0:00:26 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Steve Lacey,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30a mortgage advisor from Corby.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32He's answering questions on the popular sitcom,
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Next, Alan Morgan, a recruitment manager from Buckinghamshire.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42He's answering questions on the great athlete Steve Ovett.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Isabelle Heward is a voluntary worker from Lincolnshire.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Her subject, the six daughters of King George III.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Our next contender, Rob Hemming, a writer from Evesham, on Al Capone.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And Daniel Adler, an IT consultant from Farnham,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02on the novels of Robert Harris.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Hello and welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Five contenders tonight, and that's because this is a semifinal.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Slightly different timings -
0:01:22 > 0:01:24a minute and a half on their specialist subject,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26and then two minutes of general knowledge.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27So let's get on with it,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and ask our first contender to join us please.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And your name is...?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Your occupation?
0:01:39 > 0:01:40And your chosen subject...
0:01:42 > 0:01:46The Likely Lads in 90 seconds, here we go. In the first episode,
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Terry Collier gets off the train from London
0:01:47 > 0:01:49followed by Bob Ferris, who mistakenly thinks
0:01:49 > 0:01:51they've arrived in Newcastle.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Which station are they actually at?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54- Doncaster. - In No Hiding Place,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57the lads take sanctuary in a church to avoid hearing
0:01:57 > 0:01:58a football match result.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00What game do they play to pass the time
0:02:00 > 0:02:02till Bob accuses Terry of cheating?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- I Spy.- Bob tells Terry that his workmates sent off
0:02:04 > 0:02:0650 postcard requests to try and get
0:02:06 > 0:02:08a Doris Day song played for him on
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Two-Way Family Favourites. What was the song?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- Que Sera, Sera.- The producer for the first series was James Gilbert.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Who produced the second series?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Bernard Thompson. - In Birthday Boy,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20what's the name of Terry's aftershave that,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22according to the bottle, makes him "dangerous to be with"?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Quiver.- Terry complains that all he has to show
0:02:25 > 0:02:26for his time in the army is
0:02:26 > 0:02:28a broken marriage, a gammy leg,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30and a tattoo on what part of his body?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Left buttock. - In The Go-Between,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35what appliance does Terry use to try and defrost meat chops
0:02:35 > 0:02:38when he takes over the cooking duties at Bob's house?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Toaster. - In the Christmas special,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Bob's careful attitude behind the wheel
0:02:42 > 0:02:45causes Terry to comment that he drives like whom?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- Mary Poppins. - The skiffle group that featured Bob on the washboard
0:02:48 > 0:02:49and Terry on the tea-chest
0:02:49 > 0:02:51was called Rob Ferris and the...?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- Wildcats.- In the episode, In Harm's Way,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56what job does Terry take after he's told that his
0:02:56 > 0:02:58unemployment benefit will stop?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Hospital porter.- Which musician, who rose to fame
0:03:00 > 0:03:03in the band Manfred Mann, wrote the signature tune
0:03:03 > 0:03:04for the series with Ian La Frenais?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Mike Hugg.- Which episode in the second series
0:03:07 > 0:03:09opens with an almost dialogue-free sequence
0:03:09 > 0:03:12that highlights the contrast between Bob and Terry's
0:03:12 > 0:03:14lifestyles and attitudes to work?
0:03:14 > 0:03:15The Ant and the Grasshopper.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16BEEP In Birthday Boy,
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Bob proudly reveals that
0:03:17 > 0:03:20he shares his birthday with which celebrity?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Bruce Forsyth. - Is correct.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26No passes, no mistakes, you got 'em all right, Steve. 13 points.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:03:36 > 0:03:38And our next contender please.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45And your name is...?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Your occupation?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And your specialist subject...
0:03:50 > 0:03:51In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Ovett first broke the world one-mile record in 1980
0:03:54 > 0:03:56at the annual Dream Mile event
0:03:56 > 0:03:57at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Whose record did he beat?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00- Walker.- Seb Coe.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02What is the name of Ovett's long-term mentor,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05whom he first met in 1973 after he moved to the
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Southern Counties Middle Distance training group?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Harry Wilson.- In what position did Ovett finish
0:04:10 > 0:04:12in the final of the 800m at the Montreal Olympics?
0:04:12 > 0:04:16The Cuban athlete Alberto Juantorena won the gold medal.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Fifth.- In which West German city
0:04:18 > 0:04:20did Ovett set his personal best times
0:04:20 > 0:04:23for the 1,000m in 1979 and the mile in '81?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Koblenz.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28At what event in '72 did Ovett finish second and Coe tenth
0:04:28 > 0:04:31when the two rivals competed against each other for the first time?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33English Schools Cross Country.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Which member of the royal family presented Ovett with the
0:04:35 > 0:04:38'78 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39- Prince Philip. - Prince Charles.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42What vest number did Ovett wear when he won the 800 gold
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and the 1,500m bronze at the 1980 Olympics?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- 279.- Ovett won his last major title in the 5,000m
0:04:49 > 0:04:51at which '86 championships?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Commonwealth Games. - In how many successive
0:04:54 > 0:04:571,500m and one mile races had Ovett been unbeaten
0:04:57 > 0:04:58before the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
0:04:58 > 0:05:03- 45.- Ovett failed to qualify for the 1976 Olympic 1,500m final
0:05:03 > 0:05:06when a Canadian athlete fell in front of him
0:05:06 > 0:05:07in the semifinal. Who was he?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- David Hill.- When Ovett broke the world 1,500m record
0:05:10 > 0:05:12at Koblenz in 1980,
0:05:12 > 0:05:13the two Germans who came second and third
0:05:13 > 0:05:15also broke the old world record.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Thomas Wessinghage was one, who was the other?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Er, Kupek.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Hudak. In 1981... BEEP
0:05:22 > 0:05:25..Ovett left the Brighton and Hove Athletics Club and formed
0:05:25 > 0:05:28a new club along with his training partner, Matt Paterson.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- What was it called? - Phoenix.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Is correct. No passes, Alan, you have nine points.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35APPLAUSE
0:05:41 > 0:05:43And our next contender please.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51And your name is...?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Your occupation?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And your chosen subject...
0:05:56 > 0:05:59In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01What was the name of the official royal governess
0:06:01 > 0:06:03appointed in 1762, who was responsible for
0:06:03 > 0:06:05the education of George III's six daughters
0:06:05 > 0:06:06throughout their childhoods?
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Lady Charlotte Finch.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Who painted the portrait of the three elder princesses,
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Charlotte, Augusta and Elizabeth,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13with their arms linked together,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15when they were teenagers in 1784?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Thomas Gainsborough.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19In 1800, Princess Sophia gave birth to an illegitimate son
0:06:19 > 0:06:20whose father was said to be
0:06:20 > 0:06:21the soldier who gave the boy his name.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23What was the soldier called?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Tommy Garth.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Which resort in Dorset did King George first visit
0:06:27 > 0:06:30with the queen and the three elder princesses in June 1789
0:06:30 > 0:06:32because "a few dips in the sea"
0:06:32 > 0:06:34were recommended by his doctor?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35- Weymouth. - By what nickname
0:06:35 > 0:06:37did the girls refer to Monsieur Rustan,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40who taught them to draw human features using black chalk?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Blackie. - Count Smudge.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Which French exiled duke did Elizabeth hope to marry?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47He wrote to her mother but received a firm no.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Duke of Orleans.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Charlotte married a widower who later became known as
0:06:50 > 0:06:52King of Wurttemberg. What was his name?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Frederick.- Who was the King's Physician
0:06:54 > 0:06:56who was called from London to see Princess Amelia,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and who was with her when she died?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Er, Willis?- Halford.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Which soldier did Amelia fall in love with in 1801?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05She tried to leave him everything in her will?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Charles Fitzroy.- In a letter to the Prince of Wales,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Princess Mary referred to General Garth,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12who had a birthmark on his face,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14as the "Purple..."?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15- Fright. - "Light Of Love."
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Towards the end of her life, Sophia came under the influence
0:07:18 > 0:07:20of the controller of the Duchess of Kent's household.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22What was his name?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- John Conroy.- Which duke did Mary marry in 1816
0:07:24 > 0:07:27after he'd been rejected by the daughter of the Prince Regent?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Gloucester and Cambridge.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- BEEP - Er, Gloucester and Edinburgh.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Yep, Gloucester it was. No passes, Isabelle, you have nine points.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38APPLAUSE
0:07:43 > 0:07:45And our next contender please.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54And your name is...?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Your occupation?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57And chosen subject?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Al Capone in 90 seconds.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Al Capone started working at the Four Deuces club
0:08:03 > 0:08:04in Chicago around 1921.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Which crime boss, who formerly headed the James Street Boys
0:08:07 > 0:08:09in New York, ran the club at the time?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- John Torrio.- Capone organised the so-called
0:08:12 > 0:08:15St Valentine's Day Massacre in February 1929.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Who was the victims' boss?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18He escaped being killed as he was late.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Bugs Moran.- What occupation did Capone have printed
0:08:20 > 0:08:23on the business cards he used while he worked
0:08:23 > 0:08:24at the Four Deuces club?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Antique dealer.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Yeah, second hand furniture dealer.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28What nickname was given by the press
0:08:28 > 0:08:30to the committee formed by Robert Randolph and five others
0:08:30 > 0:08:31to fight local crime
0:08:31 > 0:08:33and Capone's activities in particular?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- The Crime Commission. - The Secret Six.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38In a fight at the Harvard Inn, who gave Capone the facial
0:08:38 > 0:08:40injuries that led to him being called "Scarface"?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Frank Galluccio.- Rather than being called "Scarface,"
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Capone preferred another nickname meaning
0:08:45 > 0:08:47"elegant" or "well dressed." What was it?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Snorky. - To which Chicago hotel
0:08:49 > 0:08:51did Capone transfer his headquarters
0:08:51 > 0:08:53after he left the Metropol in July 1928?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- Lexington. - Who was the head of the Special Intelligence Unit
0:08:57 > 0:08:59of the IRS who, with his so-called T Men,
0:08:59 > 0:09:00such as Frank Wilson,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02helped bring Capone to justice for tax evasion?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Elmer Irey.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07In October 1931, he was found guilty and given 11 years imprisonment.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Who was the judge who sentenced him?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Wilkerson.- On which island off Miami Beach, Florida,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15was Capone's palatial home where he died in January 1947?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- Palm Island.- What was the name of both the inn and the adjacent
0:09:18 > 0:09:22smoke-shop-cum-gambling-casino in Cicero, Illinois, where Capone conducted
0:09:22 > 0:09:24many of his criminal activities in the mid-'20s?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Hawthorne.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28At which Brooklyn social club were Peg Leg Lonergan
0:09:28 > 0:09:30and two others killed in a shootout...
0:09:30 > 0:09:34BEEP ..that led to Capone's arrest on Boxing Day 1925?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Go on.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42The Adonis.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Yes! It was.- Oh.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46The Adonis Social Club is right.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49No passes, Rob. You have 11 points.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52APPLAUSE
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And our final contender, please.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06And your name is?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Your occupation?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And your special subject?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13In 90 seconds starting now.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15His first novel, Fatherland, is set in a world where Germany
0:10:15 > 0:10:16has won the Second World War.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The story covers one week in April of which year?
0:10:19 > 0:10:201964.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23In Pompeii, events prior to the eruption of Vesuvius
0:10:23 > 0:10:25are witnessed by the water engineer Attilius.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27What is the name of the aqueduct he's in charge of?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28The Aqua Augusta.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31What's the name of the foreign office official who's investigating
0:10:31 > 0:10:34potential security breaches at Bletchley Park in Enigma?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- Wigram.- In the first novel of the Cicero Trilogy, Imperium,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Cicero claims that a priceless object was given
0:10:40 > 0:10:43to his archrival, Hortensius, as a bribe by Gaius Verres.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45What object?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- A statue of Apollo. - Ivory sphinx.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50The Ghost centres on the supposed capture and handover to the CIA
0:10:50 > 0:10:54of suspected British terrorists for interrogation. What's the operation called?
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- Tempest.- In Lustrum, who was elected Pontifex Maximus on the death of Metellus Pius?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Julius Caesar.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05In Fatherland, March and Charlie find a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
0:11:05 > 0:11:07in a Zurich bank vault. Which painting?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Lady With An Ermine.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11What is the name of the senator who's elected as joint Roman Consul
0:11:11 > 0:11:14along with Cicero for the year 63 BC?
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Hybrida.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18In An Officer And A Spy, Colonel Picquart's commanding officer in Tunis
0:11:18 > 0:11:21grants him a week's leave so that he can pursue his enquiries in Paris.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23What's the officer's name?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Leclerc.- What is the name of the family who live in a forest outside Archangel
0:11:26 > 0:11:29and adopted Stalin's son?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Kelso remembers it was an alias Stalin used before his rise to power.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Gizehkiev.- Chizhikov.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38In The Fear Index, Dr Hoffman receives a first edition of a book
0:11:38 > 0:11:41that describes human emotions, particularly fear.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Who's the author of the book?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Darwin. - Attilius becomes infatuated with the daughter...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46BEEP ..of the millionaire Ampliatus
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and tries to save her from the ruins of Pompeii.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50What's her name?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Corelia.- Is correct.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56No passes, Daniel. You have 10 points.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58APPLAUSE
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Well, what a cracking round that was.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10In joint fourth place, nine point apiece,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Alan Morgan and Isabelle Heward,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15third place, 10 point, Daniel Adler,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17second place, 11 points,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Rob Hemming,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22first place, 13 points, Steve Lacey.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30So it's the general knowledge round now.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32And if there's a tie at the end of it,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35then the number of passes is taken into account
0:12:35 > 0:12:38and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43And if they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44So let's get on with it,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and ask Alan to join us again, please.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52And you were one of the nine-pointers, as it were.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56So you have two minutes of general knowledge now to storm ahead
0:12:56 > 0:12:57or whatever.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Here we go.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Which fictional character was known as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Sweeney Todd.- What name is given to an object in space
0:13:04 > 0:13:06whose gravitational attraction is so great
0:13:06 > 0:13:08even light cannot escape from it?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Black hole.- Which of Henry VIII's wives was the mother
0:13:11 > 0:13:15of his only surviving legitimate son, the future Edward VI?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Jane Seymour.- Which close relative of the crocodile has a name
0:13:18 > 0:13:21that comes from the Spanish for "the lizard"
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Alligator.- What name of Latin and Greek origin is traditionally given
0:13:24 > 0:13:31to the prayers said at sunset in the Roman Catholic cycle of canonical hours?
0:13:31 > 0:13:32- Banana.- Vespers.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Which author, best known for his children's books, wrote a series of short stories called
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Tales Of The Unexpected that formed the basis of a 1980s television series?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Roald Dahl.- What other fruit juice is mixed with grapefruit juice and vodka
0:13:44 > 0:13:46to make a sea breeze cocktail?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Redcurrant.- Cranberry.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Which Government department was formed in 2007 by the merger
0:13:52 > 0:13:57of the Department of Constitutional affairs with part of the Home Office?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Justice.- The English rapper and record producer Elliot Gleave
0:14:00 > 0:14:04has had UK chart success under a stage name that comes from his initials EG.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05What name?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Example.- What is the largest city in Quebec Province and Canada's
0:14:09 > 0:14:12second-most populous metropolitan area after Toronto?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Montreal.- The last words of a Russian ballerina who died in January 1931
0:14:16 > 0:14:21included a request to get her swan costume ready. Who was she?
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- Anna Pavlova.- Which Flemish artist was commissioned by Charles I in around 1629
0:14:26 > 0:14:30to decorate the ceiling of the Royal Banqueting House in Whitehall?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Van Dyck.- Rubens.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Aggie MacKenzie and Kim Woodburn presented a television programme
0:14:35 > 0:14:38where they tried to help to clean up Britain's most dirty households.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39What was it called?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- How Clean Is Your Home? - No, How Clean Is Your House?
0:14:41 > 0:14:46Which 1886 novel by Henry James is a satirical account of female emancipation
0:14:46 > 0:14:48in the American city of its title?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- Baltimore.- The Bostonians.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53In the 2007 film Spider-Man 3, Flint Marko is the real name
0:14:53 > 0:14:55of which shape-shifting character?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Sandman.- Who became only the eighth tennis player
0:14:57 > 0:14:59to complete a career Grand Slam...
0:14:59 > 0:15:02BEEP ..in the men's singles when he defeated Andy Murray
0:15:02 > 0:15:05to claim his first French Open title in June 2016?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Djokovic. - Is correct.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11No passes, Alan. You now have a total of 20 points.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14APPLAUSE
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And now Isabelle, again, please.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27And you also start out with nine points, Isabelle.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29And the score to beat, as you have just heard, is,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32at the moment, anyway, 20 points.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36So you've got to get 11 or more to draw equal or win. Here we go.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40They terms topside and silverside usually refers to a cut of which meat?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- Beef.- Who returned to the role of the clinical psychologist Eddie Fitzgerald
0:15:44 > 0:15:48after a ten-year absence in a television film in October 2006?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Robbie Coltrane.- The title given to a Nobel prize-winner or the holder of other
0:15:51 > 0:15:55honorary positions refers to the wreaths given to victors in ancient Greece and Rome
0:15:55 > 0:15:57made from the leaves of which tree?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Laurel.- What's the name of the older married women that Benjamin Braddock
0:16:00 > 0:16:03has an affair with in Charles Webb's novel The Graduate?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Mrs Robinson.- The first written reference to a particular capital city
0:16:06 > 0:16:10dates back to 1459 in a document issued by the court of Vlad III The Impaler.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Which city?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Moscow.- Bucharest.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15How is the plant Rosa canina more commonly known?
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Dog-rose.- Which Briton became the Olympic figure skating champion
0:16:19 > 0:16:22at Innsbruck in 1976, the first Englishman to do so?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24He also won the world and European Championships the same year.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Robin Cousins. - John Curry.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29The French town of Aubusson is famous for the production of a type of
0:16:29 > 0:16:32ornamental textiles that are typically used for wall coverings
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and have designs painted, woven or embroidered on them. What are they called?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- Tapestries.- What common name is given to the receptors on the human tongue
0:16:39 > 0:16:41that can identify flavours such as bitter, sweet and sour?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- Taste buds.- The Martello tower at Sandycove near Dublin is now home to
0:16:45 > 0:16:49a museum dedicated to an Irish writer who made it the setting for the first chapter
0:16:49 > 0:16:51of one of his best-known works? Which writer?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- James Joyce.- The songs The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and People Will Say We're In Love come from which musical?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Oklahoma.- In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and John,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02the site of Christ's crucifixion is called Golgotha.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05By what Greek name is it called in traditional translations
0:17:05 > 0:17:06of St Luke's Gospel?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Calvary.- Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton's rival for the Democratic Party's
0:17:10 > 0:17:13nomination for the 2016 American presidential election,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17was first elected as senator for which state in 2006?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18- New York.- Vermont.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20What term is used in Indian cuisine for
0:17:20 > 0:17:22a dish of small pieces of chicken or other meat,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25similar to tandoori, marinated in spices and yoghurt,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28threaded on skewers and grilled or cooked in a clay oven?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29- Kebab.- Tikka.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33In the 2007 film The Hoax, Richard Gere plays Clifford Irving,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35who forges the autobiography of which reclusive billionaire?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Howard Hughes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39BEEP Which character in a story by the Brothers Grimm
0:17:39 > 0:17:41gives a queen three days to guess his name
0:17:41 > 0:17:43or she'll be forced to give up her child to him?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Rumpelstiltskin. Yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48And that was a rather important point.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50No passes, you now have 21 points.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Thank you.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55APPLAUSE
0:17:59 > 0:18:02And now Daniel again, please.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06And you start out with 10, Daniel.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09And the score has now shot up to 21.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11That's the one you have to beat.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Here we go.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15What type of natural phenomenon is Old Faithful,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17a tourist attraction in Yellowstone National Park?
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- Geyser.- Which basic foodstuff was the first sliced and wrapped commercially
0:18:21 > 0:18:24in 1928 with a device invented by Otto Rohwedder?
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Bread.- Elizabeth Blackwell and her sister, Emily, were female pioneers
0:18:28 > 0:18:31in the practice of which profession?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- Medicine.- What is the nationality of Carlos Acosta, who joined the Royal Ballet
0:18:35 > 0:18:38in 1998 and became a principal guest artist five years later?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39- Mexican.- Cuban.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Which turtles have a unique shell composed of the thick flexible
0:18:42 > 0:18:45dark brown or blackish hide which gives the species its name?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46- Saddleback.- Leatherback.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Port-au-Prince is the capital, chief port and commercial centre
0:18:49 > 0:18:51of which Caribbean country?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52- Trinidad.- Haiti.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Which Welsh singer who is usually only known by her surname
0:18:55 > 0:18:59released the debut album Rockferry that became the bestselling album of 2008?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Duffy.- In 18th century, Britain the Tories
0:19:01 > 0:19:04were one of the two main political parties. What was the other,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07that was broadly the predecessor of the Liberal Party?
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Whigs.- Cars are forbidden on Herm and another of the Channel Islands
0:19:10 > 0:19:14where you can visit La Seigneurie Gardens. Which island?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Sark.- Which small stand-up collar that is usually open at the front
0:19:18 > 0:19:21takes its name from its supposed resemblance to those worn by members
0:19:21 > 0:19:23of the civil service in the Chinese Imperial Court?
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- Mandarin.- What name was given to the original shipment of British convicts
0:19:28 > 0:19:33that left Portsmouth for Botany Bay, Australia, in 11 ships on 13th May 1787?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- Brian Blessed. - The First Fleet.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Which planet comes closer to the earth during its orbit than any other large body
0:19:39 > 0:19:40except the moon?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Mars.- Venus.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Which work by Lytton Strachey includes writing on the lives of
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Cardinal Manning and Florence Nightingale and is
0:19:47 > 0:19:49a critique of the era in which they lived?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Great Victorians. - Eminent Victorians.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Who was nominated for the 2015 Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the real life
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano in the film biopic Joy?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- Lawrence.- Jennifer Lawrence
0:20:02 > 0:20:07On which motorway are the Gloucester, Sedgemoor and Michaelwood service stations?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08- M6.- M5.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11What word is usually said to derive from the Latin for between and kill?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13It's come to mean mutually destructive...
0:20:13 > 0:20:16BEEP ..or involving conflict within a group.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- Interstitial. - It's a killer that one, isn't it?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- Internecine.- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27No passes, Daniel. 18 points.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30APPLAUSE
0:20:35 > 0:20:37And now Rob again, please.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44And you start out with 11 points, Rob,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47and 21 is still the score to beat at the moment.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Here we go.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Persian and Turkish knots are used in the production of what type of floor covering?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Rugs.- Yeah, rugs and carpets.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57In 2010, Gareth Malone trained the chorus
0:20:57 > 0:20:59for Knight Crew, an opera by Julian Philips,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02for performances at a prestigious English Opera house in Sussex.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Which opera house?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Glyndebourne.- What name was given to the series of acts beginning in 1549
0:21:07 > 0:21:10that established liturgical conformity in the Church of England
0:21:10 > 0:21:12and the use of the Book of Common Prayer?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- Reformation.- Uniformity.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Which Texas-born model was the subject of the '97 painting Eight Months Gone
0:21:18 > 0:21:21by Lucian Freud in which she was pregnant with her fourth child?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- Jerry Hall.- Which city, the largest in Tanzania,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27has a name that means "haven of peace" in Arabic?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Dar es Salaam.- Compounds of which metallic elements with the chemical symbol CO
0:21:31 > 0:21:35have been used for centuries to impart a blue colour to glazes and ceramics?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Cobalt.- What French term is used for little appetisers, typically consisting of
0:21:38 > 0:21:41a small piece of bread or toast with a savoury topping
0:21:41 > 0:21:44served with drinks or as hors d'oeuvre.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45- Hors d'oeuvre.- Canapes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48How is Becky Bloomwood described in the titles of a series
0:21:48 > 0:21:51of bestselling novels by Sophie Kinsella since 2000?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Little Miss Dynamite. - Shopaholic.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Grevy's, plains and mountain are three species of which member of the horse family?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01- Zebra. - To what cabinet position
0:22:01 > 0:22:04did Bill Clinton appoint Madeline Albright in 1996?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06She was the first woman to hold the post.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Secretary Of State.- The ruins of Tintern Abbey, which are the subject of
0:22:09 > 0:22:13a poem by Wordsworth, stand on the bend of which River?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14- Ouse.- The Wye.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Which Mercury prize-winning band released their second chart-topping album
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Favourite Worst Nightmare in April 2007?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Mumford and Sons. - Arctic Monkeys.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Which Bond villain has been played by Donald Pleasance, Telly Savalas,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Charles Gray and most recently Christoph Waltz?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Blofeld.- In woman's cricket, who beat the three-times defending champions Australia
0:22:32 > 0:22:36in the final of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- New Zealand.- West Indies.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Which town on the Lincolnshire coast 15 miles south-east of Hull
0:22:40 > 0:22:43was once one of the world's largest fishing ports?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Grimsby.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47In the Bible, which sea dried up to allow the Israelites to pass through
0:22:47 > 0:22:50on their way to the Promised Land, and then closed over...
0:22:50 > 0:22:52BEEP ..and drowned the pursuing Egyptians?
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- Red.- Yes, the Red Sea is correct.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59No passes, Rob. You have 21 points.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03APPLAUSE
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And finally Steve again, please.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16And you start out with 13,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19and the score to beat is 21.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Two contenders with 21.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25So here we go. Starting now.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27The name of what type of wooden shoe
0:23:27 > 0:23:30can also be a verb that means to block or obstruct?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Clog.- Runt and whinnock are terms used for the smallest member of a litter
0:23:33 > 0:23:34of which farm animal?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Pigs.- What name that's shared by an ocean was commonly given to
0:23:37 > 0:23:41a class of steam locomotives with the wheel arrangements 4-4-2.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42- Ocean.- Atlantic.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45What is the name of the prolific author whose first published novel, Carrie,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48was made into a film in 1976 and again in 2013?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Stephen King.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Which country was known as Upper Volta until President Thomas Sankara gave it
0:23:53 > 0:23:56a name that means land of incorruptible people, in August 1984?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Burkina Faso.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59In Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02the wolf is depicted by which brass instrument?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Flute.- French horn.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05What is the scientific name for the breastbone,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08which is found in most vertebrates, including humans?
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Sternum.- What peppery plant of the nasturtium genus grows in running water?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Its leaves are chiefly used in green salads as a garnish or in soups.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Watercress.- Which painter's nickname was originally given to his older brother,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Giovanni, and came to be adopted as the family surname?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23It means little barrel.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26- Tintoretto.- Botticelli.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Which Canadian singer's third album, entitled The Best Damn Thing,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32topped the UK album charts in April 2007?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36- Bryan Adams.- Avril Lavigne.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39In 1553, who was proclaimed Grand Prince of Moscow at the age of three
0:24:39 > 0:24:42on the death of his father, Grand Prince Vasili III,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46he later became the first to adopt the title of Tsar?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Peter the Great.- Ivan IV.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Near the suburbs of which south coast city is Explorer House,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54the headquarters of the Ordnance Survey, Britain's national mapping agency?
0:24:54 > 0:24:55- Plymouth.- Southampton.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Which Oscar-winning actor plays the freed slave Django
0:24:57 > 0:25:01in the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained?
0:25:05 > 0:25:06- Samuel Jackson.- Jamie Foxx.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Into which fictional school was Horace Henry Samuel Quelch
0:25:09 > 0:25:11made the form master of the Remove?
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Greyfriars.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16What word for the disguise of an object to make it appear to blend in
0:25:16 > 0:25:20with its surroundings came into English from French during the First World War?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Camouflage.- Which German engineer invented
0:25:22 > 0:25:24one of the first petrol engine motorcycles...
0:25:24 > 0:25:27BEEP ..in 1885, though he was more famous as the founder
0:25:27 > 0:25:30of a car manufacturing company?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Benz.- Daimler. - Daimler.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39And you have no passes, and you also have 21 points.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- OK. - APPLAUSE
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Well, I don't remember that happening before.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Let's have a look at all of the scores.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57In fifth place,
0:25:57 > 0:25:5818 points, Daniel Adler,
0:25:58 > 0:25:59fourth place, 20 points,
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Alan Morgan,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02joint-first place,
0:26:02 > 0:26:0321 points apiece,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Steve Lacey, Isabelle Heward
0:26:05 > 0:26:06and Rob Hemming.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15So a three-way tie break. And here's how it'll work.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I'll read the same five questions to each contender
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and the one with the highest score will win.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23We are not against the clock this time, by the way.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27So let me ask Isabelle and Rob to leave the studio
0:26:27 > 0:26:29so they can't hear the questions, of course,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31and Steve to come to the chair again.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45So, five questions, Steve. Here we go.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Which cartoon cat is named after
0:26:46 > 0:26:49the grandfather of his creator, Jim Davis?
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Garfield.- The former Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi,
0:26:53 > 0:26:57who was killed in 1984, was the only child of which Indian statesman?
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Mohandas Gandhi.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Which 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut has the alternative title
0:27:05 > 0:27:08The Children's Crusade - A Duty-Dance With Death?
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Slaughterhouse-Five.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17The convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi was the last person
0:27:17 > 0:27:21to be executed by what method at Marseille on 10th September 1977?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Guillotine.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Until 1856, the island of Tasmania
0:27:26 > 0:27:29was named after a governor of the Dutch East Indies.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30What was that name?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Van Diemen's Land.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I'm not going to give you your scores because we shall save that.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- Thank you, Steve.- Thank you.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39APPLAUSE
0:27:45 > 0:27:47And now Isabelle again, please.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53And, Isabelle, you get five questions
0:27:53 > 0:27:54and I shan't be telling you
0:27:54 > 0:27:57whether your answers are right or wrong. Here we go.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Which cartoon cat is named after
0:27:58 > 0:28:01the grandfather of his creator, Jim Davis?
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Garfield.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04The former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08who was killed in 1984, was the only child of which Indian statesman?
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Pandit Nehru.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Which 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut has the alternative title
0:28:13 > 0:28:15The Children's Crusade - A Duty-Dance With Death?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Slaughterhouse-Five.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20The convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi was the last person
0:28:20 > 0:28:23to be executed by what method at Marseille on 10th September 1977?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Guillotine.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Until 1856, the island of Tasmania
0:28:27 > 0:28:30was named after a governor of the Dutch East Indies.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31What was that name?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Van Diemen's Land. - Thank you, Isabelle.- Thank you.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36APPLAUSE
0:28:42 > 0:28:44And finally Rob again, please.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Five questions for you, Rob.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I shan't be telling you whether you got the answers right or wrong. Here we go.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Which cartoon cat is named after
0:28:55 > 0:28:57the grandfather of his creator, Jim Davis?
0:28:59 > 0:29:00Garfield.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02The former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,
0:29:02 > 0:29:06who was killed in 1984, was the only child of which Indian statesman?
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Nehru.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Which '69 novel by Kurt Vonnegut has the alternative title
0:29:14 > 0:29:17The Children's Crusade - A Duty-Dance With Death?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Slaughterhouse-Nine.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26The convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi was the last person
0:29:26 > 0:29:30to be executed by what method at Marseille on 10th September 1977?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Guillotine.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Until 1856, the island of Tasmania
0:29:34 > 0:29:36was named after a governor of the Dutch East Indies.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38What was that name?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- Van Dieman.- Thank you.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43APPLAUSE
0:29:50 > 0:29:54So, at the end of that tie-break, we do have a winner.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56In joint-second place,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Steve Lacey and Rob Hemming,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01both of them with 25 points.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04With 26 points, tonight's winner,
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Isabelle Heward.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08APPLAUSE
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Thank you!
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Which means, of course, that Isabelle goes through to the final.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21And what a fight it was. Congratulations to her.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Please join us next time for more Masterminds.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25Thanks for watching, goodbye.