0:00:26 > 0:00:30Our first contender in the black chair tonight is Adam Barr,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32a PhD student from Manchester.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33He's answering questions on the
0:00:33 > 0:00:36naval battles of the First World War.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Trevor Rhodes is from the Wirral.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41His specialist subject, the actor Charles Laughton.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46James Shore is an art consultant from Rotherham.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49His subject, the Second World War plane, the Mosquito.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55And Dave Mason is a pyrotechnician from Glasgow.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59His subject, the MAX Marvel Punisher comic books.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hello, and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Tonight, four contenders, as ever, of course, and the same rules.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29And there is just one place left in the semifinals.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31So whoever wins tonight will take it,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and be on course to go through to the grand final,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38with its glittering prize, the glass bowl, and the title of Mastermind.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40So, let's get on with it,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42and ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- And your name is?- Adam Barr.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Your occupation?- PhD student.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- And your chosen subject?- Naval battles of the First World War.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Naval battles in two minutes, starting now.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Which battle, on the 28th of August 1914,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02was Britain's first naval victory of the war?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- Heligoland Bight.- Yes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06What was the name of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's flagship
0:02:06 > 0:02:08at the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09- Iron Duke.- Yes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12In May 1917, which Hungarian Admiral and statesmen
0:02:12 > 0:02:15led the Austro-Hungarian Navy's successful attack
0:02:15 > 0:02:18on the Allied barrage across the Straits of Otranto?
0:02:18 > 0:02:19- Horthy.- Yes.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22During a battle in the Gulf of Riga in late 1917,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25the German Navy badly damaged the Russian battleship Slava
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and the Russians scuttled and torpedoed it.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29What is the name of the battle?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Moon Sound Islands? - Moon Sound, yes.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Two hours into the Battle of Jutland,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36when two Royal Navy battle cruisers had already been sunk,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38who said to Captain Chatfield,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today?"
0:02:41 > 0:02:42- Beatty.- Yep.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43On the 1st of November 1914,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45the Germans defeated a British force
0:02:45 > 0:02:48at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of which country?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49- Chile.- Yes.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51The light cruiser HMS Glasgow escaped from Coronel
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and took part in the battle of the Falkland Islands.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56In which island group did it then hunt down
0:02:56 > 0:02:58the German light cruiser, Dresden?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Tierra del Fuego. - No, the Juan Fernandez Islands.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03A naval aviation pioneer flew the first British
0:03:03 > 0:03:06naval reconnaissance mission to report on enemy ships
0:03:06 > 0:03:08on the 31st of May 1916.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11By what nickname did he become known?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Erm...
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Rutland of Jutland. - Rutland of Jutland!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17In February 1916, the German steamboat
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Hedwig von Wissmann was attacked and sunk by British gunboats.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23On which African lake did this encounter take place?
0:03:23 > 0:03:24- Lake Tanganyika.- Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Who was appointed to command the British squadron
0:03:26 > 0:03:29send to hunt for the German East Asia Squadron
0:03:29 > 0:03:30after the defeat at Coronel?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31- Sturdee.- Yes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33At which battle of October 1918
0:03:33 > 0:03:36did the United States join with the Royal Navy,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Italy and Australia to attack a naval base
0:03:38 > 0:03:42in Albania that was under the control of Austro-Hungarian forces?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Pass.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45The German High Seas Fleet's operation to draw out
0:03:45 > 0:03:48the British Grand Fleet for a final battle was cancelled
0:03:48 > 0:03:51because of an event on the 30th of October 1918.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52What event?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Sailors' mutiny?- Yes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Near which Swedish island did a Russian naval squadron,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59under Rear Admiral Bakhirev,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02clash with the Germans in July 1915?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Gothaven?- Gotland.- Ah.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07One pass, Adam.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12The second Battle of Durazzo, that was the battle in October 1918.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15With that one pass, Adam, you have 10 points.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17APPLAUSE
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And our next contender, please.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- And your name is?- Trevor Rhodes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Your occupation?- I'm retired.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- And your chosen subject?- The life and career of Charles Laughton.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Charles Laughton, in two minutes, starting now.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49The actor Charles Laughton it gave one of his finest performances
0:04:49 > 0:04:52in a 1935 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54playing which role?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Inspector Javert.- Yes.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Laughton was born on the 1st of July 1899,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02in the Victorian hotel in which English seaside resort?
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- Scarborough.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Laughton's parents were hoteliers,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07and when he was young man, his mother sent him to London
0:05:07 > 0:05:10to learn the business, working in which hotel?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11- Claridge's.- Yep.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Laughton is credited as the director
0:05:13 > 0:05:15on only one full-length film, a 1955 crime drama,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19mostly written by James Agee. What is it called?
0:05:19 > 0:05:20- Night Of The Hunter.- Yes.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Which historical figure did Laughton portray
0:05:22 > 0:05:24in a play directed by Joseph Losey
0:05:24 > 0:05:27at the Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, in 1947?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28- Galileo.- Yes.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Laughton plays the title role in a 1933 film
0:05:31 > 0:05:32directed by Alexander Korda,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34which earned him his only Best Actor Oscar.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Which film?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- The Private Life Of Henry VIII.- Yes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Laughton received favourable reviews
0:05:39 > 0:05:42for his first professional role in the theatre, a cameo role
0:05:42 > 0:05:44as the old servant Osip in which Gogol play?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45- Government Inspector.- Yep.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Which historical figure does Laughton play
0:05:47 > 0:05:50in Cecil B DeMille's 1932 film The Sign Of The Cross?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51- Nero.- Yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Which Shakespearian role did Laughton perform for his audition
0:05:54 > 0:05:56for RADA in front of a panel including
0:05:56 > 0:05:58the future Hollywood actor, Claude Rains?
0:05:58 > 0:05:59- Shylock.- Yes.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01What was the name of the French actress whose teaching
0:06:01 > 0:06:03at RADA was a great influence on Laughton?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Alice Gachet.- Yes.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Laughton greatly admired the effortless style of an actor
0:06:07 > 0:06:10who played Lieutenant Sempter when they were filming
0:06:10 > 0:06:12the 1932 film Devil And The Deep together.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13What was his name?
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Pass.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Laughton filmed a few days for George Cukor's film
0:06:17 > 0:06:19of David Copperfield before he persuaded the director
0:06:19 > 0:06:21that he was completely unsuited for the role,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23which required a very extrovert personality.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25What was the name of his character?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- Mr Micawber.- Yes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28At the end of filming Mutiny On The Bounty,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Laughton assembled the cast and crew
0:06:30 > 0:06:31and recited a speech to great applause
0:06:31 > 0:06:34that he had made in the film Ruggles Of Red Gap. Which speech?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Gettysburg Address.- Yes.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38What was the name of the director of The Barretts Of Wimpole Street,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41who was persuaded by the producer, Irving Thalberg,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44to cast Laughton as the tyrannical father of the film?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Pass.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49What is the name of the Roman senator played by Laughton
0:06:49 > 0:06:50in the 1960 film Spartacus?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Gracchus.- Is correct.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54You had two passes, Trevor.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Sidney Franklin was the director of The Barretts Of Wimpole Street,
0:06:59 > 0:07:04and Gary Cooper was the actor who played Lieutenant Sempter
0:07:04 > 0:07:07when they were filming the '32 film Devil And The Deep together.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09You have scored, though, 13 points.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12APPLAUSE
0:07:20 > 0:07:22And our next contender, please.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- And your name is?- James Shore.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Your occupation?- Art consultant.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- And your specialist subject? - The de Havilland Mosquito.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36The Mosquito World War II plane.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40In two minutes, starting now, the Mosquito was originally conceived
0:07:40 > 0:07:42as a two-crew, unarmed bomber. What was its model number?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- DH.98.- Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Who piloted the prototype Mosquito that was given the official
0:07:47 > 0:07:51identity W4050 on its maiden flight on the 25th of November 1940?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Geoffrey de Havilland Jr.- Yes.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Which organisation's headquarters in Oslo
0:07:55 > 0:07:58was the target of a famous daylight raid by four Mosquitoes
0:07:58 > 0:08:02from 105 Squadron on the 25th of September 1942?
0:08:02 > 0:08:03- The Gestapo.- Yes.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05In which district, north of Toronto,
0:08:05 > 0:08:06was de Havilland Canada located?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It went on to produce over 1,000 Mosquitoes.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Pass.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13The first air-to-air kill by a Mosquito was credited
0:08:13 > 0:08:16to Squadron Leader Ashfield, who shot down a Dornier 217,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18south of Dover in May 1942.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Which squadron did Ashfield belong to?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22- 103 Squadron.- No, 157.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24What was the name of the scaled-down anti-shipping version
0:08:24 > 0:08:27of the bouncing bomb that the B Mk IVs supplied
0:08:27 > 0:08:30to 618 Squadron were modified to carry?
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- The Highball.- Yep.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Which Rolls-Royce engine powered the prototype Mosquito
0:08:33 > 0:08:35and many other later aircraft?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- The Merlin X. - Yes, the Merlin engine.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40In March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Eric "Winkle" Brown
0:08:40 > 0:08:43piloted a modified FB.VI, the first twin-engine aircraft
0:08:43 > 0:08:46to take off and land on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48What was the name of the carrier?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Pass.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52What is the name of the moated manor house in London Colney
0:08:52 > 0:08:56where the Mosquito design team moved to in October 1939?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Salisbury House. - Salisbury Hall, Yep.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01In which Asian country did the RAF's last Mosquito sortie
0:09:01 > 0:09:04take place in December 1955 on a photo reconnaissance mission?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Malaya. Malaysia.- Yes.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Which Coventry-based car company built a total of 1,066 FB.IVs?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Perkins.- Standard Motors.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15By what derogatory nickname was the Mosquito known
0:09:15 > 0:09:18after Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid Freeman supported
0:09:18 > 0:09:21its development in the face of Air Ministry opposition?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22- Freeman's Folly.- Yep.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25What was the name of de Havilland's chief designer,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27who headed the team which built the first Mosquito?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Geoffrey de Havilland. - No, Bishop, Ronald Bishop.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The first types of Mosquito were indicated by capital letters,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34such as FB, for fighter bomber.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36What did the letters TR stand for
0:09:36 > 0:09:38in the Mk 33 and 37 variants?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40BEEP
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Take a guess.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Total Reconnaissance.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Well, it was "Reconnaissance",
0:09:47 > 0:09:49but it was Torpedo Reconnaissance.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52So, you were nearly right, but not right enough.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54You had two passes.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58HMS Indefatigable was the aircraft carrier in question,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and Downsview was that district in Toronto
0:10:01 > 0:10:03where de Havilland Canada was located.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07With those two passes, James, you have eight points.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08APPLAUSE
0:10:16 > 0:10:18And our final contender, please.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25- And your name is?- Dave Mason.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- Your occupation?- Pyrotechnist.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- And your chosen subject? - Is the Punisher MAX, by Garth Ennis.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33In two minutes, starting now.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35In the Marvel comic book series, the antihero Frank Castle
0:10:35 > 0:10:38began his one-man war on crime and took the name the Punisher
0:10:38 > 0:10:41after his wife and children were killed during a family picnic
0:10:41 > 0:10:43in which New York park?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44- Central Park.- Yep.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45In Up Is Down And Black Is White,
0:10:45 > 0:10:46which member of the Mafia
0:10:46 > 0:10:48defiles the skeleton of the Punisher's wife,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51an event which leads to the Punisher going on a killing spree?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52- Nicky Cavella.- Yep.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54In the same story, Nicky Cavella introduces
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Pittsy's little sister to the Mafia. What's her name?
0:10:56 > 0:10:57- Teresa.- Yep.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00How many widows meet at Annabella's house to discuss
0:11:00 > 0:11:02getting revenge on the Punisher in the story Widowmaker?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03- Five.- Yep.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Barbi, one of the five widows, seduces the brother of her
0:11:06 > 0:11:09former boyfriend to get information to help find the Punisher.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11What's the name of the man she seduces?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Is it Nicky Pizzo? - It's Tony Pizzo.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17In Valley Forge, Valley Forge, Colonel Howe volunteers
0:11:17 > 0:11:19to help the generals capture Frank Castle and retrieve
0:11:19 > 0:11:22a videotape of a confession by whom?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- Rawlins.- Yep.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25In The Slavers, the Punisher saves Viorica
0:11:25 > 0:11:27from a group of thugs and she later tells him that
0:11:27 > 0:11:29she'd been kidnapped from a village
0:11:29 > 0:11:31in which Eastern European country?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- Lithuania.- Moldova.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34What is the name of the head of the crime family
0:11:34 > 0:11:37at whose 100th birthday party the Punisher goes on
0:11:37 > 0:11:39a murderous rampage in In The Beginning?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40- Don Massimo Cesare.- Yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43In Kitchen Irish, a shootout takes place between the Punisher
0:11:43 > 0:11:46and rival New York gangs at Pier 86
0:11:46 > 0:11:49on which floating sea, air and space museum?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- HMS Intrepid.- Yes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52In The Long Cold Dark,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55the Punisher discovers he has a child with Kathryn O'Brien.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56What is the baby's name?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57- Sarah.- Yep.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59In Mother Russia, the Punisher is contacted
0:11:59 > 0:12:00by Colonel Nick Fury,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03whom he describes as an old-school cold warrior,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05and the original black ops hard case.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09What specific black accessory does Colonel Fury wear on his face?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10- An eye patch.- Yep.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12The Punisher is sent to a remote Russian missile silo
0:12:12 > 0:12:14to retrieve a flesh-eating supervirus
0:12:14 > 0:12:17that's been injected into a six-year-old girl.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19What is the codename of the virus?
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Pass.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23In Barracuda, Harry Ebbing plans to cut off Florida's
0:12:23 > 0:12:26energy supply to stimulate demand and thereby artificially raise
0:12:26 > 0:12:28the stock prices of which company?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Dynaco.- Yep. At the beginning of Man Of Stone,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33the Punisher gets himself captured to attract the attention
0:12:33 > 0:12:36of a notoriously elusive gangster, whom he then kills.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37What's his name?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- John James Toomey.- Is correct.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46That one pass, that flesh-eating supervirus, was the Barbarossa.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Dave, you have scored 11 points.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50APPLAUSE
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Well, nice and close so far. Let's have a look at all of those scores.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05In fourth place, eight points, James Shore.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Third place, 10 points, Adam Barr.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Second place, 11 points, Dave Mason.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13First place, 13 points, Trevor Rhodes.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15APPLAUSE
0:13:20 > 0:13:23And so it is the general knowledge round now.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25And if there's a tie at the end of this round,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28then the number of passes is taken into account,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30and the person with the fewer passes is the winner -
0:13:30 > 0:13:32and if they're tied on passes as well,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34then there will be a tie-break.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37So let's get on with it, and ask James to join us again, please.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43And you start out, James,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46with eight points with your knowledge of the Mosquito.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Plenty of time to catch up and overtake the others.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Two and a half minutes of general knowledge, starting now.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53What sandwiches are the favourite
0:13:53 > 0:13:55of Paddington Bear in the original books?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Marmalade.- Yep.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Who stars opposite Faye Dunaway in the 1974 film Chinatown,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03a role that earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04- Robert Duvall.- Jack Nicholson.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Which American state's name comes from
0:14:06 > 0:14:08a translation of the French for Green Mountain?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11It's a range that covers much of the state?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12- Virginia.- Vermont.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14What type of animal was Bucephalus?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Alexander the Great named a city in India in its honour?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Elephant.- Horse.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Which future dictator painted a view of Neuschwanstein Castle
0:14:22 > 0:14:24in the 1920s that fetched 100,000 euros
0:14:24 > 0:14:28in a highly controversial auction in Nuremberg in June 2015?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Adolf Hitler.- Yep.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32The stern, Scottish butler, Mr Angus Hudson,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35was played by Gordon Jackson in the original series
0:14:35 > 0:14:36of a television drama. What drama?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Upstairs, Downstairs.- Yes.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Which romance for violin and orchestra by Vaughan Williams
0:14:40 > 0:14:43was inspired by the poem of the same name by George Meredith,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45for him, a praise to a songbird?
0:14:45 > 0:14:46- The Lark Ascending.- Yes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49In which Shakespeare play does Lysander speak the line,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52"The course of true love never did run smooth"?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- Twelfth Night. - Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Which singer songwriter had her second UK number one single
0:14:56 > 0:14:59in February 2016 with Love Me Like You Do
0:14:59 > 0:15:01from the soundtrack of 50 Shades Of Grey?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Adele.- Ellie Goulding.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05What name for the class of mollusc
0:15:05 > 0:15:07whose shells are divided into two halves
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and hinged on one side
0:15:09 > 0:15:12comes from the Latin for two and a folding door?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13- Bifocal.- Bivalve!
0:15:13 > 0:15:17What is the "It" stand for in the name of the drink gin and It?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Indian tonic.- Italian vermouth.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Which political activist and leading Beat Generation author
0:15:23 > 0:15:26wrote the poem Howl? He was played by James Franco
0:15:26 > 0:15:27in the 2010 film of that name?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Pass.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30The Cape York Peninsula, that forms
0:15:30 > 0:15:32the northernmost part of the Australian mainland
0:15:32 > 0:15:34is in which state?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- The Northern Territories. - Queensland.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Which acid has the chemical formula H2SO4?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Hydrochloric acid. - Sulphuric acid.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Whose tomb in St Paul's Cathedral
0:15:44 > 0:15:47has an inscription that translates as,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50"Reader, if you seek his memorial, look about you"?
0:15:50 > 0:15:51- Christopher Wren.- Yes.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Which former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:15:53 > 0:15:56took the name Blaby when he was elevated to the peerage?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00It was the constituency he represented from 1974-92.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03- Nigel Lawson.- Yes.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08What name is given to a triangle that has two equal sides?
0:16:08 > 0:16:09- A right-angle triangle. - Isosceles.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Which basketball team did Michael Jordan lead
0:16:12 > 0:16:15to six NBA titles in the 1990s?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- The Miami Heat. - Chicago Bulls.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19With which English county is the myth
0:16:19 > 0:16:21of the Mermaid of Zennor connected?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24She's said to have enticed away a handsome young man
0:16:24 > 0:16:25from the church congregation?
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Shropshire. - It was Cornwall.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34You had one pass, that political activist,
0:16:34 > 0:16:38leading Beat Generation author, etc, etc - Allen Ginsberg.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- James, a total of 14 points. - Thank you.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42APPLAUSE
0:16:49 > 0:16:51And now, Adam, again, please.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57And, Adam, you start out with 10 points with your knowledge of
0:16:57 > 0:17:01the First World War. 14 the score to beat so far.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Here we go, two and a half minutes.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06The terms strike, turkey and spare are used and which indoor sport?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Bowling.- Yep.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Who provides the voice of Woody the cowboy in the Toy Story films?
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- Tom Hanks.- Yep.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Whose novel, The Last Tycoon,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1940?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Pass.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19The New Forest National Park is partly in Wiltshire,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21but mainly in which other county?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Shropshire?- Hampshire.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25What type of hat is named after the drunken farmer
0:17:25 > 0:17:27in a poem by Robert Burns, who discovers a coven
0:17:27 > 0:17:29of dancing witches and has to flee for his life
0:17:29 > 0:17:31when they realise he's there?
0:17:31 > 0:17:32- Tam-o'-shanter.- Yes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Of which Commonwealth country are John Diefenbaker, Brian Mulroney
0:17:35 > 0:17:39and John Chretien all former post-war prime ministers?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- Canada.- Yep.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Mendelssohn's overture in B minor is known as The Hebrides,
0:17:43 > 0:17:44and also by what name?
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Pass.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Which author, who briefly served in a field hospital
0:17:48 > 0:17:49during the Boer War,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51was knighted in 1902 for his pamphlet
0:17:51 > 0:17:52The War In South Africa,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Its Causes And Conduct That Justified Britain's Policy?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- Kipling?- Conan Doyle.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Which Spanish-Moorish term
0:17:58 > 0:18:00is used for the building material
0:18:00 > 0:18:02of sun-dried earth and straw
0:18:02 > 0:18:04used to make bricks, and also the bricks themselves?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- Adobe.- Yes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07What is the name of the fictional village
0:18:07 > 0:18:09where The League Of Gentlemen is set?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11it's also the real name of the comedian Roy Chubby Brown,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14who appeared in the programme as the foul-mouthed Mayor Vaughan?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Royston Vasey.- Yes.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Which Northampton Saints captain and hooker
0:18:18 > 0:18:21was chosen to succeed Chris Robshaw
0:18:21 > 0:18:24as England's rugby union captain in January 2016?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Wilkinson?- Dylan Hartley.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Graham Greene's 1955 novel, The Quiet American,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31is set during the uprising against French colonial rule
0:18:31 > 0:18:32in which Far East Asian country?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Vietnam.- Yep.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Which actress and political activist is the mother
0:18:36 > 0:18:38of the actresses Joely and the late Natasha Richardson,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42both from her marriage to the film director Tony Richardson?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Pass.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45The word ombudsman comes from a European language where it
0:18:45 > 0:18:48means representative or commissioner. What language?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- Swedish?- Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52In classical mythology, which Roman god
0:18:52 > 0:18:54is the equivalent of the Greek God Zeus?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Jupiter.- Yes.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Which New England state is the smallest in area
0:18:58 > 0:18:59of the United States of America?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02It's only about 48 miles long and 37 miles wide.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03- Rhode Island.- Yes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06What sort of tyre did John Boyd Dunlop develop for his son's
0:19:06 > 0:19:09tricycle that went on to make motoring much more comfortable?
0:19:09 > 0:19:10- Pneumatic.- Yes.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11In the 17th century,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14the antiquarian John Aubrey discovered the 56 shallow holes
0:19:14 > 0:19:19that were later named after him at which prehistoric monument?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20- Stonehenge.- Yes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22In which city was the lexicographer
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Dr Samuel Johnson born in 1709?
0:19:24 > 0:19:25- London?- Lichfield.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Which sport provided three different winners of the
0:19:27 > 0:19:32BBC Sports Personality of the Year contest from 2008-2012?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Cycling.- Cycling is correct, yep. You just got there.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42Three passes, Vanessa Redgrave was the mother of Joely and Natasha,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Fingal's Cave is also The Hebrides,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50and it was F Scott Fitzgerald who wrote The Last Tycoon -
0:19:50 > 0:19:52or nearly, he didn't quite finish it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55You have a total now, Adam, of 23 points.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57APPLAUSE
0:20:04 > 0:20:08And now, Dave Mason, again, please.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12And you start out with 11 points, Dave,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15and the target has risen rather sharply.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19It is now 23. That's the score you have to beat. Here we go.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Which soap opera is set in the fictional London Borough of Walford?
0:20:23 > 0:20:24- EastEnders.- Yep.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26What a name is shared by a sandal consisting of a flat sole
0:20:26 > 0:20:30with straps, and an informal term for a complete change of policy?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Pass.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Which American pianist and vocalist topped the UK album charts
0:20:36 > 0:20:39with her first three albums, Come Away With Me, Feels Like Home,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and Not Too Late, between 2002-2007?
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Pass.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46What is the sole diet of the vampire bat?
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- Blood.- Yes.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Which 20th century political movement, typically characterised
0:20:50 > 0:20:52by militaristic nationalism,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54takes its name from the bundles of rods
0:20:54 > 0:20:57that symbolised the authority of ancient Roman magistrates?
0:20:57 > 0:20:58- Fascism.- Yep.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The 1940 debut novel of the American writer Carson McCullers
0:21:01 > 0:21:04is titled The Heart Is A Lonely...?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Place.- Hunter.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08What relation was William IV to Queen Victoria,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11who succeeded him to the throne in 1837?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12- Uncle.- Yep.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Which 1950s Western television series featured the card-playing
0:21:15 > 0:21:18brothers Bret and Bart, and their English cousin Beauregard,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20played by Roger Moore?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21- Rawhide.- Maverick.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23What name is given to a line joining the centre of
0:21:23 > 0:21:26a circle to any point on its circumference?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27- Radius.- Yep.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Which place in New York state became the first outside Europe
0:21:30 > 0:21:34to stage the Winter Olympics in 1932, and also hosted it in 1980?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35- Lake Placid.- Yes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37In which Verdi opera does Leonora,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42fall in love with a mysterious knight called Manrico?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43- Rigoletto.- Il Trovatore.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Who eloped with his fellow poet Elizabeth Barrett in 1846?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49He lived with her in Italy until she died in 1861?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50- Robert Browning.- Yes.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53What name comes from the French for a small enclosure,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56is given to the type of flooring where strips or blocks of wood
0:21:56 > 0:21:58are laid in geometric patterns?
0:21:58 > 0:21:59- Parquet.- Yep.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Which South American country was given a name meaning Little Venice
0:22:02 > 0:22:06because of the local Indian houses, built on stilts over water?
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Pass.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10How many Nobel Prize categories have there been since 1969,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12when Economics was added?
0:22:12 > 0:22:13- Seven.- Six.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Which girls' school that was created by the cartoonist
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Ronald Searle was the setting for five comedy films,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21released between 1954, 1980, and more recently,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24a 2007 film and its sequel?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25No, pass.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Which heavy radioactive metallic element was discovered
0:22:28 > 0:22:29by Martin Klaproth in 1789,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31and named after a planet
0:22:31 > 0:22:33that had itself only been discovered eight years earlier?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Uranium.- Yep.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36In Herge's Tintin adventures,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38the two hapless detectives, who look like twins,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40share the same English surname,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42although it's spelt differently. What is it?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43- Thompson.- Yep.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Which girl group had their first UK number one single,
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Whole Again, in 2001, and their last, The Tide Is High,
0:22:49 > 0:22:50the following year?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Girls Aloud.- Atomic Kitten, is the answer to that one.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56You had four passes. St Trinian's!
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Oh! Right.- Annoying, isn't it?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Fair enough. - Anyway, that was the school.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Venezuela was the South American country given the name
0:23:04 > 0:23:08meaning Little Venice. Norah Jones was the American pianist and singer.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11And, you'll be cross about this one,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13the sandal with the strap...
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- Flip-flops.- ..flip-flops, yeah.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I know, and it came to you immediately afterwards, didn't it?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Yes, it did.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Yep, that's the way it goes on this programme. I'm afraid to say.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Dave, you didn't quite make it, 21 points.- Thank you.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26APPLAUSE
0:23:33 > 0:23:38And finally, Trevor Rhodes again, please.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42And you start out with 13 points.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And the score to beat is still 23.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Two and a half minutes of general knowledge
0:23:47 > 0:23:48to see whether you can do it, here we go.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50What was the name of the actor
0:23:50 > 0:23:53who was the father of Jane and Peter Fonda?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54- Henry Fonda.- Yep.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56According to an ancient belief,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58which bird remains silent during its lifetime,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00until it sings a song of particular beauty
0:24:00 > 0:24:02just before it dies?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03- The nightingale.- The swan.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07What decisive sea battle took place off the Spanish coast
0:24:07 > 0:24:09on the 21st of October 1805?
0:24:09 > 0:24:10- Trafalgar.- Yep.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Which Belgian city is sometimes referred to
0:24:12 > 0:24:13as the Venice of the North
0:24:13 > 0:24:15because of its large number of canals?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16- Ghent?- Bruges.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20On which racecourse is the Welsh Grand National normally run?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21- Chepstow.- Yep.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Whose diary entry of the 15th of July 1944
0:24:23 > 0:24:26includes the words, "In spite of everything,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28"I still believe that people are truly good at heart"?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Churchill?- Anne Frank.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Which male singer-songwriter was a cast member on the American
0:24:33 > 0:24:35television show the Mickey Mouse Club,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and has film credits that include The Social Network,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39In Time, and Friends With Benefits?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Pass.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43What name is given to the array of hot and cold appetisers
0:24:43 > 0:24:44served at the beginning of a dinner
0:24:44 > 0:24:46in Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Mezzo?- Meze, yes.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Many of the garden varieties of a particular plant
0:24:50 > 0:24:53are known as bearded, because the flowers have thick,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56bushy hairs on the upper part of their three lower petals.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Which plant?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Pass.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Which Spanish artist painted La Maja Desnuda and La Maja Vestida,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05around the start of the 19th century?
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Pass.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08What is the common name for the white, caustic,
0:25:08 > 0:25:12alkaline and crystalline substance called calcium oxide?
0:25:14 > 0:25:15- Salt?- Quicklime.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18What was the colonial name of Ghana, the first country in
0:25:18 > 0:25:22sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence from Britain in 1957?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23- Gold Coast.- Yep.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25The alliterative expression for the response to danger
0:25:25 > 0:25:28that prepares a human or animal to defend itself for run away
0:25:28 > 0:25:30is fight or...what?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Flee.- Flight.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35The former French finance minister, Christine Lagarde,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38was appointed the managing director of the United Nations
0:25:38 > 0:25:42specialised agency the IMF in 2011.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43What do the letters IMF stand for?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- International Monetary Fund.- Yep.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47What ethnic group, who have served
0:25:47 > 0:25:50in the British Army with distinction since 1815,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52use a sharp, curved knife called a kukri?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53- Gurkhas.- Yes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57For what literary form are the Forward Prizes awarded?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The awards were instituted in 1991, and are considered the most
0:26:00 > 0:26:03prestigious of their kind in Britain and Ireland?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04- Poetry?- Yes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Which snooker star's book entitled
0:26:05 > 0:26:10Interesting, My Autobiography, was published in 2015?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11- Steve Davis.- Yes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Damon Gough, who won a Mercury Prize in 2004 for his album
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The Hour Of Bewilderbeast, uses what stage name?
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Pass.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20The BBC's first royal correspondent,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22who later covered many state occasions,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25had two sons who followed him into current affairs broadcasting.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26What's his name?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- Richard Dimbleby.- Is correct.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31You had four passes, Trevor -
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Damon Gough uses Badly Drawn Boy as his stage name,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Goya was that Spanish artist who painted
0:26:37 > 0:26:39La Maja Desnuda, and so on,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42the iris is the garden variety with those bearded...
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Yep, you knew that one.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49..and Justin Timberlake was on that American television show,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51the Mickey Mouse Club.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Done all right for himself since then, hasn't he?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54You have scored, Trevor...
0:26:54 > 0:26:5623 points.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58APPLAUSE
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Well, I said it was going to be a close contest,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11it certainly was, let's have a look at all the scores.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14In fourth place, 14 points, James Shore.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Third place, 21 points, Dave Mason.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22Second place, 23 points, and six passes, Trevor Rhodes.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26First place, 23 points and four passes, Adam Barr.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28APPLAUSE
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Goes to show how passing really matters.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Anyway, it means that Adam Barr is tonight's winner,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45and he takes the last place in the semifinals.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48So, congratulations to him.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52do go to our website...
0:27:54 > 0:27:57And you can follow us on Twitter...
0:27:57 > 0:27:58And do join us again next time
0:27:58 > 0:28:00for the semifinals of Mastermind.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Thanks for watching, goodbye.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04APPLAUSE