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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Helen Woolston, a sustainability trainer, whose specialist subject is British Butterflies.
00:35Melissa Hewitt, a teaching assistant. Her subject is Julia Quinn's Bridgerton Books.
00:41David Slater, a volunteer and trustee. He'll be answering questions on the rock band Jefferson Airplane.
00:47And Carter Latif, a social media manager. His specialist subject is the television series Twin Peaks.
00:59We're about to begin another stage on the long road to possible mastermind glory, as our contenders patiently wait for
01:06their turn to shine.
01:07But who will be the brightest star in the quizzing firmament tonight, booking their place in the semifinals?
01:14Two minutes of quick-fire questions on a specialist subject and two and a half minutes on general knowledge are
01:19the key.
01:20So can I ask our first contender to join us, please?
01:31Your name?
01:32Helen Woolston.
01:33Your occupation?
01:34Sustainability trainer.
01:36And your specialist subject?
01:37British Butterflies.
01:38Butterflies.
01:38The more than 50 species of butterfly that are resident in, or regular visitors to, the British Isles.
01:45In two minutes.
01:46Here we go.
01:47Which butterfly with long, pointed projections on its hind wings is the only resident British species in the family Papillionidae?
01:54The swallowtail.
01:55Yes.
01:56What word follows brown and black in the names of two butterflies whose caterpillars feed almost exclusively on blackthorn leaves
02:03and whose populations have declined because of the destruction of blackthorn hedgerows?
02:07Hair streak.
02:08Yes.
02:09The larva of the Adonis blue is usually tended by what other insects that protect it from predators and feed
02:15on its sugary secretions?
02:18With ants.
02:19Yes.
02:20The Painted Lady, a common migrant to the British Isles, belongs to which genus that was probably named after a
02:25character in a poem by Jonathan Swift?
02:28Nymphalody?
02:29No.
02:29Vanessa, the chequered skipper was declared extinct in England in the 1970s, but in 2018 it was successfully reintroduced to
02:37which former royal hunting forest in the East Midlands?
02:41Monkswood?
02:42No.
02:42Rockingham.
02:43Which butterfly, noted for its graceful flight patterns, belongs to the subfamily known as the Browns, although the distinctive chequered
02:50markings on its upper wings do not feature the colour brown?
02:54And the chequered skipper?
02:57No.
02:57Marbled white.
02:58Which promontory on the coast of North Wales is the only known habitat in the UK for the Thione, subspecies
03:05of the grayling butterfly, which is noticeably smaller than other graylings?
03:09The greatorn?
03:10Yes.
03:11Which species, whose British population is restricted to the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District, has been recorded living at
03:17altitudes of up to 3,000 feet?
03:19Mountain ringlet?
03:20Yes.
03:21The small blue, which has a wingspan of only around one inch, usually lays its eggs on what leguminous plant?
03:28The kidney vetch?
03:30Yes.
03:30Males of which butterfly, Britain's second largest after the swallowtail, have a colourful sheen and often descend to the ground
03:37in the mid-morning to absorb salts?
03:39Purple emperor?
03:40Yes.
03:41Which native butterfly of the genus Polygonia is noted for its use of camouflage, the adult's wings resembling withered leaves,
03:48and the caterpillar having white markings that make it look like bird droppings?
03:53And the brimstone?
03:55No, it's the comma.
03:58Helen, you had no passes and at the end of that round, you've got seven points.
04:32The adventures of the members of the Bridgerton family in two minutes.
04:35Here we go.
04:36Viscount and Viscountess Bridgerton named their eight children in alphabetical order, from Anthony, the eldest, through Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise,
04:45Francesca and Gregory, to the youngest daughter, to whom they gave what name?
04:48Hyacinth.
04:49Yes.
04:49What's the four-word title incorporating the author's pseudonymous name of the gossip sheet about the London aristocracy, excerpts of
04:56which appear at the beginning of many chapters in the first four books?
05:02Lady Whistledown's gossip column.
05:04No, Lady Whistledown's society papers.
05:06The Duke and I opens with the birth of Simon Bassett, who will eventually inherit his father's position as Duke
05:12of Hastings, but in the meantime is given what courtesy title?
05:15Earl of Cliveden.
05:16Yes.
05:17What's the name of the Italian soprano who performs at a party hosted by the Bridgertons in The Viscount Who
05:22Loved Me?
05:23Maria Bello?
05:24No, Maria Rosso.
05:26Which character in Romancing Mr Bridgerton offers a reward of £1,000 to the person who unmasks Lady Whistledown?
05:33Lady Danbury.
05:34Yes.
05:34What's the name of the inn where the newlyweds Edmund and Violet Bridgerton spend their honeymoon, as detailed in the
05:40novella Violet in Bloom?
05:42The Heronhound?
05:42Yes.
05:43In It's In His Kiss, Gareth St. Clair and Hyacinth Bridgerton attend a recitation of a poem at the home
05:49of Lady Plainsworth, during which Gareth tells Hyacinth, you look rather serious for an evening of bovine what?
05:57Frivolata?
05:57No, Pentameter.
05:58In When He Was Wicked, Michael Sterling, an infamous rake, returns to London after four years in India, travelling home
06:05on which ship?
06:08Pass.
06:09Sir Philip Crane, the title character of To Sir Philip With Love, became the heir to the family estate following
06:14the death of his older brother, George, in which battle?
06:20Waterloo?
06:20Yes. Hermione Watson and Lord Fensworth are forced to marry after being discovered together, unchaperoned in what part of Aubrey
06:28Hall, during a masked ball?
06:30The Library.
06:31No, the Orangery.
06:32What's the name of the corgi belonging to Kate Sheffield, who's described in Lady Whistledown Society papers as an unnamed
06:39dog of indeterminate breed?
06:42Watson.
06:44No, Newton.
06:45Melissa, you had the wand pass in When He Was Wicked, Michael Sterling.
06:49The Rake returns to London on the ship, the Princess Amelia.
06:54And at the end of that round, you've got five points.
07:06Our next contender, please.
07:15Your name?
07:17David Slater.
07:18Your occupation?
07:19Volunteer and trustee.
07:21And your specialist subject?
07:22Jefferson Airplane.
07:23The influential San Francisco psychedelic rock band of the 1960s and 70s.
07:29In two minutes.
07:30Here we go.
07:30What four-word slogan was adopted to promote the band in their early days, appearing on badges and bumper stickers,
07:36and much later was used as the title of a compilation album of their work?
07:41Jefferson Airplane loves you.
07:42Yes.
07:43What was the name of the Kansas City-born multimedia artist who co-founded the Headlights Company, which provided the
07:48psychedelic light shows that became synonymous with the band's performances in its early years?
07:53Glenn McKay.
07:55Glenn McKay.
08:23Yes.
08:23What's the name of the band's first performance in August 1965, along with his colleague, Ralph Gleeson?
08:33Pass.
08:33At what venue did the band make their New York debut in January 1967?
08:42The Café Wa.
08:44No, Webster Hall.
08:45In 1968, the band jointly purchased a large house on which street in San Francisco, converting it into their own
08:52accommodation, as well as installing a recording studio?
08:55Fulton Street.
08:56Yes.
08:56In May 1967, the band recorded an appearance for which CBS television comedy show, performing their songs Somebody to Love
09:04and White Rabbit?
09:05The Smothers Brothers.
09:06Yes.
09:07What instrumental track on the album Surrealistic Pillow did the guitarist, Jorma Kaukanen, say was the first song he'd ever
09:14written?
09:15Embryonic Journey.
09:16Yes.
09:17Two months before a similar event by the Beatles, the band performed a short set on the roof of which
09:22hotel in New York in 1968 for a film being made by the director, Jean-Luc Godard?
09:30The Lido.
09:31No, it was the Hotel Skylar.
09:34David, you had just the one pass, the journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle, who covered the band's first performance,
09:41John L. Wasserman.
09:44So at the end of that round, you've got six points.
09:56And our final contender, please.
10:07Your name?
10:08Carter Latif.
10:09Your occupation?
10:10Social media manager.
10:12And your specialist subject?
10:14Twin Peaks.
10:14The television mystery drama series set in Washington State about the investigation into the death of a local teenager named
10:21Laura Palmer.
10:22In two minutes.
10:24Here we go.
10:24In the pilot episode, as FBI special agent Dale Cooper drives into the town of Twin Peaks for the first
10:30time, he recounts into his tape recorder the details of his lunch that included what flavour of pie?
10:36Cherry.
10:36Yes.
10:37Which actor plays Pete Martell, the sawmill manager who discovers Laura Palmer's body?
10:41Jack Nuts.
10:42Yes.
10:43What two words are written on the broken heart locket that belonged to Laura Palmer and her secret lover, James
10:48Hurley, half of which he tried to hide by burying it?
10:52Pass.
10:53What's the three-digit number of the room in which Cooper stays at the Great Northern Hotel for the duration
10:58of his time in Twin Peaks?
11:00315.
11:01Yes.
11:01When Laura's friend Donna Haywood takes over her Meals on Wheels deliveries in season two, what foodstuff, which the elderly
11:08Mrs. Tremont says she requested not to have, disappears from her plate and reappears in the hands of her grandson?
11:15Creams corn.
11:15Yes.
11:16In the third season of the show, also known as The Return, the head of Ruth Davenport and the body
11:22of Major Garland Briggs are discovered in Buckhorn, South Dakota at an address given as 1349 what?
11:30Sycamore.
11:31No, Arrowhead.
11:31What song does the singer of the show's theme tune, Julie Cruz, perform at the Roadhouse Bar in both episode
11:37seven of season two and the Return episode, The Past Dictates the Future?
11:44The World Spins.
11:46Yes.
11:46When the one-armed man, Philip Gerard, is interrogated by Cooper and his colleagues, he says that the only people
11:52who can see the malevolent spirit, Bob's true face, are the gifted and the what?
11:56Damned.
11:57Yes.
11:57In Fire Walk With Me, when Laura asks her father whether he'd come home during the day the previous week,
12:03what item does he say he stopped by to pick up?
12:07Newspaper.
12:08No, Aspirin. Although Donna Hayward is played by Lara Flynn Boyle in the first two seasons, which actress replaced her
12:14for the film?
12:16Boyle Kelly.
12:17Yes. In a scene from The Return that occurs in 1956, when a lumbering, soot-covered figure appears from the
12:23desert, he accosts a couple in their car, asking what question six times?
12:29Got a light.
12:30Yes. Got a light.
12:32Carter, you had just a one pass. The two words that are written on the broken heart locket that belong
12:37to Laura Palmer, best friends.
12:40Okay.
12:40So at the end of that round, Carter, you've got eight points.
12:53At the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
12:57In fourth place with five points, it's Melissa.
13:00In third place with six points, it's David.
13:03In second place with seven points, it's Helen.
13:05And in first place with eight points, it's Carter.
13:08So now it's general knowledge.
13:10And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account, and the person
13:15with the fewer passes is the winner.
13:16And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
13:19So let's ask Melissa to join us again, please.
13:31Melissa, you start with five points.
13:33You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
13:35Here we go.
13:36Cardiac muscle is found solely in which organ of the human body?
13:40Heart.
13:40Yes.
13:41The daily newspapers El Pais, El Mundo and El Correo are published in which European country?
13:47Spain.
13:48Yes.
13:48Which Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical features the songs 16, Going On 17, Climb Every Mountain and An Ordinary Couple?
13:56The Sound of Music.
13:57Yes.
13:57Buckley Hall, Forest Bank and Home House are names of what type of institution?
14:02Schools?
14:02No, prison.
14:03The 2025 film, with the subtitle The Final Reckoning, starring Tom Cruise, is the eighth instalment of what action franchise?
14:10Mission Impossible.
14:11Yes.
14:12Which American golfer won his first major tournament with victory in the 2025 US Open?
14:18Tiger Woods.
14:19No.
14:20JJ Spawn.
14:20What's the common name for Britain's smallest carnivore, Mostella Nivellis?
14:25Recognisable by its long, slender body with brown fur on its back and a white or cream belly and throat.
14:31Sturt.
14:32No, weasel.
14:33Edo, spelt E-D-O, is a former name of which Far Eastern capital city?
14:39Beijing.
14:40No, Tokyo.
14:40In Greek mythology, which hunter, a grandson of King Cadmus of Thebes, was turned into a stag by Artemis and
14:47killed by his own dogs after, according to one story, he'd seen her bathing in a stream?
14:55Narcissus.
14:56No, Action.
14:57Which famous rock festival held on a farm in New York State in August 1969, opened with a performance by
15:03the American singer and guitarist, Richie Havens?
15:06Woodstock.
15:07Yes.
15:07In July 2024, the barrister and life peer, Richard Hermer, succeeded Victoria Prentice in what official legal role?
15:16Speaker of the House?
15:17No, Attorney General.
15:18What television sitcom first broadcast in 2000 starred Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker as the married couple Ben and Susan
15:25Harper?
15:26My family.
15:27Yes.
15:27Which knighted British composer was known for his viola concerto, several film scores in the 1940s, and the operas Troilus
15:34and Cressida and The Bear?
15:36Hans Zimmer.
15:38No, William Walton.
15:39What word meaning at the same time is used in algebra to describe equations with two or more unknown quantities?
15:48Pass.
15:49A loudspeaker designed to reproduce high-frequency sounds is known as a tweeter.
15:53What's the corresponding term for one designed to reproduce low-frequency sounds?
15:59Bellows.
16:00No, woofer.
16:00In 1809, which politician, who would later become UK Prime Minister, was wounded in a duel with his fellow Cabinet
16:07Minister, Lord Castlereagh?
16:10Benjamin Disraeli.
16:11No.
16:11George Canning.
16:13Melissa, you had just the one pass, the word meaning at the same time, used in algebra to describe equations
16:19with two or more unknown quantities simultaneous.
16:23And at the end of that round, Melissa, you've got 11 points.
16:36Next up, it's David.
16:45David, you start with six points.
16:47The score to beat, as it stands, is 11 points.
16:49You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
16:51Here we go.
16:52Meat, referred to as mutton, is obtained from an adult of what farm animal?
16:57Sheep.
16:58Yes.
16:58In French, words that end in the letters EAU, such as chateau, meaning castle, or gato, meaning cake, are made
17:05plural by adding which letter?
17:07X.
17:08Yes.
17:08Which rock star duetted with the Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballier on the 1987 UK hit single Barcelona?
17:16Freddie Mercury.
17:17Yes.
17:18The River Jordan flows from north to south through the Sea of Galilee and into what landlocked body of water?
17:24The Dead Sea.
17:25Yes.
17:25Which British actor won an Oscar for his supporting role as a Soviet agent in the 2015 film Bridge of
17:31Spies?
17:34Gary Oldman.
17:35No, Mark Rylance.
17:36In mental health medicine, the abbreviation PTSD stands for post-traumatic what?
17:41Stress disorder.
17:42Yes.
17:43What arts and culture television series presented by Melvin Bragg was first shown in 1978 when its opening episode profiled
17:50Paul McCartney?
17:51Aquarius?
17:52No, The South Bank Show, which rugby union side beat Leicester 23-21 in the final to win the men's
17:58premiership title in June 2025.
18:01Oh, arts?
18:02Yes.
18:02What term derived from an Arabic word for bundle, once referred to a quantity of 480 sheets of paper, but
18:08now more commonly means 500 sheets?
18:12A choir?
18:13No, Reem.
18:14In April 2025, which former UK foreign secretary and chancellor of the Exchequer was awarded a knighthood in Rishi Sunak's
18:21resignation honours list?
18:24Jeremy Hunt.
18:25Yes.
18:26What 19th century poem by William Ernest Henley ends with the lines,
18:29I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul?
18:34The Shipwreck?
18:35No, Invictus.
18:36In horse riding, what's the usual name for the looped foot supports, sometimes known as irons, that hang down from
18:43each side of the saddle?
18:45Stirrups.
18:45Yes.
18:46In January 2025, which Oscar-winning actress, known for her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
18:51made her West End stage debut in an adaptation of the Sophocles play Elektra?
18:58Cate Blanchett?
18:59No, Brie Larson.
19:00What's the English title of the opera by Richard Wagner, known in the original German as De Fliegende Hollander?
19:07The Flying Dutchman.
19:08Yes.
19:08What's the name of the former chief nursing officer for England who, in 2018, was appointed as the first female
19:14bishop of London?
19:17Pass.
19:18Which gas, often used as a domestic fuel for heating and cooking, has the chemical formula C3H8?
19:28Carbon monoxide?
19:29No, it's propane.
19:32David, you had just a one passed.
19:34The former chief nursing officer of England who was appointed the first female bishop of London, Sarah Mullally.
19:41And at the end of that round, you've got 15 points.
19:54Next up, it's Helen.
20:04Helen, you start with seven points.
20:06The score to beat as it stands is 15 points.
20:08You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
20:11Here we go.
20:12What colour is the brick road referred to in the title of a 1973 single and album by Elton John?
20:18Yellow.
20:18Yes.
20:18The US states of Washington, Oregon and California have a coastline on which ocean?
20:23Pacific.
20:24Yes.
20:24The Arctic, the Roseate and the Sandwich, a species of what seabird seen in the British Isles?
20:31Tern.
20:32Yes.
20:32Which Wild West outlaw and bank robber was shot dead in 1882 by one of his associates, Robert Ford, for
20:39a reward of $10,000?
20:40Billy the Kid?
20:41No.
20:42Jesse James.
20:43Which British author wrote an 1857 biography of her friend and fellow novelist, Charlotte Bronte?
20:49Vanessa Bell.
20:50No, Elizabeth Gaskell.
20:51What Swahili word, commonly translated as freedom, is the first name of President Kenyatta of Kenya, who led his country
20:58from 2013 to 2022?
21:02Homo.
21:03No, Uhuru.
21:04In its inaugural year in 1984, what annual art prize was awarded to the London-born artist Malcolm Morley?
21:12The Sterling Prize.
21:14No, the Turner Prize. The three television series, Andor, Ahsoka and The Acolyte, are all spin-offs of what science
21:21fiction film franchise?
21:23Marvel.
21:24No, Star Wars. Which gaseous chemical element, with the atomic number 8, is the most abundant in the Earth's crust?
21:31Nitrogen.
21:32No, oxygen. What name is shared by a type of chocolate-flavoured sandwich biscuit, with a fondant filling and a
21:38European royal dynasty?
21:40Bourbon.
21:41Yes. Which London football club won the UEFA Conference League final in May 2025, with a 4-1 victory over
21:49the Spanish side Real Betis?
21:50Chelsea.
21:51Yes. Which British actress, who died in 2023, won her first Oscar for her performance as Gudrun in the 1971
21:57film Women in Love?
22:01Jane Smith.
22:02No, Glenda Jackson.
22:03Eda al-Uda, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is a festival in the calendar of which major religion?
22:09Hindu.
22:10No, Islam.
22:11Islam. In the context of the process used by businesses to ensure that products are of a high standard, the
22:16letters QC stand for what term?
22:19Quality control.
22:20Yes. What Latin word, literally meaning they go out, is used in theatre as a stage direction for two or
22:26more actors to leave the stage?
22:30Tempus Fugit.
22:31No, Exeunt.
22:33No, Exeunt. What's the alphanumeric name of the vitamin, a deficiency of which in the diet is the cause of
22:38the disease beriberi?
22:40B.
22:41Vitamin B.
22:43More.
22:44And B12.
22:46No, it's B1.
22:47Oh.
22:49Helen, you had no passes, and at the end of that round, you've got 13 points.
23:03And finally, let's have Carter again, please.
23:15Carter, you start with eight points. The score to beat to get through to the semifinals is David's 15 points.
23:21You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
23:23Here we go. The word Marge is an informal abbreviation of what name for a type of butter substitute?
23:30Margarine.
23:31Yes. Which primary colour has shades called claret, puce and cinnabar?
23:35Blue.
23:36No, red. A 2014 song entitled Sing was the first of many UK number one singles for which British singer?
23:45Pass.
23:46What's the first name of the British racing driver who is the son of the dual Formula One World Championship
23:52winner, Graham Hill, and who himself won the driver's title in 1996?
23:57Damon Hill.
23:57Yes. Fleet and Winchester are service stations on which motorway in southern England?
24:02M1.
24:03No, M3. In Welsh, Hedri is the word for which of the emergency services?
24:10Firefighters.
24:10No, police. Which South African city on the Indian Ocean originally called Port Natal was renamed in 1835 after the
24:18then-governor of the Cape Colony?
24:21Cape Dunn.
24:22No, Durban. Which US president was the first to serve two non-consecutive terms in the role, initially from 1885,
24:29then again from 1893?
24:32Blunt.
24:33No, Grover Cleveland. Including the double-blank tile, a standard set of 28 dominoes includes how many doubles?
24:42Twelve.
24:43No, seven. In 2023, which singer and former contestant on Strictly Come Dancing succeeded Ryland Clark as a co-host
24:50of the spin-off show It Takes Two alongside Jeanette Manrara?
24:55Pass.
24:56What's the name of the basic unit of currency of Israel?
25:01Dollar.
25:01No, Sheckle. What was the stage surname of the British singer born Vera Margaret Welch, nicknamed the Forsey Sweetheart during
25:08the Second World War, who died in 2020 at the age of 103?
25:12Lynn.
25:13Yes. The London locations used for royal gun salutes fired on occasions such as the monarch's official birthday are the
25:19Tower of London, Horse Guards Parade, Hyde Park and which other park?
25:26Regents.
25:27No, Green Park. What 1953 film musical stars Doris Day in the title role alongside Howard Keel and features the
25:34Oscar-winning song Secret Love?
25:36Seven Brides, Seven Brothers.
25:38No, Calamity Jane. In the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, the eponymous hero's pet, named Paul, is what
25:46type of bird?
25:48Parrots.
25:49Yes. In medieval chivalry, a challenge to single combat required one of the parties to throw down a heavy protective
25:55glove. Known by what name?
25:59Gauntlet.
25:59It is. Gauntlet. Carter, you had two passes, the singer and former contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, who succeeded Ryland
26:07Clarke as co-host on It Takes Two, that's Fleur East.
26:11And the 2014 song entitled Sing was the first of many UK number one singles for Ed Sheeran.
26:18At the end of that round, Carter, you've got 13 points.
27:07I feel astonished, but also happy that I survived, which was, I thought, pretty unlikely.
27:18To get to the semi-finals brings about a sense of panic, that I'm going to have to choose something
27:24else to wear.
27:25I chose the waistcoat because I have a collection of waistcoats.
27:29I think this is the brightest and nicest. We'll have to see what the next round brings.
27:34And your specialist subject?
27:36Jefferson Airplane.
27:37I chose Jefferson Airplane because I've been a fan for over 50 years, and when I was a spotty schoolboy,
27:44the one thing I, one place I wanted to be was San Francisco, Doctor Strange.
27:48Yes.
27:49Fulton Street.
27:50Yes.
27:50Embryonic Journey.
27:51Yes.
27:52My wife's at home, and she'll be cheering me along, and perhaps as shocked as I am by the result.
27:59First place, with 15 points, it's David, so he goes through to the semi-finals.
28:04I felt less nervous than I expected to. Sitting in that chair, it's a different universe, a parallel universe, but
28:13dare I say it, I enjoyed it.
28:38First place, with 15 points.
28:45One place, with 15 points.
28:45Some bits and possible.
28:45All stop all me, and you've got enough?
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