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00:25Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Omer Azzam, a global health consultant.
00:33His specialist subject is the composer, Frédéric Chopin.
00:36Danielle Connolly, an admin assistant,
00:39whose subject is the animated television series, The Simpsons, seasons 1 to 10.
00:44Andrew McKenzie, a digital designer.
00:46He'll be answering questions on the plays of Samuel Beckett and Catherine Rich, a teacher.
00:51Her subject is the life of the American activist, Gloria Steinem.
00:59Let's raise a toast to our four brave contenders tonight.
01:03I'm sure you, dear viewer, may already have a glass of a little something to hand.
01:07We must celebrate our contenders, pluck and grit,
01:10in being willing to endure two minutes on a specialist subject
01:13and two and a half minutes on general knowledge,
01:16all from the vantage point of the forbidding mastermind black chair,
01:20as they pursue the ultimate prize in quizzing, this magnificent glass bowl.
01:25Chin-chin, let the games begin.
01:27So, can I ask our first contender to join us, please?
01:39Your name?
01:40Omer Azzam.
01:41Your occupation?
01:42Global health consultant.
01:43And your specialist subject?
01:45Frédéric Chopin.
01:46The romantic composer whose works remain a cornerstone of piano music in two minutes.
01:51Here we go.
01:52In which country is the Frédéric Chopin Museum,
01:54a department of which is in the house where he was born in 1810?
01:58Poland.
01:59Yes.
01:59What was the name of the bohemian musician
02:01who gave the young Chopin piano lessons for six years from 1816?
02:06Voidsek Sweeney.
02:07Yes.
02:07In 1823, Chopin enrolled in what secondary school in Warsaw,
02:11where his father, Mikowai, taught French?
02:14Warsaw Lyceum.
02:16Yes.
02:16Chopin's first published composition, written when he was seven years old,
02:19was a G minor work in what traditional dance form?
02:22Polonaise.
02:23Yes.
02:23As a teenager, Chopin established a satirical newspaper entitled The Chafania Courier,
02:28signing many of his articles with what false surname,
02:31an anagram of his real surname?
02:34Pass.
02:35After moving to Paris in 1831,
02:37Chopin became very fond of what French brand of piano,
02:40whose instruments he described as the last word in perfection?
02:44Pléo.
02:44Yes.
02:45What nickname is most commonly given to the last of Chopin's first published set of Etude,
02:49a dramatic C minor piece,
02:51which was composed around the time of a violent uprising in Warsaw in 1831?
02:56Revolutionary.
02:57Yes.
02:57Chopin suffered from poor health from a young age,
02:59and in 1826, his mother, Eustina,
03:02took him to stay at the spa town of Duschniki Zdrui,
03:05which was known at the time by what German name?
03:10Bad Reiner.
03:11Yes.
03:12What Polish title, typically translated as merrymaking,
03:15is given to a drinking song that was written by Chopin in 1830
03:19and published posthumously in a collection entitled 17 Polish Songs?
03:23Pass.
03:24Chopin was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1838,
03:27while spending a winter with his partner, the novelist George Sand,
03:30on which Mediterranean island?
03:32Mallorca.
03:33Yes.
03:33Chopin died from his illness in 1849 at the age of 39,
03:37and in accordance with his wishes,
03:39his heart was preserved and placed in which church in Warsaw?
03:42Church of the Holy Cross.
03:43Yes.
03:44Chopin celebrated Funeral March,
03:46an arrangement of which was played at his own funeral,
03:48is the third movement of his second piano sonata,
03:51written in what minor key?
03:53B-flat.
03:54It is B-flat minor.
03:57Omer, just the two passes.
03:59The Polish title, typically translated as merrymaking,
04:02given to a drinking song that was written by Chopin in 1830,
04:05Wilanka.
04:07And as a teenager,
04:08Chopin established a satirical newspaper entitled
04:10The Shafania Courier,
04:12signing many of his articles by the false surname Pichon.
04:16And at the end of that round, Omer,
04:18you've got ten points.
04:28And our next contender, please.
04:37Your name.
04:38Danielle Connolly.
04:39Your occupation.
04:40Admin assistant.
04:41And your specialist subject.
04:43The Simpsons, seasons one to ten.
04:45Yes, the American animated sitcom centered on Homer,
04:48Marge and their children, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
04:51In two minutes.
04:52Here we go.
04:53What's the name of the dog that the Simpson family adopts
04:56in the first episode,
04:57after Homer bets on it unsuccessfully in a greyhound race?
05:00Santa's Little Helper.
05:01Yes.
05:01In the season five episode, Rosebud,
05:03what's the name of Mr Burns' lost childhood toy?
05:06A teddy bear, whom it turns out,
05:08is now in the possession of Maggie Simpson.
05:10Bobo.
05:11Yes.
05:11What's the name of the president of the Globex Corporation,
05:14for whom Homer works in the episode,
05:16You Only Move Twice?
05:17Oblivious to the fact that he's a supervillain.
05:19Hank Scorpio.
05:20Yes.
05:21In New Kid on the Block,
05:22when Homer seeks legal advice
05:23after being thrown out of an all-you-can-eat restaurant,
05:27the lawyer, Lionel Hutz,
05:28says that it's the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising
05:31since his suit against what film?
05:35The NeverEnding Story.
05:36Yes.
05:37In a season ten episode,
05:38Homer changes his name to Max Power,
05:40which he says he took from what household appliance?
05:44Hairdry.
05:45Yes.
05:46In Marge versus the Monorail,
05:47when the conman Lyle Landley
05:48is trying to convince the townspeople
05:50to buy a monorail system,
05:52he names three other towns he sold them to.
05:54They are Brockway, Ogdenville and what other?
05:57North Haverbrook.
05:58Yes.
05:59In Bart After Dark,
06:00Homer orders Bart to do chores
06:02at a mysterious old house
06:03to compensate for breaking a gargoyle,
06:05not realising that the house is actually
06:07a risque gentleman's club.
06:09With what name?
06:11Le Maison Derriere.
06:12Yes.
06:13What's the title of the local newspaper
06:14whose headlines have included
06:16squirrel resembling Abraham Lincoln found
06:18and incontinent old man wins Miss Teen America?
06:22Springfield Tribune.
06:23No, the Springfield Shopper.
06:24In The Boy Who Knew Too Much,
06:26Freddie Quimby,
06:27the obnoxious nephew of the town's mayor,
06:29mocks a French waiter for his pronunciation
06:31of the name of what dish?
06:32Chowder.
06:33Yes.
06:33When Homer is banned from Moe's Tavern
06:35in the episode Fear of Flying,
06:37the owner removes which song
06:38Homer's favourite from the jukebox?
06:40Is Raining Men.
06:41Yes, according to a television news report
06:43in the episode Crusty Gets Busted,
06:45Crusty the Clown began his career
06:47as a mime artist on the streets
06:49of which city in Mississippi?
06:50Tupello.
06:51Yes, Tupello.
06:52In 22 short films about Springfield,
06:54I've started this whole finish.
06:55In 22 short films about Springfield,
06:57when Principal Skinner is making dinner
06:59for his superintendent,
07:01he accidentally starts a fire
07:02and tries to hide it by claiming
07:04that what phenomenon is taking place
07:06in his kitchen?
07:07Aurora Borealis.
07:08Yes, the Northern Lights.
07:11Danielle, at the end of that round,
07:13no passes, 11 points.
07:24And our next contender, please.
07:33Your name?
07:34Andrew McKenzie.
07:35Your occupation?
07:36Digital designer.
07:37And your specialist subject?
07:38The plays of Samuel Beckett.
07:40The Irish playwright who won
07:41the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature
07:44in two minutes.
07:45Here we go.
07:46Samuel Beckett's play,
07:47Waiting for Godot,
07:48was originally written
07:49and first performed
07:50in which European language?
07:51French.
07:52Yes, finished.
07:53It's finished.
07:54Nearly finished.
07:54It must be nearly finished.
07:56Are the opening words
07:57of which Beckett play?
08:01Footfalls.
08:01No, Endgame.
08:02In which piece for television,
08:04shown on the BBC in 1966,
08:06does a disembodied voice
08:07address the silent title character
08:09and remind him of a past affair
08:11that ended tragically?
08:13Hey, Joe.
08:13Yes, many Beckett plays
08:15were directed by Alan Schneider
08:17and in 1961,
08:18he directed the world premiere
08:19of Happy Days
08:20at which theatre
08:21in Greenwich Village
08:22in New York?
08:23Cherry Lane Theatre.
08:24Yes.
08:24What piece for radio,
08:25first broadcast in 1959,
08:27begins with the sounds
08:28of the sea,
08:29scarcely audible,
08:30and ends with the line,
08:31not a sound?
08:36Cascando.
08:37No, embers.
08:38In Beckett's mime play,
08:39Acts Without Words,
08:40one,
08:40a number of objects
08:42descend from above.
08:42The first of these
08:43being a tree.
08:44What's the second object
08:45which comes to rest
08:46before the tree
08:47a yard from the ground?
08:49A carafe of water?
08:51No, a pair of scissors.
08:52The protagonist
08:52of what one woman play,
08:54a role originated
08:55by Billy Whitelaw,
08:56is described in the staging note
08:58as prematurely old,
08:59unkempt grey hair,
09:00huge eyes
09:01in white,
09:02expressionless face.
09:03Rock and eye.
09:04Yes.
09:04In 1982,
09:06Beckett wrote Catastrophe
09:07after he'd been asked
09:08to write a play
09:09by the International Association
09:10for the Defence of Artists
09:11and dedicated it
09:12to which dissident playwright
09:14imprisoned in the 1970s?
09:15Vaclav Havel.
09:16Yes.
09:17In Crap's last tape,
09:18what's the name
09:19of the girl
09:19with very warm eyes
09:21with whom Crap
09:21had lived on
09:22Kedar Street
09:23when he was younger?
09:25Gertie?
09:25No, Bianca.
09:26In Beckett's radio play,
09:27All That Fall,
09:29Mrs Rooney gives the child,
09:30Jerry,
09:30two half pennies
09:31and tells him to buy
09:32what type of sweet?
09:34A gumball.
09:35No,
09:35Gobstopper.
09:36In which stage play
09:37does a character
09:38called May
09:38pace back and forth
09:39outside her mother's room?
09:41Beckett reportedly
09:42having instructed that
09:43the walking should be
09:44like a metronome.
09:45One length must be measured
09:46in exactly nine seconds.
09:49Footfalls.
09:49It is footfalls.
09:51Andrew,
09:52at the end of that round,
09:53you had no passes.
09:54Six points.
10:04And our final contender,
10:06please.
10:14Your name.
10:15Catherine Rich.
10:16Your occupation.
10:17Teacher.
10:17And your specialist subject.
10:19The life of Gloria Steinem.
10:20The pioneering
10:21American feminist journalist
10:22and political activist
10:23who became a leading voice
10:24of the women's liberation movement
10:26in the 1960s and 70s.
10:28In two minutes.
10:29Here we go.
10:30What's the title
10:31of the feminist magazine
10:32co-founded by Gloria Steinem
10:33which featured a depiction
10:34of Wonder Woman
10:35on the cover
10:36of its first stand-alone issue
10:37in July 1972?
10:39Ms Magazine.
10:40Yes.
10:40After her graduation
10:41from Smith College in 1956,
10:43Steinem spent two years
10:45in which Asian country
10:46having secured a fellowship
10:47that funded her travel and study?
10:49India.
10:49Yes.
10:50What alias did Steinem adopt
10:51in 1963
10:52when she went undercover
10:53as a hostess
10:54at the Playboy Club?
10:56I pass.
10:57On the 6th of May 1970,
11:00Steinem testified
11:00before the Senate hearings
11:01concerning which proposed amendment
11:03to the American Constitution?
11:06The Equal Rights Amendment.
11:07Yes.
11:07For the first issue
11:08of New York Magazine,
11:10which she co-founded,
11:11Steinem wrote about
11:12which future political leaders' time
11:13spent living in New York
11:15in the early 20th century?
11:18Shirley Chazone?
11:19No.
11:19Ho Chi Minh.
11:20Steinem's autobiography,
11:21My Life on the Road
11:22is dedicated to which British doctor
11:24whom she says inspired her in 1957,
11:27telling her,
11:27you will do what you want
11:29to do with your life?
11:30Dr John Sharp.
11:31Yes.
11:31In 1971,
11:32Steinem,
11:33together with activists
11:34including Shirley Chisholm,
11:35Betty Friedan,
11:36and Bella Abzug,
11:37founded what USA-wide
11:39multi-partisan organisation?
11:41The National Women's Political Caucus.
11:43Yes.
11:43The inside flap
11:44of what 1963 book by Steinem
11:46was covered in tin foil
11:47so that readers could tan themselves
11:48while reading it?
11:52Pass.
11:53What's the title of the essay
11:54subtitled
11:55Because She Could Not Sing It,
11:57which Steinem wrote in 1983
11:58about her late mother?
12:00Ruth's song.
12:01Yes.
12:01In My Life on the Road,
12:02Steinem recalls taking part
12:03in a promotional harness racing event
12:06in 1982
12:07at the Free State Raceway
12:08in Laurel, Maryland
12:10against the actress Loretta Switt.
12:11The event being promoted
12:13under what name?
12:14MASH vs. MERS.
12:15Yes.
12:15Steinem has written about how
12:17in the late 1960s
12:18she overcame her fear
12:20of public speaking
12:20by travelling the country
12:22and addressing audiences jointly
12:23with which pioneer
12:25of non-sexist
12:26multi-racial childcare?
12:28Dorothy Pittenhouse.
12:29Yes.
12:29In 1972,
12:30when Steinem...
12:31I've started this whole finish.
12:32In 1972,
12:33when Steinem became the first woman
12:34to address the National Press Club
12:36in New York,
12:37she was presented
12:37with what item
12:38as a gift?
12:41A flower.
12:43No.
12:44A tie.
12:46Catherine,
12:47you had two passes.
12:48The inside flap
12:48of the 1963 book
12:50by Steinem
12:51covered in tinfoil
12:51so readers could tan themselves
12:53the beach book.
12:55And the alias
12:57that Steinem adopted
12:57in 1963
12:58when she went undercover
12:59in a Playboy club,
13:01Marie Oakes.
13:03So at the end
13:04of that round,
13:05Catherine,
13:05you've got eight points.
13:15And at the end
13:16of the specialist subjects round,
13:18let's have a look
13:18at the scores.
13:20In fourth place
13:20with six points,
13:21it's Andrew.
13:22In third place
13:23with eight points,
13:24it's Catherine.
13:25In second place
13:26with ten points,
13:27it's Omer.
13:27And in first place
13:28with 11 points,
13:29it's Danielle.
13:31So now,
13:32the general knowledge round.
13:33And if there's a tie
13:34at the end,
13:34then the number of passes
13:35is taken into account
13:36and the person
13:37with the fewer passes
13:38is the winner.
13:39And if they're tied
13:40on passes as well,
13:41it's a tie break.
13:42So let's ask Andrew
13:43to join us again, please.
13:53Andrew,
13:54you start with six points.
13:55You've now got
13:56two and a half minutes
13:56on general knowledge.
13:58Here we go.
13:58Which US state
13:59has the two-letter
14:00postal abbreviation
14:01FL?
14:02Florida.
14:02Yes.
14:03What word,
14:03ultimately derived
14:04from a Latin verb
14:05meaning to wash,
14:06refers to a business
14:07or dedicated place
14:09where clothes
14:09and linen
14:10are washed and dined?
14:15Navatorium.
14:16No,
14:17laundry.
14:17Which British actor
14:18won an Oscar
14:19for his portrayal
14:20of the scientist
14:20Stephen Hawking
14:21in the 2014
14:22biographical film
14:23The Theory of Everything?
14:25Eddie Redmayne.
14:26Yes.
14:27On the Mohs scale
14:28of mineral hardness,
14:29what precious stone
14:30has the highest rating
14:31of 10?
14:32Diamond.
14:32Yes.
14:33What stage musical
14:34with music by Elton John
14:35opened in London's
14:36West End in 2024
14:37with Vanessa Williams
14:38in the lead role
14:39of the fashion
14:40magazine editor
14:41Miranda Priestly?
14:42The Devil Wears Prada.
14:43Yes.
14:43Which German inventor
14:44born around 1400
14:45developed a method
14:46of printing
14:47from movable type
14:48using a wooden press
14:49that remained
14:50virtually unchanged
14:51for five centuries?
14:54Guggenheim?
14:54No,
14:55Gutenberg.
14:56A mufti
14:56is a jurist
14:57who provides
14:58non-binding opinions
14:59on theological law
15:00in which religion?
15:02Judaism.
15:03No,
15:03Islam.
15:03The two seven-sided coins
15:05in general circulation
15:06in the UK
15:06are the 50 pence
15:08and which other denomination?
15:1020 pence.
15:10Yes.
15:10Which cartoon character
15:12who first appeared
15:13in the 1949 animated
15:14short Ragtime Bear
15:16was voiced by Jim Bacchus
15:17and is characterised
15:18by his extreme
15:19short-sightedness?
15:22Glossy Bear.
15:23No,
15:23Mr Magoo,
15:24which gulf
15:25and inlet
15:25of the Ionian Sea
15:26separates the so-called
15:28toe and heel
15:29of the boot
15:29of Italy?
15:30Aegean?
15:31No,
15:31Gulf of Taranto.
15:32What 19th century
15:33Gothic horror novel
15:34has the alternative title
15:36The Modern Prometheus?
15:37Frankenstein.
15:38Yes.
15:38In February 2025,
15:40which British singer
15:40and actor
15:41sometimes referred to
15:42as the Geordie Springsteen
15:43topped the UK albums chart
15:45for a third time
15:46with people watching?
15:48Sam Fender.
15:49Yes.
15:49Which spirit
15:49is the main alcoholic ingredient
15:51of the classic
15:52Planter's Punch cocktail?
15:55Rum.
15:56Yes.
15:56The Carolina Hurricanes,
15:57the St. Louis Blues
15:59and the Buffalo Sabres
16:00are professional teams
16:01in what sport?
16:04Ice hockey.
16:05Yes.
16:05One of the main aims
16:06of which Act of Parliament
16:07passed in 1701
16:08and sometimes called
16:09the Act of Succession
16:10was to ensure
16:11a Protestant succession
16:12to the English throne?
16:14Pass.
16:15What alternative name
16:17for an airship
16:17can also be an adjective
16:19meaning able to be steered
16:20or directed?
16:23Zeppelin?
16:24No, dirigible.
16:25In the names
16:26of three Cumbrian towns,
16:27what word
16:28the name of a...
16:29I'll start it so I'll finish.
16:31The name of a nearby
16:32peninsula follows
16:33Barrow Inn,
16:35Dalton Inn
16:35and Ascombe Inn.
16:37Furnace?
16:38It is.
16:39Andrew,
16:40you had just a one pass,
16:41one of the main aims
16:42of which Act of Parliament
16:43passed in 1701,
16:45sometimes called
16:45the Act of Secession.
16:46It's the Act of Settlement.
16:49So at the end
16:50of that round, Andrew,
16:51you've got 16 points.
17:02Next up is Catherine.
17:06Catherine.
17:11Catherine,
17:12you start with eight points.
17:13The score to beat
17:14as it stands
17:14is 16 points.
17:16You've got two and a half minutes
17:17on general knowledge.
17:18Here we go.
17:19In a common expression,
17:20to face up
17:20to an unpleasant
17:21or difficult situation
17:22is to bite the what?
17:24Bullet.
17:24Yes.
17:25How to be a domestic goddess
17:26at my table
17:27and how to eat
17:28are books
17:28by which celebrity cook?
17:30Nigella Lawson.
17:31Yes.
17:31Guess what 1979 album
17:33by Pink Floyd
17:33features tracks entitled
17:35One of My Turns,
17:36Comfortably Numb
17:37and Is There Anybody Out There?
17:39Another brick in the wall?
17:40No.
17:41It's the wall.
17:41A major canal
17:42in southern England
17:43is named after
17:44the River Kennet
17:44and which other river?
17:46Avon.
17:46Yes.
17:47The invention
17:47of what early calculating device,
17:49once much used in engineering,
17:51is generally credited
17:52to the British priest
17:53and mathematician
17:54William Ortred?
17:56Abacus.
17:56No.
17:57Slide rule.
17:57What video game character
17:59depicted as a mustachioed plumber
18:00has been played by Bob Hoskins
18:02in a 1993 live-action feature film
18:04and voiced by Chris Pratt
18:05in a 2023 animated comedy film?
18:08Mario.
18:08Yes.
18:09The Penhold,
18:10the Shakehand
18:10and the Seamiller
18:11are styles of grip
18:12used to hold the bat
18:14in which sports?
18:15Cricket?
18:16No.
18:17Table tennis.
18:17The third century
18:18Roman amphitheatre of El Jem,
18:20a freestanding structure
18:22capable of seating
18:23more than 30,000 spectators,
18:25is in which North African country?
18:27Libya?
18:28No.
18:28Tunisia.
18:28What delicate fabric
18:29has varieties named
18:31after the French towns
18:32of Alençon,
18:33Cluny and Valenciennes?
18:35Chiffon?
18:36No, lace.
18:37Which Welsh actor
18:38and comedian
18:39succeeded Angus Deaton
18:40as the presenter
18:41of the television panel show
18:42Would I Lie to You
18:43in 2009?
18:45Rob Brydon.
18:46Yes.
18:47What was the surname
18:47of the president of Argentina
18:49who was elected in 1946
18:50but deposed
18:51in a military coup
18:52in 1955?
18:53Perron.
18:54Yes.
18:54The adjective gastric
18:55means relating to which organ
18:57of the human body?
18:58Yes.
18:58What noble title
18:59derived from the Persian word
19:01for prince
19:01was used by the Ottoman Empire's
19:03viceroy in Egypt
19:04between 1867 and 1914?
19:11Shake?
19:12No.
19:12Khediv.
19:13Which constellation
19:14is also known as the Hunter?
19:17Orion?
19:17Yes.
19:18What name,
19:18the Latin for pearl barley
19:20is given to a staple foodstuff
19:21of Italian cuisine
19:22made from maize flour
19:24that can be cooked
19:25to be thick and creamy
19:26or allowed to set
19:27and served in slices.
19:29Polenta?
19:30Yes.
19:30The title of which play
19:31by Noel Coward
19:32is taken from the opening line
19:34of the poem
19:34to a skylark
19:36by Shelley
19:36which begins
19:37Hail to thee.
19:40It was a lovely war.
19:41No, Blythe Spirit.
19:42Which bridge in New York City
19:44was opened in 1964
19:45and named after
19:46a Tuscan explorer
19:47who reached what is now
19:48New York Harbour
19:49in 1524.
19:51Brooklyn Bridge?
19:52No,
19:53Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
19:56So Catherine,
19:58at the end of that round
19:58you had no passes.
19:59You've got 17 points.
20:11Next up,
20:12it's Omer.
20:21Omer,
20:21you start with 10 points.
20:22The score to beat
20:23as it stands
20:24is 17 points.
20:25You've got two and a half minutes
20:26on general knowledge.
20:27Here we go.
20:28The number one million
20:29is written in digit
20:30as a one
20:31followed by how many zeros?
20:33Six.
20:33Yes.
20:34What common salad ingredient
20:35was once known
20:36as a love apple?
20:39Cherry?
20:40No, tomato.
20:40In December 2024
20:41at the age of just 18
20:43the Indian player
20:44Gukesh Dhammaraju
20:45became the world champion
20:46in what board game?
20:48Chess.
20:49Yes.
20:49Which publishing house
20:50was sued for obscenity
20:51in 1960
20:52after it printed
20:53the band novel
20:54Lady Chatterley's Lover
20:55by D.H. Lawrence?
20:56Pass.
20:57In cricket,
20:58the three stumps
20:58that together with the bales
21:00make up each wicket
21:01are called
21:02the off stump,
21:03the middle stump
21:03and what else?
21:05Leg stump.
21:06Yes.
21:06Which former member
21:07of the American rock group
21:08The Velvet Underground
21:09had solo UK hit albums
21:10in the 1970s
21:12entitled Transformer
21:13and Berlin?
21:13Pass.
21:14What French word
21:15for a pastry or cake
21:17is also used
21:18for the shop
21:18in which they're made
21:19and sold?
21:20Patisserie.
21:21Yes.
21:21What was the name
21:22of the Irish criminal
21:23who in 1671
21:24together with three accomplices
21:26stole the English crown jewels
21:27although they were captured
21:29shortly afterwards?
21:30Pass.
21:31Which American filmmaker
21:32directed the 1988 film
21:34Beetlejuice
21:34and its 2024 sequel
21:36Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice?
21:39Tim Burton?
21:41Yes.
21:41What Russian word
21:42often translated as news
21:43is the title of the newspaper
21:45first published in 1917
21:46which was the official publication
21:48of the Soviet government
21:49until 1991?
21:51Pravda?
21:52No, Izvestia.
21:53In the acronym ISA
21:55for a type of tax-exempt
21:56savings account
21:57the letter I
21:58stands for what word?
21:59Individual.
22:00Yes.
22:00What parts of a flower head
22:02are known collectively
22:03as the corolla?
22:06Leaves.
22:07No, Petals.
22:08In September 2024
22:09which American actress
22:10won an Emmy Award
22:12for her role
22:12as the police officer
22:13Liz Danvers
22:14in the television drama series
22:15True Detective
22:16Night Country?
22:17Pass.
22:18The headquarters
22:19of the International Committee
22:20of the Red Cross
22:21are in which Swiss city?
22:22Geneva.
22:23Yes.
22:23The medical condition
22:24herpes zoster
22:25which is caused
22:26by the same virus
22:27as chickenpox
22:28but occurs more often
22:29in older people
22:30has what common name?
22:34Shingles?
22:35Yes.
22:35The force of attraction
22:36between molecules
22:37of the same substance
22:38is known in chemistry
22:39and physics
22:40as cohesion.
22:41What's the corresponding term
22:42for the same force
22:43between molecules
22:44of different substances?
22:47Covalence?
22:48No, adhesion.
22:49Which American jazz singer
22:50won 13 Grammy Awards
22:52including for her album
22:53The Duke Ellington Songbook
22:54and in 1967
22:56became the first woman
22:57to win the Grammy
22:58Lifetime Achievement Award?
23:00Ella Fitzgerald?
23:01It is Ella Fitzgerald.
23:04Omer, you had four passes.
23:06Jodie Foster
23:06is the American actress
23:07who won an Emmy
23:08for her role
23:09in True Detective
23:10Night Country.
23:11The name of the Irish criminal
23:12who stole those
23:14English crown jewels
23:15Thomas Blood.
23:17Lou Reed
23:17is the former member
23:18of the American rock group
23:19The Velvet Underground
23:20and the publishing house
23:21sued for obscenity
23:22over Lady Chatterley's lover
23:23Penguin Books.
23:26So, at the end of that round
23:27Omer, you've got 19 points.
23:39And finally
23:40let's have Daniel again please.
23:48Daniel, you start with 11 points
23:50the score to beat
23:51to get through to the semi-finals
23:53is Omer's 19 points
23:55you've got two and a half minutes
23:56on general knowledge.
23:57Here we go.
23:58Which one of the major groups
23:59of food nutrients
24:00has a name
24:01that's often abbreviated
24:02to carbs?
24:03Carbohydrates.
24:04Yes.
24:04What prestigious annual art prize
24:06was won in 2024
24:07by Jasleen Kaur?
24:09Turner Prize.
24:09Yes.
24:10Luzon and Mindanao
24:11are the two largest islands
24:13of which country
24:13in Southeast Asia?
24:15Philippines.
24:15Yes.
24:16What was the stage name
24:17of the actor, singer
24:18and drag queen
24:18Harris Glenn Milstead
24:20known for appearing
24:21in the films
24:21Pink Flamingos
24:22and Hairspray
24:23and for the 1980s
24:24UK hit singles
24:25You Think You're a Man
24:26and Walk Like a Man?
24:27Divine.
24:28Yes.
24:28In the 1960 novel
24:29To Kill a Mockingbird
24:30by Harper Lee
24:31the narrator
24:32Jean Louise Finch
24:33is most commonly known
24:34by what nickname?
24:35Scout.
24:36Yes.
24:36What German name
24:37which translates as
24:38lightning war
24:39is given to a tactic
24:40of rapid warfare
24:41employed by German forces
24:42during the Second World War?
24:44Blitzkrieg.
24:44Yes.
24:44In a game of rugby
24:46what name is given
24:46to the formation
24:47used to restart play
24:48after a stoppage
24:49in which several players
24:50from one team
24:51lock arms with heads down
24:53and push forward
24:54against a group
24:54from the opposing team?
24:56Scrum.
24:56Yes.
24:57When he was the
24:57Shadow Home Secretary
24:58in the early 1990s
25:00which future UK Prime Minister
25:01claimed that his party
25:02was tough on crime
25:03and tough on the causes of crime?
25:06Gordon Brown.
25:07No.
25:07Tony Blair.
25:08The word troglodyte
25:09is defined as a person
25:10who lives in what sort of dwelling?
25:12Cave.
25:12Yes.
25:13A memorial in Westminster Abbey
25:14commemorates which clergyman
25:15and composer
25:16who in the 19th century
25:17wrote the words for the hymns
25:19Abide with me
25:20and Praise my soul
25:21the King of Heaven?
25:22Britain.
25:23No.
25:23Henry Francis Light.
25:24In several of the Star Wars films
25:26what's the name of the character
25:27played by Peter Mayhew?
25:30Erm.
25:32C-3PO.
25:33No.
25:33Chewbacca.
25:34The Palomino
25:34characterised by its golden coat
25:36is a breed of what
25:37domesticated animal?
25:38Horse.
25:39Yes.
25:39In the UK
25:40a tin wedding anniversary
25:41celebrates how many years
25:43of marriage?
25:44Ten.
25:44Yes.
25:44The Norwegian singer
25:45Morten Harkert
25:46rose to fame
25:47as the lead singer
25:48of which chart-topping group?
25:50Aha.
25:50Yes.
25:51What metric unit of area
25:52often used to measure plots of land
25:54is equal to 10,000 square metres
25:56or 2.471 acres?
25:59Hector.
25:59Yes.
25:59What's the name
26:00of the Greek counterpart
26:00of the Roman god Mercury
26:02who carried a staff
26:03known as a caduceus
26:04and wore winged sandals?
26:07Apollo.
26:08No.
26:08Hermes.
26:09Which member
26:09of the British royal family
26:10married the Royal Navy officer
26:12Timothy Lawrence in 1992?
26:13Princess Margaret?
26:15No, Princess Anne.
26:16In the pastime known as
26:17LARP or LARPing
26:18in which participants
26:19portray characters
26:20in physical roleplay
26:21often inspired by war games
26:23or historical reenactments?
26:25The letters L-A
26:26stand for what term?
26:27Live action.
26:29Yes.
26:30Live action.
26:32Danielle,
26:32at the end of that round
26:33you had no passes.
26:34You've done it.
26:3524 points.
26:47So, let's have a look
26:49at the final scores.
26:50In fourth place
26:50with 16 points
26:52it's Andrew.
26:53In third place
26:53with 17 points
26:54it's Catherine.
26:55In second place
26:57with 19 points
26:58it's Omer
26:58which means
26:59in first place
27:00with 24 points
27:01it's Danielle.
27:03So, she goes through
27:03to the semi-finals.
27:05Congratulations to her.
27:06If you'd like
27:07to be a contender
27:08in the next series
27:09please go to our website
27:10bbc.co.uk
27:12slash mastermind
27:13and you can follow us
27:14at Mastermind Quiz.
27:16Join us again next time
27:18for more Masterminds.
27:19Thanks for watching.
27:20Bye for now.
27:26I can't believe it
27:27to be honest.
27:28It's not what I expected
27:30really signing up.
27:31I just thought
27:32give it a go
27:33and at least
27:35to be a part of it
27:36would be
27:36you know
27:37the point of going in
27:38but to actually win
27:39I don't think
27:40I really heard it
27:41when Clive said it.
27:44You've done it.
27:4524 points.
27:47I've never been
27:48on a quiz show before.
27:50It's my first time.
27:51It's been brilliant.
27:53The main person
27:54cheering me on
27:54at home is Mum.
27:55I got into quizzing
27:57and watching Mastermind
27:58from watching the BBC
28:00quizzing Mondays.
28:01Just the two of us
28:02and yeah
28:02we always try
28:03and keep a little tally.
28:05In first place
28:06with 24 points
28:07it's Danielle
28:08so she goes through
28:10to the semi-finals.
28:11Congratulations to her.
28:13For going into
28:13the semi-finals
28:14I will say
28:15I feel quite nervous now.
28:17It didn't even occur to me
28:18that there would be
28:18another topic to learn
28:19so it's quite exciting
28:20to think that there's
28:21something else to learn
28:22but yeah
28:23just more prep now.
28:53I'll see you next time.
28:55I'll see you next time.
28:55I'll see you next time.
28:56I'll see you next time.
28:56I'll see you next time.
28:56I'll see you next time.
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