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00:00Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:23In the spotlight tonight are Alan Hotchkiss, a programme manager.
00:27He'll be answering questions on the boxer, Muhammad Ali.
00:31Fionn Rowlands, a communications officer, whose specialist subject is Homer's Iliad.
00:36William Tams, an analytical chemist.
00:38His subject is British and Irish World Heritage Sites.
00:42And Emma Reeves, a writer.
00:43Her subject, the songs of the American singer, Dory Previn.
00:53Mastermind does what it says on the tin.
00:55We're looking for the best brains in Britain, the most talented minds able to recall not
01:00just what you've revised in recent weeks and months, but also what a lifetime of knowledge
01:05may hold.
01:07That's why the title of Mastermind Champion is so coveted, and why the winner of this glorious
01:12glass bowl can truly be counted among the greats of quizzing.
01:16The rules are simple.
01:18Come out on top after two minutes of questions on a specialist subject and two and a half
01:22minutes of general knowledge, and you go through to the semi-finals.
01:26So, can I ask our first contender to join us please?
01:38Your name?
01:40Alan Hotchkiss.
01:41Your occupation?
01:42Program manager.
01:43And your specialist subject?
01:44Muhammad Ali.
01:45The life and career of the great American boxer and activist, born in 1942.
01:51In two minutes.
01:52Here we go.
01:53Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., and Clay's mother, Odessa, called him
01:58Gigi.
01:59What nickname did Clay in turn use for her?
02:04Baby.
02:05No, bird.
02:05Clay stated that following his triumphant return from the 1960 Olympics, he threw his gold medal
02:11into which river after being refused service at a whites-only restaurant?
02:15The Ohio River.
02:16Yes.
02:16Clay's first professional bout against a boxer from outside the United States was on
02:20the 7th of October 1961, when he fought Alex Miteff, a heavyweight from which country?
02:26Argentina.
02:27Yes.
02:28In 1963, Clay bought a tour bus, which he drove to Louisville to campaign for a world
02:33title fight against Sonny Liston.
02:35What name did he give the bus?
02:38The Big Bus.
02:39No, Big Red.
02:40Prior to the rumble in the jungle, Ali told reporters, I'd done something new for this
02:45fight.
02:45I'd done wrestled an alligator.
02:47I'd done tussled with a what?
02:48Whale.
02:49Yes.
02:49Joe Frazier was the first professional boxer to face Ali on three occasions.
02:54In 1976, which other boxer became the second?
02:58Ken Norton.
02:58Yes.
02:59In 1967, Ali was arrested for refusing to serve in the US Armed Forces, convicted of
03:04draft evasion and given the maximum sentence of a $10,000 fine.
03:09And how many years in prison?
03:10Five.
03:11Yes.
03:11In Ali's final fight, before effectively being exiled from boxing by the sports authorities,
03:17he successfully defended his world heavyweight titles in a fight in 1967 against which boxer?
03:23Zara Folley.
03:23Yes.
03:24In the rumble in the jungle, Ali employed a tactic previously used by Archie Moore, which
03:29he called the turtle.
03:30What name did Ali give the strategy?
03:32Rope-a-dope.
03:33Yes.
03:33On the 8th of March, 1971, Ali suffered the first defeat of his career, losing to smoking
03:39Joe Frazier in a bout given what nickname in the press?
03:42Fight of the Century.
03:43Yes.
03:44Three months before Ali's fight with Joe Frazier, dubbed the thriller in Manila,
03:48he beat Joe Bugna in a stadium in which other Asian capital city?
03:53Kuala Lumpur.
03:55It was Kuala Lumpur.
03:58Alan, you had no passes at the end of that round.
04:01You've got nine points.
04:02And our next contender, please.
04:21Your name?
04:22Theon Rowlands.
04:23Your occupation?
04:24Communications officer.
04:25And your specialist subject?
04:27Homer's Iliad.
04:27The ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer set during the final stages of the Trojan
04:33War, in translation, by Martin Hammond.
04:36In two minutes.
04:37Here we go.
04:38In the opening lines of the Iliad, Homer asks the goddess or muse to sing of the anger of
04:43which heroic warrior?
04:44Achilles.
04:45Yes.
04:46In preparation for the night raid on the Trojan camp, Odysseus dons a helmet made of leather
04:51covered with the tusks of what shining-toothed animal?
04:54A tiger.
04:55No, it's a boar.
04:56What's the name of the ambidextrous Trojan warrior who wounds Achilles before he himself
05:01is slain by him and his sword offered as a prize during the funeral games for Achilles'
05:06friend Patroclus?
05:08Agonor?
05:09No.
05:09Asteropaeus.
05:10The Greek hero Diomedes was in overall command of a fleet of how many black ships brought
05:16from Argos and its surrounding areas to wage war against Troy?
05:21Fifty.
05:22No, eighty.
05:23After he's defeated by King Menelaus in their duel, the Trojan prince Paris persuades Helen
05:28into bed by reminding her of a night they'd spent together on which island off mainland
05:32Greece?
05:34Lemnos?
05:34No, Cranai.
05:35On the shield that he forges for Achilles, the god Hephaestus.
05:39Cranaius crafts images of four constellations, the Pleiades, the Hyades, Orion, and what other
05:45constellation which Homer describes as the only one not to bathe in ocean?
05:50Pass.
05:51At the prompting of the goddess Athene, which god is wounded by Diomedes, causing him to
05:56scream as loud as the shout of 9,000 men or 10,000 men on a battlefield and flee back
06:02to Olympus?
06:03Ares.
06:03Yes.
06:04Which military leader and Trojan ally breached the defensive wall surrounding the Achaean
06:08camp when he took the parapet in his powerful hands and heaved and the whole piece came
06:13away?
06:14Um, Aya?
06:15No, Sarpedon.
06:16In order to distract Zeus from the fighting and allow Poseidon to intervene on the Achaean
06:21side, Hera seduces Zeus on what high peak on Mount Ida?
06:26Pass.
06:27Which Achaean soldier, described by Homer as loose-tongued and full of vulgar abuse, is
06:33beaten by Odysseus after openly criticising King Agamemnon before the assembled army?
06:38Thursities.
06:39It is Thursities.
06:41Thion, you had two passes in order to distract Zeus from the fighting and allow Poseidon
06:47to intervene on the Achaean side.
06:49Hera seduces Zeus on the peak at Mount Ida, called Gargaron.
06:53Oh.
06:55And on the shield he forges for Achilles, the god Hephaestus crafts images of four constellations,
07:01Pleiades, Hyades, Orion and the bear.
07:04Oh.
07:06At the end of that round, Thion, you've got three points.
07:18And our next contender, please.
07:26Your name.
07:27William Tams.
07:28Your occupation.
07:29Analytical chemist.
07:30And your specialist subject.
07:31British and Irish World Heritage sites.
07:33Places in the UK and Ireland that have been inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage.
07:39In two minutes.
07:41Here we go.
07:41Part of which blanket bog, Peatland area in Northern Scotland was inscribed as a World Heritage
07:46site in 2024?
07:48The Flow Country.
07:49Yes.
07:49Angels climbing and descending two ladders are a prominent feature of the west front
07:53of which abbey inscribed as part of a World Heritage site in 1987?
07:58Bath Abbey.
07:59Yes.
07:59The Stone of the Seven Suns is a decorative curbstone on the eastern side of which large
08:04burial mound at the Brune Bonne World Heritage site in County Meath?
08:09Newgrange.
08:10No, Douth.
08:11What's the name of the director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, who led the Jodrell
08:15Bank Observatory to gain World Heritage status and who was also announced as a trustee for
08:20Royal Museums Greenwich in January 2025?
08:24Lovell.
08:24No, Theresa Anderson.
08:26In 1938, which archaeologist discovered the skeleton of a medieval barber surgeon under
08:31one of the megaliths in the Avebury Stone Circle?
08:35Right.
08:36No, Keeler.
08:37What's the name of the tunnel at the Bly Navin World Heritage site that's reputedly the longest
08:42ever constructed for a horse-operated railway in Britain?
08:47The Hill Tunnel?
08:48No, the Poole D Tunnel.
08:50Members of which Protestant group, officially known as Unitas Fratrum, or Unity of Brethren,
08:55and founded in Bohemia in the 15th century, established a settlement in Bally Kennedy in
09:00County Antrim that later became known as Grace Hill?
09:03The Moravian Church.
09:04Yes, which hotel was built in 1784 to accommodate visitors travelling to the nearby Severn Gorge
09:10to view the newly constructed Iron Bridge?
09:13The Greyhound Hotel?
09:14No, the Tontine Hotel.
09:15What was the name of the lighthouse inspector who, in the 1820s, oversaw the construction
09:20of two lighthouses on Skellig Michael?
09:24Jones.
09:25No, George Halpin, in the chapel of the old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the altarpiece
09:30depicting St Paul's shipwreck on Malta was painted by which artist?
09:35West.
09:35Yes.
09:36What was the name of the historian who, in 1801, at the age of 78, walked the full length
09:41of Hadrian's Wall?
09:42I've studied so I've finished, walked the full length of Hadrian's Wall and published
09:46an account of his journey in a book entitled The History of the Wall.
09:50Hutton?
09:51It was William Hutton.
09:53William, at the end of that round you had no passes.
09:56You've got five points.
09:57And our final contender, please.
10:15Your name.
10:17Emma Reeves.
10:18Your occupation.
10:19Writer.
10:19And your specialist subject.
10:21The songs of Dory Previn.
10:22The Oscar-nominated songwriter and lyricist who had success both as a solo artist and in
10:28collaboration with her second husband, Andre.
10:31In two minutes.
10:32Here we go.
10:32The opening track on Previn's debut album, The Leprechauns Are Upon Me, written and recorded
10:37under the name Dory Langdon, is entitled Can't We Be What?
10:42Enemies.
10:42Yes.
10:43The theme song for the film Valley of the Dolls, whose lyrics were inspired by Previn's
10:47experiences of addiction to medication, was a number two single on the US chart for which
10:52singer?
10:53Dionne Warwick.
10:53Yes.
10:54In a memoir, Previn claimed that which song that she originally wrote for the film Inside
10:58Daisy Clover was banned as an audition song by a Broadway producer because too many people
11:03were using it.
11:04You're Gonna Hear From Me.
11:05Yes.
11:06The song Far Away Part of Town, for which Previn received her first Oscar nomination,
11:10was performed by which actress in the 1960 film Peppy?
11:14Judy Garland.
11:15Yes.
11:15According to the lyrics of The Owl and The Pussycat, the owl looked up at the stars above
11:20and sang, while The Pussycat read what Shakespeare play?
11:24King Lear.
11:25Yes.
11:26Which album, released shortly after Previn's divorce from André in 1970, was based largely
11:31on poems she was encouraged to write while staying in a psychiatric hospital?
11:35On My Way to Where.
11:36Yes.
11:37The melody of Previn's song Beware of Young Girls, inspired by André's affair with Mia Farrow,
11:42was adapted from what early 20th century song, described by Previn as an old college drinking
11:47song.
11:47The Whip and Puff song.
11:48Yes.
11:49Previn worked with Gato Barbieri on the theme song for what 1972 film, writing lyrics such
11:54as,
11:55Two illusions who touch in a trance, making love not by choice, but by chance?
12:01Last Tango in Paris.
12:03Yes.
12:03A song on Previn's album Mythical Kings and Iguanas recounts Janis Joplin's purchase
12:07of a gravestone for which jazz singer who'd previously been buried in an unmarked grave?
12:13Bessie Smith.
12:13Yes.
12:14Which song on Previn's self-titled 1974 solo album portrays her reporting a threat she
12:19has received and successively contacting the FBI, the CIA, the United Nations and finally
12:25God?
12:26The obscene phone call.
12:28Yes.
12:28In the song The Lady with the Braid, the singer tries to persuade someone, I'll start this
12:33off finish, tries to persuade someone to stay the night with her, asking would you hang
12:37your denim jacket near the poster by which artist?
12:41Picasso.
12:42It was.
12:43Picasso.
12:44Emma, at the end of that round you had no passes.
12:47You've got 11 points.
12:48At the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
13:01In fourth place with three points, it's Fion.
13:04In third place with five points, it's William.
13:07In second place with nine points, it's Alan.
13:09And in first place with 11 points, it's Emma.
13:12So now it's general knowledge.
13:14And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account and
13:18the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
13:20And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
13:23So let's ask Fion to join us again, please.
13:26Fion, you start with three points.
13:35You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
13:38Here we go.
13:38A full-size snooker or pool table has how many pockets?
13:41Four.
13:42No, six.
13:43The actor Jack P. Shepard, who began playing David Platt in Coronation Street in 2000, won
13:49the celebrity version of the 2025 series of which reality television show?
13:53I'm a celebrity.
13:54Get me out of here.
13:54No, Big Brother, which small European country has the International Vehicle Registration Code
13:59AL?
14:01Albania?
14:02Yes, the opera known in English as The Love of Three Oranges about a prince who is compelled
14:06by a witch to obtain three pieces of fruit was written by which Russian composer?
14:12Tchaikovsky.
14:13No, Prokofiev, which American artist created the campaign image of Rosie the Riveter, which
14:18appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1943?
14:22Pass.
14:23Yes.
14:23In the Gregorian calendar, there are how many days in the month of April?
14:2830.
14:30Yes.
14:31In 1564, the influential Tudor courtier Robert Dudley was given the titles Baron of Denby and
14:36Earl of where?
14:38Bangor.
14:39No, Leicester.
14:39No, Leicester.
14:40What was the first name of the Queen of the Netherlands who reigned from 1948 until 1980 when
14:45she abdicated and was succeeded by her daughter Beatrix?
14:49Catherine?
14:50No, Juliana.
14:51The title character of the 1951 film Bedtime for Bonzo, starring Ronald Reagan, is what species
14:57of great ape?
14:58Orangutan.
14:59No, Chimpanzee.
15:00The structure of the pigment chlorophyll, which allows photosynthesis to take place in
15:06plants, has at its centre an atom of which metallic element?
15:10Pass.
15:11Bathsheba Everdeen, a farm owner in the fictional region of Wessex, is the heroine of what 1874
15:18novel by Thomas Hardy?
15:20Middlemarch?
15:21No, Far From the Madding Crowd.
15:22The aptly named Furnace Creek, where some of the hottest air temperatures on earth have
15:26been recorded, is in which American national park?
15:29Yellowstone?
15:30No, Death Valley.
15:31Run to you, please forgive me, and the only thing that looks good on me is you.
15:36Were UK hit singles in the 1980s and 90s for which Canadian singer?
15:41Brian Adams.
15:42Yes.
15:42What's the first name of the younger brother of Fidel Castro, who succeeded him as president
15:47of Cuba in 2008?
15:49Pass.
15:50What common name, suggesting a porcine creature from West Africa, is given to a rodent actually
15:55native to South America, that's commonly kept as a domestic pet?
16:00Tepia.
16:04No, guinea pig.
16:05What three-letter palindrome is a name for a fairly short hairstyle?
16:09I've studied soil finish.
16:10What three-letter palindrome is a name for a fairly short hairstyle, in which the hair
16:15is typically cut to the same length at the back and sides?
16:18Bob.
16:19It is Bob.
16:21Fionn, you had three passes.
16:24The name of the younger brother of Fidel Castro, who took over as president of Cuba, Raul.
16:28The structure of the pigment chlorophyll, which allows photosynthesis to take place in plants,
16:33it has as its centre a metallic element, magnesium.
16:37And the American artist who created the campaign image, Rosie the Riveter, that was Norman Rockwell.
16:43That chair can be intimidating.
16:45Yeah.
16:47At the end of that round, Fionn, you've got seven points.
16:50Next up, it's William.
17:00William, you start with five points.
17:09Yes, the score to beat as it stands is 11 points.
17:12You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
17:14Here we go.
17:15The name of which sense organ in the human body is also a term for the area of calm at the centre of a hurricane?
17:20Aye.
17:21Yes.
17:21What's the usual four-letter term for a type of farm where racehorses are kept for breeding?
17:26Stud.
17:27Yes.
17:27Which American singer, nicknamed the Godfather of Soul, had UK hit singles in the 1960s and 70s with
17:33It's a Man's Man's Man's World and Get Up Offer That Thing?
17:37Brown.
17:37Yes, James Brown.
17:39The Lodge Nature Reserve near the town of Sandy between Bedford and Cambridge is the headquarters of what UK wildlife charity?
17:46The RSPB.
17:47Yes.
17:47What large territory of Denmark was granted a degree of autonomy in 1979 after the passing of a Home Rule Act by the Parliament in Copenhagen?
17:56Greenland.
17:56Yes.
17:57Lowood Institution and Thornfield Hall are locations in what novel by Charlotte Bronte?
18:04Wuthering Heights.
18:05No, Jane Eyre.
18:05The 2024 television documentary series America's Sweethearts follows the cheerleading squad of which American football team?
18:12Dallas Cowboys.
18:13Yes.
18:14Which German rocket scientist moved to the United States after the Second World War and later worked for NASA, leading the development of the Saturn V launch vehicle?
18:23Von Braun.
18:23Yes.
18:24What term derived from the Greek for against and name refers to a word that has an opposite meaning to another word?
18:33Antonym.
18:33Yes.
18:34Which American actor won a Best Director Oscar for the 1980 film Ordinary People, starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore?
18:41Scorsese.
18:43No, Robert Redford.
18:43In the original American version of the board game Monopoly, the properties are almost all named after streets. In which east coast US city?
18:51Jersey City?
18:52No, Atlantic City. What chemical compound, one of the hydrocarbons, is the main component of natural gas?
18:59Butane?
19:00No, methane.
19:01No, methane. For part of its length, which river, a tributary of the Mersey, forms a boundary between Manchester city centre and Salford?
19:07Irving?
19:08No, Irwell. What wild animal is depicted in a celebrated woodcut produced in 1515 by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, who'd never actually seen the creature, but based his work on a written description of it?
19:23A rhinoceros.
19:24Yes. The Lady Balfour. Named after the founder of the Soil Association, who was the author of the 1943 organic farming book, The Living Soil, is a variety of what vegetable?
19:35Potato.
19:35Yes. What fabric, often used to make military uniforms, has a name derived from an Urdu word meaning dusty, a likely reference to its yellowish-brown colour?
19:44Khaki.
19:45It is khaki.
19:48William, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 16 points.
19:54Next up, it's Alan.
20:10Alan, you start with nine points. The score to beat as it stands is 16 points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
20:18What amphibian-inspired name is given to the children's game in which one player bends down so that others can vault over their back?
20:25Leapfrog.
20:26Yes. The name of which large plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period is derived from Greek words meaning three-horned face?
20:34Triceratops.
20:34Yes. Which American stand-up comedian and actor was noted for his collaborations with Gene Wilder and co-starred with him in the films Silver Streak, Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil?
20:44Richard Pryor.
20:45Yes. What Italian name, which translates as bread rolls, is given to an Italian-style sandwich that's often served toasted?
20:53Panini.
20:53Yes. Goatfell is the highest point of which Scottish island on the Firth of Clyde between the Kintyam Peninsula and mainland Scotland?
21:01Moll?
21:04No. Aaron. Which cookery writer and former Great British Bake Off judge gave her 2013 autobiography the title Recipe for Life?
21:12Mary Berry.
21:13Yes. Which London football club won the Women's Champions League final in May 2025 with a 1-0 victory over Barcelona?
21:20Arsenal.
21:21Yes. What's the title of the steel sculpture by Maggie Hambling installed on the beach at Aldebar in Suffolk in 2003 and resembling two halves of a broken shell?
21:31Kelpies.
21:33No. The Scallop. What ballet by Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1877, features a segment called The Dance of the Cygnets?
21:41Swan Lake.
21:41Yes. Which of the six US states that comprise New England shares a border with New York to the west, Massachusetts to the south and New Hampshire to the east?
21:50New Jersey.
21:50No. Vermont. During the first half of the 20th century, the politician Arthur Henderson served three separate terms as leader of which UK party?
22:00Reform.
22:00No. Labour. Canada Day, held to commemorate the country's recognition as an independent country in 1867, is celebrated annually on the first day of which month?
22:10April.
22:11No. July. William Joyce, who began his notorious Second World War propaganda broadcast to Britain with the words,
22:17Germany Calling? Germany Calling? Was most commonly known by what nickname?
22:22Ho-ho.
22:22Yes. The Welsh broadcaster Keris Matthews was previously the lead vocalist of which rock group whose UK hit singles in the 1990s included Mulder & Scully and Road Rage?
22:33Catatonia.
22:33Yes. What name, derived from a Latin word for platform, is given to the raised and enclosed stand in a church from where a preacher delivers a sermon?
22:42Deus? No, Pulpit. What's the title of the Emmy award-winning television series created by Armando Iannucci that stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the senior American politician, Selina Meyer?
22:55Thiep. It is. Thiep. Alan, you had no passes, and at the end of that round, you've got 19 points.
23:03And finally, let's have Emma again, please.
23:21Emma, you start with 11 points. The score to beat to get through to the semifinals is Alan's 19 points, and you've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
23:30Here we go.
23:31In a work published in 1786, the poet Robert Burns described what traditional Scottish dish as the Great Chieftain or the Puddin Race?
23:39Haggis.
23:40Yes. The word mum, spelt M-U-M, is an informal abbreviation for the name of what flower?
23:46Chrysanthemum.
23:47Yes. Which day of the week is known in French as samdi?
23:51Saturday.
23:51Yes. The shipping forecast area of Finisterre was given what new name in 2002, after the British Admiral,
23:58who established what is now the UK Met Office in the 1850s?
24:02Nelson.
24:03No, Fitzroy.
24:03In the 2010 television comedy travelogue, The Trip, and subsequent series filmed in Italy, Spain and Greece, Rob Brydon visits a succession of restaurants with which other actor?
24:13Steve Coogan.
24:14Yes. In which sport did Amy Yang from South Korea and the Japanese players Ayaka Furuwe and Yuka Sasso win major tournaments in 2024?
24:25Ping pong.
24:26No, golf. Which English city's cathedral was badly damaged by a major fire in 1984 after the roof of its south transept was struck by lightning?
24:35York.
24:35Yes. The American dancer and singer Bill Robinson, whose birthday on the 25th of May was chosen by the US Congress to mark the annual National Tap Dance Day, was commonly known by what nickname?
24:46Mr Tap.
24:47No, Bojangles.
24:49In an abbreviation for an imperial measurement of the resolution of an image on a computer printer, the letters DPI stand for what three-word term?
24:59Pass.
25:00Although it's derived from a Latin word which can mean jaw, the adjective malar, spelt M-A-L-A-R, means relating to which other part of the face?
25:11The head.
25:12No, Cheek. The darkly comic 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was written by which American author and journalist?
25:19Hunter Thompson.
25:20Yes. In the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace, the Jedi master, Qui-Gon Jinn, is played by which actor born in Northern Ireland?
25:30Peter Cushing.
25:31No, Liam Neeson. What name for the cylindrical body of an aircraft is derived from a French verb meaning to shape like a spindle?
25:39Cylinder.
25:40No, Fusilage. Which British group had a UK number one album with their 2004 debut release, Room on the Third Floor, featuring the chart-topping singles Five Colours in Her Hair and obviously?
25:51Ocean Colour Scene.
25:52No, McFly. What flightless bird native to Australia once had Tasmanian, King Island and Kangaroo Island subspecies, which all became extinct in the 19th century?
26:02Emu?
26:03It was. Emu.
26:05Emma, you had just a one pass in an abbreviation for an imperial measurement of the resolution of an image on a computer printer. The letters DPI. They stand for dots per inch.
26:17And at the end of that round, Emma, you've got 18 points.
26:22So let's have a look at the final scores. In fourth place with seven points, it's Fionn. In third place with 16 points, it's William. In second place with 18 points, it's Emma, which means in first place one point ahead. On 19 points, it's Alan. So he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
26:50If you'd like to be a contender in the next series, please go to our website, bbc.co.uk slash mastermind, and you can follow us at Mastermind Quiz. Join us again next time for more Masterminds. Thanks for watching. Bye for now.
27:05I'm feeling completely overwhelmed and shocked. Emma did so well in her specialist subject round, but you've just got to keep on answering as many questions as you can, and somehow I managed to stumble my way over the line.
27:23Berry Berry?
27:24Yes.
27:24Swan Lake?
27:25Yes.
27:25Veep?
27:26It is. Veep.
27:27Applying for Mastermind has been part of my midlife crisis. I've just turned 50, and my beautiful, beautiful wife, Victoria, encouraged me to apply, and here I am. From a really early age, mum and dad have encouraged my sister and I to watch it, so I've been shouting answers at the tally for a really long time, and I can't wait to share this with them.
27:51In first place, one point ahead on 19 points. It's Alan, so he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
27:59It means a lot. This show is a cornerstone of British quizzing, and just to even be here for the heat is amazing, and to get to the semis is beyond what I thought was possible.
28:21We'll see you next time.
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