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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Ellis Matthews, a vicar, whose specialist subject is the Italian artist and mathematician Piero della
00:35Francesca.
00:36Eulalie Burrows, a lab assistant. She'll be answering questions on Doctor Who, the Jodie Whittaker years.
00:42Ellen Sorkell, the housing association manager. Her subject is the 14th century king, Edward III.
00:48And Kumaran Siba Thelenathan, a solicitor. His specialist subject is the short stories of Roald Dahl.
01:00How would you handle the pressure of a grilling in the famous Mastermind black chair?
01:05Think you've got what it takes? Oh yes, I hear you cry from the comfort of your own living room.
01:10Well, we can all talk big from there.
01:12The answers are always easy to recall without the pressure of the ticking clock and the spotlight in your eyes.
01:18So, spare a thought for our four brave contenders tonight, willing to subject themselves to all that
01:24while trying to answer two minutes of rapid-fire questions on a specialist subject and two and a half minutes
01:29on general knowledge.
01:30We wish them well. So, can I ask our first contender to join us please?
01:43Your name?
01:44Ellis Matthews.
01:45Your occupation?
01:46Vicar.
01:47And your specialist subject?
01:48Piero della Francesca.
01:49The life and work of the 15th century artist and mathematician.
01:53In two minutes. Here we go.
01:55Piero della Francesca was born around 1415 to 1420 in which town in modern-day Tuscany?
02:01Borgo San Sepulcro.
02:02Yes. What's the title of Piero's early work in the collection of the National Gallery in London,
02:07which once adorned the altarpiece of the San Giovanni Battista in San Sepulcro?
02:12The Baptism of Christ.
02:13Yes. A panel of Piero's fresco cycle, The Legend of the True Cross, depicts which Roman emperor asleep in his
02:19tent?
02:20Constantine.
02:21Yes. What was the name of the soldier and lord of Rimini whom Piero painted kneeling before St Sigismund in
02:27a mural dated to 1451?
02:29Sigismundo Pandolfo Malatesta.
02:31Yes. When Piero completed a small panel painting of St Jerome in the wilderness for a local merchant in 1450,
02:38he was temporarily living in which city?
02:40Ancona.
02:41Yes. In late 1458 and the spring of 59, which newly elected pope commissioned Piero to complete a number of
02:47now lost works for the Vatican?
02:49Pius II.
02:50Yes. In which church in Rome can fragments be seen of ceiling decorations by Piero depicting the evangelists that are
02:56the artists' only surviving works in the city?
02:59Santa Maria Maggiore.
03:00Yes. What's the title of Piero's first treatise on mathematics on the subject of mercantile arithmetic, which he wrote in
03:07the mid-1460s?
03:08Tritato Tabacco.
03:09Yes. A fresco of which mythological hero dating to around 1470 is Piero's only known surviving secular work?
03:17Hercules.
03:17Yes. In Piero's altarpiece. For Sant'Antonio da Parava, which historical figure is depicted in the right foreground holding roses
03:25in the fold of her shawl after the bread she was distributing to the poor miraculously turned into flowers?
03:30Saint Agatha.
03:31No. Elizabeth of Hungary. Piero's painting of around 1474 depicting the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus and flanked by
03:39two angels is named after which port on the Adriatic coast?
03:43Senegalia.
03:44Yes. What was the name of the second wife of Federico di Montefeltro, who, together with her husband, is the
03:50subject of a dual portrait in the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, painted by Piero around 1472?
03:58Battista Sforza.
03:59It is Battista Sforza.
04:01Ellis, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 11 points.
04:14And our next contender, please.
04:23Your name.
04:24Yulele Burrows.
04:25Your occupation.
04:26Lab assistant.
04:27And your specialist subject.
04:29Doctor Who, the Jodie Whittaker years.
04:30Yes, the Adventures of the Thirteenth Doctor initially broadcast from 2017 to 2022 in two minutes.
04:37Here we go.
04:38In the episode, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, what does the nurse, Grace O'Brien, warn her grandson not
04:42to throw off the hill, shouting, don't you dare?
04:45His bike.
04:46Yes.
04:46In the Ghost Monument, Ebzo and Angstrom are rival competitors in a race around a planet called Desolation, called the
04:53Rally of the Twelve, what?
04:54Galaxies.
04:55Yes.
04:55Which episode takes its title from the name of a galactic company that delivers affairs to the Doctor on the
05:01TARDIS?
05:01Kablam.
05:02Yes.
05:03In the episode, The Suranga Conundrum, the alien Yoss gives his newborn son what name, supposedly after a hero of
05:10ancient Earth?
05:11Avocado.
05:12Yes.
05:12In the two-part story, Spyfall, which comedian plays a successful businessman, technology entrepreneur and former MI6 agent Daniel Barton?
05:20Lenny Henry.
05:21Yes.
05:21What's the name of the holiday resort on the desolate planet Orphan 55, visited by the Doctor and her companions
05:27after Graham wins them, a stay there by collecting coupons from the Bandozi Herald, delivered by the TARDIS coffee machine?
05:36Tranquility Spa.
05:37Yes.
05:37In the episode, Survivors of the Flux are prophesying, Hermit tells the Doctor's companion, Dan Lewis, to fetch your what?
05:44Dog.
05:45Yes.
05:45What's the three-word title of the travel vlog, co-hosted by the backpackers Gabriella and Jamila, in the episode,
05:51Praxeus?
05:52Three girls roaming.
05:53No, two girls roaming, in the haunting of Villa Diodati, during a brief discussion about the rules of interacting with
06:00history.
06:00The Doctor and her friends come to an agreement that they're not allowed to kiss which historical figure?
06:05Lord Byron.
06:06Yes.
06:07When the Doctor finally meets the businessman, Joseph Williamson, in the episode, The Vanquishers, she greets him with what illustrative
06:13nickname?
06:14Mad Mole.
06:15Yes.
06:15In the episode, The Timeless Children, what's the name of the Shabogan Explorer, who was named as being the first
06:20Gallifreyan to develop space travel?
06:24Tectein.
06:24Yes.
06:25In the 2022 Easter special, Legend of the Sea Devils, the Doctor realises that the TARDIS has materialised in a
06:31Chinese coastal village in the wrong time, being off target by how many centuries?
06:36Three.
06:37No, four.
06:37While following a Dalek...
06:39I've studied so, I'll finish.
06:40While following a Dalek in resolution, the Doctor describes the headquarters of what organisation as the biggest communications resource in
06:48the country?
06:49GCHQ.
06:50It is GCHQ.
06:52So, at the end of that round, Eulalie, you had no passes. You've got 11 points.
07:06And our next contender, please.
07:17Your name?
07:18Ellen Sulkeld.
07:19Your occupation?
07:20Housing Association manager.
07:22And your specialist subject?
07:23Edward III.
07:24The Plantagenet King of England, who won major victories in the Hundred Years' War and founded the Order of the
07:30Garter. In two minutes.
07:31Here we go.
07:32Edward III became king in 1327 at the age of 14, though the de facto rulers during his early reign
07:38were his mother, Isabella of France, and which nobleman?
07:41Roger Mortimer.
07:42Yes.
07:42When he was just 12 days old, the infant Edward was given what title by his father, Edward II?
07:47Earl of Chester.
07:48Yes. Which friend of Edward, who played a leading part in his counter-coup of 1330 to overthrow his regents,
07:54reputedly told Edward beforehand, it is better to eat the dog than be eaten by the dog?
07:59William Montague.
08:00Yes. In 1338, Edward met his ally, the Holy Roman Emperor, Ludwig of Bavaria, who crowned him Vicar Imperial at
08:07a ceremony in which city?
08:09Amiel.
08:09No, Koblenz.
08:10Edward lost two children in 1348, his three-month-old son, William of Windsor, and which of his daughters, who
08:16died of the plague while on her way to marry King Pedro of Castile?
08:20Jane.
08:20Yes. What was the name of Edward's royal ship captured by the French in 1338 alongside another vessel, the Edward,
08:27although the king was able to retake them both two years later?
08:31Pass.
08:31In August 1346, at which town on the western outskirts of Paris did a desperate Edward order his engineers to
08:38repair a broken bridge, allowing him to cross the Seine shortly before the Battle of Crécy?
08:43Uh, uh, uh, pass.
08:47In August 1350, Edward and his son, the Black Prince, ambushed a Castilian fleet in which battle fought off the
08:53south coast of England?
08:55Uh, uh, uh, Sluice?
08:58No, the Battle of Winchelsea. In 1341, Edward sent a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Stratford, accusing him
09:05of treason, criminal negligence, and failing to support him financially, which the Archbishop gave what name?
09:11Pass.
09:12Two days before the Battle of Crécy, Edward reached and fought his way across which ford in the estuary of
09:19the River Somme?
09:22Um, uh...
09:25Pass.
09:25For a short time during 1356 and 1357, Edward had the unusual distinction of holding prisoner the kings of both
09:33France and Scotland, respectively, John II and which other monarch?
09:37King David.
09:39More?
09:39The second.
09:40It is David II.
09:42Ellen, you had four passes. That ford in the estuary of the River Somme is Blanche Tac.
09:47In 1341, Edward sent a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Stratford, accusing him of treason. That letter was
09:53the Labellus Formosus.
09:55The town on the western outskirts of Paris, where Edward was desperate to order his engineers to repair a broken
10:01bridge, it was Poissy.
10:03And the name of Edward's royal ship captured by the French in 1338, it was the Christopher.
10:09So at the end of that round, Ellen, you've got five points.
10:21And our final contender, please.
10:31Your name?
10:32Cúmran Sivithala-Narthen.
10:34Your occupation?
10:35Solicitor.
10:36And your specialist subject?
10:37The short stories of Roald Dahl.
10:39The darkly humorous short stories by the British author best known for his children's books. In two minutes.
10:45Here we go.
10:46In the story's skin, the drunken protagonist, Trioli, asks the promising artist, Chaim Soutine, to tattoo a portrait of a
10:52woman on what part of his body?
10:54His back.
10:55Yes. In the last act, the troubled widow, Anna Cooper, travels to what rapacious, gripped, iron, godless American city for
11:02her work?
11:02Dallas.
11:03Yes. What type of dessert does the pregnant housewife, Mary Maloney, buy when she visits a grocery shop to establish
11:09an alibi after killing her unfaithful husband in Lamb to the Slaughter?
11:13A slice of cheesecake.
11:14Yes. What's the title of the short story that begins, once upon a time in the city of New York,
11:19a beautiful baby boy was born into this world and the joyful parents named him Lexington?
11:24Pig.
11:24Yes. The narrator of The Visitor receives a large wooden case from his wealthy bachelor, Uncle Oswald, which contains how
11:31many volumes of his diaries?
11:3228.
11:33Yes. What item does Mr Foster send as a present for his daughter when his wife, who has a pathological
11:38fear of being late, goes to visit her in Paris, in the story The Way Up to Heaven?
11:44Ring?
11:45No, comb. In The Champion of the World, what's the first name of the woman who delivers the pheasants obtained
11:50by the poachers Claude and Gordon, which have been hidden in a pram?
11:54Bessie.
11:55Yes. Beware of the Dog tells the story of an injured Spitfire pilot who, having bailed out of his fighter
12:00plane, wakes up in a hospital bed, where he's told by a nurse that he's in which British seaside resort?
12:06Brighton.
12:06Yes. The lecherous neighbours Vic and Jerry, in The Great Switcheroo, take their wives out to what high-class and
12:12expensive restaurant?
12:13Billy's Steakhouse.
12:15Yes. In the story Poison Set in Bengal, Dr Gandaby is summoned to the bedside of Harry Pope to deal
12:21with what venomous snake asleep on his stomach?
12:24A crate.
12:24Yes. Mr Tibbs, the title character in The Butler, pretends to serve his nouveau riche employer a great vintage, but
12:32really gives him an odious red wine from what country?
12:35Spain.
12:35Yes. In The Landlady, Billy Weaver, goes to Bath and, despite its eerie atmosphere, decides to stay at a bed
12:41and breakfast after he spots two animals in the living room, a parrot and what breed of dog?
12:46A dachshund.
12:47It is a dachshund.
12:49Humoran, you had no passes at the end of that round. You've got 11 points.
13:02And at the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores. In fourth place with
13:07five points, it's Ellen. And in joint first place with 11 points each, Ellis, Ulele and Kumaran.
13:13So now it's general knowledge. And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken
13:19into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. And if they're tied on passes as well,
13:24it's a tie break. So let's ask Ellen to join us again, please.
13:37Ellen, you start with five points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
13:42The name of which country in the southern hemisphere is sometimes abbreviated to the letters NZ?
13:47New Zealand.
13:47Yes. In darts, what's the usual name for the toe line or throw line behind which each player must stand
13:53while taking a turn?
13:54The hockey.
13:55Yes. What word for a public open-air swimming pool was originally the name of an island and beach resort
14:00at the edge of the Venice Lagoon in Italy?
14:03Lido.
14:04Yes. After the 2005 UK general election, David Cameron succeeded which politician as leader of the Conservative Party?
14:11John Major.
14:12No. Michael Howard. What shark is listed by Guinness World Records as the world's heaviest living species of fish?
14:19Great white shark.
14:20No. The whale shark. Which college at the University of Cambridge is the oldest, having been founded by Hugo de
14:25Bolsham, the Bishop of Ely, in 1284?
14:30Kings?
14:31No. Peter House. Dame Helen Mirren played DCI Jane Tennyson in what television police drama series written by Linda LaPlante
14:37and first shown in 1991?
14:40Prime Suspect.
14:40Yes. The feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is observed annually on the 17th of which
14:46month?
14:46March.
14:47Yes. The 2009 UK hit single, Empire State of Mind, was a collaboration between Jay-Z and which other singer?
14:53Rihanna.
14:54No. Alicia Keys. What pre-decimal UK coin was worth five shillings?
15:02Er, Frippney bit.
15:04No. Crown. Which of the late poets succeeded Henry James Pye as Poet Laureate in 1813 and held the post
15:11until his death 30 years later?
15:13John Betjeman.
15:14No. Robert Southie.
15:15What mineral, usually given as an example of a substance rated 9 on the Mohs scale of hardness, second only
15:21to diamond, has certain varieties that are prized as gemstones and has historically been used as an abrasive?
15:28Garnet.
15:28No. Corundum.
15:29In the 1966 film Born Free, what wild animal is Elsa, who is adopted by a game warden and his
15:35wife?
15:35A lion. Lioness.
15:37Yes. A paradiddle is one of the basic patterns used when playing what percussion instrument?
15:43Violin.
15:44No drums. On British roads, the common signs indicating a maximum speed limit display a number within a red outline
15:51of what geometric shape?
15:53Er, a circle.
15:55Yes. Which astronomer was honoured with a plaque in Westminster Abbey unveiled in 1986 describing him as the first to
16:02predict the return of the comet named after him?
16:04Halley.
16:05Yes. The Schick test was a method once used to determine whether a person is susceptible to what disease?
16:13Polio?
16:14No. Diphtheria.
16:17So, Ellen, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 13 points.
16:31Next up, it's Ellis.
16:41Ellis, you start with 11 points. The score to beat as it stands is 13 points, and you've got two
16:46and a half minutes on general knowledge.
16:48Here we go. A call of how's that or how's that is a player's appeal to the umpire in which
16:53sport?
16:53Cricket.
16:54Yes. In broadcasting, the word audio means relating to sound. What corresponding term derived from a Latin verb meaning to
17:00see means relating to a visual image?
17:03Vizio.
17:05No, video. When applied to a mixed choir or to four soloists, the abbreviation S-A-T-B stands for
17:12soprano, alto, tenor and what?
17:15Bass.
17:15Yes. Which title character of a Stephen King novel has been played by Sissy Spacek in a 1976 film and
17:21by Chloe Grace Moretz 37 years later?
17:24Carol?
17:25No, Carrie. The adjective vicennial describes something that occurs once every how many years?
17:3120?
17:32Yes. What name is given to the conflict fought in the 5th century BC between the Greek city-states of
17:37Athens and Sparta?
17:39The Wars of Troy?
17:40No, the Peloponnesian War. Which ball and socket joint in the human body is located at the top of the
17:46femur?
17:46Hip.
17:47Yes. From 2000 to 2009, the Glasgow MP Michael Martin held what role in the House of Commons?
17:53Speaker.
17:53Yes. Which British group, who won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize for their debut album Dummy, share their name with
18:00a coastal town near Bristol?
18:03Portis Head?
18:04Yes. The Spanish word caldera, meaning cauldron, is used in English as a name for a large, roughly circular depression
18:11at the centre of what geographical feature?
18:14A hill?
18:15No. Volcano. In 2024, the broadcaster, Winewin Evans, joined the presenting team of which long-running property-based television series?
18:25Cash in the Attic?
18:26No. Homes Under the Hammer.
18:28Which French artist, nicknamed Le Douanier or the Customs Officer, because of his job as a tax collector, became best
18:34known for his jungle scenes, including The Dream and Surprised, also known as Tiger in a Tropical Storm?
18:42William Blake?
18:43No. Rousseau. The 1953 novel, The Go-Between, was written by which British author?
18:48L.P. Hartley.
18:49Yes. Which European capital city's international airport is called Schiphol?
18:54Amsterdam?
18:55Yes. Chalk is a white sedimentary rock composed primarily of the carbonate of which metallic chemical element?
19:02Carbon.
19:02No. Calcium, in the abbreviation DPF, for a device installed in the exhaust system of a diesel-powered vehicle to
19:09reduce emissions, the letter F stands for what word?
19:12Filter.
19:12Yes. The lava of the crane fly or daddy long legs is known by what name because of its thick
19:17outer skin?
19:21Shell.
19:22No. Leather jacket.
19:25So, Ellis, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 20 points.
19:38Next up, it's Ulele.
19:47Ulele, you start with 11 points. The score to beat, as it stands, is 20 points. You've got two and
19:52a half minutes on general knowledge. Let's go.
19:54The modern term glamping for a form of holiday in luxurious tents is a blend of glamorous and what other
20:00word?
20:00Camping.
20:01Yes. At more than 13,600 feet, Mount Toubkal, in Morocco, is the highest peak in which mountain range?
20:07Er, the Ural Mountains?
20:09No. Atlas Mountains, an annual week-long festival held in the Danish city of Odense, honours which children's author who
20:15was born there in 1805?
20:17Hans Christian Andersen.
20:18Yes. In the television comedy series Dad's Army, which actor played the youngest character in the platoon Private Pike?
20:24Pass.
20:25What substance in the human body is responsible for pigmentation of the skin, hair and eyes and helps to provide
20:31protection from ultraviolet light?
20:33Melanin.
20:34Yes. Which prolific Italian composer of operas wrote the 19th century works Lucrezia Borgia, Lucia di Lammamore and Don Pasquale?
20:45Pass.
20:46The word anhydrous is used in chemistry to describe a compound that's devoid of what substance?
20:52Water.
20:53Yes. The strait, known as the Pentland Firth, separates which group of islands from mainland Scotland?
20:58Er, Orkney.
20:59Yes. Adrian Brody won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as the Polish classical musician and Holocaust survivor Wadishwaf
21:06Spielman in what 2002 film?
21:11Braveheart?
21:12No. The Pianist. In January 2025, which German football manager succeeded Gareth Southgate as the head coach of the England
21:19men's senior team?
21:22Pass.
21:23Which British band topped the UK albums chart in 2023 with Anxiety Replacement Therapy and achieved the same feat almost
21:31two years later with Coco?
21:35Doechi?
21:36No. The lottery winners, Nutmeg, is obtained from the same tropical evergreen tree as what other spice?
21:41Cinnamon.
21:42No. Mace. What name is given to the group of activists, including John Lilburn, Richard Overton and William Walwyn, whose
21:49campaign publication, Agreement of the People in the 1640s, demanded equality, religious tolerance and limits to the power of government?
21:57Luddites.
21:57No. The levellers, Glengarry, Busby and Beanie, are styles of what clothing accessory?
22:02Hat.
22:02Yes. The common name of what seabird of the genus Morus, with mainly white plumage, a yellow head and black
22:09wingtips, has become an informal term for a person who eats greedily?
22:13Seagull.
22:13No. Gannet. Purim, Sukkot and Shavuot are festivals celebrated by followers of which religion?
22:21Judaism.
22:22Yes. What name for a type of guided low-altitude anti-ship missile? I've started so I'll finish. What name
22:29for a type of guided low-altitude anti-ship missile is a French word for flying fish?
22:36Poisson.
22:37No. Exocet.
22:39Ulele, you had three passes. Thomas Tuchel is the German who took over the England football team after Gareth Southgate,
22:47and it's Gaetano Donizetti, who's the prolific Italian composer of Lucrezia Borgia and others.
22:53And in the television comedy series Dad's Army, the actor who played Private Pike, Ian Lavender.
22:59So at the end of that round, you've got 18 points.
23:11And finally, it's Kumaran again.
23:21Kumaran, you start with 11 points. The score to beat to get through to the semifinals is Ellis' 20 points.
23:27You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
23:29Here we go.
23:30According to a common expression, meaning that people behave with more freedom while they're unsupervised, when the cat's away, what
23:36creatures will play?
23:38The mice.
23:38Yes. Excluding jokers, a standard pack of playing cards includes how many court cards, sometimes known as face cards?
23:4612.
23:46Yes. In its inaugural year, 1969, what annual literature prize was won by the British author P.H. Newby for
23:53his novel, Something to Answer For?
23:55The Booker Prize?
23:56Yes. Which actress, whose films include Never Let Me Go, Suffragette and She Said, was made a CBE in the
24:022025 New Year's Honours list?
24:04Keira Knightley?
24:05No, Kerry Mulligan.
24:06The home-based army that was dispatched to northern France at the outbreak of both the First and Second World
24:11Wars was known by the initials BEF, which stands for the British what?
24:16Expeditionary Force.
24:17Yes. Maple trees belong to a genus with what four-letter name?
24:22Ash.
24:22No, Acer.
24:23For his pioneering work on quantum theory, the German scientist Max Planck was awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in which
24:30category?
24:31Physics.
24:31Yes. The television panel show, Would I Lie to You, was first broadcast in 2007 with Lee Mack and which
24:37other comedian and actor as team captains?
24:40David Mitchell.
24:41Yes. Which of North America's Great Lakes has the smallest surface area?
24:45Erie.
24:46No. Ontario. At the start of a game of snooker, what colour ball is placed on the spot directly between
24:51the yellow and the green?
24:52Pink.
24:53No. Brown. In 1957, the politician Kwame Nkrumah became the first prime minister of which newly independent West African country?
25:00Ghana.
25:00Yes. The 1978 UK hit single, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, is a duet by Neil Diamond and which other
25:06singer?
25:07Lulu.
25:08No. Barbara Streisand. Tapioca is an edible starch extracted from the root of which plant?
25:14Palm tree.
25:15No. Cassava. Which London museum was founded in 1852 as the Museum of Manufactures but was later renamed after the
25:21reigning monarch, as well as her husband, who'd been instrumental in its establishment?
25:25Victoria and Albert Museum.
25:26Yes. What word, believed to be derived from the Old Norse for steering, is the usual term for the rear
25:32end of a boat or ship?
25:33Rudder.
25:34No. Stern. According to the title of a song written by Noel Coward in the 1930s, who is urged not
25:39to put her daughter on the stage?
25:43Princess Grace.
25:44No. Worthington. Which fashion designer's influential 1965 dress collection was inspired by the abstract geometric paintings of the Dutch artist
25:52Piet Mondrian?
25:53Mary Quant?
25:55No. Yves Saint Laurent. The original recipe for the dish omelette Arnold Bennett created for the British author at the
26:01Savoy Hotel and named after him calls for a smoked and flaked fillet of what fish?
26:07Salmon?
26:08No. Haddock.
26:11Qumran, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 19 points.
26:25It was a tight one. Let's have a look at the final scores. In fourth place with 13 points, it's
26:31Ellen. In third place with 18 points, it's Yulele. In second place with 19 points, it's Qumran, which means in
26:39first place with 20 points, it's Ellis. So he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.
26:46If you'd like to be a contender in the next series, please go to our website, bbc.co.uk slash
26:52mastermind, and you can follow us at Mastermind Quiz. Join us again next time for more Masterminds. Thanks for watching.
26:59Bye for now.
27:05I can't quite believe that I've just won my hit on Mastermind. It's a real surprise, but I'm delighted. I've
27:12been at my church for seven years as vicar. It was the church that I grew up in.
27:15As well as a child. So people know me quite well, and hopefully they'll be impressed, and more people will
27:22buy tickets for the church quiz the next time we do one.
27:24And your specialist subject?
27:26Piero della Francesca. I was close to getting the full set right on Piero della Francesca, and I did know
27:32the answer to the one I got wrong, but I tried not to kick myself and just stay focused for
27:37the rest of the quiz.
27:46I was really pleased with how my specialist subject went, and then quite daunted by the fact that three of
27:52us got the same score.
27:53Eleven points each. Ellis, Ulele, and Kumaran.
27:56So I was trying to work out and remember which order we were going to be going up in for
27:59general knowledge, but I was really pleased that the questions that came up did.
28:03Bass.
28:04Yes.
28:04Speaker.
28:05Yes.
28:05LP Hartley.
28:06Yes.
28:07It's such a joy just to be part of something like this. I think I'll celebrate tonight by having a
28:12nice cup of tea and a sit-down.
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