0:00:02 > 0:00:03Over the next 31 weeks,
0:00:03 > 0:00:07I shall be asking 96 contenders 4,500 questions, roughly.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11Only after the last question shall we know who is to be
0:00:11 > 0:00:13the nation's new Mastermind.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41First in the spotlight tonight is Sarah Lake,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45a teacher from Sunderland. Her specialist subject is Joni Mitchell.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Ian Dunn is an editor from Stockton-on-Tees
0:00:48 > 0:00:52and he's answering questions on the Radio 4 comedy, Bleak Expectations.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Next in the black chair, Richard Aubrey,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58a teacher from London on the computer scientist and code breaker
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Alan Turing.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And tonight's final contender, Andrew Craig,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07a copy editor from Wiltshire who answers questions on
0:01:07 > 0:01:08the early years of aviation.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Hello and welcome to the start of a
0:01:27 > 0:01:30new series of Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33This is the first step on what may be, for at least one of
0:01:33 > 0:01:37our contenders tonight, the start of a long journey,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40taking them to the grand final and the alluring prospect of winning the
0:01:40 > 0:01:43famous glass bowl and becoming, much more importantly,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46the nation's newest Mastermind.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48The rules are as simple as ever -
0:01:48 > 0:01:51two minutes of questions on their specialist subject
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58So, let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07And your name is?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Your occupation?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And your specialist subject?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Joni Mitchell in two minutes, starting now.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell released
0:02:16 > 0:02:19her self-titled debut album in 1968.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20What's the album's alternative title,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23spelled out on the cover by birds in flight?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Song To A Seagull.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Which '71 album includes the tracks
0:02:26 > 0:02:28A Case Of You and This Flight Tonight
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and features Mitchell playing the Appalachian dulcimer
0:02:30 > 0:02:32as well as piano and guitar?
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Blue.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Mitchell gave up her baby daughter Kelly Dale
0:02:35 > 0:02:37for adoption in 1965.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38What first name was Kelly given by
0:02:38 > 0:02:40her adoptive parents, David and Ida Gibb?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Kilauren.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44God Must Be A Boogie Man was written by Mitchell
0:02:44 > 0:02:46as a tribute to which great jazz genius?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Charles Mingus.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50What name did Chuck and Joni Mitchell
0:02:50 > 0:02:51give to their music publishing company
0:02:51 > 0:02:53that they launched in 1965?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Gandalf.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57As a teenager, she performed at the Louis Riel Coffee House
0:02:57 > 0:02:59in Saskatoon, where she played an instrument
0:02:59 > 0:03:01that she'd bought for 36. What was it?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Ukulele.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04What is the title of Mitchell's 1994 album?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07The cover is a self-portrait that resembles Van Gogh's self-portrait
0:03:07 > 0:03:09with bandaged ear.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Turbulent Indigo.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12In a line for the song, I Had A King,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15she describes the King as "dressed in drip-dry" and...?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Turtleneck.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Paisley.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Mitchell improvised her distinctive guitar tunings
0:03:20 > 0:03:23in order to compensate for the damage done to her left hand
0:03:23 > 0:03:24by childhood illness. What illness?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Polio.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28What is the name of the producer and bass player
0:03:28 > 0:03:30who became Mitchell's second husband?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Larry Klein.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33With whom does Mitchell duet on My Secret Place,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35the opening track on the '88 album
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Chalk Marks In A Rain Storm?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Peter Gabriel.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40In 1970, Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs
0:03:40 > 0:03:42hosted a fundraiser called Amchitka
0:03:42 > 0:03:44to help launch which environmental organisation?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Greenpeace.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47What is the title of the final track
0:03:47 > 0:03:48on Mitchell's album Shine?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50The song is an adaptation of a poem
0:03:50 > 0:03:51by Rudyard Kipling.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52If.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54A song on Turbulent Indigo was inspired by
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Mitchell's experiences as an unmarried mother
0:03:57 > 0:03:59and a newspaper article about graves that were
0:03:59 > 0:04:00found in a plot in Dublin. Which song?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Michael And Laundries.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04In 1975, Mitchell joined a troupe formed by Bob Dylan
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and featuring artists such as Joan Baez and Allen Ginsberg
0:04:07 > 0:04:10to tour America performing music and poetry.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11What was the troupe called?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Pass.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Mitchell did not perform at Woodstock in '69
0:04:14 > 0:04:15because her agent...
0:04:15 > 0:04:17BEEP ..and her manager Elliot Roberts
0:04:17 > 0:04:19were worried she would not get back in time for a scheduled
0:04:19 > 0:04:22television appearance. What was her agent's name?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Elliot Roberts.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25It was David Geffen. Just the one pass.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30The troupe that she joined in 1975 was the Rolling Thunder Revue.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34But you've scored 13 points.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37APPLAUSE
0:04:44 > 0:04:45And our next contender, please.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54And your name is?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Your occupation?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57And your chosen subject?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Bleak Expectations in two minutes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Who was the writer of the Radio 4 comedy series Bleak Expectations,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08He also plays various minor parts throughout the series.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Mark Evans.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Who becomes the guardian of Pip and his two sisters
0:05:12 > 0:05:14when their father dies during the first episode?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Pip's opposition to his guardian's evil ways
0:05:16 > 0:05:18provides the plotlines for the series.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Gently Benevolent.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Pip originally calls the device he invents
0:05:21 > 0:05:23for storing the mass of discarded paper
0:05:23 > 0:05:25that he accumulates the Piperator.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26What name does he eventually settle on?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28The Bin.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30What's the name of the suburb of the northern city of
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Coketown that is the location of Pip's Bin Manufactory Works?
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Diet Coketown.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36A character called Phil Sykes has a dog that responds
0:05:36 > 0:05:38to commands in the form of anagrams.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39What's the dog's name?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Countdown.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43During the voyage into space with Pip and Harry,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Gently Benevolent tells the story of his young sweetheart.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46What was her name?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Sweetly Delightful.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Pip's wife, Ripely, writes a saucy bestselling novel
0:05:50 > 0:05:52about a farmer and a woman who goes to work for him.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54What's its title?
0:05:54 > 0:05:5550 Shades Of Hay.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57In the final series, the heroes leave India
0:05:57 > 0:05:59to thwart another fiendish plot by Mr Gently Benevolent.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01To which continent do they travel?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Asia, India.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Antarctica.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05What is the name of Pip's friend,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07played by James Bachmann, whom he meets at school?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Harry Biscuit.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Who plays the Reverend Godly Fecund,
0:06:10 > 0:06:11who first appears in series two
0:06:11 > 0:06:13and together with his daughter Ripely,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16nurses Pip back to health after he falls from a cliff?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17David Mitchell.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Pip's father returns from a foreign trip in the
0:06:19 > 0:06:22first episode of the series with presents for the children.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24He brings a puppy for Poppy, a pipe for Pip and what for Pippa?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25An anvil.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28In series two, Mr Benevolent organises a Martian invasion.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30It's thwarted when the Martians succumb
0:06:30 > 0:06:32to their fatal allergy to what?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Goose feathers.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Mr Parsimonious, the most generous of men
0:06:36 > 0:06:37and friend of Pip's father,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39appears intermittently in the story. What's his first name?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Skinflint.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43The heroes hurry to India in the last series on board
0:06:43 > 0:06:45the fastest ship of the day - a combined tea clipper
0:06:45 > 0:06:48and pig abattoir. What is the vessel's name?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49The Cutty Pork.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Whose statue of Britain's favourite author
0:06:52 > 0:06:55has replaced that of Pip Bin outside the British library
0:06:55 > 0:06:57when Pip and his colleagues return from Antarctica
0:06:57 > 0:06:59in the final series?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Charles Dickens.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02When the heroes get mixed up in a Russian civil war
0:07:02 > 0:07:04in the final episode of the fourth series,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06the cause of the war is a dispute
0:07:06 > 0:07:08about the correct spelling of what word?
0:07:08 > 0:07:09BEEP
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Tsar.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- Yes, it's correct and you have scored 15 points.- Thank you.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19APPLAUSE
0:07:24 > 0:07:26And our next contender, please.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33And your name is?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Your occupation?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And your chosen subject?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Alan Turing in two minutes, here we go.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing oversaw the theoretical side
0:07:44 > 0:07:46of his team's efforts to crack the Enigma code
0:07:46 > 0:07:47used by the German navy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49What was the numerical designation
0:07:49 > 0:07:50of the hut where he worked?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Eight.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54What was the name of the American mathematician
0:07:54 > 0:07:56whose work in number theory and logic prompted Turing
0:07:56 > 0:07:58to join his research group at Princeton in 1936?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Alonzo Church.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02To what organisation did he give a talk
0:08:02 > 0:08:03on the 20th of February 1947,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05in which he suggested that the calculator itself
0:08:05 > 0:08:08will take over the functions both of masters and of servants?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09The Royal Society.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11The London Mathematical Society.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13What was the name of the third Cambridge mathematician
0:08:13 > 0:08:16who was called up with Turing and John Jeffreys
0:08:16 > 0:08:18to work at Bletchley Park at the start of the war?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Welchman.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21What was the name of the Bletchley Park code breaker
0:08:21 > 0:08:23who accepted Turing's proposal of marriage in 1941?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25The engagement was broken off
0:08:25 > 0:08:27after he told her of his homosexual tendencies.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Joan Clark.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Turing described a pioneering machine known as Ace
0:08:31 > 0:08:33in a landmark report of 1946. What does Ace stand for?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Automatic computing engine.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37What was the name of the director of the
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Government Code And Cipher School
0:08:38 > 0:08:40to which Turing was recruited in 1938?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Denniston.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Which professor of neurosurgery,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46who was sceptical of Turing's position on the
0:08:46 > 0:08:48thinking capacity of machines, sent him a message
0:08:48 > 0:08:51on his election to the Royal Society in 1951
0:08:51 > 0:08:52in which he hoped that
0:08:52 > 0:08:54"all your valves are glowing with satisfaction"?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Greenbaum?
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Jefferson.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59The landlady of the inn where Turing was billeted while
0:08:59 > 0:09:01working at Bletchley Park took a dim view
0:09:01 > 0:09:03of his apparent failure to do anything in support
0:09:03 > 0:09:04of the war effort. What was her name?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Knox.- Sorry?- Knox.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07No, Ramshaw.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10In 1951, Turing submitted a paper to The Royal Society
0:09:10 > 0:09:12entitled The Chemical Basis Of...?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Orthogenesis.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16What was the name of the psychoanalyst whom Turing
0:09:16 > 0:09:19began seeing in 1952 after his conviction for gross indecency?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Greenbaum.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23The inquest that followed Turing's apparent suicide
0:09:23 > 0:09:25in June '54 concluded that he had died
0:09:25 > 0:09:27as a result of taking which poison?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Cyanide.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30In 1939, Turing attended a course at Cambridge
0:09:30 > 0:09:32on the foundations of mathematics
0:09:32 > 0:09:33given by which philosopher?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Wittgenstein.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Turing was a successful long-distance runner.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Which athletics club did he join
0:09:38 > 0:09:41after he moved to the national physics laboratory in '45?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- BEEP - Kennington.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45No, the Walton Athletics Club.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47No passes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Richard, you have ten points.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51APPLAUSE
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And our final contender, please.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07And your name is?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Your occupation?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12And your specialist subject?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Aviation. In two minutes, here we go.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Louis Bleriot became the first pilot to fly across the English Channel
0:10:17 > 0:10:19in July 1909.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Who made two attempts to cross it during the same month,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23but crash landed in the sea on both occasions?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Hubert Latham.- Who designed the first successful
0:10:25 > 0:10:26multi-engined aircraft?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28It featured a cabin with armchairs and a sofa
0:10:28 > 0:10:31when he flew it in St Petersburg in 1913.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32- Sikorsky.- Yep.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35The first all British aeroplane was a very light triplane
0:10:35 > 0:10:36designed by AV Roe.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Its fuselage consisted of a wooden frame
0:10:38 > 0:10:40with an outer covering of what material?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Paper.- Yeah. In 1852, which French engineer
0:10:42 > 0:10:44flew the world's first functioning airship?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It was powered by a steam engine.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Henri Giffard.- What was the name of the drama critic who,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51in 1912, became the first female pilot
0:10:51 > 0:10:52to cross the English Channel?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Tible.- No, Harriet Quimby.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The Wright Brothers carried out their historic powered
0:10:57 > 0:11:00flight in December 1903 at Kill Devil Hill,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02a few miles to the south of which town in North Carolina?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Kitty Hawk.- The first licensed British pilot
0:11:04 > 0:11:06was the winner of the £1,000 prize
0:11:06 > 0:11:08for flying a circular mile. What was his name?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Moore-Brabazon. - What was the name
0:11:10 > 0:11:12of the battery-powered airship that Charles Renard
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and Arthur Krebs were able to steer over Meudon in 1884?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- La France.- Charles Rolls made the first nonstop return flight
0:11:19 > 0:11:20across the English Channel.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22He was killed the following month at an air show
0:11:22 > 0:11:24in which south coast town?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Shoreham.- Bournemouth. Wilber Wright said that
0:11:26 > 0:11:29he developed an interest in aeronautical problems
0:11:29 > 0:11:31after hearing of the death of a German aviation pioneer
0:11:31 > 0:11:33in 1896. What was his name?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34- Lilienthal.- Yep.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Which pioneer of aerodynamics published
0:11:36 > 0:11:41the influential article on aerial navigation in 1809?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Cayley.- Yep. In September 1909,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46who became the first passenger to be killed in a powered aircraft
0:11:46 > 0:11:48in a crash that injured his pilot, Orville Wright?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Selfridge.- Which American newspaper magnate
0:11:50 > 0:11:54first awarded prizes for the longest balloon flight in 1906,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and later for aerial speed races?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Hearst.- No, James Gordon Bennett.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Which Italian officer was the first pilot to fly
0:12:01 > 0:12:04on a military mission when he made a reconnaissance flight
0:12:04 > 0:12:05to North Africa in October 1911?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Alonzio.- No, Piazza.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Who was the President of the Board of Trade
0:12:09 > 0:12:12who challenged as amateurish the government's proposals in 1909
0:12:12 > 0:12:14to fund airship building but leave aeroplane development
0:12:14 > 0:12:16entirely to private enterprise? BEEP
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Churchill.- Churchill is correct. Winston himself.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20And no passes.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Andrew, you have scored 11 points.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25APPLAUSE
0:12:32 > 0:12:34So, that's the end of a high-scoring first round.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38In fourth place, ten points, Richard Aubrey.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Third place, 11 points, Andrew Craig.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Second place, 13 points, Sarah Lake.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46First place, 15 points, Ian Dunn.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48APPLAUSE
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The second round is, of course, the general knowledge round.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57If there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able to
0:13:10 > 0:13:14claim a place in the semifinal. So, plenty to play for.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Let's get on with it, and ask Richard to join us again, please.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24And you start out with ten points with your knowledge of Alan Turing.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Let's see how you do with your two and a half minutes
0:13:27 > 0:13:28with general knowledge.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Long-eared, barn and tawny are British species
0:13:30 > 0:13:31of which bird of prey?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Owl.- Michael Fassbender was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar
0:13:34 > 0:13:37for his portrayal of an electronics entrepreneur
0:13:37 > 0:13:40in Danny Boyle's 2015 biopic. Which entrepreneur?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Mark Zuckerberg.- Steve Jobs. In athletics,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45the four field elements in the heptathlon are the high jump,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47the long jump, the shot put and which other throwing event?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- The javelin.- Which rock band were named Best British Group
0:13:50 > 0:13:52for the fourth time at the 2016 Brit Awards,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55breaking the record they had previously shared
0:13:55 > 0:13:56with Arctic Monkeys?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- Coldplay.- What name is given to the small mountain lakes
0:13:59 > 0:14:01found in the Lake District?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02- Tarns.- Yep... Sorry?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Tarn.- Yes. Since its adoption in 1822,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07the Greek flag has consisted of white and varying shades
0:14:07 > 0:14:08of which other colour?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Blue.- How many Kings called James have ruled both England
0:14:11 > 0:14:13and Scotland?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Six.- Two. Which East European country's parliament consists of
0:14:16 > 0:14:17a lower house called the Sejm
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and an upper house called the Senate?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- France.- Poland. Which television game show,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25where participants had to identify a well-known saying
0:14:25 > 0:14:27from an animation, was originally hosted by Roy Walker?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Catchphrase.- The Promoter of the Faith who was required
0:14:30 > 0:14:32to examine the life and miracles attributed to a person
0:14:32 > 0:14:35proposed for beatification or canonisation
0:14:35 > 0:14:38by the Roman Catholic Church was popularly known
0:14:38 > 0:14:39as the Devil's what?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Pass.- By what name is iron pyrite sometimes known
0:14:44 > 0:14:46because it resembles a far more valuable metal?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Fool's gold.- Of which group of venomous New World pit vipers
0:14:50 > 0:14:53are the Eastern and Western diamondbacks among the largest?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Rattlesnakes.- Which Seattle-based band was Kurt Cobain
0:14:55 > 0:14:58the lead singer and guitarist of until his death in 1994?
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- Nirvana.- What name of French origin is given to a glass vessel
0:15:02 > 0:15:04with a narrow neck and a wide base without a stopper
0:15:04 > 0:15:06used to serve house wine in a restaurant?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Carafe.- The European Working Time Directive sets a limit
0:15:09 > 0:15:10for a right to work no more
0:15:10 > 0:15:12than how many hours per week on average?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- 48.- Which statue in Liverpool's city centre,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17dedicated to all the lonely people,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19was sculpted by the singer Tommy Steele in 1982,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21and was inspired by a Beatles song?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Eleanor Rigby.- What's the title of a female member
0:15:24 > 0:15:25of an order of knighthood?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27It is used as the prefix to her name
0:15:27 > 0:15:29as sir is to the male equivalent.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Dame.- Which Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso
0:15:32 > 0:15:35conducted the world premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin
0:15:35 > 0:15:37in Weimar in August 1850?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39He later became Wagner's father-in-law.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Liszt.- What term is used for domestic cutlery
0:15:41 > 0:15:45and sometimes for plates and saucers in the antiques trade?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Crockery.- Flatware.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Which prolific French author wrote the futuristic novels
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
0:15:52 > 0:15:53and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Jules Verne.- To what does the prefix haemo,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58as in haemocyte and haemophilia, refer?
0:15:58 > 0:15:59- Blood. - BEEP
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Yep. And that's it. Just out of time.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06One pass - devil's advocate is the Promoter of Faith.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Yeah. Obvious when you think about it, isn't it?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10But one of those things.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13However, Richard, you've got a total now of 26 points.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16APPLAUSE
0:16:22 > 0:16:24And now Andrew Craig, please.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And you start out with 11 points
0:16:30 > 0:16:32with your knowledge of early aviation.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And as you have just heard, 26 is the score to beat.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Here we go. Which fantasy novel by JRR Tolkien, published in 1937,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43is subtitled There And Back Again?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45It is a prelude to the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- The Hobbit.- Which racehorse died aged 30 in 1995,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and was buried by the winning post at the Grand National at Aintree?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Red Rum.- In photography, what do the initials SLR stand for?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- Single-lens reflex.- Which Italian media tycoon founded
0:16:58 > 0:17:00the Conservative political party Forza Italia
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and was shortly afterwards elected Prime Minister in 1994?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Berlusconi.- By what name was the Indian city of Chennai,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10capital of Tamil Nadu, known until 1996?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Madras.- In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
0:17:13 > 0:17:15are sailors interrupted by a Portsmouth woman singing,
0:17:15 > 0:17:17I'm Called Little Buttercup?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- HMS Pinafore.- Which Greek dish that is similar to shish kebab
0:17:20 > 0:17:22consists of chunks of marinated meat,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24generally skewered and grilled with vegetables,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26such as onions and green peppers?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Souvlaki.- What name was given to the mass migration of Boers
0:17:29 > 0:17:32from Cape Colony into the northern part of South Africa
0:17:32 > 0:17:34in the 1830s and '40s in search of fresh land
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and in revolt against British policy?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Trek.- The Great Trek. The rivers Elbe and Weser
0:17:40 > 0:17:43flow through Germany before they empty into which sea?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Baltic.- The North Sea. The American body-builder
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Angelo Siciliano, who promised to turn 7st weaklings
0:17:49 > 0:17:51into he-men, was better known by what name?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Charles Atlas.- Which celebrated New York skyscraper,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56that for many years was the world's highest building,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58was once co-owned by Donald Trump?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Empire State Building.- What was the name of the fastest milkman
0:18:00 > 0:18:03in the west in the '71 UK number one single by Benny Hill?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Ernie.- Which broadcaster and writer
0:18:05 > 0:18:08took his hometown of Wigtown as part of his title
0:18:08 > 0:18:10when he became a Labour life peer in 1998?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Melvyn Bragg.- On which mountain
0:18:12 > 0:18:15were the Ten Commandments handed down to Moses by God?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Sinai.- In which John Huston film did Sydney Greenstreet
0:18:18 > 0:18:21play the mysterious and ruthless villain Kasper Gutman?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It is based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and stars Humphrey Bogart.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- The Third Man.- The Maltese Falcon.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29What word of French origin for an assistant position
0:18:29 > 0:18:32in an American hospital has come to be applied to a trainee
0:18:32 > 0:18:35gaining practical experience in a working environment?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Intern.- Kate Sheppard led the successful campaign
0:18:37 > 0:18:40for women's suffrage in which Commonwealth country in 1893?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- New Zealand.- In which American city is Watts an inner-city area?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Riots erupted there in 1965 and again in '92.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Los Angeles.- Which water mill that features in the title
0:18:50 > 0:18:52of one of John Constable's most celebrated paintings
0:18:52 > 0:18:54is a mile from his birthplace?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Flatford.- In human anatomy,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58what is the common name of the cavities in the skull
0:18:58 > 0:19:00also known as the orbits?
0:19:00 > 0:19:01- Sinus.- Eye sockets.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Which series of children's books that feature the adventures
0:19:04 > 0:19:06of orphans Violet, Klaus and Sunny
0:19:06 > 0:19:08was written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Lemony Snicket? BEEP
0:19:11 > 0:19:13A Series Of Excellent Adventures.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Oh, very close! A Series Of Unfortunate Events.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Probably just didn't think of doing it with yours,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20which might have been better, who knows?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Anyway, Andrew, you've got 27 points.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25APPLAUSE
0:19:32 > 0:19:34And now Sarah again, please.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40And you start out with 13 points
0:19:40 > 0:19:42with your knowledge of Joni Mitchell.
0:19:42 > 0:19:4427 is now the score to beat.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46It's creeping up.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Two and a half minutes in which to do it. Here we go.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51According to the proverb, what do too many cooks spoil?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- The broth.- Who released the album 25 in November 2015,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58her first studio album since 21 in 2011?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Adele.- Which British scientist said, in an appearance
0:20:00 > 0:20:03on The Simpsons, "Your theory of a doughnut shaped universe
0:20:03 > 0:20:06"is interesting, Homer. I think I may have to steal it."
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Stephen Hawking.- The first portable modern upright version
0:20:09 > 0:20:11of a domestic cleaning aid was built in 1907
0:20:11 > 0:20:15by J Murray Spangler, a janitor in a department store in Ohio.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16What is it?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- A hoover. - Yeah, or a vacuum cleaner.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Which Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist is quoted saying,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them"?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- Dali.- Picasso. In folklore,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27what name is used for a person who turns into
0:20:27 > 0:20:28a lupine animal at night,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31sometimes under the influence of the full moon?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- A werewolf.- Which British runner won the gold medal
0:20:33 > 0:20:36in the men's 800 metres and the bronze in the 1,500 metres
0:20:36 > 0:20:37at the Moscow Olympics,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40in addition to setting five world records during his career?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Sebastian Coe.- Steve Ovett. Which chemical element makes up
0:20:43 > 0:20:45about 65% of the weight of the human body?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Carbon is second, with a mere 18%.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Oxygen.- What is the name of the road junction in London
0:20:52 > 0:20:55where the statue known as Eros stands?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Piccadilly Circus. - Which Native American people,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59whose language is extremely complex,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01were used as code talkers in the Second World War,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03transmitting messages in their native tongue?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Cherokee.- Navajo.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The leaves of which vegetable form part of the staple diet
0:21:07 > 0:21:10of the caterpillars of the small and large white butterfly
0:21:10 > 0:21:11and give them their familiar name?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Cabbage.- The name of which item
0:21:13 > 0:21:15of a female ballet dancer's costume
0:21:15 > 0:21:18comes from a diminutive of the French for buttocks?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Tutu.- The year 1000 is represented
0:21:20 > 0:21:22by what letter in Roman numerals?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- M.- Which country singer's film credits include 9 To 5,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Rhinestone and Steel Magnolias?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Dolly Parton.- Europe's longest river, the Volga,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33empties into a sea near the port of Astrakhan. Which sea?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Baltic.- Caspian. Which member of the cat family,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37also known as the hunting leopard,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40is the only big cat that can't fully retract its claws?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Cheetah.- What name is commonly used in Britain for the foodstuff
0:21:43 > 0:21:46known as the eggplant in North America and brinjal in India?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Aubergine.- The novels of a bestselling author
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and former lawyer include The Chamber, The Brethren
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and The Street Lawyer. Who is he?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Clive... - Nope, John Grisham.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What is the name of the house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight
0:21:57 > 0:21:59that was Queen Victoria's private home?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's where she died in 1901.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Osborne House. - In 2016,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Samantha Cameron won an episode of the celebrity version
0:22:06 > 0:22:08of which cookery programme in aid of Sport Relief?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Ready Steady Cook. - The Great British Bake Off.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Fog On The Tyne, revisited in 1990,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15was a UK top ten single for which Geordie group
0:22:15 > 0:22:17with guest vocalist Paul Gascoigne?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18- Lindisfarne.- Of which
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Commonwealth country is... BEEP
0:22:20 > 0:22:24..Cape York the most northerly mainland point?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Canada.- Australia.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27But...
0:22:27 > 0:22:30it doesn't matter, because you've done it - so far, anyway.
0:22:30 > 0:22:3228 points in total.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34APPLAUSE
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Wow, 26, 27, 28.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49Ian, come and join us again, because you start out with 15,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51and 28 is now the score to beat.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- What a tense game this is.- Right. - Here we go.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57What is the name of the train service that links London
0:22:57 > 0:22:59with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel?
0:22:59 > 0:23:00- Eurostar.- Sherwood Forest,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02which is associated with Robin Hood,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04lies in which English county?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Nottinghamshire. - Which Oscar-winning actor
0:23:06 > 0:23:10plays the title role in the 2016 film comedy Dirty Grandpa?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- Pass.- What name of Old Norse origin
0:23:12 > 0:23:15for solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom
0:23:15 > 0:23:17of some liquids, such as wine or coffee,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19has also been applied to sections of society
0:23:19 > 0:23:21considered worthless or undesirable?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- Scum.- Dregs.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Which French revolutionary artist painted The Death Of Marat
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and The Coronation Of Napoleon in Notre Dame?
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Pass.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34The letters RIBA after a person's name indicate membership
0:23:34 > 0:23:36of the Royal Institute of British what?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Pass.- In Greek mythology,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Persephone was forced to spend part of each year
0:23:42 > 0:23:45in the underworld after she had eaten the seeds of what fruit?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Pomegranate.- What is the most northerly of the capital cities
0:23:48 > 0:23:50of the European Union?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Oslo.- Helsinki.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53The MacCrimmon family of Skye
0:23:53 > 0:23:56were hereditary players of which musical instrument?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Drums.- Bagpipes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02What name for a motorway in Italy literally means a motor road?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Autostrade.- Who returned to the BBC in 2010
0:24:05 > 0:24:07to become the regular newsreader
0:24:07 > 0:24:10on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- Pass.- What name was given to the influenza caused by a new strain
0:24:15 > 0:24:18of the flu virus A that produced a pandemic in 2009-10?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21It was also known as Mexican flu
0:24:21 > 0:24:24after the country where the outbreak began.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25- Pig flu.- Swine flu.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27The American presidential election
0:24:27 > 0:24:28is normally held on the Tuesday
0:24:28 > 0:24:30after the first Monday of which month?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- November.- Which Spanish rice dish takes its name
0:24:33 > 0:24:34from the special two-handled pan
0:24:34 > 0:24:36in which it is traditionally cooked?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Paella.- How are Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbara, George,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Pam and Colin known collectively
0:24:41 > 0:24:43in a series of children's books by Enid Blyton?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Magnificent Seven.- The Secret Seven.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Which Chinese city gives its name to a score in darts
0:24:50 > 0:24:52of a single, double and triple in the same number?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- Shanghai.- In ancient Rome,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56what type of racing vehicle was known as a biga
0:24:56 > 0:24:59when pulled by two horses, a triga when pulled by three,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01and a quadriga when pulled by four?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Chariot.- Which Dickens novel contains chapters entitled
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Knitting, Still Knitting, And The Knitting Done,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08a reference to an activity carried out
0:25:08 > 0:25:11by the sinister Madame Defarge?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12A Tale Of Two Cities.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17The Lena, Ob and Yenisey rivers all flow into which ocean?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18- The Indian.- The Arctic.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20In which city does the University of East Anglia
0:25:20 > 0:25:22have its main campus?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Norwich.- The Australian batsman Sir Don Bradman
0:25:24 > 0:25:27averaged 99.94 in Test matches.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28How many did he... BEEP
0:25:28 > 0:25:31..score in his final Test innings at the Oval in 1948?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- Nothing.- Zero, a duck, nothing, yes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Absolutely right. I will give you your passes now.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39There are four of them.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Moira Stuart was the newsreader who came back to join Chris Evans.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Jacques-Louis David was the French revolutionary artist.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56And in Dirty Grandpa, the star was Robert De Niro.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00You have scored, Ian, a total of 26 points.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03APPLAUSE
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Well, what a thrilling start to the series that was.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22In joint third place, with 26 points, Ian Dunn and Richard Aubrey.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Second place, with 27 points, Andrew Craig.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29First place, with 28 points, Sarah Lake.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31APPLAUSE
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I hope your... Sarah, I hope your pupils were watching that.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46They must have been as excited as you must have been.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- I hope so.- Yeah.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Well, they should be, shouldn't they?- Yeah.- Yeah, absolutely.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Now, then, Sarah, obviously, is tonight's winner.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Commiserations, in a way, to Andrew, but with his score, 27,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So if you would like to be a contender on the next series -
0:27:08 > 0:27:12you don't have to score 28 points, by the way - do go to our website.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15And you can follow us @mastermindquiz.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18And do join us again, either way, next time for more Mastermind.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE