0:00:25 > 0:00:28Our first contender tonight is Ikenna Oguguo.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30He's a personal assistant from East Dunbartonshire,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34and he's answering questions on the Champions League.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Ian Jack is a university lecturer from the Wirral.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38His specialist subject -
0:00:38 > 0:00:40the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Next, Cathy Elder, a community development advisor from Cardiff,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47on Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And Julian Aldridge, a geologist from Lancashire,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53on the American television series, House Of Cards.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Four contenders each determined to do the best they can to get
0:01:07 > 0:01:10through to the semifinals, and the pressure is real.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Just two minutes to rattle through their specialist subject,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16two and a half minutes on the subject they haven't been able
0:01:16 > 0:01:19to swot up on, general knowledge.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22One of them may eventually walk away with the famous glass bowl
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and the Mastermind title.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28So let us ask our first contender to join us, please.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- And your name is? - Ikenna Oguguo.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- And your occupation? - Personal assistant.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- And your chosen subject?- UEFA Champions League from 1992 to date.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In two minutes, starting now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50In what city did Real Madrid win 4-1 against Juventus to become
0:01:50 > 0:01:54the club champions of Europe for a record 12th time in June 2017?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Cardiff.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Who became the first player to score four goals in a Champions League semifinal
0:02:00 > 0:02:04when Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2015 semifinal?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Robert Lewandowski.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11By what score were Liverpool losing to AC Milan at half-time in the 2005 final?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12They came back to win on penalties.
0:02:12 > 0:02:143-0.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Which team knocked out Manchester United at the quarterfinal stage in 1998,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and Manchester City in the Round Of 16 in 2017?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Pass.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Which was the only team that Blackburn Rovers beat when they played in the
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Champions League in the '95-'96 season?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Rosenborg.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Who became the first person to be sent off in a Champions League final
0:02:37 > 0:02:41when he fouled Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o in the 2006 final?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Jens Lehmann.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47BATE Borisov, who first qualified for the group stages of the Champions League in 2008,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50are the only side from which country to have achieved that feat?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Belarus.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57Which Spanish team reached the Champions League final in both 2000 and 2001?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Valencia.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Who scored in the 95th minute when Barcelona came back from a 4-0 first leg defeat
0:03:04 > 0:03:09to beat Paris St Germain 6-5 on aggregate in March 2017?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Pass.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Which Scottish midfielder became the first British player to win the Champions League
0:03:16 > 0:03:20with a foreign club when he played for Borussia Dortmund in 1997?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Paul Lambert.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Which Cypriot team reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2012?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28APOEL Nicosia.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Who was the coach of the Ajax side that beat AC Milan in the 1995 final,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35but lost to Juventus the following year?
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Louis van Gaal.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Who beat Xavi's record of 151 appearances in the Champions League proper
0:03:41 > 0:03:45when he played in goal for Porto in a group match against Chelsea in September 2015?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Pass.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50BEEP Who scored a hat-trick for Spurs
0:03:50 > 0:03:53when his side lost 4-3 away to Internazionale
0:03:53 > 0:03:55in a group stage match in October 2010?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Gareth Bale. - Is correct.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00You got three passes, Ikenna.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04The team that knocked out Manchester United and Manchester City
0:04:04 > 0:04:06were AS Monaco.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10The chap who scored in the 90th minute when Barcelona came back
0:04:10 > 0:04:14from that 4-0 first leg defeat was Sergi Roberto.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20And it was Casillas who beat Xavi's record of 151 appearances.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22You have scored 11 points.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25APPLAUSE
0:04:33 > 0:04:34And our next contender, please.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- And your name is? - Ian Jack.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Your occupation? - University lecturer.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46And your chosen subject?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50In two minutes, starting now.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53In the first novel of the series set in Egypt by Lawrence Durrell,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Darley gives a lecture at the Atelier Des Beaux Arts in Alexandria on a poet
0:04:57 > 0:04:59who came from the city. Which poet?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Cavafy.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04What is the name of the artist who loses her right hand after Balthazar accidentally fires
0:05:04 > 0:05:06a harpoon duelling a boating trip?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Clea.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12In Justine, on which lake is Capodistria supposedly killed during an accident
0:05:12 > 0:05:13at a duck shoot?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It is later revealed that he is alive and had faked his own death.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Mareotis.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21What is the name of Darley's lover who tells Pursewarden that Nessim Hosnani
0:05:21 > 0:05:25is the leader of an organisation that smuggles guns into Palestine?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Justine.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Melissa. In Justine, Nessim gets a dispensation from the patriarch of Alexandria
0:05:30 > 0:05:34to build a small chapel dedicated to which saint at his summer palace?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36St Arsenius.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39What is the name of Nessim's secretary, who turns out to be an informer
0:05:39 > 0:05:41for the British intelligence service?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Salim.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46In Balthazar, the policeman and British spy Josh Scobie is killed while dressed as a
0:05:46 > 0:05:50woman at the Alexandria docks by sailors from which Royal Navy ship?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51HMS Milton.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55What disease is said to have melted down what remained of
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Leila Hosnani's once-celebrated beauty?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Conference smallpox.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04In Mount Olive, Pursewarden claims he contributed articles to The Times under what pseudonym?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Er...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Agent Pycox?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Paralysis Agitans.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14In Justine, what is the main occupation of the dwarf, Mnemjian, whom Darley describes
0:06:14 > 0:06:17as The Memory Man, The Archive Of The City, and The City's Oracle?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Barber.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23What is the title of the novel by Jacob Arnauti that Pursewarden describes as
0:06:23 > 0:06:26a swashing study in the grand manor, nymphomania, and psychic impotence?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Moeurs.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31What is the name of Scobie's green Amazonian parrot that nearly caused a riot
0:06:31 > 0:06:33when it recited from the Koran in public?
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Roma.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39In Clea, what job does Nessim Hosnani do by special permission during the
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Second World War at the Alexandria docks?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Ambulance driver.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45In Justine, the Cabal hold their strict monthly meeting
0:06:45 > 0:06:48at a building near which Roman landmark in Alexandria?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Pompey's Pillar.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51In Clea, Josh Scobie has been listed as a saint...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54BEEP ..in the Coptic church after his death.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The locals refer to him affectionately as El Scob,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59but what is his official saint's name?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- El Yacoub. - Yes, it is indeed.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04And no passes. You've scored, Ian, 13 points.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Thank you.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09APPLAUSE
0:07:13 > 0:07:15And our next contender, please.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- And your name is? - Cathy Elder.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Your occupation? - Community development advisor.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- And your chosen subject? - The life and times of Hatshepsut.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32In two minutes, starting now.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Hatshepsut was a ruler of Egypt in the 15th century BC.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38She was the oldest daughter of which pharoah?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Thutmosis I.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44In which year of Hatshepsut's reign was the first confirmation that she had
0:07:44 > 0:07:45assumed the title King of all Egypt?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Regnal Year VII.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52What name that means "The soul of Re is truth," did she take as her throne name?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Maatkare.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Hatshepsut began a major rebuilding programme to repair the damage that had supposedly
0:07:58 > 0:08:00been done by which invading Adriatic people?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02The Hyksos.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07For which lioness-headed goddess did she have a shrine created in the desert near Beni Hasan?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Pakhet.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13What particular symbol of the male pharaoh's regalia did Hatshepsut adopt in
0:08:13 > 0:08:17many of the depictions of her during her reign, as well as the kilt and headdress?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18False beard.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Among the military expeditions of Hatshepsut's reign was a campaign to crush a revolt
0:08:22 > 0:08:25in an area of southern Egypt that contains the kingdom of Kush.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Which region?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Nubia.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Hatshepsut was particularly fond of a former wet nurse who had looked after her in the palace
0:08:32 > 0:08:36harem, and she commissioned a statue of herself as Queen sitting on the nurse's knee.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38What was the nurse's name?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Sitre.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43What is the name of the place high in the cliffs approximately a mile west of Deir el-Bahari
0:08:43 > 0:08:46that she chose for her tomb?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47KV20?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Wadi Sikkat Taka ez-Zeida, or something.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Of which dynasty did Hatshepsut become the fifth ruler during the period
0:08:54 > 0:08:55known as the New Kingdom?
0:08:55 > 0:08:5718th dynasty.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00What is the name of the courtside barque shrine built during the reign of Hatshepsut
0:09:00 > 0:09:03in the central court of the Temple of Amun at Karnak?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Chapelle Rouge.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08What's the name of the stylised Cobra used as a symbol of divine authority
0:09:08 > 0:09:12in ancient Egypt that was removed from much of her statuary after her death?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Wadjet?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Uraeus. To which African coastal region
0:09:15 > 0:09:18did she send an expedition under the leadership of
0:09:18 > 0:09:22her Chancellor, Neshi, that returned with living incense trees among many other goods?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Punt.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26What is the name of her sister who died in infancy?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28She is also known as Nefrubity.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Netisherie?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Akhbetneferu.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34What was the name of her principal adviser who created a tomb for herself...
0:09:34 > 0:09:37BEEP ..within the Royal mortuary complex at Deir el Bahri?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40He was also tutor to the Royal Daughter, Neferure.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Senmut. - Is correct.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Phew!
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Thanks for giving me all those pronunciations.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51No passes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53You've scored 12 points.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Thank you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56APPLAUSE
0:10:02 > 0:10:04And our final contender, please.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- And your name is? - Julian Aldridge.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Your occupation? - Geologist.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- And your chosen subject? - The US TV series, House Of Cards.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20House Of Cards, in two minutes.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23In the American television series House Of Cards, what is the name
0:10:23 > 0:10:26of the major employment initiative that President Underwood launches
0:10:26 > 0:10:28at the beginning of his administration?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30AmWorks.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33When Frank Underwood is unable to overhear a phone call made by the Republican
0:10:33 > 0:10:38presidential nominee, Will Conway, he says that he wishes he was a former President
0:10:38 > 0:10:42who had every nook and cranny bugged. Which President?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Nixon.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46What gift does Frank leave in the Oval Office for President Walker,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50accompanied by a card that reads, "This one doesn't have a loud mouth like me"?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51A punching bag.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54What's the name of the hurricane that threatens to strike the East Coast?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Frank has to ask Congress to divert billions of dollars
0:10:57 > 0:10:59from AmWorks to cope with the potential disaster.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Faith.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05In Series 1, Frank Underwood's wife, Claire, is forced to move her fundraising gala
0:11:05 > 0:11:09from inside to outside a hotel in Washington because of a union dispute.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Which hotel?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Cotesworth.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15There is a power cut just as Frank is about to deliver the opening pitch
0:11:15 > 0:11:18of a baseball game at Camden Yards, the home ground of which team?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Baltimore Orioles.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24What is the name of the internet search engine, owned by Ben Grant, that Will Conway
0:11:24 > 0:11:27uses to get demographic information to help his campaign?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Pollyhop.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32What is the name of the writer who Claire talks to while she gives blood?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35She tells him that she reassesses her marriage every seven years.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Tom Yates.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41What film does Frank Underwood's Chief of Staff, Doug Stamper, watch on television
0:11:41 > 0:11:44with his brother rather than the Democratic candidates debate?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Double Indemnity.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Contagion. During which speech does Frank deliberately sabotage
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Claire's proposed attempt to run for
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Congress in Texas by publicly endorsing someone else?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55The State Of The Union.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00At which Washington Metro station is the journalist Zoe Barnes killed by a moving train?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Cathedral Heights.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04What is the name of the university where Frank is addressing students
0:12:04 > 0:12:07when Lucas Goodwin shoots him?
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Maryland.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Hammond. What item does Claire give Frank a replica of
0:12:11 > 0:12:13just before he enters the Oval Office
0:12:13 > 0:12:15for the first time as President?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16His class ring.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20To which German city does Claire travel to attend the G7 summit while her husband...
0:12:20 > 0:12:23BEEP ..has liver transplant surgery?
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Frankfurt.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Brandenburg is the one.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29You had no passes. You have scored 11 points.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31APPLAUSE
0:12:39 > 0:12:42So, that's the end of a very close first round.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Let's have a look at all the scores.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48In joint third place, 11 points apiece, Ikenna and Julian.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Second place, 12 points, Cathy.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53First place, 13 points, Ian.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55APPLAUSE
0:13:00 > 0:13:03And it is, of course, the general knowledge round now, and if there's
0:13:03 > 0:13:06a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes taken into account,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So, let us get on with it, and ask Ikenna to join us again, please.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26And you start this round, as we've just heard, with 11 points.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Two and a half minutes for the general knowledge questions,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31coming up now.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34A statue of which Hans Christian Andersen character is a popular attraction
0:13:34 > 0:13:36in Copenhagen Harbour?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37The Little Mermaid.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41What common collective name is given to the two sets of bones, the maxillae and
0:13:41 > 0:13:43the mandible, that form the framework of the mouth?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- The jaw. - The jawbones, yeah.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50In The Simpsons, what is the name of the bar where Homer enjoys Duff beer?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Moe's Tavern.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55In which Grand Slam tennis championship do women compete for the silver trophy
0:13:55 > 0:13:58known as the Venus Rosewater Dish?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59That's Wimbledon.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Which hospital in Cambridge is named after a physician who left a legacy
0:14:03 > 0:14:05to build one in the town for poor people?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Pass.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12What is the title of the song by 2 Unlimited that finally ended Whitney Houston's ten weeks
0:14:12 > 0:14:14at number one with I Will Always Love You?
0:14:14 > 0:14:15No Limit.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Which writer's autobiographical memoir of boyhood in a secluded Cotswold Alley is called
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Cider With Rosie?
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Laurie Lee.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28What name of Germanic origin is given to the underworld abode of the wicked after death?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Hades.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30- Hell.- Hell!
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Bette Midler's Grammy award-winning song, Wind Beneath My Wings,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35features in which 1989 film?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Mermaids.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Beaches. What is the name of the Spanish-born tenor
0:14:40 > 0:14:42who made his Covent Garden debut as a baritone
0:14:42 > 0:14:49at the age of 69, in the lead role in Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra in 2010?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Pass.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54What traditional Japanese theatrical form has a name that means talent or skill?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Pass.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02In which building was the Stone of Destiny ceremonially installed on St Andrew's Day
0:15:02 > 0:15:061996, on its permanent return to Scotland after 700 years?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Scone Palace?
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Edinburgh Castle. In education,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12what does the abbreviation PTA stand for?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Parent Teacher Association.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Which sea bird, a member of the auk family, has a name that apparently comes from
0:15:18 > 0:15:20the French form of the name William?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Pass.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27To which archipelago in the Mediterranean do the smaller islands Cabrera
0:15:27 > 0:15:30and Dragonera belong?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Balearics.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36The Butterhead Tom Thumb is a small fast-growing variety of what salad vegetable?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Lettuce.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43The First Battle Of Bull Run of July 1861, also known as the first battle of Manassas,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46was the first major encounter of which conflict?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48The...
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Pass.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Who was asked many times in a Newsnight interview in May 1997
0:15:54 > 0:15:57whether he had threatened to overrule the prisons chief, Derek Lewis?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58He evaded the question each time.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Michael Howard.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01What name is given to the mark...
0:16:01 > 0:16:04BEEP ..worn on the forehead by Hindus to indicate caste status,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07sectarian affiliation, or simply as an ornament?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Bindi.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Yeah, or tika or tilaka or pottu.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14You have five passes altogether.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17It was the American Civil War in which they fought
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The First Battle Of Ball Run. Guillemot is that sea bird,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23that comes apparently from the French form of the name William.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28That traditional Japanese theatrical form is Noh Theatre. N-O-H.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32The name of the Spanish born tenor - Placido Domingo.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And the hospital in Cambridge named after the chap who left a legacy
0:16:35 > 0:16:37to build one - Addenbrooke's.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40You have scored a total of 22 points.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52And now Julian again, please.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58And you also start out with 11 points, Julian.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01And the score to beat, as we've just heard, is 22.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So, here we go.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06In which winter sport might competitors perform jumps
0:17:06 > 0:17:08called lutz, loop, axel, and salchow?
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Figure skating.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12In which stretch of woodland at Heath in the south of England, now a national park,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16did William the Conqueror create a royal hunting ground in 1079?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17South Downs.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18New Forest.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22The 1980s television series The Colbys was a spin-off from which soap opera?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Dynasty.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29The juice of what fruit is fermented to make perry, a drink similar to cider?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Pear.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34What would that means farmer or countryman is used for the people of Dutch descent
0:17:34 > 0:17:36who settled in South Africa?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Boer.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Who became the first American woman to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar
0:17:42 > 0:17:45for Lost In Translation in 2004?
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Sofia Coppola.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Which Norse God is also known as Wotan?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Odin.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54What role was filled in the First World War and Second World War by Paul Nash?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Chief architect.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59No, he was the official war artist.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Who's been officially credited by Oxford University press as the co-author with
0:18:03 > 0:18:06William Shakespeare of the three Henry VI plays?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Marlowe.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12What class of natural or synthetic substances composed of larger molecules
0:18:12 > 0:18:15are made up of smaller units called monomers?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Polymers.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21In the Royal Navy, the term Silent Service is used to describe which type of vessels?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Submarines.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Against whom did Anthony Meyer stand in a UK political party leadership election in 1989?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31He won 33 votes out of 374.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32SDP?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Margaret Thatcher.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37The ancient city that the Greeks called Ilium after its legendary founder, Ilios,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39is better known by what name?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Troy.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43In which country is Lake Van the largest lake?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47It's famous for its swimming cats that have amber or blue eyes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Armenia.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Turkey. Which classic science-fiction novel
0:18:50 > 0:18:52takes its title from the temperature at which its author,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Ray Bradbury, believed book paper catches fire?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Fahrenheit 451.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Allium cepa is the scientific name for a vegetable whose English name is
0:19:01 > 0:19:06thought to come ultimately from the Latin for "one". Which vegetable?
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Pepper?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Onion. What is the title of Madonna's UK number one album of 2000,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14the title track of which also gave her a number one single?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Ray Of Light?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Music. In football, which manager succeeded Bill Shankly in 1974
0:19:19 > 0:19:20and won six Division 1 titles
0:19:20 > 0:19:26and three European Cups with Liverpool between 1976 and '83?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Kenny Dalglish?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Bob Paisley. Which member of the royal family was born
0:19:30 > 0:19:33at Park House Sandringham on 1 July 1961?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- BEEP - Prince Edward.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38No, it was Diana, Princess of Wales.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41You had no passes, Julian, but you also have 22 points.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45APPLAUSE
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And now Cathy again, please.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55And you start out with 12 points, Cathy.
0:19:55 > 0:19:5722 still the score to beat.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Two and a half minutes on general knowledge, starting now.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Who has been the lead singer of the Rolling Stones
0:20:03 > 0:20:05since the group was formed in the early '60s?
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Mick Jagger.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Mashed swede, often referred to as bashed neeps, is traditionally served
0:20:10 > 0:20:12as an accompaniment to what Scottish dish?
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Haggis.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Which English King acquired the epithet "Unready," not because he was unprepared,
0:20:17 > 0:20:18but because he was ill advised?
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Ethelred.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24In which sport's 2017 World Cup did Dave Ryding become the first Briton
0:20:24 > 0:20:27to win a medal since Konrad Bartelski in 1981?
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Ryder Cup?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Skiing. Which notorious Chicago gangster
0:20:30 > 0:20:33has been played in films by Rod Steiger, Ben Gazzara,
0:20:33 > 0:20:34and Robert De Niro?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Al Capone?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39What was the name of the American free-market economist who, in the title of a book he
0:20:39 > 0:20:44published in 1965 popularised the phrase, "There's no such thing as a free lunch"?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Milton Friedman.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48What London street is traditionally associated with doctors
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and private medical practices?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Harley Street.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Which disease, also called African trypanosomiasis, is transmitted to humans
0:20:56 > 0:20:59by the bite of an infected tsetse fly?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Bilharzia?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Sleeping sickness. What the decimal monetary unit
0:21:04 > 0:21:06was worth one pound, one shilling?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Florin?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The guinea. Who topped the UK singles charts
0:21:09 > 0:21:12in 1986 with Chain Reaction?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Pass.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17What is the name of the historic Scottish county that lies between the Firth of Forth
0:21:17 > 0:21:21and the Firth of Tay? It is traditionally prefaced by the title The Kingdom Of...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Erm...
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Pass.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29What title did Pope Leo X bestow on Henry VIII in 1521 as a reward for his pamphlet
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Declaration Of The Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Defender Of The Faith.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38What celebration forms the title of Harold Pinter's first full-length play,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42which was made into a film that starred Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee and Andy Nicholls?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Pass.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Which of Aaron Copland's fanfares did he later
0:21:45 > 0:21:47incorporate into his third symphony?
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Scrim?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Fanfare For The Common Man. The appearance of which Thunderbirds puppet
0:21:51 > 0:21:53was modelled on Sylvia Anderson,
0:21:53 > 0:21:54the wife of the creator of the series?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56She also provided the character's voice.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Lady Penelope?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02What the name of the sweet sticky substance secreted by aphids and similar insects
0:22:02 > 0:22:05that is particularly attractive to ants?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Pass.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Vancouver Island lies off the coast of which Canadian province?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Erm...
0:22:12 > 0:22:13British Columbia.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15William Timym's statue of a gorilla,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17one of London Zoo's most famous residents,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19was unveiled in 1982.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20What was the gorilla called?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Guy.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Shelley's poem that begins, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird, thou never wert,"
0:22:27 > 0:22:29is an ode to what bird?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Nightingale?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Skylark. Owen Smith, who was beaten...
0:22:32 > 0:22:36BEEP ..by Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership contest,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39entered Parliament for which constituency in 2010?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Lambeth.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Pontypridd.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46You had four passes, Cathy.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Honeydew is the name of that sweet sticky substance
0:22:49 > 0:22:51that ants particularly love.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55The Birthday Party was Harold Pinter's play. Bet you knew that.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Yeah.- And Fife is the name of that historic Scottish county.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Yeah. - The Kingdom of Fife.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04And Diana Ross, Chain Reaction.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You have a total of 22 points.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Thank you.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10APPLAUSE
0:23:16 > 0:23:19And finally, Ian again, please.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And you start out, Ian, with 13 points,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26and the score to beat is still 22 points.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29So, let's see if you can break the logjam.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Here we go, two and a half minutes.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34What distress signal is represented in international Morse code by three dots,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36three dashes, and three dots?
0:23:36 > 0:23:37SOS.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Who wrote the 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43which has been adapted for both the stage and the cinema?
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Mark Twain.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48According to the proverb, "imitation is the sincerest form of" what?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Flattery.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52What name is usually given to the sixth Sunday of Lent?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55It reflects the welcome Jesus received when he entered Jerusalem at the beginning
0:23:55 > 0:23:56of the first Holy Week.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Palm Sunday?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00A Yorkshire light is a type of what architectural feature?
0:24:00 > 0:24:01A window?
0:24:01 > 0:24:05On which sea do the Italian ports of Ancona, Bari and Brindisi lie?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07It is an arm of the Mediterranean.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Adriatic.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12For which 1986 film did Paul Newman finally win an Oscar for Best Actor?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14It was a sequel to his earlier film, The Hustler.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Pass.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20In Russian cuisine, solyanka and rassolnik are what type of dish?
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Soup.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26In diving, who followed up his bronze medal at the London Olympics in the
0:24:26 > 0:24:30individual 10-metre platform event with a bronze at Rio in the
0:24:30 > 0:24:32synchronised event with Dan Goodfellow?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Pass.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38The building at Vauxhall Cross, whose nicknames include Ceausescu Towers and Legoland
0:24:38 > 0:24:41because of its appearance, is the headquarters of which government body?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43MI5?
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Which animal has the scientific name ailuropoda melanoleuca,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51that translates as "black and white cat-foot"?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Sloth?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Panda. What is the name of the pathologist created by the American crime novelist
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Patricia Cornwell, who first appeared in the 1990 novel, Postmortem?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Pass.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05What was the middle name of the English polar explorer Captain Robert Scott?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Francis?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Falcon. The gemstones Ruby and Sapphire are varieties of a naturally occurring
0:25:12 > 0:25:16aluminium oxide mineral. Which mineral?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Carborundum?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20No, corundum. What is the nickname of Edwin Eugene Aldrin,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22the second man to set foot on the moon?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Buzz.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27The Italian composer Paganini, who some thought to be in league with the devil,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29was a virtuoso on which instrument?
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Violin.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34In Australian slang, "bluey" is a term for someone with what physical feature?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Glasses?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39No, ginger hair. What was the name of the secret agent
0:25:39 > 0:25:41played by Robert Vaughn in the television series
0:25:41 > 0:25:42The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Erm...
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Pass.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51What was the name of the trade union known as the TGWU that merged with Amicus
0:25:51 > 0:25:55to form Unite the Union in 2007?
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Transport and General Workers' Union.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Which musical instrument maker officially released the first mass-produced
0:26:00 > 0:26:02solid body electric guitar in 1950?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04BEEP Initially called the Esquire and the Broadcaster,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07it was soon renamed the Telecaster.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Stratus?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- No, the Fender. - Oh!- Yeah.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15You have four passes, Ian.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19The name of the secret agent played by Robert Vaughn was Napoleon Solo.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Of course. - Kay Scarpetta was the hero
0:26:22 > 0:26:25of that American crime novelist, Patricia Cornwell.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Tom Daley was the diver. - Of course he was.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31And The Color Of Money was the film that Paul Newman
0:26:31 > 0:26:33finally won his Oscar.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Ian, those four passes, you have 23 points.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Thank you.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42APPLAUSE
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Well, how close was that?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Let's have a look at all the scores. It won't take long.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Joint second place, 22 points, Ikenna, Cathy, and Julian.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01And in first place, 23 points, Ian.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04APPLAUSE
0:27:12 > 0:27:14And that means that Ian is tonight's winner,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,
0:27:20 > 0:27:27do go to our website, and you can follow us on Twitter.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31And do join us again next time for more masterminds.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Thanks for watching. Goodbye.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE