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00:00Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:27In the spotlight tonight are Catherine Firth, a marketing manager.
00:31Her specialist subject is the Great Reform Act of 1832.
00:35Jonathan Wright, a trainee lawyer.
00:37He'll be answering questions on the castles of South Wales.
00:40Paul Smith, a compliance manager, whose subject is the works of the television animators and puppeteers,
00:46Oliver Postgate and Peter Furman.
00:48And Farrah Sheik, a doctor.
00:50Her specialist subject is the band Maroon 5.
00:57The preparation for an appearance on Mastermind can take weeks, months, years, even a lifetime.
01:04But can anyone still really fully prepare for the rigour of two minutes of specially subject questions
01:10and two and a half minutes of general knowledge, all while perched in the famous black chair?
01:15You see, this simple piece of furniture has the ability to render contenders speechless,
01:20to make minds go blank, to discombobulate and infuriate.
01:24That's why eventually winning this beautiful glass bowl and being able to call yourself a Mastermind champion are so highly prized.
01:33Can I ask the first of our contenders tonight vying for a place in the semi-finals to join us please?
01:39Your name?
01:48Catherine Firth.
01:49Your occupation?
01:50Marketing manager.
01:51And your specialist subject?
01:53The Great Reform Act of 1832.
01:55The Act of Parliament brought about by political pressure and civil unrest
01:59that began the process of transforming the UK's political system.
02:03In two minutes.
02:03Here we go.
02:05A notorious example of the rotten boroughs abolished by the Great Reform Act
02:09was which constituency near Salisbury, where two MPs represented a handful of electors?
02:14Old Sarum.
02:15Yes.
02:16The first reform bill was put forward the year after the outbreak of the swing riots
02:19that had begun in August 1830, with the destruction of a threshing machine in which English county?
02:25Kent.
02:26Yes.
02:26In April 1831, which MP put forward an amendment to the first reform bill
02:31to prevent any reduction in the number of MPs in England and Wales,
02:34though when this was carried, it led to the dissolution of Parliament?
02:39Wetheral.
02:39No.
02:40Isaac Gascoigne.
02:41What radical newspaper was founded by Henry Hetherington in July 1831
02:45and later that year called for the creation of at least 100 new peers?
02:50Poor Man's Guardian.
02:51Yes.
02:51During a Lords debate, which Whig peer quoted the poet Oliver Goldsmith
02:55and referred to the Tory Lord Warncliffe as wandering, remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow?
03:02Broome.
03:03Yes.
03:04Which Birmingham banker, a key advocate of reform in the years leading up to the Act,
03:08was the founder of the Birmingham Political Union?
03:11Atwood.
03:11Yes.
03:11The amendment that enfranchised tenant farmers paying a rent of £50 or more
03:15in county constituencies is named after which peer?
03:20Chandos.
03:21Yes.
03:21Henry Phil Potts, who questioned whether William IV's coronation oath
03:24prevented him from assenting to the Irish Reform Bill,
03:27was the bishop of which English city?
03:30Exeter.
03:31Yes.
03:31What was the title of the satirical sketch by the artist John Doyle,
03:35which depicted the anti-reform Tory, Sir Charles Wetherill,
03:38as a dying man in a robe and nightcap?
03:42Were you really winking?
03:43No, the last of the Borough Bridges.
03:45The Prime Minister, Earl Grey, used the phrase melancholy events
03:48to describe the riots that broke out in which English city in October 1831,
03:53following the defeat of the second reform bill?
03:56Bristol.
03:56Yes.
03:57On the 14th of May 1832, which peer cast doubt on whether a new administration,
04:02formed by Wellington, would support reform,
04:05given that the Duke had demonstrated an uncompromising hostility to it?
04:13Lyndhurst.
04:14No, it was Lord Ebrington.
04:17Catherine, at the end of that round, you've had no passes.
04:20You've got eight points.
04:31And our next contender, please.
04:32Your name?
04:41Jonathan Wright.
04:42Your occupation?
04:43Trainee lawyer.
04:43And your specialist subject?
04:45The castles of South Wales.
04:46The history and features of the many castles and fortified manor houses of South Wales.
04:51In two minutes.
04:53Here we go.
04:53Which castle, built in the 13th century by the land baron Gilbert de Clare,
04:57is the largest in Wales and is today renowned for its leaning tower?
05:01Caerphilly.
05:02Yes.
05:02A water gate leading onto the River Usk was a notable feature of which castle
05:06that was redesigned in the 15th century under Humphrey Stafford,
05:10the future Duke of Buckingham?
05:11Newport.
05:12Yes.
05:12Henry de Beaumont, who founded Swansea Castle in the early 12th century,
05:16was a Norman nobleman, also known by the title the First Earl of Ware.
05:21Warwick.
05:22Yes.
05:22In 1557, which castle became known for an affray over the salvage rights to a French ship
05:27that was wrecked nearby, resulting in the death of a member of the family?
05:31That owned the castle.
05:33St. Donnitz.
05:33No, it was Oxwich.
05:35Which opponents of King Charles I and a signatory of his death warrant died in Chepstow Castle
05:40in 1680, after being imprisoned there for many years, albeit apparently in relatively comfortable
05:46conditions?
05:47Marston.
05:47No, close.
05:48It's Henry Martin.
05:49Lougha Castle, between Swansea and Glanetley, stands on the site of a Roman fort with what name?
05:55Lucum.
05:55No, Lucarum.
05:56Which 12th century coastal castle on the Gower Peninsula, together with the nearby St. Mary's
06:01church, was abandoned in the 15th or 16th century, because sand blown in from the local dunes eroded
06:06the stonework?
06:07Candleston.
06:08No, Penard Castle.
06:09Which illegitimate son of King Henry I took over as ruler of Cardiff Castle in the 12th century,
06:15and is featured artistically in the castle's elaborate banqueting hall?
06:18Robert.
06:19Need a bit more?
06:20Pass.
06:21What was the name of the industrialist and philanthropist who was the last owner of Webley Castle
06:26before it was handed over to the care of the state in 1911?
06:30Pass.
06:32Castel Coch in Cardiff, which was rebuilt in the 19th century for the Marquess of Bute,
06:37has three towers, the Well Tower, the Keep Tower, and which other tower?
06:41Pass.
06:42In the 14th century, which king took refuge at Caffilly Castle, hiding there briefly from supporters
06:47of his wife, as she sought to remove him from the throne?
06:50King Edward II.
06:51Yes.
06:52Kenfig Castle, which was built in the early 12th century, was damaged in an attack in 1316
06:57during the rebellion led by which Welsh nobleman, only to be besieged again after repair five
07:03years later?
07:04Gjewel in Bren.
07:05It was Gjewel in Bren.
07:08Jonathan, you had three passes.
07:10Castel Coch in Cardiff.
07:12That has three towers, the Well Tower, the Keep Tower, and the Kitchen Tower.
07:16The name of the industrialist and philanthropist, the last owner of Webley Castle, that's Emily
07:21Talbot.
07:22And it was Robert of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of King Henry I who took over Cardiff Castle.
07:28So at the end of that round, you've got five points.
07:31Thanks.
07:32Thanks.
07:32And our next contender, please.
07:50Your name?
07:51Paul Smith.
07:51Your occupation?
07:52Compliance manager.
07:53And your specialist subject?
07:55The work of Oliver Postgate and Peter Furman.
07:57The creative team who, with their production company Small Films, produced many classics
08:02of children's television.
08:04In two minutes.
08:05Here we go.
08:05Furman and Postgate first met in the late 1950s when Peter was a lecturer at the Central School
08:10of Art in London, and Oliver was a stage manager for what television company?
08:15Associated Rediffusion.
08:16Yes.
08:16For the original series of Ivor the Engine, the title character's whistle sound was provided
08:21by Vernon Elliot, using what musical instrument?
08:24The bassoon.
08:24Yes.
08:25Many of the small film's programmes were created and recorded in a studio built within a cow
08:29shed on Peter and Joan Furman's farm in which village in Kent?
08:33Bleen.
08:33Yes.
08:34The bagpuss character, Professor Yaffel, was conceived by Postgate as a cross between
08:38his own uncle and which British philosopher?
08:41Bertrand Russell.
08:42Yes.
08:42The first stop-motion animation film that Postgate and Furman made together, The Journey
08:46of Master Ho, tells the story of a Chinese boy and what animal who both come to life from
08:52a willow patterned plate?
08:54A water buffalo.
08:55Yes.
08:55What's the title of the specially themed Clangers episode made in just three days and broadcast
09:00on the day of the second UK general election of 1974?
09:04Vote for Froglet.
09:05Yes.
09:06What's the name of the animation technique involving the use of magnets to animate characters
09:10on live television, which ITV asked Postgate and Furman to use for their first television
09:15programme together, Alexander the Mouse?
09:18Busy Motion.
09:19Yes.
09:19What's the name of the strange bird with green feathers that appears in the Noggin the Nog series?
09:24Graculous.
09:25Yes.
09:25What character from the 1965 series The Pogels was deemed by the BBC to be too frightening
09:30so was removed for the subsequent series, retitled as Pogels Wood?
09:35The Witch.
09:36Yes.
09:37The character Bagpuss was originally supposed to be a marmalade cat, but the material used
09:42to make him had been supplied in pink and white by mistake by a company with what name?
09:47Pass.
09:47In the 2015 revival of The Clangers, Postgate, who died seven years previously, was succeeded
09:53as the narrator by Michael Palin for the UK broadcasts and by which Canadian actor for
09:58the American version?
10:01Pass.
10:01In the 1979 animated series What a Mess, based on a series of books, I've started to
10:07a finish, based on a series of books by Frank Muir. The puppy of the title is what breed
10:12of dog?
10:13Afghan hound.
10:13It is an Afghan hound.
10:16Paul, you had two passes. The 2015 American version of The Clangers was voiced by the Canadian
10:22actor William Shatner. And the character of Bagpuss, supposed to be a marmalade cat, but
10:27the fabric supplied was pink and white by a company called Dunbar Fabrics.
10:32Yes. And at the end of that round, Paul, you've got ten points.
10:45And our final contender, please.
10:53Your name.
10:55Farah Shaikh.
10:56Your occupation.
10:57Doctor.
10:57And your specialist subject.
10:59Maroon 5.
11:00The band formed in California in 1994 and fronted by Adam Levine. In two minutes,
11:06Here we go. Maroon 5 reached number two in the UK singles charts in 2011 with the song
11:11Moves Like Jagger, a collaboration with which American singer?
11:14Christina Aguilera.
11:15Yes. The band dedicated their halftime show at the 2019 Super Bowl and their 2021 studio
11:21album to their former manager, who died in 2017. What was his name?
11:25Jordan Feldstein.
11:26Yes. In the mid-1990s, the band, then known as Kara's Flowers, signed briefly to Omad Records,
11:32after which independent music producer heard them performing at a party in Malibu while he was
11:38walking past with his dog.
11:40De Nicola.
11:41No, Tommy Allen. In 2001, the group changed their name to Maroon 5 and recruited the guitarist
11:46James Valentine from which short-lived three-piece band who'd recently won a National Battle of the
11:52Bands competition.
11:53Square.
11:53Yes. Which DJ remixed a Maroon 5 song, Not Falling Apart, from It Won't Be Soon Before Long, on the band's 2008
12:01remix album, Call and Response?
12:03Mark Ronson.
12:05No, Tiesto. In the music video for the song Sugar, the band makes surprise performances at various weddings across
12:12Los Angeles. What's the name of the hotel they're seen performing at first?
12:16Park Plaza.
12:17Yes. Which song did the band cover for the 2004 compilation album, Mary Had a Little Amp, released to raise funds to support
12:25preschool education provision?
12:26Pass.
12:28Which television legal drama featured a number of Cara's Flower songs in its episodes, after Levine, who was briefly
12:35a writer's assistant on the show, persuaded a producer to use them?
12:38Judging Amy.
12:39Yes. According to the band's website, in the name of their long-running official fan club, the letters S-I-N stand for what phrase?
12:49Pass.
12:50Which graphic artist designed the cover of the band's 2002 album, Songs About Jane?
12:55Gig Art.
12:56Yes. After leaving the record label Reprise in the late 1990s, Levine and Carmichael enrolled at which Long Island Arts College,
13:03where they experimented with musical genres such as gospel...
13:06I've started, so I'll finish. At which Long Island Arts College, where they experimented with musical genres such as gospel and soul?
13:13Cats Girl.
13:15No, it was Fife Towns College.
13:17Wow.
13:18So Farrah, you had two passes.
13:20Their official fan club, the letters S-I-N, they stand for strength in numbers.
13:24And the song the band covered for their 2004 compilation album, Mary Had a Little Amp, it was pure imagination.
13:31Oh, yeah.
13:32At the end of that round, Farrah, you've got six points.
13:44At the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
13:47In fourth place with five points, it's Jonathan.
13:50In third place with six points, it's Farrah.
13:52In second place with eight points, it's Catherine.
13:54And in first place with ten points, it's Paul.
13:57So now, it's General Knowledge.
13:59And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account,
14:03and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
14:06And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
14:09So, let's ask Jonathan to join us again, please.
14:19Jonathan, you start with five points.
14:21You've got two and a half minutes on General Knowledge.
14:23Here we go.
14:24Which city is the capital of Belgium?
14:26Brussels.
14:27Yes.
14:28What was the surname of the British boxer whose left hook
14:30became known in the press as Henry Zama?
14:35Foreman.
14:36No, Cooper.
14:37What's the name of the psychologist and former actress
14:39who was a regular cast member on the television comedy series
14:41Not the Nine O'Clock News
14:43and who, in 1989, married the comedian Billy Connolly?
14:49Paula...
14:51Pamela Stevenson.
14:52Gelb is the German word for what colour?
14:54Yellow.
14:55What 2019 psychological horror film directed by Robert Eggers stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson
15:01as two men working on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of New England?
15:05The lighthouse.
15:06Yes.
15:07The tubular Sicilian pastries known as cannoli traditionally contain a sweetened filling made from what soft cheese?
15:14Mascarpone.
15:15No, ricotta.
15:16Which American rapper, who sometimes includes the word misdemeanour as part of her stage name, had UK hit albums with Under Construction in 2002 and Respect Me in 2006?
15:26Missy Elliott.
15:27Yes.
15:28Chiropodi.
15:29Also known as podiatry, is the specialist treatment and care of which parts of the body?
15:33Feet.
15:34Yes.
15:35The politician who, in May 2025, was elected to serve a second term as Prime Minister of Australia?
15:41Anthony Albanese.
15:42Anthony Albanese.
15:44Yes.
15:45A symphony composed by Franz Liszt, first performed in 1857, was inspired by and is named after a 14th century epic poem by which Italian writer?
15:55Dante.
15:56Yes.
15:57A colourless, crystalline form of zirconium oxide, known as cubic zirconia, is commonly used in jewellery, has a less expensive imitation of what precious gemstone?
16:07Diamond.
16:08Yes.
16:09The American lyricist born Israel Gershowitz, who often collaborated on stage musicals with his younger brother, the composer George Gershwin, was known by what three-letter first name?
16:18Ira.
16:19Ira.
16:20Yes.
16:21In geometry, a plane, as opposed to a line or a solid, has how many dimensions?
16:25Two.
16:26Yes.
16:27The pawbeagle, the smoothhound and the megamouth are species of what cartilaginous fish?
16:33Shark.
16:34Yes.
16:35Which New York landmark installed in 1886 was designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi?
16:41The Statue of Liberty.
16:42Yes.
16:43The 2024 book Frankie is the fifth novel by which Irish broadcaster and television chat show host?
16:50Ryan Tupperdy?
16:52No.
16:53Graham Norton, what adjective that can mean unconventional...
16:56I've started, so I'll finish.
16:57What adjective that can mean unconventional or oddly behaved when referring to a person is used in astronomy to describe a planet's orbit that isn't circular?
17:09Weird.
17:11No.
17:12Eccentric.
17:14Jonathan, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 17 points.
17:28Next up is Farrah.
17:36Farrah, you start with six points. The score to beat as it stands is 17 points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
17:42Here we go.
17:43What three-letter word can refer to a long queue of slow-moving traffic or a sweet, fruit-flavoured preserve often spread on toast?
17:51Jam.
17:52Yes. In the television sitcom Friends, what's the first name of the massage therapist and aspiring musician played by Lisa Kudrow?
17:59Phoebe.
18:00For a type of fertility treatment, the letters IV stand for what Latin term?
18:05In vitro.
18:06Yes. What British studio complex used for making films such as The King's Speech and Paddington is located in Boreham Wood, near Watford?
18:14Shepperton.
18:15No. Elstree. Which Balkan country that gained independence in 2006 has a name that translates as Black Mountain?
18:28Pass.
18:29What was the name of the Egyptian president who was assassinated less than three years after being jointly awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin?
18:37Mubarak.
18:38No. Anwar Sadat. What name derived from a Greek word for thick is used in physics for sub-atomic particles that are composed of quarks and have types known as beryons and mesons?
18:50Pass.
18:52In June 2025, which American tennis player won her second Grand Slam singles title with a three-set victory over Irina Sabalenka in the final of the French Open?
19:00Coco Gauff.
19:01Yes. The tomb of the architect Sir Christopher Wren is in which London cathedral?
19:05St Paul's.
19:07Yes. Which composer wrote the operetta The Merry Widow, first performed in Vienna in 1905?
19:17Pass.
19:18What's the usual five-letter name for a male duck?
19:23Pass.
19:24What's the alphanumeric name of the form, sometimes called an end-of-year certificate, which is issued annually by an employer to an employee, providing details of how much income tax they've paid?
19:35P60?
19:36Yes. Which town in Lancashire was granted city status in 2002 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebration?
19:43Preston.
19:44Yes. What's the stage name of the American singer Ernest Evans, who popularised numerous dance styles, including The Twist, and had UK hit singles in the 1960s entitled The Twist and Let's Twist Again?
19:55Chalkberry?
19:56No. Chubby Checker.
19:57A classic spritzer usually consists of sparkling water or lemonade mixed with what alcoholic drink?
20:03Vodka.
20:04No. White wine. Which American aviator became the first person to be named as Time Magazine's Man of the Year when the accolade was introduced for 1927?
20:13Pass.
20:14It was Charles Lindbergh.
20:19Farrah, you had four other passes. The usual five-letter name for a male duck? Drake.
20:23Oh, OK.
20:24The composer who wrote the operetta, The Merry Widow, Franz Lehar. The name derived from a Greek word for thick and is used in physics for subatomic particles that are composed of quarks, it's a hadron.
20:37And the Balkan country that gained independence in 2006, and it has a name that translates as Black Mountain, Montenegro.
20:44Oh, yes.
20:45At the end of that round, Farrah, you've got 13 points.
20:48OK.
20:58Next up, it's Catherine.
21:07Catherine, you start with eight points. The score to beat as it stands is 17 points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
21:13Here we go. Visually, what single digit number most closely resembles an uppercase letter B?
21:20Eight.
21:21Yes. On a standard London Monopoly board, which property at £400 is the most expensive one to buy?
21:27Mayfair.
21:28Yes. The singer known as JJ won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Wasted Love representing which country?
21:36Albania?
21:37No, Austria. What alternative name for the Arabian camel is derived from a Greek word that means
21:42running?
21:44Bactrian.
21:45No, dromedary. The Camargue area of southern France, known for the bird life in its wetland nature reserve, is in the delta formed by two branches of which major river?
21:57Seine.
21:58No, the Rhône. In the 1960s and early 70s, the Burmese diplomat, Ou Thant, served as Secretary General of what international organisation?
22:06United Nations.
22:07Yes. When it opened on Broadway in 1963, what play by Neil Simon starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley as the newlyweds Paul and Corey Bratter?
22:16Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
22:19No, barefoot in the park. Lambeth Palace is the London residence of the holder of which religious post in the Church of England?
22:25Archbishop of Canterbury.
22:26Yes. Palfrey is an archaic term for a docile specimen of what domesticated animal?
22:32Horse.
22:33Yes. Which British actress starred in the 1976 television play Nuts in May and the 1990 film Life is Sweet, both written by her then-husband, Mike Lee?
22:44Alison Steadman.
22:45Yes. Which political leader was the founder of modern-day Turkey and became its first president in 1923?
22:50Ataturk.
22:51Yes. The South African investment coin, called the Krugerrand, is made from one troy ounce of which precious metal?
22:58Gold.
22:59Yes. What famous 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso in the collection of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid depicts the German aerial bombing of a Basque town?
23:09Guernica.
23:10Yes. The substance retinol, which plays an important role in healthy eyesight, is a form of which vitamin?
23:16B.
23:17No. A. Although other fruits are sometimes used, the French dessert, clafouti, is traditionally made, with what fruit were the stones left in?
23:27Cherries.
23:28Yes. Black cherries.
23:29Which American singer and Nobel laureate wrote the 2022 book of essays entitled The Philosophy of Modern Song?
23:35Rob Dylan.
23:36Yes. In 1932, the London underground station, Gillespie Road, was renamed after which local football club, after a campaign led by the club's manager, Herbert Chapman?
23:44Tautenham Hotspur.
23:45No.
23:46Next door, Arsenal.
23:47Catherine, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 19 points.
23:50And finally, let's have Paul again, please.
23:52Paul, you start with 10 points to score.
23:53No.
23:54No.
23:55No.
23:56No.
23:57No.
23:58No.
23:59No.
24:00No.
24:01No.
24:02No.
24:03No.
24:04No.
24:05No.
24:06No.
24:07No.
24:08No.
24:09No.
24:10No.
24:11No.
24:12No.
24:13No.
24:14No.
24:15No.
24:16No.
24:17Paul, you start with 10 points. The score to beat to get through to the semi-finals is Katherine's 19 points.
24:23You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
24:24What pleated, knee-length garments, resembling a skirt and made from tartan cloth, is part of traditional Scottish Highland dress?
24:32Kilt.
24:33Yes.
24:34In competitive rowing, which is the only member of the crew who faces forwards in the boat's
24:38direction of travel?
24:39The cocks.
24:40Yes.
24:41What's the surname of the titular criminal barrister who appears with Ryland Clark in
24:44the television series Rob and Ryland's Grand Tour, which won a BAFTA in 2025 in the factual
24:50entertainment category?
24:51Rob Rinder.
24:52Yes.
24:53In Roman numerals, what number is denoted by the letters LXX?
24:5770.
24:5870.
24:59Yes.
25:00The common name of what long, thin, predatory invertebrate with a segmented body suggests
25:04that it has 100 feet?
25:06A centipede.
25:07Yes.
25:08What's the full name of the Marvel Comics superhero who first appeared in 2001 and runs the Alias
25:12Investigations Agency in New York?
25:17Peter Parker.
25:18No.
25:19Jessica Jones, the word bibliophile is defined as a collector or lover of what items?
25:22Books.
25:23Yes.
25:24The Gulf War was triggered by Iraq's invasion of which neighbouring country?
25:28Kuwait.
25:29Yes.
25:30What muscle, which has a name derived from a Latin word for tailor, runs the length of
25:34the thigh and is the longest in the human body?
25:38Hamstring.
25:39No.
25:40Sartorius.
25:41What name, shared with the 11th month of the French Republican calendar, is given to
25:44a method of preparing a lobster in which the meat is mixed with a creamy sauce and served
25:49in the shell?
25:50Thermidor.
25:51Yes.
25:52Which British grime singer topped the UK Albums Chart in 2020 with Heavy Is The Head featuring
25:56the number one single, Vossybop?
25:58Stormzy.
25:59Yes.
26:00In 2017, Maria Balshaw succeeded Nicholas Sirota as the director of which group of British
26:05art galleries?
26:07The Tate.
26:08Stoke-on-Trent.
26:15Yes.
26:16The 1980s satirical documentary film The Great Rock and Roll Swindle charts the rise to stardom
26:20of which British punk rock group?
26:23The Sex Pistols.
26:24Guess what 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh is subtitled The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain
26:29Charles Ryder?
26:30The English Patient.
26:32No.
26:33Brighthead Revisited.
26:34Which politician succeeded Harold Macmillan as UK Prime Minister in 1963 but served in the
26:39role for just less than a year?
26:42Anthony Eden.
26:43No.
26:44Alec Douglas Hume.
26:45The volume equal to 35 imperial gallons or 42 American gallons is used to measure quantities
26:51of crude oil.
26:52A barrel.
26:53Yes.
26:54In Greek mythology, what was the name of the musician and poet?
26:56I've started, so I've finished.
26:58The musician and poet who was married to Eurydice and was killed by the Menads, the female followers
27:03of Dionysus, the god of wine.
27:06Athena.
27:07No.
27:08It was Orpheus.
27:13At the end of that round, it didn't matter.
27:16No passes.
27:1723 points.
27:18You've done it.
27:24So, let's have a look at the final scores.
27:31In fourth place with 13 points, it's Farrah.
27:34In third place with 17 points, it's Jonathan.
27:37In second place with 19 points, it's Catherine.
27:40Which means in first place with 23 points, it's Paul.
27:44So, he goes through to the semi-finals.
27:46Congratulations to him.
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28:00Thanks for watching.
28:01Bye for now.
28:03It feels amazing.
28:08It came as a complete shock when Clive announced I'd won.
28:11Your occupation?
28:12Compliance manager.
28:13And your specialist subject?
28:15The work of Oliver Post, Kate, and Peter Furman.
28:18At the start of the specialist subject round, first time sat in the chair, pressure's on.
28:22I actually had to remind myself to breathe.
28:24Three questions in, I realised I wasn't breathing, and I wasn't going to last to the end.
28:28So, that was something I had to remember to do.
28:29So, that was something I had to remember to do.
28:58I just sat down with my brother.
28:59I would love to see you later.
29:00I was really impressed her to remember to do myNIE boxer and Joe.
29:01I think it got menement at the start of the beginning, and if I wanted to buy you for my sake.
29:06And I mean, you will…
29:10It's fine.
29:13It's fine.
29:16Sayongkrano, why sticks, how to speak.
29:24What counts?
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