0:00:28 > 0:00:30First in the spotlight tonight is Rob Mansfield,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32a content manager from Brighton.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35His specialist subject is the singer-songwriter Nick Drake.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39David Ryan is a coach driver from Chester.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42He's answering questions on one of the world's great runners
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- Emile Zatopek.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Next in the black chair, Adam Wilson, an IT salesman
0:00:49 > 0:00:52from Reading, on the television series Band Of Brothers.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And tonight's last contender, Emma McAllister,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00an e-learning developer from Belfast who's answering questions on
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hernan Cortes and the conquest of Mexico.
0:01:03 > 0:01:09APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Tonight, four more contenders who have volunteered to sit in
0:01:22 > 0:01:26that famous black chair and subject themselves to two minutes of
0:01:26 > 0:01:30questions, two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And tonight's winner, of course, will go through to the next round,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35maybe all the way to the final
0:01:35 > 0:01:38where they could win the coveted title of Mastermind champion.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41So let's have our fist contender, please.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49And your name is? Rob Mansfield.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Your occupation? Content manager.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53And your chosen subject?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55The life and music of Nick Drake.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Nick Drake in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00What music label did Nick Drake sign to when he was 20 years old
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and was a student at the University of Cambridge?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06The label released his debut album Five Leaves Left in '69.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Witchseason. Yes, a part of Island Records.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Which classic Nick Drake song was the subject of
0:02:11 > 0:02:15a posthumous video in 2004 by Tim Pope, and opens with the lines,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17"Betty came by on her way and said she had a word to say,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20"About things today, And fallen leaves"?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23River Man. Yes, Drake did not complete his degree at Cambridge,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26he left before his finals to follow a career in music.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29What subject had he been studying at Fitzwilliam College?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30English. Yep.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33At which venue did Drake support Fairport Convention in 1969.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36It was the band's first major concert since a road crash
0:02:36 > 0:02:38a few months earlier had killed their drummer.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39The Royal Festival Hall. Yes.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Which song on the Bryter, Layter album includes the lines,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45"I could have been a sign post, Could have been a clock,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47"As simple as a kettle, Steady as a rock"?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51The Chime Of A City Clock. One Of These Things First.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54In which country were Drake and some of his friends travelling in
0:02:54 > 0:02:58'67 when a garage mechanic insisted on having his photograph
0:02:58 > 0:03:00taken with him because he thought they were the Rolling Stones?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Chad. Morocco.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Which writer for the music paper Sounds had
0:03:04 > 0:03:06a rare interview with Drake published in March 1971,
0:03:06 > 0:03:07and later claimed it was the
0:03:07 > 0:03:09strangest of all the interviews he'd done?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Jerry Gilbert. Yep. What's the title track on John Martyn's
0:03:13 > 0:03:16'73 album that was written for and about Drake during his depression?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Solid Air. Yes. Who was the Island Records press officer who placed
0:03:20 > 0:03:23a full-page ad in the music papers in the form of an open letter
0:03:23 > 0:03:26because Drake refused to tour or take part in any publicity
0:03:26 > 0:03:28for his third album, Pink Moon?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Garel Mitchell? Nope, David Sanderson.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Which posthumously released song, whose title is thought to have
0:03:33 > 0:03:36been inspired by a term used by Winston Churchill, and is described
0:03:36 > 0:03:39as "disturbing and foreboding" by reviewers includes the line,
0:03:39 > 0:03:41"I'm growing old, and I want to go home"?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Black Eyed Dog. Yep. What was the name of the house where the Drake
0:03:44 > 0:03:47family lived in Tamworth-in-Arden, and where Nick died of a
0:03:47 > 0:03:50drug overdose in '74 aged 26.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Far Lees. Yep. Which of the songs that Drake recorded for
0:03:52 > 0:03:57John Peel's Radio 1 show in 1969 was used as the title track of
0:03:57 > 0:03:59a posthumously released album...
0:03:59 > 0:04:00BEEP ..in 1987?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Time Of No Reply.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Is correct. No passes, Rob, you have nine points. Thank you.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15And our next contender, please.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And your name is? Dave Ryan.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Your occupation? Coach Driver.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28And your specialist subject? Emil Zatopek.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Emil Zatopek in two minutes, here we go.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Zatopek was a Czechoslovakian long-distance runner who won four
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Olympic gold medals and set 18 world records.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40In '54 he broke the 29-minute barrier for the 10,000 metres.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42In which city?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Erm...
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Brussels.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Yes. Zatopek first represented his country at the
0:04:49 > 0:04:54'46 European championship, at which stadium did they take place?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Erm. Wembley.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Bislett. What lap time did Zatopek calculate he wound need to run to
0:04:59 > 0:05:02beat the field in the 10,000 metres at the London Olympics?
0:05:02 > 0:05:0371.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Yes. In May 1941, Zatopek was persuaded to run in an annual town
0:05:07 > 0:05:09race to advertise which shoe manufacturer?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Buta.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Yep. In 1946, at which English venue did Zatopek win a cross-country race
0:05:14 > 0:05:18that was part of the inter-services competition, The Britannia Shield?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Crystal Palace?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Ascot. What five words complete Zatopek's comment about his running
0:05:23 > 0:05:25style, that begins, "I am not talented enough to run and..."
0:05:25 > 0:05:27"Smile at the same time."
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Yes. Which French-Algerian athlete said when
0:05:29 > 0:05:32he won gold in the Olympic marathon in 1956 that
0:05:32 > 0:05:34he cherished Zatopek's salute more than the medal?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Alain Mimoun.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Yep. Zatopek caused a diplomatic incident in 1954 when he made
0:05:39 > 0:05:41a comment about Paris, where he was due to compete.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44What one word did he use to describe the capital?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Oooh. Seedy?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Pornographic. Close! What is the English title of the '52 Czech
0:05:49 > 0:05:52government propaganda film devoted to Zatopek's achievements and
0:05:52 > 0:05:54training methods? Pass.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58In a meeting at White City in 1955, who became the only British
0:05:58 > 0:06:01athlete to win a 10,000 metre race in which Zatopek was running?
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Sydney Wooderson?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Gordon Pirie. Which fellow long-distance runner was invited to
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Prague by Zatopek, he was stunned when his host gave him
0:06:08 > 0:06:09one of his Olympic gold medals?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Ron Clarke.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Yep. During the Prague Spring of 1958, a social reform manifesto was
0:06:13 > 0:06:15signed by the Zatopeks which
0:06:15 > 0:06:18resulted in them being persecuted for 20 years.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21By what shortened title is this document now known?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Essay Of Two Thousand Words.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Two Thousand Words, yes. Zatopek joined the check army '45.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27What was his final rank when he was dismissed in
0:06:27 > 0:06:31'69 following his support of the Prague Spring the previous year?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Colonel? Correct. After the...
0:06:32 > 0:06:35BEEP ..Velvet Revolution and the end of
0:06:35 > 0:06:37communist rule, Zatopek was rehabilitated. What award,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40the highest given to civilians, was later bestowed on him
0:06:40 > 0:06:43in '98 by the Czech president, Vaclav Havel?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Medal Of Honour?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47The Order Of The White Lion. Yeah.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Ah, you had just one pass.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53The English title of that '52 Czech government propaganda was
0:06:53 > 0:06:55One Of The Relay.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57You have scored, David, 8 points. Thank you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07And our next contender, please.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And your name is? Adam Wilson.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Your occupation? IT sales.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And your chosen subject. The TV series The Band of Brothers.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Band Of Brothers in two minutes, starting now.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26The television show Band Of Brothers,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28executive-produced by Steven Spielberg,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31follows the experiences of American soldiers in World War II.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34In the opening episode, the men of Easy Company at Camp Toccoa,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Georgia, have to go training three miles up and three miles down on
0:07:37 > 0:07:39which small mountain?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Currahee.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Yup. What make of pistol does Corporal Hoobler capture after he
0:07:43 > 0:07:44shoots a German officer on horseback?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46He fatally wounds himself with it soon afterwards.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Luger.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Yup. From which airfield in Devon do Easy Company take off for the
0:07:50 > 0:07:54D-Day landings after a short delay caused by bad weather?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Uh, I don't know.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58What is the title of Episode 4, which deals with the integration of
0:07:58 > 0:08:01new recruits to Easy Company, and especially how they cope
0:08:01 > 0:08:03during Operation Market Garden?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Ah, pass.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07In the episode Why We Fight, what's the title of the book that
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Sergeant Frank Perconte is given to read while he's on
0:08:09 > 0:08:13guard duty in Sturzelberg?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Eh... Pass.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Which American composer created the score for the television series,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20including the instrumental theme music?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Pass.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23When Lynn "Buck" Compton is taken
0:08:23 > 0:08:25off the line after the liberation of Foy,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28he clearly has shellshock, but what is his condition
0:08:28 > 0:08:29officially given as?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Em...
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Eh, fatigue.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Trench foot. Which actor, the son of one of the series' executive
0:08:36 > 0:08:38producers, plays the recent WestPoint graduate
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Lieutenant Henry Jones, who takes part in a mission to capture
0:08:40 > 0:08:44German prisoners for interrogation?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45No, pass.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48What is the name of the Belgian nurse at Bastogne, played by
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Lucie Jeanne, with whom the medic Eugene "Doc" Roe forms a friendship?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Annette?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Renee. Which lieutenant played by Matthew Settle is rumoured to have
0:08:57 > 0:09:00shot a group of German prisoners on D-Day after he gave them cigarettes?
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Warren H "Skip" Muck, played by Richard Speight Jr, tells the story
0:09:04 > 0:09:06in the episode Why We Fight.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Eh, Richard Speirs.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Yes, Speirs. In The Last Patrol, what is Sergeant Bill Keane carrying
0:09:11 > 0:09:14from one building to another when he's killed in the town of Haguenau,
0:09:14 > 0:09:15in February 1945?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Ehm... Potatoes.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Yep. In the episode Carentan, who is bayoneted when he wakes up
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Private Smith because Smith mistakes him for a German soldier?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Eh... Popeye.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Talbert.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27BEEP
0:09:27 > 0:09:29After VE Day - I've started, so I'll finish - the men of
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Easy Company can return home if they've accumulated a specific
0:09:32 > 0:09:34number of points based on length of service and medals earned.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35How many points?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Eh, 500?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40No, bit fewer than that - 85. Oh, yeah.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43You had a few passes, five altogether.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Colin Hanks was that actor who played Lieutenant Henry Jones.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Michael Kamen was the American composer who created the
0:09:51 > 0:09:53score for the television series.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56A Tree Grows In Brooklyn was the book that
0:09:56 > 0:10:00he was given to read while he was on guard duty in Sturzelberg.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Replacements was the title of episode four,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04dealing with the integration of new recruits.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07And Upottery - strange name - Airfield.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11That was the airfield in Devon that Easy Company used.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14So, five passes, Adam. Four points.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And our last contender, please.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34And your name is? Emma McAllister.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Your occupation? E-learning developer.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42And your chosen subject? Hernan Cortes And The Conquest Of Mexico.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Cortes led the Spanish expedition that brought down the Aztec
0:10:47 > 0:10:48empire and conquered Mexico.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51From which Caribbean island did he set off on this expedition in
0:10:51 > 0:10:53February 1519?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Cuba. Yep. What was the name of the native woman who acted as an
0:10:56 > 0:10:59interpreter for Cortes? She later bore him a son
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Malinche.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Yes. The Aztec leader Montezuma thought that Cortes'
0:11:03 > 0:11:05arrival in 1519 might be the fulfilment of
0:11:05 > 0:11:09a prophecy about the return of the god Quetzalcoatl, from the East.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13What was the year 1519 called in the Aztec calendar?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15One Reed.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Yes. When Montezuma agreed to become a prisoner of the Spanish,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21his brother was chosen by the Aztecs to replace him as Emperor.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22What was the brother's name?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Cuitlahuac.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Yes. In which city did Cortes and his army kill about 5,000 people
0:11:26 > 0:11:30in October, 1519, on the pretext that there'd been
0:11:30 > 0:11:32a plan to ambush the Spaniards?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Cholula.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Yep. Which shipwright did Cortes employ along with carpenters such as
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Andres Nunez to build the brigantine ships that played
0:11:38 > 0:11:41a vital role in the siege at Tenochtitlan?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Martin Lopez?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Yes. Which Spaniard saved Cortes from being captured by the Aztecs
0:11:46 > 0:11:49at least twice? On the last occasion during the assault on Tenochtitlan,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51he was killed.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Pass.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56What proportion of the treasures that Cortes took in Mexico
0:11:56 > 0:11:59was considered to be a tax owed to the Spanish crown?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Cortes took the same proportion of what remained.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03The Royal Fifth?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Yes. What disease was widespread in Mexico in 1520, and severely
0:12:07 > 0:12:11restricted the Aztec's ability to stop the Spanish invasion?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Smallpox.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Yup. What was the name of the moveable wooden towers that were
0:12:14 > 0:12:17build on Cortes' orders to protect the Spanish soldiers
0:12:17 > 0:12:19while they were under attack inside Tenochtitlan?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Mantas.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Yup. Which native people, who were initially hostile, became
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Cortes's chief allies and supplied thousands of warriors to his army?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Tlaxcalans.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Yep. Which hilltop fortress and its surround province did the
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Spanish capture in a fierce campaign? They enslaved the
0:12:33 > 0:12:37population and refounded the town as Segura de la Frontera.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Tepeyac.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Yes. A Brigantine captain captured the Aztec leader Cuauhtemoc while
0:12:41 > 0:12:44he was trying to escape to Tenochtitlan.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46It marked the end of Aztec resistance to the Spanish.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48What was the captain's name?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Garcia Holguin.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51BEEP
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Yes! Absolutely right. One pass.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The Spaniard who saved Cortes from being captured by the Aztecs
0:12:56 > 0:12:59at least twice was Cristobal de Olid.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02You have scored, Emma, 12 points.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15So, we have a clear leader at this stage of the game.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Let's have a look at the scores.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19In fourth place with four points, Adam Wilson.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Third place, eight points, Dave Ryan.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Second place, nine points, Rob Mansfield.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27First place, 12 points, Emma McAllister.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36And now, of course, it's the general knowledge round,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is
0:13:40 > 0:13:43taken into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50And, it's possible for a runner-up to get through to the
0:13:50 > 0:13:53semifinal as well. The six highest scoring runners-up will qualify.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57So, let's get on with it and ask Adam to join us again, please.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01And, eh...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03You probably underestimated the amount you
0:14:03 > 0:14:06needed to know about that particular bloke...
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Erm, well... ..but there you go. Anyway...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I...I knew quite a lot about it, just not the right things.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Ha-ha! Ain't that the case. Anyway, it's general knowledge now,
0:14:14 > 0:14:18and you have two and a half minutes to build up your score.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Let's see how you do. Here we go.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Which resort in Monaco has a casino complex and is famed as
0:14:22 > 0:14:24a playground for the world's rich?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Monte Carlo.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Yep. Which novel by Herman Melville has the alternative title The Whale?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Um... Moby Dick.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Yep. At what bar in a popular American television series are
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson two of the regular drinkers?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Cheers.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Yep. Which former Manchester United player was shown
0:14:39 > 0:14:41a red card for foul language while playing for Fulham on the
0:14:41 > 0:14:45first day they were issued in October, 1976?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Erm... I don't know.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49What is the principle ingredient of the Provencal stew bouillabaisse,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52usually served with thick slices of French bread?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Eh, fish.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Yep. Which prize was won in 2015 by Assemble,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59a collective who work across the fields of Art, Design and
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Architecture to regenerate rundown urban areas?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I don't know.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06What is the popular name by the work originally written by
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Benjamin Britten as the score to the 1946 documentary film
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Instruments Of The Orchestra?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Uh... Nope.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Which South African author's novels include
0:15:16 > 0:15:19The Leopard Hunts In Darkness and Elephant Song?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Wilbur Smith.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Yup. Which Cumbrian town which has been famous for its mint cakes since
0:15:23 > 0:15:26the mid-nineteenth century and is used as an energy-giving food by
0:15:26 > 0:15:28hikers and mountaineers?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Kendal.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Yep. In Judaism, the declaration Kol Nidre meaning "all vows"
0:15:32 > 0:15:35is sung on the eve of which solemn festival?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Uh, Passover.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Yom Kippur. By what nickname is Sir Percy Blakely known in
0:15:40 > 0:15:45a 1905 novel by Baroness Orczy and its many sequels?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Erm... Don't know.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50A hippophile is someone who loves which animal?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Uh, horses.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Yeah. The name of a major Irish political party founded in 1926 by
0:15:55 > 0:15:59opponents of the Anglo-Irish treaty, commonly translates into English as
0:15:59 > 0:16:01"Soldiers Of Destiny." Which party?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Sinn Fein.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Fianna Fail. Which American businessman and inventor developed a
0:16:06 > 0:16:08process for freezing food that became the basis
0:16:08 > 0:16:10of the retail frozen food industry?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Don't know.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14What was the name of Tom Petty's backing group?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Formed in the mid-seventies with Petty, they backed Bob Dylan
0:16:17 > 0:16:21on his '86 and '87 tours.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23The Jam?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26The Heartbreakers. Which mountain, that's above the French ski resort
0:16:26 > 0:16:28of Chamonix, is the highest in Western Europe?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Mont Blanc.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Yep. What is the name of the line marked on a full-size snooker table
0:16:32 > 0:16:36that's 29 inches from and parallel to the face of the bottom cushion?
0:16:36 > 0:16:41Um, the... Oh, I can't remember.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Who became the American president when Franklin D Roosevelt
0:16:43 > 0:16:45died in April 1945?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48He'd been sworn in as Roosevelt's vice president only
0:16:48 > 0:16:49three months earlier.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Harry Truman.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Yep. Which medium-sized...
0:16:52 > 0:16:54BEEP ..deer is distinguished by its
0:16:54 > 0:16:56white-spotted summer coat and is widespread in England and Wales?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Erm, fallow.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Yup, that is correct. You had six passes.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04The baulk line is the name of that line on the snooker table. Who knew?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Clarence - you won't believe this - but Clarence Birdseye was the
0:17:08 > 0:17:11chap who developed the process for frozen food. Of course.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Yeah, I know(!) The Scarlett Pimpernel, otherwise known as
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Percy Blakely. Of course. Yes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Erm, that popular name for the work written by Britten was
0:17:19 > 0:17:22The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The Turner Prize was won in 2015 by Assemble,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27and that football player who was shown
0:17:27 > 0:17:31a red card on the first day they were issued was George Best!
0:17:31 > 0:17:32How about that?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Very good. Respectable score now, Adam, you have 14 points.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And now David again, please.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51And, eh, you start out with eight points.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Two and a half minutes, starting now.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Which band's only UK number one single was
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2?
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Pink Floyd.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Yup. What term that comes from the Greek for "false name" is used for
0:18:03 > 0:18:06a fictitious name, especially one adopted by an author?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Erm... Oh, God, em... Pseudonym.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Yes. At which sport's national centre in Bisley is the
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Queen's Prize competed for every July?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Erm... Erm. Horse, erm...
0:18:17 > 0:18:22Rifle shooting. The commonly cultivated plant helleborus niger,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24a herbaceous perennial which often blooms in the snow, is
0:18:24 > 0:18:26better known by what seasonal name?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Erm, Christmas Rose?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Yes! Joaquin Rodrigo composed Concierto de Aranjuez and
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Concierto Andaluz for which stringed instrument?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Guitar?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Yep. For what genre of fiction is the
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize awarded? Winners include
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Michael Frayn, Howard Jacobson, and, in 2015, Alexander McCall Smith?
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Erm. Crime.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Comedy. Which Russian oligarch and football-club owner bought
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Lucien Freud's painting Benefit Supervisor Sleeping
0:18:51 > 0:18:55for ?17.2 million in 2008, a record at the time for a living artist?
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Roman Abramovich?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Yep. What name is given to a line that connects places of equal
0:18:59 > 0:19:01depth on a map of an area of sea.
0:19:01 > 0:19:07Iso...erm...erm...erm...Bath?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Yes! Ronald Reagan served two terms as the governor of a state,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13from 1967 to '75. Which state?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14California?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Yep. Who has presented the eclectic live music show Later...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19on television since 1992?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Jools Holland.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Yes. By what name, that means "little boot", is the Roman emperor
0:19:23 > 0:19:27born Gaius Caesar Germanicus, who ruled from 37 to 41 AD better known?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Caligula?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Yes. Which stadium was built in London for the 1908 Olympic Games
0:19:31 > 0:19:33and eventually demolished in 1985.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34White City?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Yep. Which of the Three Wise Men of the East brought the gift of gold
0:19:37 > 0:19:40to the infant Jesus as a sign of kinship, according to tradition?
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Balthazar?
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Melchior. In the '73 chart-topping single for Dawn what does the
0:19:45 > 0:19:47released prisoner ask his lover to tie around the old oak tree?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Yellow Ribbon.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Yep. Who became commander in chief of the Carthaginian army in 221 BC
0:19:52 > 0:19:55on the assassination of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Pass.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Which actor appeared in both The Magnificent Seven in 1960 and
0:20:00 > 0:20:03the Dirty Dozen in 1967?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Erm. Charles Bronson?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes. Which group of British islands celebrated liberation day on
0:20:07 > 0:20:09May 9th each year?
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Eh, Falklands.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The Channel Islands. What nickname is given in Britain to the fatty end
0:20:13 > 0:20:16of the rump of a dressed turkey or chicken which is not usually eaten?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Parson's nose?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Yep. Who disappeared in 1974 after the murder of his children's Nanny,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Sandra Rivett? He was officially declared dead in February 2016.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24John Stonehouse?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27No, the Lord Lucan. Which former high street chain store...
0:20:27 > 0:20:29BEEP ..launched an own-brand label in the
0:20:29 > 0:20:32sixties named Winfield, which is the middle name of its founder?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Woolworths.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Yes, that is correct. You had one pass.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39The chap who became commander in chief of the Carthaginians
0:20:39 > 0:20:41in 221 BC was...
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Hannibal! Oh. Yeah.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46David - 22 points. Thank you.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58And now Rob again, please.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03And you start out with nine points, Rob.
0:21:03 > 0:21:0422 is the score to beat,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08and you have two and a half minutes in which to do it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Or not as the case may be. Here we go.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Which number does a bingo caller refer to as Uncle Ben,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14cock and hen, or David's den?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Ten.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Yup. In what ancient civilisation are the painted decorations on
0:21:18 > 0:21:21pottery classed as being red-figure or black-figure?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Erm. Egyptian.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Greece. How many fluid ounces are there in a British imperial pint?
0:21:25 > 0:21:2720.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Yup. In December 2015 it was announced that
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, who was born in Skopje in 1910,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36is to be made a saint. How is she best known?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Er, Mother Teresa.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Yes. In which English county is the site of the 1513 battle of
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Flodden Field, where the Scottish King James IV was killed?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Uh, Scotland.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Northumberland. The Fighting Tigers was the original title of a classic
0:21:48 > 0:21:51television comedy series that was co-created by Jimmy Perry.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Which series?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Eh... Ain't Half Hot Mum?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Dad's Army. Meadowlark Lemon, who died in December 2015,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00was a leading performer with which basketball team?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Eh... Harlem Globetrotters.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Yup. What term used to specify items or examples is an abbreviation
0:22:05 > 0:22:09of the Latin word videlicet, meaning "namely" or "that is to say"?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Viz.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Yep. An American feminist author's best-selling debut novel
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Fear Of Flying was based on some of her own experiences. Which author?
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Erica Jong.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Yep. Who won his first best actor Oscar for playing the
0:22:21 > 0:22:23psychiatric patient Randle P McMurphy in the 1975 film
0:22:23 > 0:22:25One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Jack Nicholson.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Yes. What middle-eastern sweetmeat that is served as cubes that are
0:22:29 > 0:22:33coated with icing sugar, is known, in its place of origin, as lokum?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Turkish Delight.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Yes. The river known at its source as the Gipping takes another name at
0:22:37 > 0:22:41its tidal estuary at Ipswich. What name?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Um... Ooze.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Orwell. What acronym has been used since 1975 for the body that helps
0:22:46 > 0:22:49to settle disputes between employers and employees?
0:22:49 > 0:22:50ACAS.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Yes. Which former American prison in San Francisco Bay
0:22:52 > 0:22:55has a name that comes from the Spanish for pelican?
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Alcatraz.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Yep. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, whose love for Thisbe is the subject
0:22:59 > 0:23:02of the comic tragedy acted by Bottom and his fellow tradesmen?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Erm...
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Pass.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09The maiden name of the tennis player who won seven women's
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Grand Slam single titles between 1971 and '80 means
0:23:13 > 0:23:16"tall trees by still water" in an Aboriginal language. Who is she?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Evonne Goolagong.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Yep. Which author is widely quoted as saying to American customs in
0:23:21 > 0:23:23New York at the start of his lecture tour in 1882,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25"I have nothing to declare except my genius"?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Eh, Einstein.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Oscar Wilde. What type of waterproof overcoat is named after the Scottish
0:23:30 > 0:23:32chemist who patented the material from which it was
0:23:32 > 0:23:34originally made in 1823?
0:23:34 > 0:23:35The Mackintosh.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Yup. Which British airport was built partly on the sight of the
0:23:38 > 0:23:41racecourse that staged the Grand National during the First World War.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Er... John Lennon Airport?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44BEEP Nope! Gatwick Airport. Ah.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50You have one pass. Bottom's fellow tradesman was Pyramus. Ah.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53You have scored, Rob, 21 points. Thank you.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05And, Emma. Finally, again, please.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And you, Emma, start out with 12 points.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13And the score has just gone up a wee bit, the score to beat,
0:24:13 > 0:24:14and it is now 22.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18So, here we go, two and a half minutes of general knowledge.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21In which swimming stroke do competitors start in the water,
0:24:21 > 0:24:22rather than diving into the pool?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Butterfly?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Backstroke. Which television family's next door neighbour is the
0:24:27 > 0:24:29devout evangelical Christian Ned Flanders?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30The Simpsons.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Yes. Albert Einstein one hundred year old theory of
0:24:32 > 0:24:35general relativity was vindicated when it was announced in 2016 that
0:24:35 > 0:24:38a type of wave had been detected. What type of wave?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Pass.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Which controversial English painter and installation artist,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45who was born in 1965, donated his portrait of the Queen to the
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Government art collection in 2015?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Damien Hirst?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Yeah. Which London office tower at One Canada Square in London
0:24:51 > 0:24:54stands at 244 metres high and was Britain's tallest building
0:24:54 > 0:24:57until The Shard was completed in 2010?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Canary Wharf.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Yeah. What portmanteau word that is a combination of "cultivate"
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and "variety" is used in botany for a plant variety that's been
0:25:04 > 0:25:05produced by selective breeding?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Cultivar.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Yep. Gentle Is The Wind is sung by the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella
0:25:10 > 0:25:14with the roguish Don Alfonso in Act 1 of which of Mozart's operas?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Cosi Fan Tutte.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Yes. Jimmy Porter, and educated young man who launches diatribes
0:25:18 > 0:25:21against society because he believes his working-class background has
0:25:21 > 0:25:24held him back, is the antihero of a play by John Osborne
0:25:24 > 0:25:26first performed in 1956. Which play?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Don't Look Back In Anger.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Look Back In Anger. What is the title of the first of the series of
0:25:31 > 0:25:35books by Arthur Ransome featuring the adventures of the Walker and
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Blackett children as they sail, camp, and have adventures?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Swallows and Amazons?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Yes. What two-word Italian phrase for a female operatic style
0:25:42 > 0:25:44literally means first lady?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Prima Donna.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Yes. Which successful British pop duo consisted of
0:25:47 > 0:25:49George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Wham!.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Yep. Which steam locomotive that was designed by George Stephenson
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and his son Robert won the Rainhill Trials in 1829?
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Pass.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Who entered Parliament as MP for South Shields in June, 2001,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03but resigned his seat in 2013, three years after he had been
0:26:03 > 0:26:07defeated in the Labour Party leadership election.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Ed Miliband?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11DAVID Miliband. Which nursery rhyme character ran upstairs and
0:26:11 > 0:26:13downstairs in his nightgown?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Wee Willie Winkie?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Yes. What is the title of Elvis Presley's first feature film?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19It's set around the time of the American civil war,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22and its theme song gave him a top 20 hit in 1956.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Love Me Tender?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Yes. Which warrior killed Prince Hector during the Trojan War in
0:26:26 > 0:26:28revenge for the death of his friend, Patroclus?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Achilles.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Yes. Which cocktail, whose name refers to bed linen, consists of
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Cointreau or triple sec with white rum, brandy, and a dash of lemon?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Martini?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Between The Sheets. In May, 1993 Rebecca Stephens became the first
0:26:42 > 0:26:44British woman to reach the summit of which mountain?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Everest.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Yes. The prominent muscle known as the masseter, whose name comes for
0:26:48 > 0:26:52the Latin and Greek for "to chew", is in what part of the face.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Eh, the jawbone?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Yeah, the jaw. And you had two passes.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00You'll be so cross with yourself for this.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03That Stephenson steam locomotive was The Rocket. Yeah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Which you knew.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Course you did. Anyway, maybe you didn't know this one.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11The gravitational waves, or gravity waves,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15were the things that gave credibility to Einstein's
0:27:15 > 0:27:17theory of relativity, or proved it, if you prefer.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Anyway, Emma, you now have 25 points. Thank you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Well done. Thank you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33A close contest by the end of it.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Let's have a look at all the scores, then.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37In fourth place, 14 points, Adam Wilson.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Third place, 21 points, Rob Mansfield.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Second place, 22 points, Dave Ryan.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45First place, 25 points - Emma McAllister.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Well done. Thank you. Brilliant, well done. Thank you. Well done.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Which means that Emma is tonight's winner.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09do go to our website...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and of course you can follow us at..
0:28:12 > 0:28:15And do join us again, next time, for more masterminds.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59BROODING STING