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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Alan Hotchkiss, a programme manager.
00:32He'll be answering questions on the boxer Muhammad Ali.
00:35Fionn Rowlands, a communications officer, whose specialist subject is Homer's Iliad.
00:41William Tams, an analytical chemist.
00:43His subject is British and Irish World Heritage Sites.
00:47And Emma Reeves, a writer.
00:48Her subject, the songs of the American singer Dory Previn.
00:58Mastermind does what it says on the tin.
01:00We're looking for the best brains in Britain, the most talented minds able to recall not just what you've revised
01:07in recent weeks and months,
01:08but also what a lifetime of knowledge may hold.
01:11That's why the title of Mastermind Champion is so coveted and why the winner of this glorious glass bowl can
01:18truly be counted among the greats of quizzing.
01:21The rules are simple.
01:23Come out on top after two minutes of questions on a specialist subject and two and a half minutes of
01:27general knowledge and you go through to the semi-finals.
01:31So, can I ask our first contender to join us please?
01:43Your name?
01:44Alan Hotchkiss.
01:46Your occupation?
01:47Program manager.
01:48And your specialist subject?
01:49Muhammad Ali.
01:50The life and career of the great American boxer and activist born in 1942.
01:55In two minutes.
01:57Here we go.
01:58Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
02:01And Clay's mother, Odessa, called him Gigi.
02:04What nickname did Clay in turn use for her?
02:09Baby.
02:09No, Bird.
02:10Clay stated that following his triumphant return from the 1960 Olympics, he threw his gold medal into which river after
02:17being refused service at a whites-only restaurant?
02:20The Ohio River.
02:21Yes.
02:21Clay's first professional bout against a boxer from outside the United States was on the 7th of October 1961, when
02:28he fought Alex Miteff, a heavyweight from which country?
02:31Argentina.
02:32Yes.
02:33In 1963, Clay bought a tour bus which he drove to Louisville to campaign for a world title fight against
02:39Sonny Liston.
02:40What name did he give the bus?
02:42The Big Bus.
02:44No, Big Red.
02:45Prior to the rumble in the jungle, Ali told reporters, I'd done something new for this fight.
02:50I'd done wrestled an alligator.
02:51I'd done tussled with a what?
02:53Whale.
02:54Yes.
02:54Joe Frazier was the first professional boxer to face Ali on three occasions.
02:59In 1976, which other boxer became the second?
03:02Ken Norton.
03:03Yes.
03:04In 1967, Ali was arrested for refusing to serve in the US Armed Forces, convicted of draft evasion and given
03:11the maximum sentence of a $10,000 fine.
03:14And how many years in prison?
03:15Five.
03:16Yes.
03:16In Ali's final fight, before effectively being exiled from boxing by the sports authorities, he successfully defended his World Heavyweight
03:24titles in a fight in 1967 against which boxer?
03:28Zara Folley.
03:28Yes.
03:29In the rumble in the jungle, Ali employed a tactic previously used by Archie Moore, which he called the turtle.
03:35What name did Ali give the strategy?
03:37Rope-a-dope.
03:38Yes.
03:38On the 8th of March, 1971, Ali suffered the first defeat of his career, losing to smoking Joe Frazier in
03:45a bout given what nickname in the press?
03:47Fight of the Century.
03:48Yes.
03:49Three months before Ali's fight with Joe Frazier, dubbed the thriller in Manila, he beat Joe Bugna in a stadium
03:54in which other Asian capital city?
03:59Kuala Lumpur.
04:00It was Kuala Lumpur.
04:02Alan, you had no passes at the end of that round.
04:06You've got nine points.
04:16And our next contender, please.
04:26Your name?
04:27Theon Rowlands.
04:28Your occupation?
04:29Communications officer.
04:30And your specialist subject?
04:31Homer's Iliad.
04:33The ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer set during the final stages of the Trojan War, in translation by
04:40Martin Hammond.
04:41In two minutes.
04:42Here we go.
04:43In the opening lines of the Iliad, Homer asks the goddess or muse to sing of the anger of which
04:48heroic warrior?
04:49Achilles.
04:50Yes.
04:51In preparation for the night raid on the Trojan camp, Odysseus dons a helmet made of leather covered with the
04:56tusks of what shining-toothed animal?
04:59A tiger.
05:00No, it's a boar.
05:01What's the name of the ambidextrous Trojan warrior who wounds Achilles before he himself is slain by him and his
05:08sword offered as a prize during the funeral games for Achilles' friend Patroclus?
05:13Argenor?
05:14No, Asteropaeus.
05:15The Greek hero Diomedes was in overall command of a fleet of how many black ships brought from Argos and
05:22its surrounding areas to wage war against Troy?
05:26Fifty.
05:27No, eighty.
05:28After he's defeated by King Menelaus.
05:30In their duel, the Trojan prince Paris persuades Helen into bed by reminding her of a night they'd spent together
05:36on which island off mainland Greece?
05:38Lemnos?
05:39No, Crani, on the shield that he forges for Achilles, the god Hephaestus, crafts images of four constellations, the Pleiades,
05:48the Hyades, Orion, and what other constellation which Homer describes as the only one not to bathe in ocean?
05:55Pass.
05:56At the prompting of the goddess Athene, which god is wounded by Diomedes, causing him to scream as loud as
06:02the shout of 9,000 men or 10,000 men on a battlefield and flee back to Olympus?
06:08Ares.
06:08Yes.
06:09Which military leader and Trojan ally breached the defensive wall surrounding the Achaean camp when he took the parapet in
06:15his powerful hands and heaved and the whole piece came away?
06:19Um, Aya?
06:20No, Sarpedon.
06:21In order to distract Zeus from the fighting and allow Poseidon to intervene on the Achaean side, Hera seduces Zeus
06:28on what high peak on Mount Ida?
06:31Pass.
06:32Which Achaean soldier, described by Homer as loose-tongued and full of vulgar abuse, is beaten by Odysseus after openly
06:40criticising King Agamemnon before the assembled army?
06:43Thersities.
06:44It is Thersities.
06:45It is Thersities.
06:47Thion, you had two passes in order to distract Zeus from the fighting and allow Poseidon to intervene on the
06:53Achaean side.
06:53Hera seduces Zeus on the peak at Mount Ida called Gargaron.
07:00And on the shield he forges for Achilles, the god Hephaestus, crafts images of four constellations, Pleiades, Hyades, Orion and
07:09the bear.
07:10At the end of that round, Fion, you've got three points.
07:22And our next contender, please.
07:31Your name.
07:32William Tams.
07:33Your occupation.
07:34Analytical chemist.
07:35And your specialist subject.
07:36British and Irish World Heritage sites.
07:38Places in the UK and Ireland that have been inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
07:44In two minutes.
07:46Here we go.
07:46Part of which blanket bog peatland area in northern Scotland was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2024?
07:53The Flow Country.
07:54Yes.
07:54Angels climbing and descending two ladders are a prominent feature of the west front of which abbey inscribed as part
08:00of a World Heritage Site in 1987?
08:03Bath Abbey.
08:04Yes.
08:04The Stone of the Seven Sons is a decorative curbstone on the eastern side of which large burial mound at
08:10the Brunabonje World Heritage Site in County Meath?
08:14Newgrange.
08:15No, Douth.
08:16What's the name of the director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement who led the Jodrell Bank Observatory to gain
08:22World Heritage Status and who was also announced as a trustee for Royal Museums Greenwich in January 2025?
08:29Lovell.
08:29No, Theresa Anderson.
08:30In 1938, which archaeologist discovered the skeleton of a medieval barber-surgeon under one of the megaliths in the Avebury
08:38Stone Circle?
08:40Wright.
08:41No, Keeler.
08:42What's the name of the tunnel at the Blynavon World Heritage Site that's reputedly the longest ever constructed for a
08:48horse-operated railway in Britain?
08:52The Hill Tunnel?
08:53No, the Poole Dee Tunnel. Members of which Protestant group, officially known as Unitas Fratrum or Unity of Brethren and
09:00founded in Bohemia in the 15th century, established a settlement in Bally Kennedy in County Antrim that later became known
09:07as Grace Hill?
09:08The Moravian Church.
09:09Yes, which hotel was built in 1784 to accommodate visitors travelling to the nearby Severn Gorge to view the newly
09:16constructed Iron Bridge?
09:17The Greyhound Hotel?
09:19No, the Tontine Hotel.
09:20What was the name of the lighthouse inspector who, in the 1820s, oversaw the construction of two lighthouses on Skellig
09:27Michael?
09:29Jones.
09:30No, George Halpin. In the chapel of the old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the altarpiece depicting St. Paul's shipwreck
09:37on Malta was painted by which artist?
09:40West.
09:40Yes. What was the name of the historian who, in 1801, at the age of 78, walked the full length
09:46of Hadrian's Wall?
09:47I've studied so I've finished. Walked the full length of Hadrian's Wall and published an account of his journey in
09:52a book entitled The History of the Wall.
09:55Hutton?
09:55It was William Hutton.
09:58William, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got five points.
10:11And our final contender, please.
10:21Your name.
10:22Emma Reeves.
10:23Your occupation.
10:24Writer.
10:24And your specialist subject.
10:26The songs of Dory Previn.
10:27The Oscar-nominated songwriter and lyricist who had success both as a solo artist and in collaboration with her second
10:34husband, Andre.
10:35In two minutes.
10:37Here we go.
10:37The opening track on Previn's debut album, The Leprechauns Are Upon Me, written and recorded under the name Dory Langdon,
10:44is entitled Can't We Be What?
10:47Enemies.
10:47Yes, the theme song for the film, the theme song for the film Valley of the Dolls, whose lyrics were
10:51inspired by Previn's experiences of addiction to medication, was a number two single on the US chart for which singer?
10:57Dionne Warwick.
10:58Yes.
10:59Yes.
10:59In a memoir, Previn claimed that which song that she originally wrote for the film Inside Daisy Clover was banned
11:05as an audition song by a Broadway producer because too many people were using it.
11:09You're going to hear from me.
11:10Yes, the song Far Away Part of Town, for which Previn received her first Oscar nomination, was performed by which
11:16actress in the 1960 film Peppy?
11:19Judy Garland.
11:20Yes.
11:20According to the lyrics of The Owl and The Pussycat, The Owl looked up at the stars above and sang,
11:26while The Pussycat read what Shakespeare play?
11:29King Lear.
11:30Yes. Which album, released shortly after Previn's divorce from AndrΓ© in 1970, was based largely on poems she was encouraged
11:37to write while staying in a psychiatric hospital?
11:40On My Way to Where.
11:41Yes. The melody of Previn's song Beware of Young Girls, inspired by AndrΓ©'s affair with Mia Farrow, was adapted from
11:48what early 20th century song, described by Previn as an old college drinking song?
11:52The Whip and Puff song.
11:53Yes. Previn worked with Gato Barbieri on the theme song for what 1972 film, writing lyrics such as two illusions
12:00who touch in a trance, making love not by choice, but by chance?
12:06Lost Tango in Paris.
12:08Yes. A song on Previn's album Mythical Kings and Iguanas recounts Janis Joplin's purchase of a gravestone for which jazz
12:14singer who'd previously been buried in an unmarked grave?
12:17Bessie Smith.
12:18Yes. Which song on Previn's self-titled 1974 solo album portrays her reporting a threat she has received and successively
12:26contacting the FBI, the CIA, the United Nations and finally God?
12:31The Obscene Phone Call.
12:32Yes. In the song, the lady with the braid, the singer tries to persuade someone. I'll start to say I'll
12:38finish. Tries to persuade someone to stay the night with her, asking, would you hang your denim jacket near the
12:44poster by which artist?
12:46Picasso.
12:47It was. Picasso.
12:49Emma, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 11 points.
13:03At the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
13:06In fourth place with three points, it's Fionn. In third place with five points, it's William. In second place with
13:13nine points, it's Alan. And in first place with 11 points, it's Emma.
13:17So now, it's general knowledge. And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken
13:22into account, and the person with the fewer passes is the winner. And if they're tied on passes as well,
13:27it's a tie break. So let's ask Fionn to join us again, please.
13:38Fionn, you start with three points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go. A
13:43full-size snooker or pool table has how many pockets?
13:46Four?
13:47No, six. The actor Jack P. Shepard, who began playing David Platt in Coronation Street in 2000, won the celebrity
13:54version of the 2025 series of which reality television show?
13:58I'm a celebrity. Get me out of here.
14:00No, Big Brother. Which small European country has the international vehicle registration code AL?
14:06Albania?
14:07Yes. The opera known in English as The Love of Three Oranges about a prince who is compelled by a
14:12witch to obtain three pieces of fruit was written by which Russian composer?
14:17Tchaikovsky.
14:18No, Prokofiev. Which American artist created the campaign image of Rosie the Riveter, which appeared on the cover of the
14:24Saturday Evening Post in 1943?
14:27Pass.
14:28In the Gregorian calendar, there are how many days in the month of April?
14:3330... 30.
14:34Yes. In 1564, the influential Tudor courtier Robert Dudley was given the titles Baron of Denby and Earl of where?
14:43Bangor.
14:44No, Leicester.
14:45What was the first name of the Queen of the Netherlands who reigned from 1948 until 1980 when she abdicated
14:51and was succeeded by her daughter Beatrix?
14:54Catherine?
14:54No, Juliana.
14:56The title character of the 1951 film Bedtime for Bonzo, starring Ronald Reagan, is what species of great ape?
15:03Orang-a-tang.
15:04No, chimpanzee.
15:05The structure of the pigment chlorophyll, which allows photosynthesis to take place in plants, has at its centre an atom
15:13of which metallic element?
15:15Pass.
15:17Bathsheba Everdeen, a farm owner in the fictional region of Wessex, is the heroine of what 1874 novel by Thomas
15:24Hardy?
15:25Middlemarch?
15:26No, far from the madding crowd, the aptly named Furnace Creek, where some of the hottest air temperatures on earth
15:31have been recorded, is in which American national park?
15:34Yellowstone?
15:35No, Death Valley.
15:36Run to you, please forgive me, and the only thing that looks good on me is you.
15:41Were UK hit singles in the 1980s and 90s for which Canadian singer?
15:46Brian Adams.
15:47Yes.
15:47What's the first name of the younger brother of Fidel Castro, who succeeded him as president of Cuba in 2008?
15:54Pass.
15:55What common name, suggesting a porcine creature from West Africa, is given to a rodent, actually native to South America,
16:01that's commonly kept as a domestic pet?
16:08Tapia.
16:09No, guinea pig.
16:10What three-letter palindrome is a name for a fairly short hairstyle?
16:14I've started to say all finish.
16:15What three-letter palindrome is a name for a fairly short hairstyle, in which the hair is typically cut to
16:21the same length at the back and sides?
16:23Bob.
16:24It is Bob.
16:26Fion, you had three passes.
16:28The name of the younger brother of Fidel Castro, who took over as president of Cuba, Raul.
16:34The structure of the pigment chlorophyll, which allows photosynthesis to take place in plants, it has as its centre a
16:40metallic element, magnesium.
16:42And the American artist who created the campaign image, Rosie the Riveter, that was Norman Rockwell.
16:48That chair can be intimidating.
16:50Yeah.
16:51At the end of that round, Fionn, you've got seven points.
17:04Next up, it's William.
17:12William, you start with five points.
17:14The score to beat, as it stands, is 11 points.
17:16You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
17:19Here we go.
17:20The name of which sense organ in the human body is also a term for the area of calm at
17:24the centre of a hurricane?
17:25Aye.
17:26Yes.
17:26What's the usual four-letter term for a type of farm where racehorses are kept for breeding?
17:31Stud.
17:32Yes.
17:32Which American singer, nicknamed the Godfather of Soul, had UK hit singles in the 1960s and 70s with
17:38It's a Man's Man's Man's World and Get Up Offer That Thing?
17:42Brown.
17:42Yes, James Brown.
17:43The Lodge Nature Reserve near the town of Sandy between Bedford and Cambridge is the headquarters of what UK wildlife
17:50charity?
17:51The RSPB.
17:52Yes.
17:52What large territory of Denmark was granted a degree of autonomy in 1979 after the passing of a Home Rule
17:59Act by the Parliament in Copenhagen?
18:01Greenland.
18:01Yes.
18:02Lowood Institution and Thornfield Hall are locations in what novel by Charlotte Bronte?
18:09Wuthering Heights.
18:09No, Jane Eyre.
18:10The 2024 television documentary series America's Sweethearts follows the cheerleading squad of which American football team?
18:17Dallas Cowboys.
18:18Yes.
18:19Which German rocket scientist moved to the United States after the Second World War and later worked for NASA, leading
18:25the development of the Saturn V launch vehicle?
18:28Von Braun.
18:28Yes.
18:29What term derived from the Greek for against and name refers to a word that has an opposite meaning to
18:35another word?
18:38Antonym.
18:38Yes.
18:39Which American actor won a Best Director Oscar for the 1980 film Ordinary People starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler
18:46Moore?
18:47Scorsese.
18:47No, Robert Redford.
18:48In the original American version of the board game Monopoly, the properties are almost all named after streets in which
18:54east coast US city?
18:56Jersey City.
18:57No, Atlantic City.
18:58What chemical compound, one of the hydrocarbons, is the main component of natural gas?
19:04Butane.
19:05No, methane.
19:06For part of its length, which river, a tributary of the Mersey, forms a boundary between Manchester City Centre and
19:11Salford?
19:14Irving?
19:15No, Irwell.
19:16What wild animal is depicted in a celebrated woodcut produced in 1515 by the German artist Albrecht DΓΌrer, who'd never
19:24actually seen the creature, but based his work on a written description of it?
19:28A rhinoceros.
19:29Yes, the Lady Balfa, named after the founder of the Soil Association, who was the author of the 1943 organic
19:35farming book The Living Soil, is a variety of what vegetable?
19:39Potato.
19:40Yes, what fabric, often used to make military uniforms, has a name derived from an Urdu word meaning dusty, a
19:47likely reference to its yellowish-brown colour?
19:49Khaki.
19:50It is khaki.
19:53William, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got 16 points.
20:05Next up, it's Alan.
20:15Alan, you start with nine points. The score to beat, as it stands, is 16 points. You've got two and
20:20a half minutes on general knowledge. Here we go.
20:23What amphibian-inspired name is given to the children's game, in which one player bends down so that others can
20:29vault over their back?
20:30Leapfrog.
20:30Yes. The name of which large plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period is derived from Greek words meaning three
20:37-horned face?
20:38Triceratops.
20:39Yes. Which American stand-up comedian and actor was noted for his collaborations with Gene Wilder and co-starred with
20:45him in the films Silver Streak, Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil?
20:49Richard Pryor.
20:50Yes. What Italian name, which translates as bread rolls, is given to an Italian-style sandwich that's often served toasted?
20:58Panini.
20:58Yes. Goatfell is the highest point of which Scottish island on the Firth of Clyde, between the Kintyre Peninsula and
21:05mainland Scotland?
21:08Mall?
21:09No. Aaron. Which cookery writer and former Great British Bake Off judge gave her 2013 autobiography the title, Recipe for
21:16Life?
21:17Mary Berry.
21:18Yes. Which London football club won the Women's Champions League final in May 2025 with a 1-0 victory over
21:24Barcelona?
21:25Arsenal.
21:26Yes. What's the title of the steel sculpture by Maggie Hambling installed on the beach at Aldebar in Suffolk in
21:322003 and resembling two halves of a broken shell?
21:37Kelpies.
21:38No. The Scallop. What ballet by Tchaikovsky, first performed in 1877, features a segment called The Dance of the Signets?
21:45Swan Lake.
21:46Yes. Which of the six US states that comprise New England shares a border with New York to the west,
21:52Massachusetts to the south and New Hampshire to the east?
21:55New Jersey.
21:55No. Vermont. During the first half of the 20th century, the politician Arthur Henderson served three separate terms as leader
22:02of which UK party?
22:05Reform.
22:05No. Labour. Canada Day, held to commemorate the country's recognition as an independent country in 1867, is celebrated annually on
22:13the first day of which month?
22:15April.
22:16No. July. William Joyce, who began his notorious Second World War propaganda broadcast to Britain with the words, Germany Calling,
22:23Germany Calling, was most commonly known by what nickname?
22:27Haw Haw.
22:27Yes. The Welsh broadcaster, Keris Matthews, was previously the lead vocalist of which rock group whose UK hit singles in
22:34the 1990s included Mulder & Scully and Road Rage?
22:38Catatonia.
22:38Yes. What name, derived from a Latin word for platform, is given to the raised and enclosed stand in a
22:44church from where a preacher delivers a sermon?
22:48Deus.
22:49No, Pulpit. What's the title of the Emmy award-winning television series created by Armando Iannucci that stars Julia Louis
22:56-Dreyfus as the senior American politician Selina Meyer?
23:00Thiep.
23:00It is. Thiep. Alan, you had no passes, and at the end of that round, you've got 19 points.
23:17And finally, let's have Emma again, please.
23:26Emma, you start with 11 points. The score to beat to get through to the semifinals is Alan's 19 points,
23:32and you've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
23:35Here we go.
23:35In a work published in 1786, the poet Robert Burns described what traditional Scottish dish as the Great Chieftain or
23:43the Puddin Race?
23:44Haggis.
23:45Yes. The word mum, spelt M-U-M, is an informal abbreviation for the name of what flower?
23:51Chrysanthemum.
23:52Yes. Which day of the week is known in French as samdi?
23:56Saturday.
23:56Yes. The shipping forecast area of Finisterre was given what new name in 2002, after the British admiral who established
24:03what is now the UK Met Office in the 1850s?
24:07Nelson.
24:08No, Fitzroy.
24:09In the 2010 television comedy travelogue The Trip and subsequent series filmed in Italy, Spain and Greece, Rob Brydon visits
24:15a succession of restaurants with which other actor?
24:18Steve Coogan.
24:19Yes. In which sport did Amy Yang from South Korea and the Japanese players Ayaka Furuwe and Yuka Sasso win
24:26major tournaments in 2024?
24:30Ping pong.
24:31No, golf. Which English city's cathedral was badly damaged by a major fire in 1984 after the roof of its
24:37south transept was struck by lightning?
24:40York.
24:40Yes. The American dancer and singer Bill Robinson, whose birthday on the 25th of May was chosen by the US
24:46Congress to mark the annual National Tap Dance Day, was commonly known by what nickname?
24:51Mr. Tap.
24:52No, Bojangles.
24:54In an abbreviation for an imperial measurement of the resolution of an image on a computer printer, the letters DPI
25:00stand for what three-word term?
25:04Pass.
25:05Although it's derived from a Latin word which can mean jaw, the adjective malar, spelt M-A-L-A-R,
25:11means relating to which other part of the face?
25:16The head.
25:16No, Cheek. The darkly comic 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was written by which American author and
25:23journalist?
25:23Hunter Thompson.
25:25Yes. In the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace, the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn, is played
25:32by which actor born in Northern Ireland?
25:35Peter Cushing.
25:36No, Liam Neeson. What name for the cylindrical body of an aircraft is derived from a French verb meaning to
25:42shape like a spindle?
25:44Cylinder.
25:45No, Fusilage. Which British group had a UK number one album with their 2004 debut release, Room on the Third
25:51Floor, featuring the chart-topping singles Five Colours in Her Hair and obviously...
25:56Ocean Colour Scene.
25:57No, McFly. What flightless bird native to Australia once had Tasmanian, King Island and Kangaroo Island subspecies, which all became
26:05extinct in the 19th century?
26:07Emu?
26:08It was. Emu.
26:11Emma, you had just a one pass in an abbreviation for an imperial measurement of the resolution of an image
26:17on a computer printer. The letters DPI.
26:19They stand for dots per inch.
26:22Oh.
26:22And at the end of that round, Emma, you've got 18 points.
26:36So, let's have a look at the final scores. In fourth place with seven points, it's Fion. In third place
26:42with 16 points, it's William. In second place with 18 points, it's Emma, which means in first place, one point
26:49ahead.
26:49On 19 points, it's Alan. So, he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to him.
26:56If you'd like to be a contender in the next series, please go to our website, bbc.co.uk slash
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27:05Join us again next time for more Masterminds.
27:08Thanks for watching. Bye for now.
27:14I'm feeling completely overwhelmed and shocked. Emma did so well in her specialist subject round, but you've just got to
27:22keep on answering as many questions as you can, and somehow I managed to stumble my way over the line.
27:28Berry Berry?
27:29Yes.
27:29Swan Lake?
27:30Yes.
27:30Veep?
27:31It is. Veep.
27:33Applying for Mastermind has been part of my midlife crisis. I've just turned 50, and my year old age is
27:39a bit more than a year.
27:39My beautiful, beautiful wife, Victoria, encouraged me to apply, and here I am.
27:46From a really early age, mum and dad have encouraged my sister and I to watch it, so I've been
27:53shouting answers at the tally for a really long time, and I can't wait to share this with them.
27:57In first place, one point ahead. On 19 points, it's Alan. So, he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations
28:03to him.
28:04It means a lot. This show is a cornerstone of British quizzing, and just to even be here for the
28:13heat is amazing, and to get to the semis is beyond what I thought was possible.
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