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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Barsha Majumdar, a financial services professional.
00:33His specialist subject is the playing career of the Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.
00:38Hannah Mimiet, a lecturer whose subject is the Hunger Games series of books and films.
00:43Miles Searle, a student, he'll be answering questions on the composer and conductor
00:48Leonard Bernstein and Devin Krohn, a teacher trainer.
00:51Her subject is the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
00:59It's a huge moment in the life of any quizzer given a chance to perform on the biggest stage.
01:05But appearing on Mastermind means you're in for a tough ride.
01:08Two minutes of relentless questions on a specialist subject and two and a half minutes on general knowledge
01:13stand in the way of you potentially progressing to the semifinals.
01:17The challenge is daunting, but would you really want it any other way?
01:21We wish our quizzers all the luck in the world.
01:24They're going to need it.
01:25So can I ask our first contender to join us please?
01:37Your name?
01:39Bashib Majumdar.
01:40Your occupation?
01:41Financial services professional.
01:43And your specialist subject?
01:45The playing career of Sunil Gavaskar.
01:47The former cricketer who captained India's national team in the 1970s and 80s.
01:52In two minutes.
01:53Here we go.
01:54Sunil Manoha Gavaskar, known as SMG or Sunny, was partly inspired to become a cricketer by
02:00his test-playing uncle.
02:01What was his name?
02:03Madhav Mantri.
02:04Yes, Gavaskar made his test debut when he was selected for the second test of a tour of
02:09the West Indies in 1971 in a match held on which island?
02:13Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
02:15Yes, Trinidad.
02:16Which Pakistan player was the bowler during a match in Ahmedabad in 1987 when Gavaskar
02:21became the first cricketer to reach the milestone of 10,000 test runs?
02:25Hijaz Faki.
02:26Yes.
02:26Against which team in 1976 did Gavaskar captain India for the first time as a stand-in for
02:31the injured Bishan Bedi and led his team to an eight-wicket victory?
02:36New Zealand.
02:36Yes.
02:37In the third test in Melbourne in 1981, having reached a total of 70, Gavaskar was demonstrably
02:42furious after controversially being given out LBW by which Australian umpire?
02:48Whitehead.
02:49Yes.
02:49Under Gavaskar's captaincy, India won the inaugural staging of which competition in 1984 held
02:55in Sharjah?
02:56Asia Cup.
02:58Yes.
02:58In the first test at Old Trafford in June 1974, which England player shielded Gavaskar from
03:03enthusiastic away supporters after the Indian player's century had prompted a pitch invasion?
03:09Tony Grigg.
03:10No, Mike Dines.
03:10What was the name of Gavaskar's childhood friend with whom he opened the batting when
03:15India played their first one-day international against England at Leeds in 1974?
03:21Sudhir Nye.
03:21Yes.
03:22How many runs did Gavaskar score for a World XI against the MCC at Lourdes in August 1987,
03:28during which he announced his retirement from first-class cricket?
03:31188 in the first innings and zero in the second.
03:34Yes, after India's win by nine wickets against New Zealand at the 1987 World Cup in which
03:39Gavaskar scored 103 not out.
03:41He was jointly awarded player of the match, together with which bowler and teammate?
03:47Chetan Sharma.
03:48Yes.
03:49Gavaskar's only test wicket as a bowler came in a drawn match in Faisalabad in October 1978,
03:55when which Pakistan batsman was caught on 96 by Chetan Chauhan?
04:00Zaheer Abbas.
04:01It was Zaheer Abbas.
04:04Bas, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
04:07You've got ten points.
04:18And our next contender, please.
04:28Your name?
04:29Hannah Mimiotz.
04:29Your occupation?
04:31Lecturer.
04:31And your specialist subject?
04:33The Hunger Games.
04:33The best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels by Suzanne Collins,
04:37published between 2008 and 2010, and their four film adaptations.
04:41In two minutes.
04:42Here we go.
04:43At the start of The Hunger Games, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12
04:47of the fictional nation of Panem, along with her mother and her 12-year-old sister,
04:52who goes by what first name?
04:54Primrose.
04:54Yes.
04:55The annual reaping ceremony at which two children from each district are chosen to fight to the
04:59death in the televised Hunger Games is opened by Effie Trinket, an envoy to District 12,
05:05with the catchphrase,
05:06may the odds be ever what?
05:08In your favour.
05:09Yes.
05:09What alliterative two-word name do rebels in District 13 give to their plan to transmit propaganda
05:15broadcasts, or propos, across Panem in order to incite rebellion against the capital?
05:22Propo plan?
05:24No, airtime assault.
05:25In the film Mockingjay, part one, after a rebel Propo starring Katniss is broadcast across
05:30Panem, a hydroelectric dam is shown being blown up by citizens in which district?
05:36Five.
05:36Yes.
05:37When Katniss's best friend Gail is whipped for poaching a turkey in catching fire,
05:42Katniss's mother treats him with herbal medicine and an addictive painkiller known by
05:46what name?
05:48Morphling.
05:48Yes.
05:49What are the names of the cameraman brothers whom Katniss nicknames the insects, a reference
05:54to their shell-like suits?
05:55Castor and Pollux.
05:56Yes.
05:56In Mockingjay, Katniss obtains a voice-activated navigation device called a hollow, which can
06:02be ordered to explode by saying what word three times?
06:05Nightlock.
06:05Yes.
06:06The name of which fellow Hunger Games contestant prompts Katniss to think the names the people
06:11in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous.
06:13Glimmer.
06:14Yes.
06:14The soundtrack of the film Catching Fire features a ballad entitled Gail's Song,
06:18performed by which American band?
06:20The Lumineers.
06:20Yes.
06:21To survive during the Quarter Quell, a special edition of the Hunger Games held every 25
06:25years, Katniss makes use of what device that allows her to collect water from trees?
06:30A spile.
06:31Yes.
06:32Before the Quarter Quell, when Katniss is presented to the Hunger Games organisers, or
06:36game makers, she shows her defiance by repurposing a target dummy as an effigy and
06:41writing which former game maker's name on it?
06:44Seneca Crane.
06:45It is Seneca Crane.
06:48Hannah, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
06:50You've got ten points.
07:01And our next contender, please.
07:10Your name?
07:11Miles Searle.
07:12Your occupation?
07:12Student.
07:13And your specialist subject?
07:14Leonard Bernstein.
07:16The life and work of the celebrated American pianist, composer and conductor.
07:20Two minutes.
07:21Here we go.
07:22Bernstein's passion for playing the piano began when his family received an upright piano
07:26from an aunt who was known to them by what first name?
07:29Clara.
07:30Yes.
07:30In the early 1940s, when he worked for a publishing house writing popular arrangements of jazz
07:35tunes, Bernstein adopted what pseudonym based on a German translation of his surname?
07:40Lenny Amber.
07:40Yes.
07:41Bernstein's big break came in November 1943, when, as assistant conductor of the Philharmonic
07:46Symphony Society of New York, he was called upon to stand in for which conductor who'd
07:51been taken ill?
07:52Bruno Walter.
07:52Yes.
07:53In 1951, Bernstein married the actress and social activist Felicia Monte-Alegre at which
07:59temple in Boston?
08:00Temple Mishkan Tafila.
08:01Yes.
08:02Bernstein first worked with the choreographer Jerome Robbins in the 1940s when they collaborated
08:06on which ballet?
08:07Fancy Free.
08:08Yes.
08:09What was the name of the made-up language which was created by Bernstein with a friend
08:13when he was young and which he continued to use in family circles throughout his life?
08:17Riburnian.
08:17Yes, Bernstein was nominated for an Academy Award for the music for what 1954 film that
08:23went on to win eight Oscars?
08:24On the waterfront.
08:25Yes.
08:25On the 10th of April 1963, Bernstein accompanied the jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman for the premiere
08:31of a sonata written by which recently deceased French composer?
08:36Ravel.
08:37No, Poulenc.
08:37In 1966, Bernstein conducted Verdi's Falstaff at the Vienna State Opera, working closely with
08:43which celebrated filmmaker who directed the production?
08:46Franco Zeffirelli.
08:46No, Lucchino Visconti.
08:48Although Bernstein's stage musical West Side Story became a massive success, which producer,
08:53together with Roger Stevens, agreed to work on the project but then backed out, writing
08:58I think we're in trouble?
09:00Harold Prince.
09:01No, Joel Crawford.
09:02When invited to perform at the inaugural gala of President Jimmy Carter in 1977,
09:07Bernstein presented the piece to my dear and loving husband, extracted from what full
09:12work which premiered in October that year?
09:17Songfest?
09:18Yes.
09:19Bernstein composed a challenging piece of music which contestants were required to perform.
09:23I've started so I'll finish.
09:25Bernstein composed a challenging piece of music which contestants were required to perform
09:29as part of the Van Clijben International Piano Competition in 1981, giving the work what
09:36single word title?
09:37Touches.
09:38It was.
09:39Touches.
09:41Miles, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
09:43You've got nine points.
09:53And our final contender, please.
10:04Your name.
10:05Devon Crone.
10:06Your occupation.
10:06Teacher trainer.
10:07And your specialist subject.
10:09Edvard Munch.
10:09The renowned Norwegian painter born in 1863, best known for his work, The Scream.
10:15In two minutes.
10:16Here we go.
10:17In his early years, Edvard Munch was afflicted by poor health and was looked after by his
10:21aunt, who moved into the family home to help with childcare.
10:25What was her first name?
10:26Karen.
10:27Yes.
10:27For what building, now part of the University of Oslo, did Munch produce a series of paintings
10:32that took seven years to complete, including works such as Alma Mater, History and The Sun?
10:40The, um, Aula.
10:42Yes.
10:43What was the name of the wife of Munch's distant cousin, with whom he had an affair in the mid
10:47-1880s
10:48and who's believed to be the subject of his painting, Hulda?
10:52Milly Tawlo.
10:53Yes.
10:54What was the animal-related nickname of the Berlin Tavern, officially called Gustav Turk's
10:58wine and beer cellar, where in the early 1890s Munch socialised with the writer Auguste Strindberg?
11:04The Black Piglet.
11:05Yes.
11:06Which Danish poet and friend posed for a study depicting Munch's recently deceased father
11:10as a figure silhouetted in the moonlight in the 1890 painting Night in Saint-Club?
11:16Emmanuel Goldstein.
11:18Yes.
11:18Munch's most celebrated work, The Scream, was according to the artist, inspired by a walk
11:23at sunset on which hill on the outskirts of Christiania, now Oslo?
11:27Eckerberg.
11:28Yes.
11:29Betsy Nielsen was the model for what 1885 painting by Munch, first known as Just Study,
11:34which is often credited with helping to pioneer the Expressionist movement?
11:38The Sick Child.
11:39Yes.
11:39During a trip to Paris from 1896 to 1897, Munch attended the gatherings hosted each Tuesday
11:44by which influential French art critic and poet?
11:47Stéphane Melarmé.
11:49Yes.
11:49The building on Karl Johan Avenue in Christiania, where Munch and his fellow artists rented
11:54a studio in the early 1880s, had what nickname?
11:57Paul Tosten.
11:58Yes.
11:58What title did Munch give to the journal that he kept while undergoing treatment at a private
12:02nerve clinic in Copenhagen from 1908 to 09?
12:07Mad Poet's Diary.
12:08Yes.
12:08Following his death in 1944, Munch, against his expressed wish to be interred with his
12:13mother, was buried by the Nazi authorities in a plot in which cemetery in Oslo?
12:18Our saviour's.
12:19It was our saviour's graveyard.
12:22Devon, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
12:25You got them all right.
12:2511 points.
12:35Oh, it's perfectly poised.
12:38Let's have a look at the Specialist Subjects round scores.
12:40In fourth place, with nine points, it's Miles.
12:43In joint second place, with ten points each, it's Barsha and Hannah.
12:47And in first place, with 11 points, it's Devon.
12:51So now, it's general knowledge.
12:53And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account, and
12:57the person with the fewer passes is the winner.
12:59And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
13:02So, let's ask Miles to join us again, please.
13:12Miles, you start with nine points.
13:13You've now got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
13:16Here we go.
13:17Most of the Iberian Peninsula is occupied by Spain and which other EU country?
13:21Portugal.
13:22Yes.
13:22In March 2025, a four-year-old whippet called Miuccia from Venice won the Best in Show award
13:28at which televised annual event?
13:30Crufts.
13:31Yes.
13:31What sweet-smelling compound with the chemical formula CHCL3 was once widely used as a general
13:38anaesthetic?
13:38Chloroform.
13:39Yes.
13:40What was the surname of the Irish nationalist leader with the first names Charles Stewart,
13:44who campaigned for home rule in the late 19th century and is commemorated with a bronze
13:48statue in O'Connell Street in Dublin?
13:51Daniel O'Connell.
13:52No, Parnell.
13:53In 10-pin bowling, what's the highest possible score in a single game which is achieved with
13:5712 consecutive strikes?
13:59300.
13:59Yes.
14:00The Japanese ritual of chado, also known as charnoyu, involves the preparation of what
14:05hot drink?
14:06Key.
14:06Yes.
14:07What regal-sounding nickname was given to Rownybury House, a property in Sawbridgeworth,
14:12Hertfordshire, when it was bought by David and Victoria Beckham in 1999?
14:16King's House.
14:17No, Beckingham Palace.
14:19Which motor racing driver won the 2024 Formula One World Championship?
14:23Max Verstappen.
14:24Yes.
14:24What name, derived from Scots' Gaelic words meaning great sword, is given to the double-edged
14:29broadsword used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th and 17th centuries?
14:34Um, musket.
14:35No.
14:35Claymore.
14:36Which actor won an Oscar for his performance in the title role of the 1982 film Gandhi?
14:42Ben Kingsley.
14:42Yes.
14:43Ossification is the formation of what type of tissue within the human body?
14:47Bone.
14:47Yes.
14:48The best-selling 2018 album, 50 Years, Don't Stop, featuring hit singles such as Albatross,
14:53Little Lies and Everywhere, is a collection of tracks by which rock group?
14:57Fleetwood Mac.
14:58Yes.
14:58Which American car manufacturer, founded in 1902, was named after the French trader who
15:03more than 200 years earlier founded the city of Detroit?
15:06Cadillac.
15:07Yes.
15:07The metric unit of distance, the micrometer, used to measure microscopic objects,
15:12is what fraction of a metre?
15:14One one-thousandth.
15:15No, one-millionth.
15:16In international money markets, the letters HKD are an abbreviation for the name of what
15:21Asian currency?
15:22A Hong Kong dollar.
15:23Yes.
15:23I am the love that dare not speak its name, is the last line of a poem entitled
15:27Two Loves, by which British poet?
15:30Lord Byron.
15:31No, Alfred Douglas.
15:32What's the surname of the brothers Ashley and Jordan, who rose to fame as members of
15:36the street dance troupe Diversity, the winners of the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent?
15:41Bandro.
15:42Yes.
15:42Which museum on Trumpington Street in Cambridge is named after a Viscount who died in 1816
15:48and bequeathed his art collection, his library and a huge sum of money to the city's university?
15:54The Fitzwilliam Museum.
15:55It is the Fitzwilliam Museum.
15:58Miles, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
16:01You've got 22 points.
16:13Next up, it's Bashup.
16:23Bashup, you start with 10 points.
16:24The score to beat, as it stands, is 22 points.
16:27You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
16:29Here we go.
16:30In a well-known phrase often attributed to Andy Warhol, in the future, everyone will
16:35be world famous for how many minutes?
16:37One.
16:38No, 15.
16:39What fish has a colourful Japanese variety known as koi, typically kept in ornamental ponds?
16:46Koi.
16:47No, carp.
16:48The poem Funeral Blues, sometimes known instead by its opening line, Stop All the Clocks,
16:53was written by which 20th century poet?
16:57Benjamin.
16:58No, Auden.
16:59What major South American river flows from its source in the Guyana highlands and, for
17:04some of its length, forms the border between Venezuela and Colombia, before emptying into
17:08the Atlantic Ocean?
17:11Amazon.
17:12No, the Orinoco.
17:13The first three movements of which symphony by Beethoven have titles that translate as
17:17Awakening of Happy Feelings on Arriving in the Country, Seen by the Brook and Joyful Gathering
17:23of Country Folk.
17:24Sorry, Pastoral.
17:25Yes.
17:26On a golf course, what's the usual term for the hazard sometimes known as a sand trap?
17:31Bunker.
17:32Yes.
17:32In the context of dates, the abbreviation AD stands for what two-word Latin term, often
17:37translated into English as In the Year of Our Lord?
17:40Anno Domini.
17:40Yes.
17:41The 2024 cinema release, subtitled Folia Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, is
17:47a sequel to what 2019 film?
17:50Joker.
17:51Yes.
17:51The name of which silvery-grey metallic element with the atomic number 24 is derived from the
17:56Greek word for colour?
17:59Palladium?
17:59No, Chromium.
18:00The song Big Spender, which was a UK hit single for Shirley Bassey in 1967, is from what stage
18:06musical which opened on Broadway the previous year?
18:11Chicago.
18:12No, Sweet Charity.
18:13According to traditional royal etiquette, a formal letter to the king should end,
18:17I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Majesty's humble and obedient, what?
18:21Servant.
18:22Yes.
18:22In geometry, what specific name is given to a rectangle whose four sides are all equal?
18:30Parallelogram.
18:30No, Square.
18:31Which heavy rock band, fronted by Steve Tyler, collaborated with the hip-hop group Run DMC
18:36on the 1986 UK hit single Walk This Way?
18:42Oasis?
18:43No, Aerosmith.
18:44Constantine the Great is acknowledged to have been the first Roman emperor to convert to
18:48Christianity and is traditionally believed to have been baptised by which saint?
18:52And Pope.
18:53Augustine?
18:54No, Sylvester.
18:55What name derived from a French verb meaning to crunch is given to a small savoury cake,
19:00usually containing meat, fish or potato, that's coated in breadcrumbs and fried?
19:06Pass.
19:07It's croquettes.
19:10So that was your only pass, Bashub.
19:12And at the end of that round, you've got 15 points.
19:25Next up, it's Hannah.
19:34Hannah, you start with 10 points.
19:36The score to beat, as it stands, is 22 points.
19:39You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
19:41Here we go.
19:42According to a common expression, two's company, threes are what?
19:45A crowd.
19:45Yes.
19:46Which former manager of the England national men's football team was awarded a knighthood
19:50in the 2025 New Year's Honours list?
19:52Stanley.
19:53No, Gareth Southgate.
19:54And more than 8,000 feet, Mount Ida, is the highest peak on which Mediterranean island?
19:59Greece.
20:00No, Crete.
20:00Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry were founder members of which American
20:05band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980?
20:09Sum 41.
20:09No, R.E.M., which British author wrote the Gormungast trilogy of fantasy novels published
20:14in the 1940s and 50s?
20:16Robin Peake.
20:16Yes.
20:17The beauty products entrepreneur Trini Woodall and the fitness coach, Joe Wicks, appeared
20:21as guest investors on the 2025 series of what television programme?
20:25Dragon's Den.
20:26Yes.
20:26When used in text messages or on social media, the letters BTW normally stand for what three-word
20:32phrase?
20:33By the way.
20:34Yes.
20:34Which British fashion designer who made many outfits for Diana, Princess of Wales, created
20:38the dress worn by Queen Camilla at the coronation in 2023?
20:42Alexander McQueen.
20:43No, Bruce Oldfield.
20:44In architecture, a type of narrow balcony fitted with railings outside an upper-storey
20:48window of a building is named after which Shakespearean heroine?
20:52Juliet.
20:52Yes.
20:53The name of which filmmaking company noted for book adaptations such as A Room with a View,
20:58Howard's End and The Remains of the Day, comprises the surnames of the producer,
21:01Ismael and director James?
21:04Goldwyn Mayer.
21:05No, Merchant Ivory.
21:06What bird whose common name refers to its bright orange or yellow crown has the scientific
21:11name Regulus regulus and is, along with the similar firecrest, one of the smallest birds
21:16native to Britain?
21:18Kingfisher.
21:19No, Goldcrest.
21:19What's the literal English translation of the name Le Roi Soleil, which was applied to
21:24King Louis XIV of France?
21:26Flunking.
21:26Yes.
21:27In 1871, which Prussian statesman became the first chancellor of a united Germany?
21:31Um, Wilhelm.
21:33No, Bismarck.
21:34What name, after the British writer who postulated it in 1955, is given to the principle that
21:39work will expand to fill the time available for its completion?
21:43Orwell.
21:43No, Parkinson's Law.
21:45Abertey University is based in which Scottish city?
21:48Dundee.
21:48Yes, the English town of Melton Mowbray, near Leicester, is known for its many local producers
21:53of savoury pies, filled with what meat?
21:56Pork.
21:57Yes.
21:57What name, derived from a Greek word meaning scorching, is given to the bright star in the
22:01constellation Canis Major, that's popularly known as the Dog Star?
22:05Um, Sol.
22:06No, Sirius, what full name is shared by a Swedish actress who plays Jenny Lind in the
22:112017 film The Greatest Showman, and a British singer who was a runner-up on The X Factor and
22:23has had hit albums entitled Heaven, Freedom and Superwoman?
22:28Rebecca Ferguson.
22:29It is Rebecca Ferguson.
22:31Hannah, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
22:34You've got 19 points.
22:46And finally, let's have Devon again, please.
22:55Devon, you start with 11 points.
22:58The score to beat to get through to the semifinals is Miles' 22 points.
23:02You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
23:04Here we go.
23:05What word for a type of liquid soap used to wash hair is derived from a Hindi verb meaning
23:09to press?
23:10Shampoo.
23:11Yes.
23:11All odd numbers, when written out as words in English, contain which vowel letter?
23:18E.
23:19Yes.
23:19What word for a person who works with animal hides to make leather was also a common nickname
23:24for the pre-decimal sixpence UK coin?
23:27Tana.
23:28Yes.
23:28In the first two series of the television series, The Crown, which actress plays Queen Elizabeth
23:32II?
23:35Anna Friar, in which Olympic sport contested in a swimming pool by two teams of seven players
23:41is the aim to throw the ball into the opponent's goal?
23:45Autopolo.
23:45Yes.
23:46In 2022, which one-time press secretary and advisor to Tony Blair began co-presenting a
23:51podcast entitled The Rest Is Politics with the former Conservative MP Rory Stewart?
23:55Alastair Campbell.
23:56Yes.
23:56The small European country of Liechtenstein is situated entirely within what major mountain
24:01range?
24:06Pyrenees.
24:07No.
24:07The Alps.
24:07The Mexican actress Salma Hayek was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of which artist
24:12in a 2002 film?
24:13Frida Kahlo.
24:14Yes.
24:14What dog breed, which originated in Africa and is classified as a hound, is commonly described
24:19as having no bark but instead has a cry that's often likened to a yodel?
24:24Poodle.
24:24No.
24:25Basenji.
24:25In the 2025 Brit Awards, which Irish band, whose UK hit albums include A Hero's Death
24:30and Skinty Fear, won the International Group of the Year category for a second time?
24:36Boy's Own.
24:37No.
24:37Fontaine's DC.
24:38What handheld gripping tool, often used in DIY to extract nails or to twist wire, has a plural
24:44name derived from a French verb meaning to bend or to fold?
24:48Pliers.
24:49Yes.
24:49Starbuck.
24:50The first mate on board A Wailing Ship is a character in which 19th century novel by
24:55Herman Melville?
24:56Ruby Dick.
24:56Yes.
24:57The artist Vanessa Bell, who was a member of the influential Bloomsbury Group, was the
25:01elder sister of which novelist and literary critic?
25:04Sylvia Plath.
25:04No.
25:05Virginia Woolf, which English castle near Deal in Kent has been the official residence
25:09of the Lord Warden of the Sinkports since 1708?
25:12Leeds Castle.
25:13No.
25:13Walmer Castle during the 4th century BC, the forces of which Macedonian were victorious
25:17at the battles of the Granicus and Jaxates and the Persian Gate?
25:22Alexander the Great.
25:23Yes.
25:24The stage musical Here You Come Again, which opened in London in 2024, is the story of a
25:29diehard fan of which American country music singer?
25:31Johnny Cash?
25:33No.
25:33Dolly Parton.
25:34A road called the Overseas Highway.
25:35I've started to finish.
25:37A road called the Overseas Highway connects which chain of islands to the United States
25:41mainland?
25:42Hawaii?
25:43No.
25:44The Florida Keys.
25:46Devon, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
25:49You've got 20 points.
26:40Well, I mean, I feel absolutely brilliant.
26:44I mean, it was a huge surprise, I think.
26:46In first place with 22 points, it's Miles, so he goes through to the semi-finals.
26:51Congratulations to him.
26:52At the end of the first round, you know, being in fourth was definitely, you felt like there
26:58was a weight on your shoulders because you feel like almost you have to give it an extra
27:02push in the general knowledge round.
27:04Well, I'm a student at the moment and, well, being in my gap year just before heading off
27:08to university is, it seemed like the perfect time to do mastermind.
27:13And your specialist subject?
27:14Leonard Bernstein, very happy to be able to, you know, answer questions on something that
27:19I'm really interested in and I've spent months reading about and really, you know, getting
27:23into the life of Leonard Bernstein.
27:25Fancy Free?
27:25Yes.
27:26On the waterfront?
27:27Yes.
27:27Song Fest?
27:28Yes.
27:28Of course, the questions that I didn't get right are always going to be slightly annoying.
27:32The question on the West Side Story producer, for example, I'd read that just before I came
27:37out into the studio, so to get it and then sort of, you know, freeze up mentally slightly
27:41is annoying.
27:42Franco Zeffirelli.
27:43No, Lucchino Visconti.
27:45Going into the second half, being in last place after the first round, I thought, well,
27:50we're going in for speed at this point and I was going to answer the questions as quickly
27:53as possible, trying not to sort of sacrifice on accuracy, but I think that in the end was
28:00sort of, you know, what won it for me.
28:02Crufts.
28:03Yes.
28:03Max Verstappen.
28:04Yes.
28:05Fitzwilliam.
28:05It is the Fitzwilliam Museum.
28:08My dad is a London taxi driver and so I was thinking, well, the great red house go, you
28:14know, holding the glass bowl.
28:15So it's something that I would like to do.
28:17I mean, I'm not deluded.
28:19I'm not going to say it's a definite, but it's, you know, sitting in the chair at the
28:23end, I was thinking, well, now I've got through to the semi-final, why not see if I can go
28:28the whole way and, you know, do one for the taxi drivers, I suppose.
28:38And it's a great day.
28:40Oh, it's a great day.
28:44Not the feeling.
28:45I don't know.
28:45I don't know.
28:45Oh, it's a great day.
28:46Oh, it's a great day.
28:55Oh, it's a great day.
28:57You
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