.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51What creature does Alice follow down a hole
0:24:51 > 0:24:53in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- White Rabbit. - Which place of entertainment takes its name
0:24:56 > 0:24:59ultimately from the Greek for motion?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Cinema.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Which constellation whose five brightest stars
0:25:02 > 0:25:04form a prominent letter W in the sky
0:25:04 > 0:25:06is named after the mother of Andromeda?
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Ariadne.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Cassiopeia. By what name from the Roman general and statesman
0:25:13 > 0:25:16who established it is the calendar introduced in 46 BC known?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Gregorian.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18The Julian.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Which port stands on the north bank of the estuary of the River Seine?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Le Havre.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Since 1992, how many points are awarded for a try in Rugby Union?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Five. - What drink, a mixture of stout and champagne,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34is said to have been invented by the steward at Brooks's Club in 1861
0:25:34 > 0:25:37to mark the death of Prince Albert?
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Buck's Fizz.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Black Velvet. Which 2001 film and its sequels
0:25:41 > 0:25:44were based on a book by the cartoonist William Steig
0:25:44 > 0:25:46about an antisocial green ogre?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Shrek.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Which sculptor won the 1994 Turner Prize
0:25:49 > 0:25:53for a collection of his work that included Field For The British Isles,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55a collection of some 40,000 clay figurines
0:25:55 > 0:25:57made by people from St Helens in Merseyside?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Antony Gormley.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Which ancient religion's present-day form is based on the teachings of Mahavira,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07who was born in India in about 599 BC?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Taoism.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Jainism. What is the name of the French national heroine
0:26:11 > 0:26:14who's also known as La Pucelle d'Orleans?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Joan Of Arc.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Which British bird, sometimes called the screech owl,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20doesn't hoot but has a piercing shriek
0:26:20 > 0:26:22that has led it to be regarded as a bird of ill omen?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Shrike.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25The barn owl. Who worked as an assistant to
0:26:25 > 0:26:29the American Vogue Editor Anna Wintour for almost a year
0:26:29 > 0:26:32before writing her first bestselling novel The Devil Wears Prada?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Candace Bushnell.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Lauren Weisberger.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37In which TV comedy series did the main character
0:26:37 > 0:26:41frequently utter his frustrated catchphrase, "I don't believe it!"?
0:26:41 > 0:26:42One Foot In The Grave.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Which political opponent did Benjamin Disraeli BEEP
0:26:45 > 0:26:49describe as "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity"?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Gladstone.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Is correct.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Dave, no passes...21 points.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10All right. So, let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13In fifth place, 19 points, John Savage.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Fourth place, 20 points, Stephen Porter.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23Third place, 21 points and one pass, Rachael Neiman.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28Joint first place, 21 points apiece and no passes,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Richard Tring and Dave Barker.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE
0:27:37 > 0:27:41So, that means we have a tie-break.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Now, what happens is that
0:27:42 > 0:27:46I'll read the same five questions to each of those two contenders
0:27:46 > 0:27:49and the one with the highest score is going to win, obviously.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51We are not against the clock this time.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54So, let me ask Dave to leave the studio, if he would,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and Richard to come to the chair again, please.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Right, Richard.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07So, five tie-break questions for you,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10and I won't give you the score at the end of it for obvious reasons.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11So, here we go.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14What colloquialism for a state of uproar or total disorder
0:28:14 > 0:28:18was originally a word for a butcher's slaughterhouse?
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Carnage.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Which motor scooter took its name from a river and a district of Milan
0:28:22 > 0:28:25where it was made by the firm Innocenti?
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Vespa.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Whom did Rachael Riley replace as the resident numbers expert
0:28:29 > 0:28:32on the Channel 4 game show Countdown in 2009?
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Carol Vorderman.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Which Russian novelist died at a railway station in 1910
0:28:36 > 0:28:38after catching pneumonia?
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Tolstoy.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42What familiar name for a private in the British Army
0:28:42 > 0:28:45came from its use in official specimen forms dating back to 1815?
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Tommy Atkins.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Richard, thank you for that. You'll get your score in a moment.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53APPLAUSE
0:28:58 > 0:29:00And now Dave again, please.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04And, obviously, you were outside the studio -
0:29:04 > 0:29:08you did not hear those questions - or answers for that matter.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10You get five of them starting now.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13What colloquialism for a state of uproar or total disorder
0:29:13 > 0:29:16was originally a word for a butcher's slaughterhouse?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- Bedlam.- Which motor scooter
0:29:18 > 0:29:20took its name from a river and a district of Milan
0:29:20 > 0:29:22where it was made by the firm Innocenti?
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Vespa.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Whom did Rachael Riley replace as the residents numbers expert
0:29:26 > 0:29:29on the Channel 4 game show Countdown in 2009?
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Carol Vorderman.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Which Russian novelist died at a railway station in 1910
0:29:33 > 0:29:35after catching pneumonia?
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Nabokov.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39What familiar name for a private in the British Army
0:29:39 > 0:29:42came from its use in official specimen forms dating back to 1815?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Tommy Atkins.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47And you'll get your score in just a moment, Dave. Thank you.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50APPLAUSE
0:29:57 > 0:30:01So, at the end of that tie-break, we do have a winner.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Dave Parker scored 2 points, making a total of 23
0:30:06 > 0:30:08and giving him second place,
0:30:08 > 0:30:11but, with 3 points, making a total of 24,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14tonight's winner, Richard Tring.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16APPLAUSE
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Which means that Richard goes through to the grand final.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Congratulations to him.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Please join us next time for more Mastermind.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Thanks for watching. Goodbye.