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00:24Clive Myrie
00:25Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are...
00:30Angus Burns, an events officer.
00:32His specialist subject is the London 2012 Olympic Games.
00:35Kim McKenzie, a supporter care manager.
00:38Her subject is the architect Frank Gehry.
00:41Mark Pagan, a retired optometrist.
00:43He'll be answering questions on British waterfowl and wading birds.
00:47And Pete Simmons, an IT contractor,
00:49whose specialist subject is the BBC's House of Cards trilogy.
00:58In peak quizzing condition like prize fighters,
01:01our contenders tonight are at the top of their game.
01:04And when the bell rings and the bout begins like heavyweight champions,
01:07they'll be on their own in the ring.
01:09Two minutes of specialist subject questions
01:11and two and a half minutes on general knowledge
01:13can feel like a lifetime if you're on the ropes,
01:16but survive the blows and the chance to become Mastermind Champion is yours.
01:20Round one is about to begin,
01:23so can I ask our first contender to join us please.
01:35Your name?
01:36Angus Burns.
01:37Your occupation?
01:38Events officer.
01:39And your specialist subject?
01:40The London 2012 Olympic Games.
01:42The events of summer 2012 when London hosted the Games for the third time.
01:47In two minutes.
01:48Here we go.
01:49Which British cyclist signalled the start of the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony
01:53by ringing a large harmonically tuned bell?
01:56Bradley Wiggins.
01:57Yes.
01:57All the equestrian events at the 2012 Olympics were held in which Royal Park?
02:02Greenwich Park.
02:03Yes.
02:03A 15-year-old named Ruta Melutite won which European country's first ever swimming gold medal
02:09when she was successful in the women's 100 metres breaststroke?
02:13Lithuania.
02:13Yes.
02:14Ben Ainslie won the fourth gold medal of his career
02:16when he defeated the Danish sailor Jonas Ho Christensen in which sailing class?
02:21Finn.
02:22Yes.
02:22In the final of the men's gymnastics pommel horse competition,
02:25what part of the overall score was used to break the tie between Great Britain's Louis Smith
02:30and Hungary's Christian Berkey, resulting in Berkey winning the gold medal?
02:34Artistic interpretation?
02:36No.
02:36Execution score.
02:38Which Ethiopian athletes won an early gold medal inside the Olympic Stadium
02:41and in doing so became the first runner to successfully defend the women's 10,000 metres title?
02:49Dababa.
02:50Yes.
02:51In which sport were four pairs in the women's doubles competition
02:54disqualified for deliberately trying to lose their final pool matches
02:58in order to gain a favourable draw in the knockout stages?
03:01Badminton.
03:01Yes.
03:02Which British runner finished last in the final of the men's 800 metres,
03:05but in a time that would have won gold in the three Olympic Games
03:09that immediately preceded London 2012?
03:12Laura Muir.
03:13No.
03:14Andrew Osagi.
03:15Which country knocked out the defending champions in both the men's water polo
03:18and the men's volleyball competitions, winning a silver and bronze medal respectively?
03:23Croatia?
03:23No.
03:24Italy.
03:24Which player scored two goals for the United States in the final
03:27of the women's football competition as they beat Japan 2-1 to win gold?
03:32Er, I was at that game.
03:34Er, Mia Hamm.
03:36No.
03:36Carly Lloyd.
03:37Which sprinter finished third behind Usain Bolt and Johan Blake
03:41to secure all three medals for Jamaica in the men's 200 metres?
03:44Assefa Powell?
03:45No.
03:46Warren Weir.
03:47When the IOC president, Jacques Rogg...
03:49I've started so I'll finish.
03:50When the IOC president, Jacques Rogg, gave his verdict on the 2012 Olympics
03:54at the closing ceremony, he summed the games up with what three-word phrase
03:58from the British national anthem?
04:00Happy and glorious.
04:02It was.
04:02Happy and glorious.
04:04Angus, at the end of that round you had no passes.
04:07You've got seven points.
04:17And our next contender, please.
04:26Your name?
04:27Kim McKenzie.
04:28Your occupation?
04:29Supporter care manager.
04:31And your specialist subject?
04:32Frank Gehry.
04:33The acclaimed Canadian-American architect, born in Toronto in 1929.
04:38In two minutes.
04:39Here we go.
04:40Although he later changed his name to Gehry, Frank was born with what surname?
04:44Goldberg.
04:45Yes, the exterior of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
04:48One of Gehry's best-known projects is clad with thin panels of what metal,
04:52hitherto rarely used on buildings?
04:54Titanium.
04:55Yes.
04:55After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1954,
04:59Gehry applied for a job at the firm of which architect,
05:02but turned it down when he realised he would have to pay to work there?
05:06Richard Nutra.
05:07Yes.
05:08What's the name of the outdoor concert hall in Columbia, Maryland,
05:11completed in 1967, which had been commissioned by the Rouse Company
05:15and was co-designed by Gehry?
05:17Meriwether Post Pavilion.
05:18Yes.
05:19Gehry was presented with the 1989 Pritzker Prize for Architecture
05:22at the Todeji, an ancient Buddhist temple in which city in Japan?
05:27Nara.
05:27Yes.
05:28For which US ambassador to Finland did Gehry build a house
05:31in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles in the late 1980s?
05:35Rockwell Schnabel.
05:36Yes.
05:37What building in Wyzetta, Minnesota, completed in 1987,
05:40was unusual in that it was a Frank Gehry residential project outside California?
05:45The Winton House.
05:46Yes.
05:47What was the name of Gehry's friend in whose memory
05:49he designed a cancer care centre in Dundee, his first building in the UK?
05:53Maggie Keswick.
05:54Yes.
05:55From around 1989, Gehry's architectural practice used an adapted form of what software
06:01originally developed by the French company Dassault Systeme for the aviation and aerospace industries?
06:06Katia.
06:07Yes.
06:07Yes.
06:07Gehry designed two complexes for the modern furniture company Vitra, one in Weil am Rhein, Germany,
06:13and another at their headquarters just outside which Swiss city?
06:17Basel.
06:17Yes.
06:18In the 1980s, which actor bought three Gehry designed loft-styled condominiums on Indiana Avenue
06:23in the Venice neighbourhood of Los Angeles and turned them into a compound?
06:29Dennis Hopper.
06:30Yes, it was.
06:31As part of his design for the Shire Day offices in Los Angeles, Gehry enlisted the help of which
06:36Swedish-born sculptor and his wife to construct a pair of towers in the shape of binoculars?
06:41Place Oldenburg.
06:42It was.
06:43Oldenburg.
06:44Kim, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
06:47You got them all right.
06:4812 points.
06:57And our next contender, please.
07:07Your name?
07:08Mark Pagan.
07:09Your occupation?
07:10Retired optometrist.
07:12And your specialist subject?
07:13British waterfowl and wading birds.
07:15The birds that inhabit the lakes, rivers and coastal areas of the British Isles.
07:19In two minutes.
07:20Here we go.
07:21The frontal shield, a plate above the beak of some birds in the rail family, is typically white in coots.
07:26And what primary colour in moorhens?
07:29Red.
07:29Yes.
07:30The name of which small shorebird refers to its habit of flipping over pebbles to search for food underneath?
07:35Turnstone.
07:36Yes.
07:37The male of the wading bird, Calydris pugnax, is known as a ruff.
07:41What's the usual term for the much smaller female?
07:43Reeve.
07:44Yes.
07:44During its courtship display, which wading bird makes a distinctive whirring sound known as drumming,
07:49bleating or rattling caused by air being forced through its stiff tail feathers as it flies?
07:54The snipe.
07:55Yes.
07:56What's the term for an often brightly coloured patch on the secondary wing feathers of various duck species,
08:01such as the deep blue patch on a mallard's wing?
08:04Speculum.
08:05Yes.
08:05Britain's visiting population of the Brent goose declined sharply in the 1930s,
08:09when which plant, a staple food source for the species, was afflicted by disease?
08:14Eelgrass.
08:14Yes.
08:15Avocets were declared extinct in Britain in the 19th century.
08:18But in 1947, breeding pairs were found at two sites in Suffolk, both of which became RSPB reserves.
08:25These are Hovergate Island and which other site?
08:28Minsmere.
08:29Yes.
08:29Which British wader can be identified from a white V-shaped area visible on its back when the bird is
08:35in flight,
08:36and from its springtime call that's often compared to yodelling?
08:41Ida.
08:41No, the red shank, which is the only species of duck that's a regular summer migrant to the British Isles,
08:48spending the winter months in Africa and returning to Britain each year to breed.
08:52Gargony.
08:53Yes.
08:53A 1997 study found that which migratory species of aquatic bird forms a close association with the velvet scota,
09:00feeding on worms that are unearthed as the duck feeds?
09:04Common scota?
09:05No, it's the red-necked grebe.
09:07The British population of which heron, with black legs and yellow feet,
09:11was severely reduced by hunting in the 19th century,
09:14its long-necked plumes said to have been more valuable than gold?
09:17Little egret.
09:18Yes.
09:19Which wintering duck that occasionally breeds in the Scottish Highlands?
09:22I've started, so I'll finish.
09:24Has the scientific name Bucephala clangula,
09:27partly derived from the Latin for bull-headed, in reference to its bulbous head shape?
09:31Golden eye.
09:32It is golden eye.
09:34Mark, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
09:37You've got ten points.
09:47And our final contender, please.
09:57Your name?
09:58Pete Simmons.
09:59Your occupation?
10:00IT contractor.
10:01And your specialist subject?
10:02The BBC's House of Cards trilogy.
10:04The 1990s television drama about the rise and fall of the Machiavellian MP, Francis Urquhart.
10:10In two minutes.
10:10Here we go.
10:11In the first series of the House of Cards trilogy,
10:14what's the name of the Conservative Prime Minister,
10:16whom the Government Chief Whip, Francis Urquhart, is scheming to replace?
10:19Henry Collingridge.
10:20Yes.
10:21In order to discredit Henry Collingridge.
10:23With accusations of insider trading, Urquhart purchases shares in the name of the Prime Minister's brother.
10:28In what company?
10:29Mendox Chemicals.
10:30Yes.
10:31In the first series, what's the name of the fictitious advertising agency whose offices are the venue for the election
10:36night party hosted by the Conservative Party's publicity director, Roger O'Neill?
10:41Meryl Grant.
10:42Yes.
10:42What's the name of the director of both House of Cards and To Play the King, who was succeeded in
10:47the role by Mike Vardy for the final cut?
10:50Paul Seed.
10:51Yes.
10:51Scenes set in the corridors and internal public areas of the Houses of Parliament were filmed inside which civic building
10:57in Northern England?
10:58Manchester Town Hall.
10:59Yes.
11:00Urquhart tells a gathering of colleagues and allies that he intends to call an election after the newly crowned king
11:05has been critical of government policies in a speech made to what organisation?
11:11The Charities Commission.
11:12Yes.
11:13The residence of the king's ex-wife is referred to by the Urquhart's as the House of Wounded Feelings and
11:18is known in the tabloid press by what other nickname?
11:21Sloan Castle.
11:22Yes.
11:22What's the full name of the television news reporter played by Don Warrington in To Play the King?
11:27Graham Gaunt.
11:27Yes.
11:28At which location at the Palace of Westminster does the journalist Matty Storrin confront Urquhart about his involvement in the
11:34poisoning of Roger O'Neill?
11:36The Roof Garden.
11:36Yes.
11:37What's the title of the television show on which Henry Collingridge is questioned about the Mendoch Shares scandal?
11:43World Watch.
11:43Yes.
11:44In To Play the King, when Urquhart is complimented by Sarah Harding on his interview performance on a television show,
11:50he tells her that his prose style has been hugely influenced by that of which author?
11:54Beatrix Potter.
11:55Yes.
11:55What's the name of the British judge who chairs an international panel that's arbitrating the sea boundaries of Cyprus for
12:01an international agreement?
12:03Sir Clive Watling.
12:04Yes.
12:04Michael Dobbs had to revise his original House of Cards novel in order to write its sequels, after which screenwriter
12:10made a significant change to the ending of the successful television adaptation?
12:15Andrew Davies.
12:16It is.
12:17Andrew Davies.
12:18It is.
12:19Pete, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
12:21You got them all right.
12:2213 points.
12:33At the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
12:37In fourth place with seven points, it's Angus.
12:39In third place with 10 points, it's Mark.
12:41In second place with 12 points, it's Kim.
12:44And in first place with 13 points, it's Pete.
12:48So now it's general knowledge.
12:50And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account, and the person
12:54with the fewer passes is the winner.
12:56And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
12:59So let's ask Angus to join us again, please.
13:09Angus, you start with seven points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
13:13Here we go.
13:14What word for a small house, especially one in the country, precedes cheese in the name of a soft, mild
13:20-flavoured, low-fat dairy product?
13:22Cottage.
13:22Yes. Which of the three common types of statistical average is obtained by adding up a set of values and
13:28dividing the total by the number of values in the set?
13:31Mean.
13:32Yes. The 1956 stage musical My Fair Lady by Lerner and Lowe is an adaptation of which play by George
13:38Bernard Shaw?
13:39Pygmalion.
13:40Yes. Which UK Prime Minister had the nickname The Welsh Wizard?
13:46Pass.
13:46Pass.
13:47What's the title of the 2025 drama series starring Jodie Whittaker about three mothers in Corby who fight for justice
13:53after their children are born with disabilities attributed to the local dumping of industrial waste?
13:59Pass.
14:00In Greek mythology, Hippolyta was the queen of which race of women?
14:06Amazon.
14:07Yes. Which American author who died in 2023 wrote the novels The Road and Blood Meridian?
14:12Cormac McCarthy.
14:13Yes. In one of the modifier keys on a standard UK computer keyboard, the letters FN are an abbreviation of
14:20what word?
14:21Function.
14:22Yes. Which American singer's 1976 UK hit album Songs in the Key of Life features the track Sir Duke, a
14:28tribute to the jazz musician Duke Ellington?
14:32Um...
14:33Stevie Wonder.
14:33Yes. The surname of which artist who was born in Normandy in 1594 but spent most of his life in
14:39Rome is a French word used in English for a farmed young chicken?
14:44Hen.
14:45No. Poussa.
14:46What percussion instrument with a German name that translates as bell play is played by hitting tuned metal plates with
14:52a pair of small hammers?
14:54Glockenspiel.
14:54Yes. What word for the beginning or origin of something is the English title of the first book of the
14:59Bible?
15:00Genesis.
15:00Yes. Patmos, Rhodes and Kos are part of which group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea whose name translates
15:06as twelve islands?
15:09Pass.
15:10What adjective derived from the Latin word for bear is used to describe something that pertains to bears or resembles
15:17a bear?
15:20Um...
15:20Paul Sine.
15:21No, Ur-Sine. Which golf course in the US state of Georgia features a notoriously challenging section known as Amen
15:28Corner on its 11th, 12th and 13th holes?
15:31Augusta National.
15:32Yes. Which British city's tram system has stops named Haymarket, St Andrew's Square and Foot of the Walk?
15:38Edinburgh.
15:39Yes. In what 1998 film based on a 1960s television series, the Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman play secret agents
15:46trying to save the world from a villainous scientist?
15:49The Avengers.
15:49It is the Avengers.
15:52Angus, you had three passes, Patmos, Rhodes and Kos. They're part of the Dodecanese group of Greek islands.
16:00The title of the 2025 drama series starring Jodie Whittaker about three mothers in Corby who fight for justice, that
16:06toxic town.
16:08And the UK Prime Minister, whose nickname was the Welsh wizard, David Lloyd George.
16:13At the end of that round, Angus, you've got 19 points.
16:26Next up, let's have Mark again, please.
16:37Mark, you start with 10 points. The score to beat as it stands is 19 points.
16:41You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
16:43Here we go. Paul Hewson, who was a founding member of the rock group U2 in 1976,
16:48is best known by what nickname?
16:51The Edge.
16:52No, Bono. The name of what imperial unit of weight is commonly abbreviated to the letters OZ?
16:57Ounce.
16:58Yes. Which US president was sworn into office immediately after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963?
17:04Harry Truman.
17:05No, Lyndon B. Johnson.
17:07What West End comedy stage musical tells the story of two American missionaries who were sent from their home in
17:12Utah to preach in Uganda?
17:14Book of Mormon.
17:15Yes. In the human skeleton, what's the medical name for the thigh bone?
17:21The femur.
17:22Yes. Which long poem by T.S. Eliot, first published in 1922, is set out in five parts, with the
17:28first part entitled The Burial of the Dead?
17:30The Wasteland.
17:31Yes. The railway station of which Scottish town, around 80 miles north of Inverness and less than 20 miles from
17:37John O'Groats, is the northernmost station in the UK?
17:40Thurzo.
17:41Yes. Lenny James won a BAFTA in the leading actor category in 2025 for his title role as Barry Walker
17:48in what television drama series?
17:50Pass.
17:51What Latin word for a lock of hair is used in meteorology as the name for a type of thin,
17:56wispy cloud found at high altitudes and consisting of ice crystals?
18:01Cirrus.
18:01Yes. What was the full professional name of the American fashion designer born Catherine Brosnahan in 1962, who launched her
18:08own line of handbags in 1993 with a logo featuring a symbol that appears on playing cards?
18:15Pass.
18:16The lambada, the polka and the hornpipe are all types of what leisure activity?
18:21Dance.
18:21Yes. The Kiel Canal in northern Germany connects the Baltic Sea to which other sea?
18:26The North Sea.
18:26Yes. What name derived from the Greek word for tongue is given to an alphabetical list of technical terms and
18:32their definitions are often found at the end of a book?
18:35Appendix.
18:36No. Glossary. In greyhound racing in Great Britain, a dog wearing a blue jacket with a white numeral will start
18:42from which trap number?
18:43One.
18:44No. Two. The 2008 film The Other Boleyn Girl was adapted from a novel of the same title written by
18:50which author known for her historical fiction?
18:54Philippa Gregory.
18:55Yes. The Pokrovsky Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is better known by what other name in honour of a Russian
19:02saint?
19:02St. Basil's.
19:03Yes. Which knighted comedian died at his home in Thomas Lane, Naughty Ash, Liverpool in 2018, in the same house
19:09where he'd been born more than 90 years earlier and had lived throughout his life?
19:13Ken Dodd.
19:14Yes.
19:15And that's the end of your round.
19:18Mark, you had the two passes. The full professional name of the American fashion designer whose logo features a symbol
19:25that appears on playing cards, Kate Spade.
19:28And Lenny James won a BAFTA in the leading actor category for the television drama series, Mr. Loverman.
19:37At the end of that round, Mark, you've got 21 points.
19:50Next up, it's Kim.
19:59Kim, you start with 12 points. The score to beat, as it stands, is 21 points and you've got two
20:04and a half minutes on general knowledge.
20:06Here we go. The children's custom of trick-or-treating and dressing up in ghoulish costumes is part of which
20:11annual celebration?
20:12Halloween.
20:13Yes. What term is used in geometry to describe a triangle with three sides of the same length and three
20:18identical internal angles?
20:20Equilateral.
20:21Yes. A classic black Russian cocktail is made with coffee, liqueur and which spirit?
20:26Rum.
20:26No, vodka. The Baltimore Orioles, the Miami Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks are professional teams in what sport?
20:32NFL.
20:33No, baseball. The skeleton coast, noted for shipwrecks and the bones of marine creatures found on its shoreline, is part
20:40of which country in southwest Africa?
20:42Somalia.
20:43No, Namibia. Which British singer reached number two in the UK albums chart with her 2023 debut release entitled My
20:5021st Century Blues, featuring the chart-topping single Escapism?
20:54Ray.
20:55Yes. What term, applied to mammals such as elephants, rhinos and hippos, noted for having thick skin, is derived from
21:01a Greek word meaning thick-skinned?
21:04John Smith.
21:05Yes.
21:06No, Pachyderm.
21:07At the July 2024 UK general election, which former leader of the Labour Party was re-elected as an independent
21:13MP representing the London constituency of Islington North?
21:17Jeremy Corbyn.
21:18Yes. Which New Zealand-born British scientist was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering studies into
21:25radioactivity?
21:27Rutherford?
21:28Yes.
21:28Mog the Forgetful Cat, published in 1970, is the first in a series of children's books by which British author?
21:35Anne Fine.
21:36No, Judith Carr. Beauvais Airport serves which European capital city?
21:41Helsinki.
21:42No, Paris. Which actor won his first Oscar for his performance as an Irish writer with cerebral palsy in the
21:481989 film My Left Foot?
21:50Daniel Day-Lewis.
21:51Yes. On a guitar, what name is usually given to the raised metal strips that divide the fingerboard into intervals
21:56that indicate the individual notes?
21:59Plectrum?
21:59No, Fretz. The tune College Boy performed by the Balanescu Quartet is the title music to which long-running television
22:06quiz show?
22:10Eggheads.
22:11No, University Challenge. Which British portrait artist was appointed as the first president of the Royal Academy when it was
22:16founded in 1768?
22:18Joshua Reynolds.
22:19Yes. The Hang Seng Index is an indicator of the share price of selected companies on which Asian stock exchange?
22:25South Korea?
22:26No, Hong Kong. Which 19th century French chemist and microbiologist is credited with having developed the first effective vaccines against
22:33anthrax and rabies?
22:35Le Poissier.
22:37No, Pasteur.
22:40Kim, you had no passes. You've got 19 points.
22:53Finally, let's have Pete.
23:04Pete, you start with 13 points. The score to beat to get through to the semi-finals is Mark's 21
23:09points. You've now got two and a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
23:13Mustangs which roam wild on the plains of North America are small feral crossbreeds of what creature?
23:18Horse.
23:19Yes.
23:19A type of cone-shaped hat, usually made of red felt, is named after which city in northern Morocco?
23:25Fez.
23:26Yes. What American television series first shown from 1989 to 2001 stars David Hasselhoff as a Malibu-based lifeguard named
23:34Mitch Buchanan?
23:35Baywatch.
23:35Yes. Turku, Tampere and Oulu are cities in which northern European country?
23:41Finland.
23:42Yes. In March 2025, the broadcaster Anna Foster, who'd been a BBC Middle East correspondent, succeeded Michelle Hussain on the
23:49presenting team of which current affairs show on Radio 4?
23:52The Today programme.
23:53Yes. Which Italian football club, which won its 36 Serie A title in 2020, has a name derived from the
23:59Latin word for youth?
24:01Juventus.
24:02Yes. The dish, scotch woodcock, comprises eggs usually scrambled on toast, served with fillets of what small fish?
24:10Anchovy.
24:10Yes. In what 2024 film, based on a memoir by Amy Liptrot, does Saoirse Ronan play a recovering alcoholic who
24:18moves back to her home in Orkney?
24:21Pass.
24:22Which US Army general, who died in 2021, also served as Secretary of State during the first term of office
24:29of President George W. Bush?
24:31Conan Powell.
24:32Yes. In the 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, the title character has what surname?
24:38Bucket.
24:39Yes. In the acronym OFGEM, the name of the regulatory body for the energy market in Britain, the letter G,
24:45stands for what word for a type of fuel?
24:48Gas.
24:48Yes. What was the stage name of the Marx woman born in Ohio in 1860 who toured with Buffalo Bill's
24:55Wild West show and was given the nickname Little Sure Shot?
24:59Calamity Jane?
25:00No. Annie Oakley. The American singer Gloria Gaynor won a Grammy Award in the category Best Disco Recording for what
25:061979 song?
25:07I Will Survive.
25:08Yes. Which month of the year is known in Spanish as Enero?
25:12January.
25:12Yes. The annual Great Yorkshire Show, an agricultural event held at various locations since 1838, moved to a permanent home
25:20in 1951 in which spa town?
25:22Harrogate.
25:23Yes. What name derived from Greek words for measure and law is given to a device that produces a ticking
25:28noise at regular intervals and is used by musicians to keep tempo?
25:32Metronome.
25:33Yes. Which of Japan's volcano islands, once known as Sulphur Island, was the scene of intense fighting between Japanese and
25:40American forces in February and March 1945?
25:43Honshu.
25:44No. It was Iwo Jima.
25:48Pichu had the one pass, the 2024 film based on a memoir by Amy Liptrot that stars Saoirse Ronan playing
25:56a recovering alcoholic. It's the Outron.
26:00You didn't get that one, but it didn't matter. You've got 27 points. You've done it.
26:16So let's have a look at the final scores. In joint third place with 19 points each, Angus and Kim.
26:22In second place with 21 points, it's Mark, which means in first place with 27 points, it's Pete. So he
26:29goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
26:33If you'd like to be a contender in the next series, please go to our website, bbc.co.uk slash
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26:46Bye for now.
26:51Winning the heat just feels amazing. I couldn't believe the score at the end. I didn't think it was that
26:55high.
26:56You've got 27 points. You've done it. Thank you. I'm a huge fan of mastermind and in preparation for the
27:02show, I've been trying to score myself against the contestants and keeping track of it against a spreadsheet and seeing
27:08how I do against the average group of contestants.
27:11And my scores have been getting gradually better year on year. So I'm just glad that I far exceeded my
27:16average with that one.
27:17And your specialist subject?
27:18The BBC's House of Cards trilogy. I chose my subject as the House of Cards trilogy as it was a
27:23drama that I'd love to watch, one with my parents back in the 1990s and it was sort of, it's
27:29always been one of my favorites.
27:30So the chance to go through it in intricate detail like that was a joy for me to do.
27:36Meryl Grant.
27:37Yes.
27:38Sloane Castle.
27:39Yes.
27:39Sir Clive Watling.
27:41Yes.
27:41Going into the general knowledge round, I knew how many I had to get. I had the luxury of going
27:47last, but I'd lost complete count all the way through.
27:51So I couldn't believe the score when I heard it at the end.
27:53In first place with 27 points, it's Pete. So he goes through to the semifinals.
27:59I lost my mum a year and a half ago and she was a big part of why I love
28:03careers and to win anything, to win this, it should make her, I hope it makes her proud.
28:08If I get to the final and win the glass bowl, then that would just mean everything to me. This
28:12programme means so much to me and to win it would just be incredible.
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