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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:27In the spotlight tonight are Catherine Firth, a marketing manager.
00:31Her specialist subject is the Great Reform Act of 1832.
00:35Jonathan Wright, a trainee lawyer.
00:37He'll be answering questions on the castles of South Wales.
00:40Paul Smith, a compliance manager, whose subject is the works of the television animators and puppeteers,
00:46Oliver Postgate and Peter Furman.
00:48And Farah Sheik, a doctor.
00:50Her specialist subject is the band Maroon 5.
00:58The preparation for an appearance on Mastermind can take weeks, months, years, even a lifetime.
01:04But can anyone still really fully prepare for the rigour of two minutes of specially subject questions
01:10and two and a half minutes of general knowledge, all while perched in the famous black chair?
01:15You see, this simple piece of furniture has the ability to render contenders speechless,
01:20to make minds go blank, to discombobulate and infuriate.
01:24That's why eventually winning this beautiful glass bowl and being able to call yourself a Mastermind champion are so highly
01:31prized.
01:32Can I ask the first of our contenders tonight vying for a place in the semi-finals to join us,
01:38please?
01:47Your name?
01:48Catherine Firth.
01:49Your occupation?
01:50Marketing manager.
01:51And your specialist subject?
01:52The Great Reform Act of 1832.
01:55The Act of Parliament brought about by political pressure and civil unrest
01:59that began the process of transforming the UK's political system.
02:03In two minutes.
02:03Here we go.
02:05A notorious example of the rotten boroughs abolished by the Great Reform Act
02:09was which constituency near Salisbury, where two MPs represented a handful of electors?
02:14Old Sarum.
02:15Yes.
02:16The first reform bill was put forward the year after the outbreak of the swing riots
02:19that had begun in August 1830, with the destruction of a threshing machine in which English county?
02:25Kent.
02:26Yes.
02:26In April 1831, which MP put forward an amendment to the first reform bill
02:31to prevent any reduction in the number of MPs in England and Wales,
02:34though when this was carried, it led to the dissolution of Parliament?
02:39Wetherall.
02:39No.
02:40Isaac Gascoyne.
02:41What radical newspaper was founded by Henry Hetherington in July 1831
02:45and later that year called for the creation of at least 100 new peers?
02:50Poor Man's Guardian.
02:51Yes.
02:51During a Lords debate, which Whig peer quoted the poet Oliver Goldsmith
02:55and referred to the Tory Lord Warncliffe as wandering, remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow?
03:02Broome.
03:03Yes.
03:04Which Birmingham banker, a key advocate of reform in the years leading up to the Act,
03:08was the founder of the Birmingham Political Union?
03:11Atwood.
03:11Yes.
03:11The amendment that enfranchised tenant farmers paying a rent of £50 or more
03:15in county constituencies is named after which peer?
03:19Chandos.
03:21Yes.
03:21Henry Phil Potts, who questioned whether William IV's coronation oath
03:24prevented him from assenting to the Irish Reform Bill,
03:27was the bishop of which English city?
03:30Exeter.
03:31Yes.
03:31What was the title of the satirical sketch by the artist John Doyle,
03:35which depicted the anti-reform Tory, Sir Charles Wetherall,
03:38as a dying man in a robe and nightcap?
03:42Were you really winking?
03:43No, the last of the Borough Bridges.
03:45The Prime Minister, Earl Grey, used the phrase melancholy events
03:48to describe the riots that broke out in which English city in October 1831,
03:53following the defeat of the second reform bill?
03:56Bristol.
03:56Yes.
03:57On the 14th of May 1832, which peer cast doubt on whether a new administration,
04:02formed by Wellington, would support reform,
04:05given that the Duke had demonstrated an uncompromising hostility to it?
04:13Lynndhurst.
04:14No, it was Lord Ebrington.
04:17Catherine, at the end of that round, you've had no passes.
04:20You've got eight points.
04:31And our next contender, please.
04:40Your name?
04:41Jonathan Wright.
04:42Your occupation?
04:43Trainee lawyer.
04:43And your specialist subject?
04:45The castles of South Wales.
04:46The history and features of the many castles and fortified manor houses of South Wales.
04:51In two minutes.
04:52Here we go.
04:53Which castle, built in the 13th century by the land baron Gilbert de Clare,
04:57is the largest in Wales and is today renowned for its leaning tower?
05:01Cothilly.
05:01Yes.
05:02A water gate leading onto the River Usk was a notable feature of which castle
05:06that was redesigned in the 15th century under Humphrey Stafford,
05:10the future Duke of Buckingham?
05:11Newport.
05:12Yes.
05:12Henry de Beaumont, who founded Swansea Castle in the early 12th century,
05:16was a Norman nobleman, also known by the title the First Earl of Ware.
05:21Warwick.
05:22Yes.
05:22In 1557, which castle became known for an affray over the salvage rights to a French ship
05:27that was wrecked nearby, resulting in the death of a member of the family?
05:31That owned the castle.
05:32St. Donnitz.
05:33No, it was Oxwich.
05:35Which opponents of King Charles I and a signatory of his death warrant died in Chepstow Castle in 1680,
05:41after being imprisoned there for many years, albeit apparently in relatively comfortable conditions?
05:47Marsden.
05:47No, close.
05:48It's Henry Martin.
05:49Lougha Castle, between Swansea and Ghanetli, stands on the site of a Roman fort with what name?
05:55Lucum.
05:55No, Lucarum.
05:56Which 12th century coastal castle on the Gower Peninsula, together with the nearby St. Mary's Church,
06:01was abandoned in the 15th or 16th century because sand blown in from the local dunes eroded the stonework?
06:07Candleston.
06:08No, Pennard Castle.
06:09Which illegitimate son of King Henry I took over as ruler of Cardiff Castle in the 12th century and is
06:15featured artistically in the castle's elaborate banqueting hall?
06:18Robert.
06:19Need a bit more?
06:20Pass.
06:21What was the name of the industrialist and philanthropist who was the last owner of Webley Castle before it was
06:27handed over to the care of the state in 1911?
06:30Pass.
06:32Castel Coch in Cardiff, which was rebuilt in the 19th century for the Marquess of Bute, has three towers, the
06:38Well Tower, the Keep Tower and which other tower?
06:41Pass.
06:42In the 14th century, which king took refuge at Caffilly Castle, hiding there briefly from supporters of his wife as
06:48she sought to remove him from the throne?
06:50King Edward II.
06:51Yes.
06:52Kenfig Castle, which was built in the early 12th century, was damaged in an attack in 1316 during the rebellion
06:58led by which Welsh nobleman, only to be besieged again after repair five years later?
07:04Gjewel in Bren.
07:05It was Gjewel in Bren.
07:08Jonathan, you had three passes.
07:10Castel Coch in Cardiff.
07:12That has three towers, the Well Tower, the Keep Tower and the Kitchen Tower.
07:16The name of the industrialist and philanthropist, the last owner of Webley Castle, that's Emily Talbot.
07:21And it was Robert of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of King Henry I who took over Cardiff Castle.
07:28So at the end of that round, you've got five points.
07:31Thanks.
07:40And our next contender, please.
07:50Your name?
07:51Paul Smith.
07:51Your occupation?
07:52Compliance manager.
07:53And your specialist subject?
07:55The work of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin.
07:57The creative team who, with their production company Small Films, produced many classics of children's television.
08:04In two minutes.
08:05Here we go.
08:05Firmin and Postgate first met in the late 1950s when Peter was a lecturer at the Central School of Art
08:11in London.
08:11And Oliver was a stage manager for what television company?
08:15Associated Rediffusion.
08:16Yes.
08:16For the original series of Ivor the Engine, the title character's whistle sound was provided by Vernon Elliott using what
08:23musical instrument?
08:24The bassoon.
08:24Yes, many of the small film's programmes were created and recorded in a studio built within a cow shed on
08:30Peter and Joan Firmin's farm in which village in Kent?
08:33Bleen.
08:33Yes.
08:34The bagpuss character, Professor Yaffel, was conceived by Postgate as a cross between his own uncle and which British philosopher?
08:41Bertrand Russell.
08:42Yes.
08:42The first stop-motion animation film that Postgate and Firmin made together, The Journey of Master Ho, tells the story
08:48of a Chinese boy and what animal who both come to life from a willow pattern plate?
08:53A water buffalo.
08:55Yes.
08:55What's the title of the specially themed Clangers episode made in just three days and broadcast on the day of
09:01the second UK general election of 1974?
09:04Vote for Froglet.
09:05Yes.
09:06What's the name of the animation technique involving the use of magnets to animate characters on live television, which ITV
09:12asked Postgate and Firmin to use for their first television programme together, Alexander the Mouse?
09:18Busy Motion.
09:19Yes.
09:19What's the name of the strange bird with green feathers that appears in the Nog in the Nog series?
09:24Graculous.
09:25Yes.
09:25What character from the 1965 series, The Pogels, was deemed by the BBC to be too frightening, so was removed
09:31for the subsequent series, retitled as Pogels Wood?
09:35The Witch.
09:36Yes.
09:37The character, Bagpuss, was originally supposed to be a marmalade cat, but the material used to make him had been
09:42supplied in pink and white by mistake by a company with what name?
09:47Pass.
09:47In the 2015 revival of The Clangers, Postgate, who died seven years previously, was succeeded as the narrator by Michael
09:54Palin for the UK broadcasts and by which Canadian actor for the American version?
10:00Pass.
10:01In the 1979 animated series, What a Mess, based on a series of books, I've started to finish, based on
10:08a series of books by Frank Muir, the puppy of the title is what breed of dog?
10:12Afghan hound.
10:13It is an Afghan hound.
10:15Paul, you had two passes.
10:17The 2015 American version of The Clangers was voiced by the Canadian actor William Shatner.
10:24And the character of Bagpuss, supposed to be a marmalade cat, but the fabric supplied was pink and white by
10:30a company called Dunbar Fabrics.
10:32Yes.
10:33And at the end of that round, Paul, you've got ten points.
10:45And our final contender, please.
10:53Your name?
10:55Farrah Shaikh.
10:56Your occupation?
10:57Doctor.
10:57And your specialist subject?
10:59Maroon 5.
11:00The band formed in California in 1994 and fronted by Adam Levine in two minutes.
11:06Here we go.
11:06Maroon 5 reached number two in the UK singles charts in 2011 with a song Moves Like Jagger, a collaboration
11:12with which American singer?
11:14Christina Aguilera.
11:15Yes.
11:16The band dedicated their halftime show at the 2019 Super Bowl and their 2021 studio album to their former manager,
11:23who died in 2017.
11:24What was his name?
11:25Jordan Feldstein.
11:27Yes.
11:27In the mid-1990s, the band, then known as Kara's Flowers, signed briefly to Omad Records, after which independent music
11:34producer heard them performing at a party in Malibu while he was walking past with his dog.
11:40De Nicola.
11:41No, Tommy Allen. In 2001, the group changed their name to Maroon 5 and recruited the guitarist James Valentine from
11:48which short-lived three-piece band who'd recently won a National Battle of the Bands competition?
11:53Square.
11:54Yes. Which DJ remixed a Maroon 5 song, Not Falling Apart, from It Won't Be Soon Before Long on the
12:00band's 2008 remix album, Call and Response?
12:04Mark Ronson.
12:05No, Tiesto. In the music video for the song Sugar, the band makes surprise performances at various weddings across Los
12:12Angeles. What's the name of the hotel they're seen performing at first?
12:16Park Plaza.
12:17Yes. Which song did the band cover for the 2004 compilation album, Mary Had a Little Amp, released to raise
12:24funds to support preschool education provision?
12:27Pass.
12:28Which television legal drama featured a number of Kara's Flower songs in its episodes, after Levine, who was briefly a
12:35writer's assistant on the show, persuaded a producer to use them?
12:38Judging Amy.
12:39Yes. According to the band's website, in the name of their long-running official fan club, the letters S-I
12:45-N stand for what phrase?
12:49Pass.
12:50Which graphic artist designed the cover of the band's 2002 album, Songs About Jane?
12:55Gig art.
12:56Yes. After leaving the record label Reprise in the late 1990s, Levine and Carmichael enrolled at which Long Island Arts
13:03College, where they experimented with musical genres such as gospel and soul?
13:14Catskill.
13:15No, it was Fivetowns College.
13:18So Farrah, you had two passes. Their official fan club, the letters S-I-N, they stand for Strength in
13:24Numbers.
13:25And the song the band covered for their 2004 compilation album, Mary Had a Little Amp, it was Pure Imagination.
13:31Oh, yeah.
13:32At the end of that round, Farrah, you've got six points.
13:44At the end of the specialist subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
13:48In fourth place, with five points, it's Jonathan.
13:50In third place, with six points, it's Farrah.
13:53In second place, with eight points, it's Catherine.
13:55And in first place, with ten points, it's Paul.
13:57So now, it's general knowledge.
14:00And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account, and the person
14:04with the fewer passes is the winner.
14:06And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
14:09So, let's ask Jonathan to join us again, please.
14:19Jonathan, you start with five points.
14:21You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
14:23Here we go.
14:24Which city is the capital of Belgium?
14:26Brussels.
14:27Yes.
14:27What was the surname of the British boxer whose left hook became known in the press as Henry Zama?
14:35Foreman.
14:36No, Cooper.
14:36What's the name of the psychologist and former actress who was a regular cast member on the television comedy series,
14:42Not the Nine O'Clock News, and who, in 1989, married the comedian, Billy Connolly?
14:50Paula Passa.
14:51Pamela Stevenson.
14:52Gelb is the German word for what colour?
14:54Yellow.
14:54Yes.
14:55What 2019 psychological horror film directed by Robert Eggers stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson,
15:01has two men working on a remote and mysterious island off the coast of New England?
15:06The lighthouse.
15:06The tubular Sicilian pastries known as cannoli traditionally contain a sweetened filling made from what soft cheese?
15:14Mascarpone.
15:15No, Ricotta, which American rapper who sometimes includes the word misdemeanour as part of her stage name,
15:21had UK hit albums with Under Construction in 2002 and Respect Me in 2006?
15:26Missy Elliott.
15:27Yes.
15:28Yes.
15:34What's the name of the politician who, in May 2025, was elected to serve a second term as Prime Minister
15:40of Australia?
15:44Anthony Albanese.
15:45Yes.
15:46A symphony composed by Franz Liszt, first performed in 1857, was inspired by and is named after a 14th century
15:53epic poem by which Italian writer?
15:57Dante.
15:57Yes.
15:58A colourless, crystalline form of zirconium oxide, known as cubic zirconia, is commonly used in jewellery,
16:04has a less expensive imitation of what precious gemstone?
16:07Diamond.
16:08Yes.
16:08The American lyricist born Israel Gershowitz, who often collaborated on stage musicals with his younger brother,
16:15the composer George Gershwin, was known by what three-letter first name?
16:19Ira.
16:20Yes.
16:20In geometry, a plane, as opposed to a line or a solid, has how many dimensions?
16:25Two.
16:26Yes.
16:26The pawbeagle, the smooth hound and the megamouth are species of what cartilaginous fish?
16:33Shark.
16:34Yes.
16:34Which New York landmark installed in 1886 was designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi?
16:41The Statue of Liberty.
16:42Yes.
16:42The 2024 book Frankie is the fifth novel by which Irish broadcaster and television chat show host?
16:51Ryan Tupperty?
16:52No.
16:52Graham Norton, what adjective that can mean unconventional...
16:56I've started, so I'll finish.
16:57What adjective that can mean unconventional or oddly behaved when referring to a person
17:02is used in astronomy to describe a planet's orbit that isn't circular?
17:09Weird.
17:10No.
17:12Eccentric.
17:14Jonathan, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
17:17You've got 17 points.
17:28Next up is Farah.
17:36Farah, you start with six points.
17:38The score to beat as it stands is 17 points.
17:40You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
17:42Here we go.
17:43What three-letter word can refer to a long queue of slow-moving traffic or a sweet, fruit-flavoured preserve,
17:49often spread on toast?
17:51Jam.
17:51Yes.
17:52In the television sitcom Friends, what's the first name of the massage therapist and aspiring musician played by Lisa Kudrow?
17:58Phoebe.
17:59Yes.
17:59Yes.
17:59In the abbreviation IVF, for a type of fertility treatment, the letters IV stand for what Latin term?
18:05In vitro.
18:06Yes.
18:07What British studio complex used for making films such as The King's Speech and Paddington is located in Boreham Wood,
18:13near Watford?
18:15Shepperton.
18:15No, Elstree.
18:16Which Balkan country that gained independence in 2006 has a name that translates as Black Mountain?
18:27Pass.
18:28What was the name of the Egyptian president who was assassinated less than three years after being jointly awarded the
18:341978 Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin?
18:37Mubarak.
18:38No, Anwar Sadat.
18:39What name, derived from a Greek word for thick, is used in physics for subatomic particles that are composed of
18:46quarks and have types known as beryons and mesons?
18:50Pass.
18:51In June 2025, which American tennis player won her second Grand Slam singles title with a three-set victory over
18:58Irina Sabalenka in the final of the French Open?
19:00Coco Gough.
19:01Yes.
19:01The tomb of the architect Sir Christopher Wren is in which London cathedral?
19:06St. Paul's.
19:07Yes.
19:08Which composer wrote the operetta The Merry Widow, first performed in Vienna in 1905?
19:17Pass.
19:17What's the usual five-letter name for a male duck?
19:23Pass.
19:24What's the alphanumeric name of the form, sometimes called an end-of-year certificate, which is issued annually by an
19:31employer to an employee, providing details of how much income tax they've paid?
19:35P60.
19:36Yes.
19:36Which town in Lancashire was granted city status in 2002 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebration?
19:43Preston.
19:44Yes.
19:44What's the stage name of the American singer Ernest Evans, who popularised numerous dance styles, including The Twist, and had
19:51UK hit singles in the 1960s, entitled The Twist and Let's Twist Again?
19:55Chuck Berry?
19:56No, Chubby Checker.
19:58A classic spritzer usually consists of sparkling water or lemonade mixed with what alcoholic drink?
20:04Vodka.
20:05No, white wine.
20:06Which American aviator became the first person to be named as Time Magazine's Man of the Year when the accolade
20:11was introduced for 1927?
20:15Pass.
20:16It was Charles Lindeberg.
20:19Farah, you had four other passes.
20:21The usual five-letter name for a male duck, Drake.
20:24Oh, good.
20:25The composer who wrote the operetta, The Merry Widow, Franz Lehar.
20:29The name derived from a Greek word for thick and is used in physics for subatomic particles that are composed
20:35of quarks, it's a hadron.
20:37And the Balkan country that gained independence in 2006, and it has a name that translates as Black Mountain, Montenegro.
20:44Oh, yes.
20:46At the end of that round, Farah, you've got 13 points.
20:48OK.
20:58Next up, it's Catherine.
21:05Catherine, you start with eight points.
21:09The score to beat as it stands is 17 points.
21:11You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
21:13Here we go.
21:15Visually, what single-digit number most closely resembles an uppercase letter B?
21:21Eight.
21:21Yes.
21:22On a standard London Monopoly board, which property, at £400, is the most expensive one to buy?
21:27Mayfair.
21:28Yes.
21:28The singer known as JJ won the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Wasted Love representing which country?
21:37Albania?
21:37No, Austria.
21:38No, Austria.
21:38What alternative name for the Arabian camel is derived from a Greek word that means running?
21:45Bactrian.
21:45No, dromedary.
21:46The Camargue area of southern France, known for the bird life in its wetland nature reserve, is in the delta
21:52formed by two branches of which major river?
21:57Sen.
21:58No, the Roan.
21:58In the 1960s and early 70s, the Burmese diplomat, Ou Thant, served as Secretary General of what international organisation?
22:06United Nations.
22:07Yes.
22:08When it opened on Broadway in 1963, what play by Neil Simon starred Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley as the
22:14newlyweds Paul and Corrie Bratter?
22:18Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
22:19No, barefoot in the park, Lambeth Palace is the London residence of the holder of which religious post in the
22:25Church of England?
22:26Archbishop of Canterbury.
22:27Yes.
22:27Palfrey is an archaic term for a docile specimen of what domesticated animal?
22:33Horse.
22:34Yes.
22:34Which British actress starred in the 1976 television play Nuts in May and the 1990 film Life is Sweet, both
22:41written by her then-husband, Mike Lee?
22:44Alison Steadman.
22:45Yes.
22:45Which political leader was the founder of modern-day Turkey and became its first president in 1923?
22:50Ataturk.
22:51Yes.
22:51The South African investment coin called the Krugerrand is made from one troy ounce of which precious metal?
22:58Gold.
22:59Yes.
23:00What famous 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso in the collection of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid depicts the German
23:06aerial bombing of a Basque town?
23:09Guernica.
23:10Yes.
23:10The substance, retinol, which plays an important role in healthy eyesight, is a form of which vitamin?
23:16B.
23:17No, A.
23:18Although other fruits are sometimes used, the French dessert, clafouti, is traditionally made with what fruit with the stones left
23:24in?
23:27Cherries.
23:28Yes, black cherries.
23:29Which American singer and Nobel laureate wrote the 2022 book of essays entitled The Philosophy of Modern Song?
23:35Rob Dillon.
23:35Yes.
23:36In 1932, the London underground station, Gillespie Road, was renamed after which local football club after a campaign led by
23:43the club's manager, Herbert Chapman?
23:48It's out in the Maltzburg.
23:49No.
23:50Next door, Arsenal.
23:53Catherine, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
23:56You've got 19 points.
24:06And finally, let's have Paul again, please.
24:17Paul, you start with 10 points.
24:19The score to beat to get through to the semifinals is Catherine's 19 points.
24:23You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
24:25Here we go.
24:25What pleated knee-length garments, resembling a skirt and made from tartan cloth, is part of traditional Scottish Highland dress?
24:33Kilt.
24:33Yes.
24:34In competitive rowing, which is the only member of the crew who faces forwards in the boat's direction of travel?
24:39The cocks.
24:40Yes.
24:40What's the surname of the titular criminal barrister who appears with Ryland Clark in the television series Rob and Ryland's
24:46Grand Tour,
24:47which won a BAFTA in 2025 in the factual entertainment category?
24:51Rob Rinder.
24:52Yes.
24:52In Roman numerals, what number is denoted by the letters LXX?
24:5870.
24:59Yes.
24:59The common name of what long, thin, predatory invertebrate with a segmented body suggests that it has 100 feet?
25:06A centipede.
25:07Yes.
25:07What's the full name of the Marvel Comics superhero who first appeared in 2001 and runs the Alias Investigations Agency
25:13in New York?
25:16Peter Parker.
25:17No.
25:18Jessica Jones.
25:18The word bibliophile is defined as a collector or lover of what items?
25:23Books.
25:23Yes.
25:23The 1991 Gulf War was triggered by Iraq's invasion of which neighbouring country?
25:28Kuwait.
25:29Yes.
25:29What muscle, which has a name derived from a Latin word for tailor, runs the length of the thigh and
25:35is the longest in the human body?
25:38Hamstring.
25:38No.
25:39Sartorius.
25:40What name, shared with the 11th month of the French Republican calendar, is given to a method of preparing a
25:45lobster in which the meat is mixed with a creamy sauce and served in the shell?
25:50Thermidor.
25:50Yes.
25:51Which British grime singer topped the UK Albums Chart in 2020 with Heavy Is The Head featuring the number one
25:57single, Vossybop?
25:58Stormzy.
25:59Yes.
25:59In 2017, Maria Balshaw succeeded Nicola Sirota as the director of which group of British art galleries?
26:06The Tate.
26:07Yes.
26:07The campus of Keele University near the town of Newcastle-on-the-Lyne is a few miles west of which
26:13English city?
26:14Stoke-on-Trent.
26:15Yes.
26:16The 1980s satirical documentary film The Great Rock and Roll Swindle charts the rise to stardom of which British punk
26:22rock group?
26:23The Sex Pistols.
26:24Yes.
26:24What 1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh is subtitled The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder?
26:31The English Patient.
26:32No.
26:32Brighthead Revisited.
26:33Which politician succeeded Harold Macmillan as UK Prime Minister in 1963 but served in the role for just less than
26:40a year?
26:42Anthony Eden.
26:42No.
26:43Alec Douglas-Hulme, what units of volume equal to 35 imperial gallons or 42 American gallons is used to measure
26:50quantities of crude oil?
26:52A barrel.
26:53Yes.
26:53In Greek mythology, what was the name of the musician and poet?
26:56I've started, so I've finished.
26:58The musician and poet who was married to Eurydice and was killed by the Menads, the female followers of Dionysus,
27:04the god of wine.
27:09Athena.
27:11No.
27:11It was Orpheus.
27:14At the end of that round, it didn't matter.
27:16No passes.
27:1723 points.
27:18You've done it.
27:28So, let's have a look at the final scores.
27:31In fourth place with 13 points, it's Farrah.
27:34In third place with 17 points, it's Jonathan.
27:37In second place with 19 points, it's Catherine, which means in first place with 23 points, it's Paul.
27:43So, he goes through to the semifinals.
27:46Congratulations to him.
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28:00Thanks for watching.
28:01Bye for now.
28:07It feels amazing.
28:08It came as a complete shock when Clive announced I'd won.
28:12Your occupation.
28:13Compliance manager.
28:13And your specialist subject.
28:15The work of Oliver Postcate and Peter Furman.
28:18At the start of the specialist subject round, first time sat in the chair, pressure's on.
28:22I actually had to remind myself to breathe.
28:24Three questions in, I realised I wasn't breathing and I wasn't going to last to the end.
28:28So, that was something I had to remember to do.
28:57We'll see you next time.
28:59We'll see you next time.
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