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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Paddy Moore, a maths teacher.
00:32His specialist subject is the films of Billy Wilder.
00:35Davina Kesby-Beck, a content solutions director.
00:38Her subject is the singer Neil Diamond.
00:41And Jhenea Barput, a doctor.
00:43He'll be answering questions on the Apollo space programme.
00:46And Richard Carr, a sales consultant.
00:48His subject is the 1944 Battle of Normandy.
00:56Spare a thought for our brave contenders tonight.
01:00Like gladiators about to enter the arena, their discomfort is for your entertainment.
01:04But as they endure two minutes of rapid-fire questions on a specialist subject
01:09and two and a half minutes on general knowledge,
01:11you at home will also learn a thing or two from some of the best minds in quizzing.
01:15That's the beauty of Mastermind, devised to inform and educate as well as entertain.
01:22A place in the semi-finals is up for grabs,
01:24so can I ask our first contender to join us, please?
01:35Your name?
01:36Paddy Moore.
01:37Your occupation?
01:38Maths teacher.
01:38And your specialist subject?
01:40The films of Billy Wilder.
01:41Yes, the films of the prolific director whose Hollywood career spanned six decades.
01:46In two minutes.
01:47Here we go.
01:48In the seven-year itch, the publishing editor, Richard Sherman,
01:51imagines seducing his glamorous neighbour by playing a piano concerto by which composer?
01:56Rachmaninoff.
01:57Yes.
01:57In the apartment, the lowly accounts clerk, C.C. Baxter,
02:00is offered two free tickets for what Broadway show?
02:02By his boss, in exchange for the key to his flat.
02:05The Music Man.
02:06Yes, in Sunset Boulevard, when Norma Desmond shows one of her old silent films to her companion,
02:11Joe Gillis, she tells him proudly that in those days, we didn't need dialogue, we had what?
02:16Faces.
02:16Yes, in the 1944 film Noir, Double Indemnity, the insurance salesman, Walter Neff,
02:21secretly meets his lover's stepdaughter, Lola, in the hills above which Los Angeles landmark?
02:28The Hollywood sign.
02:29No, the Hollywood Bowl.
02:30What's the name of the lapdog belonging to Shirley MacLaine's title character in the 1963 comedy, Irma LaDuce?
02:37Coquette.
02:38Yes.
02:38In Some Like It Hot, Marilyn Monroe's character tells the saxophonist, Joe, disguised as Josephine,
02:43that she's looking for a man with a yacht, his own private railroad car and his own what?
02:51Pass.
02:51In Witness for the Prosecution, Sir Wilford Robarts suggests that the accused murderer, Leonard Voll,
02:57had turned up the volume of which operetta to drown out the screams of the wealthy widow, Mrs. French?
03:04Lohengrin.
03:05No, the Mikado.
03:06In The Fortune Cookie, the cameraman, Harry Hinkle, says of his ex-wife, Sandy,
03:10that she'd only ever read what single book in her life?
03:14Er, pass.
03:17In the front page, Walter Burns orders the journalist Roy Bensinger to write him a prayer for Chicago
03:23in a biblical style somewhere between the Sermon on the Mount and what number psalm?
03:2814th.
03:29No, 23rd.
03:30In Stalag 17, the Red Cross delivers a consignment of goods to a German prisoner of war camp
03:35containing coffee, sugar, prunes, toothbrushes and 2,000 of what items?
03:40Ping pong balls.
03:41Yes, in The Lost Weekend, what's the first name of the nurse who treats the writer, Don Burnham,
03:46warning him that if he keeps drinking, he'll start seeing little animals like tiny turkeys in straw hats?
03:52Bim.
03:53It was Bim.
03:55Paddy, you had the two passes.
03:57In The Fortune Cookie, the cameraman, Harry Hinkle, says his ex-wife, Sandy,
04:01that she'd only ever read The Carpetbaggers.
04:04And in Some Like It Hot, Marilyn Monroe's character says she wants a man with a yacht,
04:09his own private railroad car and his own toothpaste.
04:12At the end of that round, Paddy, you've got six points.
04:25And our next contender, please.
04:34Your name?
04:35Davina Kesby-Beck.
04:36Your occupation?
04:37Content Solutions Director.
04:39And your specialist subjects?
04:40Neil Diamond.
04:41The hugely successful singer, songwriter and actor, born in New York City in 1941.
04:47In two minutes.
04:48Here we go.
04:49In 1954, Neil Diamond enrolled as a pupil at which school in Brooklyn,
04:53where a fellow student was the future actress and singer, Barbara Streisand?
04:57Erasmus Hall.
04:58Yes.
04:58Although its title seemingly refers to a woman, which one of Diamond's hits, has he stated,
05:03is actually inspired by a folk story about a cheap wine popular with Native Americans in Canada?
05:09Cracklin Rosie.
05:09Yes.
05:10During his teenage years, Diamond discovered a passion for which sport?
05:13Winning a scholarship for his skills to New York University.
05:16Fencing.
05:17Yes.
05:17What was the name of the publishing company that gave Diamond his first job as a songwriter,
05:22working in a small cubicle in the Tin Pan Alley District?
05:25Sunbeam.
05:26Yes.
05:26In 1963, Diamond secured a deal with Columbia Records, who released a single with Clown Town
05:31on one side and What Track on the other?
05:37I'll Be Waiting.
05:37No, At Night.
05:38Which French musician co-wrote the song Love on the Rocks, which featured in Diamond's 1980 film remake of the
05:44Jazz Singer?
05:46Gilbert Bacode.
05:47Yes.
05:47In a newspaper interview in 1992, Diamond reflected that the title of which of his hit songs was inspired by
05:53his young daughter, Marjorie,
05:55when she commented on the sound of the musical parade she was watching from a hotel window?
05:59Beautiful noise.
06:00Yes.
06:01One of Diamond's best-known songs, Sweet Caroline, was written and recorded while he was in Memphis, working in which
06:06recording studio?
06:11Roosevelt.
06:12No, American Sound.
06:14In the summer of 1967, which song written by Diamond was a UK hit single for Cliff Richard, with a
06:19second Diamond song, I Get the Feeling, on the B-side?
06:25All Come Running?
06:26Yes.
06:27In which American television detective series did Diamond appear as a club singer in a 1967 episode entitled The Many
06:33Deaths of St. Christopher?
06:34Manic.
06:35Yes.
06:35Which song, co-written with the musician Robbie Robertson, did Diamond perform as part of the last waltz concert by
06:41Robertson's group,
06:42the band, staged in San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in November 1976?
06:47Dry Your Eyes?
06:48Yes.
06:48In the early 1970s.
06:49I've started a self-finish.
06:51In the early 1970s, Diamond won both a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for writing the original score for
06:57what film directed by Hall Bartlett?
07:00Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
07:02It was Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
07:05Davina, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
07:08You've got ten points.
07:17And our next contender, please.
07:27Your name?
07:29Anjanae Buffett.
07:30Your occupation?
07:31Doctor.
07:32And your specialist subject?
07:33The Apollo Space Programme.
07:34The American Space Programme of the 1960s and 70s that successfully landed men on the Moon.
07:40In two minutes.
07:42Let's go.
07:42One of the main components of the Apollo spacecraft was known by the initials CSM.
07:47The letters C and S standing for Command and Service, with the letter M standing for what word?
07:53Module.
07:53Yes, the words Ex Lunar Scientia, meaning from the Moon knowledge, form the motto of which number Apollo mission which
08:01didn't actually land on the Moon?
08:0313.
08:04Yes, which astronaut was the only person to have flown as part of both the earlier Mercury and Gemini programmes,
08:09as well as going into space as an Apollo crew member?
08:13Alan Shepard.
08:14No, Wally Shearer.
08:15On Christmas Eve 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 conducted a live television broadcast from lunar orbit that included readings
08:22from which book of the Bible?
08:24Genesis.
08:25Yes, what was the only manned Apollo mission to be launched at night time, taking off from the Kennedy Space
08:30Center in Florida at just after 12.30am Eastern Standard Time?
08:35Apollo 17.
08:36Yes, although commonly known as Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon originally had what two
08:41first names?
08:42Eugene Edwin.
08:43Yes, Edwin Eugene.
08:44During the Apollo 14 mission, the backup crew played pranks on the astronauts by hiding spoofed mission patches in their
08:51equipment, featuring images of what cartoon bird?
08:56Roadrunner.
08:56Yes, which crew member on the Apollo 14 mission was known to have an interest in psychic phenomena and secretly
09:02conducted experiments on extrasensory perception during the voyage?
09:06Edgar Mitchell.
09:07Yes, what was the name of the recovery ship that met the crews of Apollos 11 and 12 after splashdown
09:12in the Pacific Ocean?
09:14USS Iwo Jima.
09:15No, it was Hornet.
09:16In 1967, a launch pad fire claimed the lives of all three crew members of Apollo 1, including that of
09:22which astronaut who, two years earlier, had become the first American to walk in space?
09:29Gus Grissom.
09:31No, Ed White.
09:32Throughout the Mercury, Gemini and early Apollo missions, which American magazine was given exclusive access to the personal stories of
09:38the NASA astronauts and their families?
09:40Life.
09:41Yes, the area of the moon, I've started so I'll finish, the area of the moon where Apollo 16's lunar
09:47module landed in 1972, is named after which philosopher and scientist?
09:52Descartes.
09:53It is Rene Descartes.
09:56And Janaya, you had no passes, you've got nine points.
10:09And our final contender, please.
10:19Your name?
10:20Richard Carr.
10:21Your occupation?
10:22Sales consultant.
10:23And your specialist subject?
10:24The Battle of Normandy.
10:25The Allied landings in Normandy in 1944 and the subsequent campaign to drive German forces out of occupied France.
10:33In two minutes.
10:34Here we go.
10:35What codename was given to the Deception Plan, part of Operation Bodyguard, to convince the Germans that the Allied invasion
10:42would begin in the Padre Calais region rather than in Normandy?
10:46Fortitude.
10:47Yes, on D-Day, naval convoys of the combined Allied forces converged on a point south of the Isle of
10:52Wight in Assembly Area Z, which had been given what nickname after a place in central London?
10:57Piccadilly Circus.
10:58Yes, the code phrase Ham and Jam was used early on D-Day to signal the success of Allied forces
11:04sent to capture key bridges over the Core Canal and which other waterway?
11:08The Orne River.
11:09Yes.
11:10U.S. Army Ranger's 2nd Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder, was tasked on D-Day with destroying
11:16a gun battery on which headland?
11:19On the Pont du Hoc.
11:20Yes.
11:20Which German officer was the last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris and surrendered the city on the 23th of August
11:261944, disobeying Hitler's order that he was to destroy the French capital?
11:31Von Coltitz.
11:32Yes.
11:32Operation Windsor began on the 4th of July as a preliminary attack by the Canadian 8th Infantry Brigade on which
11:38village and airfield west of Caen?
11:43Carpiquet.
11:44Yes.
11:44What was the name of the senior officer who commanded the British 2nd Army and who devised Operation Goodwood to
11:49complete the capture of Caen in July 1944?
11:53Miles Dempsey.
11:54Yes.
11:54On D-Day, the 3rd Canadian Division was tasked with storming which of the five assault beaches in Normandy?
12:00Juno.
12:00Yes.
12:01What was the name of the officer who led the French 2nd Armored Division into Paris and who received the
12:06German surrender on the 25th of August?
12:10Pass.
12:11In early August, the Germans launched a counter-attack known as Operation Lutich and in the early hours of the
12:177th of August, very briefly retook which town?
12:22Martijn.
12:23Yes.
12:23What was the name of the Allies' chief meteorologist responsible for predicting the weather for D-Day and who was
12:29key to General Eisenhower's decision to postpone until the 6th of June?
12:32Group Captain Stagg.
12:34Group Captain Stagg.
12:35Yes.
12:35Which key town?
12:36I've started so I'll finish.
12:38Which key town the main objective of the failed Canadian-led Operation Totalise was eventually captured on the 16th of
12:44August after fierce fighting?
12:47Felice.
12:48Felice.
12:48It was Felice.
12:50Richard, you had the one pass, the officer who received the German surrender on the 25th of August. It was
12:56Philippe Leclerc.
12:57Yeah, I knew it.
13:00So Richard, at the end of that round, you've got 11 points.
13:12And at the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
13:17In fourth place with six points, it's Paddy.
13:19In third place with nine points, it's Anjanea.
13:22In second place with 10 points, it's Davina.
13:25And in first place with 11 points, it's Richard.
13:28So now it's general knowledge.
13:29And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account and the person
13:33with the fewer passes is the winner.
13:35And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
13:38So let's ask Paddy to join us again, please.
13:48Paddy, you start with six points.
13:50You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
13:52Here we go.
13:53Each item or group of items offered for sale at an auction is known by what three-letter word followed
13:58by a number?
13:59Lot.
13:59Yes.
14:00What relation is King Charles III to Princess Anne the Princess Royal?
14:03Sister.
14:04Brother.
14:05I have to accept.
14:06Your first answer is brother.
14:07Yeah.
14:08The musician Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, was the bass guitarist in which group who had a UK
14:13number one single in 1986 with Caravan of Love?
14:16The House Martins.
14:17Yes.
14:18The tragus is a prominent piece of cartilage on the outside of each of which pair of sensory organs?
14:23The ears.
14:24Yes.
14:24Which French composer wrote the 1830 work Symphonie Fantastique?
14:29Um, Ravel.
14:31No.
14:32Hector Berlioz.
14:33In January 2025, Micheál Martin became Prime Minister of which European country for a second time?
14:38Ireland.
14:39Yes.
14:39In 2020, the consumer affairs television series Watchdog was incorporated into what other programme?
14:45The One Show.
14:45Yes.
14:46Which motor racing driver, who died in 1959 at the age of just 29, had the previous year become the
14:52first British winner of the Formula One World Championship?
14:56Uh, Clark.
14:57No, Mike Hawthorne.
14:58Which 20th century conflict fought in Southeast Asia is sometimes known as the Second Indochina War?
15:04Vietnam.
15:04Yes.
15:05What was the name of the British author and illustrator who died in 2021, the first of whose worst witch
15:10series of children's books was published in the 1970s?
15:14Path.
15:14The wrought iron steamship SS Great Britain, which opened as a museum in Bristol in 2005 following extensive restoration, was
15:22designed by which prominent 19th century engineer?
15:26Brunel.
15:27Yes.
15:28What animal, commonly kept as a pet, has breeds called Harlequin, Flemish Giant and Netherland Dwarf?
15:34Rabbit.
15:34Yes.
15:35Which city is the second largest in Norway and is known for its nearby fjords and for the differently coloured
15:40wooden buildings in its historic harbour?
15:42Toronto.
15:42No, Bergen.
15:44The word numismatist sometimes refers to a collector of banknotes or medals, but most commonly refers to a collector of
15:50what objects?
15:51Yes.
15:51Which Scottish satirist co-wrote and directed the television comedy series The Thick of It, as well as the feature
15:57films In The Loop and The Death of Stalin?
15:59Iannucci.
15:59Yes.
16:00What two-word Latin phrase commonly used in English can be translated as seize the day?
16:04Caveat.
16:05That is...
16:06No, I have to accept your first answer.
16:08It's carpe diem.
16:09The term cybernetic organism meaning a human with mechanical or computer-derived enhancements is normally shortened to what six-letter
16:17word?
16:17Cyborg.
16:17Yes.
16:18In Greek mythology, which of the Olympian deities was the goddess of the rainbow and a key messenger between the
16:23immortals and humanity?
16:29Um...
16:32Iris.
16:33It is Iris.
16:36Paddy, you had the one pass.
16:38The British author who wrote the worst witch children's books was Jill Murphy.
16:43And at the end of that round, Paddy, you've got 18 points.
16:56Next up is Anjanea.
17:06Anjanea, you start with nine points.
17:07The score to beat as it stands is 18 points.
17:10You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
17:12Here we go.
17:13The portmanteau term brunch for a late morning meal is a blend of breakfast and what other word?
17:18Lunch.
17:18Yes.
17:19What common term for a piece of jewellery worn to encircle the wrist is borrowed from French and is ultimately
17:24derived from the Greek for of the arm?
17:27Bracelet.
17:28Yes.
17:28The television series Holby City, which ran for more than 20 years from 1999, was a spin-off from what
17:33other medical drama series?
17:35Pass.
17:36In the nursery rhyme that begins Monday's child is fair of face, a child born on Tuesday is said to
17:41be full of what?
17:43Grace.
17:43Yes.
17:44Which rock band formed in New York in the mid-1970s comprise David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris France and Gerry
17:50Harrison?
17:51T-Rex.
17:52No.
17:52Talking Heads.
17:53The name of the dog breed Shih Tzu, derived from Mandarin Chinese, is a reference to its supposed resemblance to
17:59which big cat?
18:01Tiger.
18:02No.
18:02Lion.
18:03Which American tennis player won her first Grand Slam title with victory over Irina Sabalenka in the final of the
18:092025 Australian Open?
18:11Svirtek.
18:11No.
18:12Madison Keys.
18:13The composer Hubert Parry and the artists Joshua Reynolds and J.M.W. Turner are buried in which London cathedral?
18:19Westminster.
18:20No.
18:20St Paul's.
18:21What was the name of the Lancashire weaver and inventor who, in 1770, obtained a patent for this cotton-spinning
18:27machine known as the Spinning Jenny?
18:30Pass.
18:30The Latin term axilla and the dialect word oxter are names for what part of the human body?
18:37Armpit.
18:38Yes.
18:38Which British dramatist wrote the play Betrayal first performed in 1978 by a cast that included Penelope Wilton and Michael
18:44Gambon?
18:46Ted Hughes.
18:59No.
18:59Yes.
19:00What Afro-Cuban dance noted for a pronounced movement of the hips has a five-letter name derived from a
19:05Spanish word for a party or spree?
19:36Salsa.
19:40Swan Lake.
19:41No.
19:41The Queen of Spades.
19:42What name?
19:43I've started this whole finish.
19:44What name after the German count who designed it is given to a type of airship that was used by
19:49the German Air Force during the First World War?
19:55Zeppelin.
19:55It is Zeppelin.
19:58And Jenea, you had two passes.
20:00The name of the Lancashire weaver and inventor of the cotton-spinning machine, the Spinning Jenny, James Hargreaves.
20:07And Holby City is a spin-off from Casualty.
20:12So at the end of that round, Anjanea, you've got 17 points.
20:24Next up, it's Davina.
20:33Davina, you start with 10 points.
20:35The score to beat, as it stands, is 18 points and you've now got two and a half minutes on
20:39general knowledge.
20:40Here we go.
20:41The National Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing Ben Nevis in Scotland,
20:45Schofeld Pike in England and which mountain in Wales?
20:48Snowdon.
20:49Yes.
20:49In May 2025, the American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost became the 14th Pope to take what papal name?
20:56Leo.
20:57Yes.
20:57In December 2024, a forensic accountant named Fiona Wood became the first female series champion since 1998 on what long
21:05-running television game show?
21:13Only Connect.
21:14No.
21:14Countdown.
21:15Which US state with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean is the only one named after one of the country's
21:20presidents?
21:21Washington.
21:22Yes.
21:22Which metallic element with the atomic number 77 and the chemical symbol IR is noted for its high resistance to
21:28corrosion and is used mainly to make alloys with platinum?
21:34Iron.
21:35No.
21:35Iridium.
21:36What name is given to the rear part of a dart which slots into the end of the shaft and
21:40keeps the dart stable when it's thrown?
21:42Flight.
21:43Yes.
21:43In July 2024, which Labour politician was appointed as the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport?
21:50Lisa Nandi.
21:51Yes.
21:51What acid, often recommended as a dietary supplement for women planning a pregnancy, is sometimes known as vitamin B9?
21:57Folic.
21:58Yes.
21:59Which famous Argentine revolutionary leader was captured and killed by the Bolivian army in October 1967?
22:04Che Guevara.
22:05Yes.
22:05Which Italian city's three commercial airports are Malpensa, Linati and Bergamo?
22:13Venice.
22:14No.
22:15Milan.
22:15When expressed as a fraction, the figure 0.375 is equal to how many eighths?
22:24One.
22:24No.
22:25Three.
22:25What citrus fruit, a variety of mandarin, is named after a former province in southern Japan?
22:30Tangerine.
22:31No.
22:31Satsuma.
22:32The name of which London theatre on the Strand is derived from the Greek word for brothers?
22:41The Harold.
22:42No.
22:42Adelphi.
22:43What's the two-word name for the music genre similar to Motown that emerged in the UK in the 1960s
22:48at venues such as Wigan Casino and the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and is exemplified by American singers such as
22:54Frank Wilson and Gloria Jones?
22:58R&B.
22:59No.
23:00Northern Soul.
23:01What name derived from a French verb meaning to squint is given to an old-fashioned type of hand-held
23:05glasses mounted on a handle?
23:08Monocle.
23:09No.
23:09Launette.
23:10What 1964 film directed...
23:12I've started so I'll finish.
23:13What 1964 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers in three different roles has the subtitle How I
23:20Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?
23:23The Shining.
23:24The Shining.
23:24No.
23:25Dr. Strangelove.
23:27Davina, you had no passes and at the end of that round you've got 17 points.
23:40And finally, let's have Richard again, please.
23:51Richard, you start with 11 points. The score to beat to get through to the semi-finals is Paddy's 18
23:56points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
24:00Sir Bedivere, Sir Percival and Sir Tristan were three of the knights at the court of which legendary British king?
24:06King Arthur.
24:07Yes. What name for a Jewish place of worship is derived from a Greek word for a meeting or gathering?
24:13Synagogue.
24:14Yes. Between 2013 and 2019, Push the Sky Away, Skeleton Tree and Ghostine were UK hit albums by which Australian
24:21singer with his backing band, The Bad Seeds?
24:25Pass.
24:26Which British ballerina noted for her career at the Royal Ballet and her dance partnership with Rudolf Nureyev was born
24:32Margaret Hookham in 1919?
24:35And an eagle.
24:36No, Margot Fontaine. Which Oscar-winning American actor gave his 2024 best-selling memoir the title Sunny Boy after his
24:43mother's childhood nickname for him?
24:46Pass.
24:47What salad ingredient has varieties called Sun Gold, Black Russian and Tumbling Tom?
24:53Tomato.
24:53Yes. The 240-foot-long Hall of Mirrors is a famous room in which 17th century French palace?
25:00Versailles.
25:01Yes. What was the name of the Irish-born pirate who was captured along with her shipmates Mary Read and
25:06Calico Jack aboard a stolen ship, the William, in 1720?
25:11Pass.
25:11When tossing a coin twice, the probability of getting two heads in a row is one in how many?
25:17One in four.
25:18Yes. Which football club based in southern Spain won the Europa League for a record seventh time in 2023 after
25:24beating Roma on penalties in the final?
25:30Pass.
25:30In January 2025, which broadcaster succeeded Zoe Ball as the new permanent presenter of Radio 2's Breakfast Show?
25:40Pass.
25:41What's the title of the Emmy award-winning American television sitcom first shown in 2000 that stars Larry David as
25:46a fictionalised version of himself?
25:49Curb Your Enthusiasm.
25:50Yes. Carla Denia and Adrian Ramsey, who were elected as MPs at the 2024 UK general election, became the co
25:57-leaders of which party three years earlier?
25:59Green.
25:59Yes. The English resorts of Broadstairs, Cromer and Mablethorpe are all on the coast of which sea?
26:06North Sea.
26:06Yes. The opera Idomineo, first performed in 1781 and set in Crete after the Trojan War, was written by which
26:13composer?
26:15Pass.
26:16Which British scientist and inventor is credited with the discovery of calcium and barium, among other chemical elements?
26:24Rutherford.
26:24No, Davey.
26:26The Jardin Marjorelle, once owned by the fashion designer Yves Salaron, and the museum dedicated to his work, are among
26:32the tourist attractions in which city in Morocco?
26:36Marrakesh.
26:37It is Marrakesh.
26:38Richard, you had six passes. The opera Idomineo was composed by Mozart. Scott Mills took over from Zoe Ball on
26:46the Radio 2 Breakfast show. The football club based in southern Spain that won the Europa League for a record
26:50seventh time, Seville.
26:52And Bonnie is the Irish-born pirate who was captured along with shipmates Mary Read and Calico Jack. The Oscar
26:59-winning American actor Al Pacino. His memoir is called Sunny Boy.
27:04And the singer of those albums Push the Sky Away, Skeleton Tree and Ghostine, it was Nick Cave.
27:10At the end of that round, Richard, you've done it. You've got 20 points.
27:17Well done, Richard.
27:19Well done.
27:20Well done, Richard.
27:21Well done.
27:23In the end, it was close, so let's have a look at the final scores in joint third place with
27:2817 points each, Davina and Anjanea. In second place with 18 points, it's Paddy, which means in first place with
27:3520 points, it's Richard. So he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to him.
27:41If you'd like to be a contender in the next series, please go to our website, bbc.co.uk slash
27:47mastermind and you can follow us at Mastermind Quiz. Join us again next time for more Masterminds. Thanks for watching.
27:54Bye for now.
28:00I'm absolutely delighted to win the episode.
28:03At the end of that round, Richard, you've done it. You've got 20 points.
28:06Well, I'm amazed still at this point that I got through okay.
28:12And your specialist subject?
28:13The Battle of Normandy. Cheering me on at home are my wife Katie and my sons Oliver and Leo.
28:18They pulled out old questions from old episodes and played the introductory music to put me in the frame and
28:26then sort of ran me through a set of questions like that, which was a great help from them.
28:57I'll see you next time.
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