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00:25Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Rory O'Donnell, a regional aerospace manager.
00:33His specialist subject is the comedian Bob Mortimer.
00:36Lucy Fleming, a zoo engagement officer, whose subject is dolphins and porpoises.
00:41Beth Leonard, a teacher. She'll be answering questions on the singer Eva Cassidy.
00:46And Roger Easey, a solicitor. His subject is the England cricket team under Michael Atherton.
01:20THE DIFFICULTY OF THE CHALLENGE
01:21They Will Have Ever Known. Who's got what it takes? We'll soon find out.
01:25So can I ask our first contender to join us please?
01:36Your name?
01:37Rory O'Donnell.
01:38Your occupation?
01:39I'm a regional aerospace manager.
01:41And your specialist subject?
01:42The comedian Bob Mortimer.
01:43The Middlesbrough-born comedian, author and former solicitor.
01:46One half of the double act, Reeves and Mortimer.
01:49In two minutes.
01:50Here we go.
01:51Mortimer first met his long-term comedy partner, Jim Moyer,
01:54while watching him perform as his alter ego, Vic Reeves, at what London venue?
01:59The Goldsmith Tavern.
02:00Yes, in his autobiography and away, Mortimer mentions three people
02:03who were always on his wish list to appear on shooting stars.
02:07Rod Stewart, Meatloaf and which politician?
02:10Margaret Thatcher.
02:10No, John Prescott.
02:12In the stage and television show Vic Reeves' Big Night Out,
02:15what's the name of the judge, played by Mortimer,
02:17who presides over the section of the show called That's Justice?
02:20Judge Notmeg.
02:21Yes.
02:22In the 2022 Christmas special of Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing,
02:26Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse travel overseas for a fishing adventure in which country?
02:31Iceland.
02:31No, Norway.
02:32Which character in the comedy podcast Atletico Mintz,
02:35has Mortimer said, is based on a town clerk he worked for
02:38while employed as a trainee solicitor in Southwark in the 1980s?
02:42The Alderman.
02:43Yes.
02:44In a 2018 appearance on the comedy panel show Would I Lie to You,
02:48Mortimer claimed that he always cracks a raw egg into his bath,
02:51following advice from which singer?
02:53Chris Ria.
02:54Yes.
02:54In Mortimer's 2022 debut novel The Satsuma Complex,
02:57what's the first name of the legal assistant
02:59who has regular conversations with a talking squirrel?
03:03Gary.
03:04Yes.
03:04In the 2004 series Cateric, Mortimer plays Carl Palmer,
03:08an ex-soldier who has returned to his North Yorkshire home in search of his son,
03:13after serving in what country?
03:15Cyprus.
03:15Yes.
03:16In his autobiography, Mortimer says that rather than do exercise,
03:19he'd prefer to clean a jumbo jet with what item?
03:23A toothbrush.
03:23No, a mouse's eye patch.
03:25Which singer was supposedly denied membership of Mortimer, Reeves,
03:28and Jules Holland's hobby group The Gentleman's Motorcycle Club,
03:32because when they met him, he was wearing light tan, shoelaced pantaloons.
03:36Jarvis Cocker?
03:37No, Paul Young.
03:38What's the title of the 1992 television comedy pilot,
03:41sometimes known as The Meat Festival,
03:43starring Reeves and Mortimer as two friends in search of the perfect sausage?
03:47The Weekenders.
03:48Yes.
03:48In his 2019 appearance on Desert Island Discs.
03:51I've started to say I'll finish.
03:53In his 2019 appearance on Desert Island Discs,
03:56Mortimer's selections included a piece from a symphony by which English composer?
04:00Vaughan Williams.
04:01It was Rafe Vaughan Williams.
04:04Rory, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
04:07You've got eight points.
04:17And our next contender, please.
04:27Your name?
04:28Lucy Fleming.
04:29Your occupation?
04:30Zoo Engagement Officer.
04:32And your specialist subject?
04:33Dolphins and porpoises.
04:35Yes.
04:36The aquatic mammals in the infra-order Cetacea, other than whales, in two minutes.
04:41Here we go.
04:42The porpoise species, Fasina fascina, which is seen in British waters,
04:46is sometimes called the common porpoise,
04:48but has what other name that relates to its nearshore habitat?
04:52Harbour porpoise.
04:53Yes.
04:54What collective name that refers to their dark colouration is commonly given to a group of six large species of
05:00dolphin,
05:00including the orca or killer whale?
05:02Blackfish.
05:03Yes.
05:03What subspecies of Hector's dolphin, found only off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island,
05:08was declared critically endangered in 2000?
05:11Maui's dolphin.
05:12Yes.
05:13Two virtually blind species of dolphin, which rely on echolocation to navigate,
05:17are named after different rivers of the Indian subcontinent, the Ganges and which other river?
05:22Indus River.
05:23Yes.
05:23Dolphin's teeth are typically described as cone-shaped,
05:26whereas the teeth of porpoises are usually described as having the shape of what tool?
05:31Spade.
05:32Yes.
05:32Qomerson's dolphin is divided into two subspecies,
05:35one that lives around the southern tip of South America,
05:38and the largest subspecies,
05:40native to the waters surrounding which island group in the Indian Ocean?
05:44Kurgulan.
05:45Yes.
05:46The four dolphin species in the genus Susa are known by what collective name
05:50that refers to the platform-shaped structures?
05:53Some of them have beneath their dorsal fins.
05:56Humpback dolphins.
05:57Yes.
05:57What's the modern name of the coastal dolphin species found throughout the southern hemisphere
06:01that includes a subspecies called Fitzroy's dolphin, named by Charles Darwin?
06:06Dusky dolphin.
06:06Yes.
06:07Which species of porpoise, the largest on average, is also regarded as the fastest,
06:11capable of swimming at speeds of up to 34 miles per hour?
06:15Dulled porpoise.
06:16Yes.
06:16What's the standard term for an unusual behaviour of striped dolphins
06:20in which they spin their flukes rapidly as they leap out of the water?
06:25Rototailing.
06:26Yes.
06:26Orcas in the North Pacific can be divided into resident, transient and offshore types,
06:31based on their habitats and behaviour, with the transient type, also commonly known
06:35by what other name after a Canadian biologist?
06:38Biggs.
06:39Yes.
06:39Which genus, that includes the Chilean dolphin and Heavisides dolphin,
06:43has a name derived from Greek words meaning head and snout?
06:48Cephalorhynchus.
06:49It is Cephalorhynchus.
06:51Lucy, at the end of that round, you've got no passes.
06:54You've got them all right.
06:5512 points.
07:05And our next contender, please.
07:16Your name.
07:17Beth Leonard.
07:18Your occupation.
07:19Teacher.
07:20And your specialist subject.
07:21Eva Cassidy.
07:22The American singer whose music found an international audience after her death in 1996 at the age of just 33.
07:29In two minutes.
07:30Here we go.
07:31Eva Cassidy was renowned for her original interpretations of well-known songs,
07:35including her cover of what Oscar-winning song from The Wizard of Oz,
07:38which appeared on her album The Other Side?
07:41Over the Rainbow.
07:42Yes.
07:42Which singer had a UK number one single in December 2007,
07:45with a duet featuring the late Cassidy's vocals on What a Wonderful World?
07:49Katie Melua.
07:50Yes.
07:51What was the name of the senior high school that Cassidy attended,
07:54and while there joined a new band called Stonehenge?
07:57Robert Goddard.
07:58No, Bowie High School,
07:59which singer and musician wrote the song Penny to My Name,
08:03originally recorded as a demo by Cassidy?
08:06Roger Henderson.
08:08Yes.
08:08At what studio in the city of Rockville did Cassidy first meet her future collaborator,
08:12Chris Biondo,
08:13around 1987,
08:15while recording vocals for an ensemble project called Method Actor?
08:19Black Pond.
08:20Yes.
08:20After hearing Cassidy's demo tape,
08:22Bruce Lundval,
08:23the head of Blue Note Records,
08:25arranged for her to sing guest vocals on what 1994 album by the jazz group Pieces of a Dream?
08:31Goodbye, Manhattan.
08:32Yes.
08:32What was the first name of Cassidy's paternal aunt who contributed $1,000
08:36towards the cost of producing the 1996 album Live at Blues Alley?
08:40Isabel.
08:41Yes.
08:41After Cassidy was diagnosed with a terminal illness,
08:44at what venue in Washington, D.C.
08:46was a benefit concert held on the 17th of September 1996?
08:50The Bayou.
08:51Yes.
08:51A year after Cassidy's death,
08:53her parents agreed to give which American record company,
08:55founded by Bill Straw,
08:57the exclusive right to release all of her recordings?
09:00Blick Street.
09:01Yes.
09:02What was the name of the BBC Radio 2 producer
09:04who in the late 1990s first introduced Terry Wogan to Cassidy's music,
09:09leading to her songs being featured regularly on his radio show?
09:12Paulie Walters.
09:13Yes.
09:14Between 2001 and 2003,
09:16three of Cassidy's albums posthumously reached number one in the UK chart.
09:20Songbird, Imagine and which other?
09:22American Tune.
09:24Yes.
09:24Cassidy's fan base was further broadened
09:26when her version of Fields of Gold was used by which American figure skater
09:29for her exhibition routine at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
09:34Michelle Kwan.
09:35It was Michelle Kwan.
09:38Beth, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
09:41You've got 11 points.
09:52And our final contender, please.
10:01Your name?
10:02Roger Eazy.
10:04Your occupation?
10:05Solicitor.
10:05And your specialist subject?
10:07The England cricket team under Michael Atherton.
10:10The England men's team under the captaincy
10:12of the Lancashire opening batsmen,
10:14primarily from 1993 to 98.
10:17In two minutes.
10:18Here we go.
10:19Michael Atherton's first test match as England captain
10:21was at Edgbaston in August 1993
10:24against which country who won by eight wickets?
10:27Australia.
10:28Yes.
10:28Which former England captain had appointed Atherton
10:30but then resigned as chairman of selectors
10:32during the Edgbaston test
10:34and was succeeded by Ray Illingworth?
10:37Keith Fletcher?
10:38No, Ted Dexter.
10:39In the first innings of the Headingley test
10:41against South Africa in August 1994,
10:43Atherton had made 99 runs
10:45when he was caught and bowled by which player?
10:48Macmillan?
10:48Yes.
10:49In the final test of England's tour
10:50of the West Indies in 1994,
10:52Brian Lara made a record-breaking innings
10:54of how many runs?
10:56375.
10:57Yes.
10:58Which player took five wickets
10:59for 44 runs in the final match
11:01of England's victorious one-day series
11:03against Australia in 1997?
11:07Darren Goff?
11:08Yes.
11:08In July 1995,
11:10during a match against the West Indies
11:11at Old Trafford,
11:12which player became the first England bowler
11:14for 38 years to take a test hat-trick?
11:16Dominic Court?
11:17Yes.
11:18In December 1996,
11:19which side were England's opponents
11:21in a match that ended in a draw
11:22with the scores level
11:24the first time this had happened in a test?
11:27Zimbabwe?
11:27Yes.
11:28Before the Ashes tour to Australia
11:29that began in 1994,
11:31Atherton summed up which player
11:32in his diary with the description,
11:34too old,
11:35liability in the field,
11:36recent test record,
11:38not good.
11:38Mike Atting?
11:39Yes.
11:39When Atherton batted for more than 10 hours
11:42to save the Johannesburg test in 1995,
11:44which player partnered him
11:46for most of the final day
11:47and remained unbeaten on 29
11:49from 235 balls at the close?
11:52Jack Russell?
11:53Yes.
11:53At the 1996 one-day World Cup,
11:55which Atherton later described
11:57as a disaster from start to finish
11:58for the team,
12:00England's only victories
12:01were against the Netherlands
12:02and which other side?
12:03United Arab Emirates?
12:05Yes.
12:05In 1994,
12:06at Bridgetown Barbados,
12:07which player became
12:08the first England batsman
12:09to score centuries
12:10in both innings
12:11of a test
12:12against the West Indies?
12:13Alex Stewart.
12:14Yes.
12:14Atherton resigned as captain
12:15in 1998
12:16but returned briefly
12:17to the role in 2001
12:19in place of the injured
12:20Nasser Hussain
12:21for ashes tests
12:23at Lords
12:23and which other ground?
12:27Oh, gosh.
12:28Old Trafford?
12:29No.
12:30Trent Bridge.
12:31Ah.
12:33Roger,
12:33at the end of that round,
12:34you had no passes.
12:35You've got 10 points.
12:46At the end of the
12:47specialist subjects round,
12:49let's have a look
12:50at the scores.
12:51In fourth place
12:51with eight points,
12:52it's Rory.
12:53In third place
12:54with 10 points,
12:55it's Roger.
12:55In second place
12:56with 11 points,
12:57it's Beth.
12:58And in first place
12:59with 12 points,
13:00it's Lucy.
13:01So now,
13:02it's general knowledge
13:03and if there's a tie
13:04at the end,
13:04then the number of passes
13:05is taken into account
13:07and the person
13:07with the fewer passes
13:08is the winner.
13:09And if they're tied
13:10on passes as well,
13:11it's a tie break.
13:12So let's ask Rory
13:13to join us again, please.
13:23Rory,
13:24you start with eight points.
13:25You've now got
13:26two and a half minutes
13:26on general knowledge.
13:27Here we go.
13:28The chalk cliffs of Dover
13:29are commonly described
13:30as being what color?
13:31White.
13:32Yes.
13:32In Asian cookery,
13:34taki,
13:34as in shiitake,
13:35enoki taki
13:36and maitaki
13:37is the Japanese word
13:39for what foodstuff?
13:40Washington.
13:40Yes.
13:41What's the title
13:41of the Emmy award-winning
13:42television medical drama series
13:44first shown in 2004
13:46starring Hugh Laurie
13:47as a cynical
13:48but talented hospital doctor?
13:49Heiss.
13:50Yes.
13:50George I succeeded
13:52to the British throne
13:53in 1714
13:54following the death
13:55of which queen?
13:57Mary.
13:58No, Anne.
13:59What Toronto landmark
14:00opened to the public
14:01in 1976
14:02was for more than 30 years
14:03the world's tallest
14:04freestanding structure?
14:06Ciantire.
14:07Yes.
14:07In classical mythology,
14:09what term derived
14:09from a Greek verb
14:10meaning to flow
14:11is used for a freshwater nymph
14:13who lives in a spring,
14:15river or lake?
14:18Pass.
14:19What fast-paced
14:20ballroom dance
14:21has a Spanish name
14:22that translates
14:22as double-step?
14:25Cha-cha.
14:26No, Paso Doble.
14:27Which British singer
14:28had a UK number one album
14:30in 2009
14:30entitled
14:31It's Not Me, It's You
14:32featuring her chart-topping single
14:34The Fear?
14:35Lily Allen.
14:36Yes.
14:37In May 2025,
14:38the Chinese player
14:39Zhao Xintong
14:40became his country's
14:42first world champion
14:43in which sport?
14:44Snooker.
14:45Yes.
14:45What Italian term
14:46commonly translated
14:47as in the fresh air
14:48is often used in English
14:49to describe outdoor dining?
14:51Alfresco.
14:51Yes.
14:52In 2001,
14:53which Australian author
14:54was awarded
14:54the Booker Prize
14:55for a second time
14:56for his novel
14:57True History of the Kelly Gang?
14:59Pass.
15:00The name of the
15:01Jewish religious holiday
15:02Yom Kippur
15:03is usually translated
15:04into English
15:04as the day of what?
15:06Fasting.
15:07No, atonement.
15:08In 2012,
15:09a smaller branch
15:10of the main Louvre museum
15:11in Paris
15:12was opened
15:13in which northern French city
15:14in the Padakale region?
15:18Ruyen.
15:19No, L'Anse.
15:20A well-known funeral speech
15:21by Mark Antony
15:22in the Shakespeare play
15:23Julius Caesar begins
15:25Friends, Romans,
15:26countrymen,
15:26lend me your what?
15:27Years.
15:28Yes.
15:28Which British entrepreneur
15:29credited with inventing
15:30the bagless vacuum cleaner
15:32was ranked number five
15:33on the Sunday Times
15:34Rich List for 2024?
15:36Dyson.
15:37Yes.
15:37What 1952 western film
15:39starring Gary Cooper
15:40as Marshal Will Kane
15:41did John Wayne
15:42accuse of being
15:43un-American?
15:45The Alamo.
15:46No, High Noon.
15:47What's the word
15:47for either of the two
15:48front parts of a jacket
15:49or coat
15:50that are folded back
15:51on each side
15:52and join onto the collar?
15:54Coughs.
15:54No, Lapel.
15:55Which Czech composer
15:56wrote the 1893
15:58orchestral work
15:58after this all finish?
16:00Which Czech composer
16:01wrote the 1893
16:02orchestral work
16:03popularly known
16:04as the New World Symphony?
16:06Dvorak.
16:06It was Dvorak.
16:08Rory,
16:09you had two passes.
16:10The Australian author
16:11awarded the Booker Prize
16:13for a second time
16:14for his novel
16:14True History
16:15of the Kelly Gang.
16:16That was Peter Carey.
16:17And in classical mythology
16:19the term derived
16:20from a Greek verb
16:21meaning to flow
16:22used for a freshwater nymph
16:24naiad.
16:26So at the end of that round
16:27you've got 18 points.
16:38Next up, it's Roger.
16:40Roger.
16:42Roger.
16:44Roger.
16:47Roger, you start with 10 points.
16:49The score to beat us
16:50is 18 points.
16:52You've got two and a half minutes
16:53on general knowledge.
16:54Here we go.
16:55The simple children's game
16:56in which one player
16:57tries to find others
16:58who've concealed themselves
16:59is called hide and what?
17:01Seek.
17:01Yes.
17:02What word for a mountainous
17:03type of geographical feature
17:04is derived from the name
17:06of the Roman god of fire?
17:09Ponto.
17:10No, volcano.
17:11In 1759,
17:12which future US president
17:13married a young widow
17:15named Martha Dandridge-Custis?
17:21Teddy Roosevelt.
17:22No, Washington.
17:23What 2018 film
17:24which won an Oscar
17:25for Best Picture
17:26stars Mahershala Ali
17:27as a classical
17:28and jazz pianist
17:29and Viggo Mortensen
17:30as his chauffeur?
17:32I don't know.
17:33There's a lot.
17:35Pass.
17:37The ancient Indian epic poem
17:39The Ramayana
17:40was written in what language?
17:41Sanskrit?
17:42Yes.
17:43Which metallic element
17:43has the chemical symbol
17:44derived from its alternative name
17:47Wolfram?
17:48Tungsten?
17:49Yes.
17:49A female badger
17:50is known as a sow.
17:52What's the corresponding term
17:53for a male badger?
17:56Pass.
17:57Which British poet
17:58and playwright
17:59wrote the lyrics
17:59for the 1728 work
18:01The Beggar's Opera?
18:03John Gay.
18:03Yes.
18:04On a bank statement,
18:05the letters S.O.
18:06stand for what term
18:07for a form of regular payment
18:09of the same sum
18:10of money taken
18:10from an account?
18:11Standing order.
18:12Yes.
18:12What long-running stage musical
18:14which opened in London's West End
18:15in 1981
18:16features songs entitled
18:18The Jellicle Ball,
18:19Memory
18:19and The Journey
18:20to the Heaviside Lair?
18:24Cats.
18:25Yes.
18:25Which Flemish portrait painter
18:27born in Antwerp in 1599
18:28has a pointed style
18:30of beard
18:30named after him?
18:33Van Dijk?
18:34Yes.
18:34In June 2025,
18:36the Olympic gold medallist
18:37Armand Duplantis
18:38set a new world record
18:40of 6 metres
18:41and 28 centimetres
18:42in what athletics discipline?
18:44Pole vault.
18:44Yes.
18:45What was the name
18:45of the Archbishop of Canterbury
18:47who presided over the coronation
18:48of Queen Elizabeth II
18:49in 1953?
18:52Lord?
18:53No.
18:54It was Geoffrey Fisher.
18:55Pete Beale,
18:56Ethel Skinner
18:57and Dr Harold Legg
18:58were among the characters
18:59who appeared
19:00in the first episode
19:01of what British television show?
19:03EastEnders.
19:03Yes.
19:04Which university
19:04is the oldest in Scotland
19:06having been officially founded
19:07in 1413?
19:08St Andrews.
19:09Yes.
19:09An orchestral piece
19:10entitled Sailing By
19:12is usually played
19:13on Radio 4
19:14immediately before
19:15the final broadcast
19:16of the day
19:16of what regular item?
19:18The Shipping Frog Bus.
19:19Yes.
19:19Which American singer
19:20and actor
19:21born in Hoboken,
19:22New Jersey
19:22in 1915
19:23was nicknamed
19:24Old Blue Eyes?
19:29Frank Sinatra.
19:30It is.
19:31Frank Sinatra.
19:33Roger,
19:34you had two passes.
19:35The term for a male badger,
19:37boar.
19:38And the film starring
19:39Mahershala Ali
19:40as a classical and jazz pianist,
19:42it's Green Book.
19:44Which means at the end
19:45of that round, Roger,
19:46you've got 22 points.
19:58Next up,
19:59it's Beth.
20:08Beth.
20:09you start with 11 points.
20:10The score to beat
20:11as it stands
20:12is 22 points.
20:13You've got two and a half minutes
20:14on general knowledge.
20:15Here we go.
20:16The name of what infectious disease
20:17is commonly abbreviated
20:19to the letters TB?
20:20Tuberculosis.
20:21Yes.
20:21What's the term
20:22for a tennis stroke
20:23made by a player
20:24who returns the ball
20:25before it has touched the ground?
20:27Folly.
20:28Yes.
20:28The formula half the base
20:29multiplied by the perpendicular height
20:31is used to calculate
20:32the area of what geometric shape?
20:35Triangle.
20:36Yes.
20:36The 1978 UK chart-topping
20:38single
20:39Matchstalk Men
20:40and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
20:41by Brian and Michael
20:42is a song
20:43about which British artist?
20:45Lowry.
20:45Yes.
20:46A wine bottle
20:46known as a Methuselah
20:47can hold as much wine
20:49as how many standard bottles?
20:51Four.
20:52No, eight.
20:52What was the name
20:53of the Russian chemist
20:54who in 1869
20:55compiled an early version
20:56of the periodic table
20:58of elements?
21:00Mendele.
21:00Yes.
21:01Dawn of the Dinosaurs,
21:02Collision Course
21:03and The Meltdown
21:04are the subtitles of sequels
21:06to what 2002 animated film?
21:09Ice Age.
21:10Yes.
21:10Which island
21:11at the entrance
21:12to the Bay of Naples
21:13is home to the Blue Grotto
21:14Sea Cave
21:15and the Punta Carrena
21:16Lighthouse?
21:18Ibiza.
21:19No, Capri.
21:20What's the three-letter word
21:21for the female
21:22of ground-feeding birds
21:23such as the pheasant,
21:25partridge and grouse?
21:27Hen.
21:27Yes.
21:28In January 2025,
21:29a project manager
21:30named Jake Brown
21:31and the former soldier
21:32Leanne Quigley
21:33were the joint winners
21:34of what reality
21:35television game show?
21:37Big Brother.
21:38No, The Traitors.
21:39The medieval chronicler
21:40who in the 12th century
21:41wrote his influential
21:42History of the Kings of Britain
21:44which popularised
21:45the legend of King Arthur
21:46is most commonly known
21:47as Geoffrey of where?
21:51Northampton.
21:51No, Monmouth.
21:52What three-word name
21:53is given to the financial crisis
21:55of 1720
21:56caused by the share price collapse
21:58of a London company trading
21:59with plantations
22:00in Latin America?
22:03Pass.
22:04Which religious figure
22:05whose feast day
22:06is the 1st of February
22:07is the only one
22:08of the three patron saints
22:09of Ireland
22:10who is female?
22:14Pass.
22:15The water of Leith
22:16is a river that flows
22:17through which Scottish city?
22:20Edinburgh.
22:21Yes.
22:21What two-word Latin term
22:22is used in English,
22:23particularly in a legal context,
22:25to mean sane
22:26or of sound mind?
22:32Converse mentis.
22:33Yes.
22:34Which French statesman
22:35who died in 2023
22:36served as president
22:37of the European Commission
22:38from 1985
22:39until 1995
22:40and during that time
22:42oversaw the creation
22:43of the EU single market?
22:46Pass.
22:48It's Jacques Delors.
22:51Beth, you had two other passes.
22:53The religious figure
22:54whose feast day
22:54is the 1st of February.
22:55The only one
22:57of the three patron saints
22:58of Ireland
22:58to be female,
22:59that's St Bridget.
23:01And the South Sea Bubble
23:03was the three-word name
23:04given to the financial crisis
23:05of 1720.
23:08At the end of that round,
23:09Beth,
23:09you've got 20 points.
23:21And finally,
23:22let's have Lucy again, please.
23:32Lucy, you start with 12 points.
23:34The score to beat
23:34to get through to the semifinals
23:36is Rodgers' 22 points.
23:38You've got two and a half minutes
23:38on general knowledge.
23:40Here we go.
23:40What term symbolised
23:41as a letter C
23:42inside a circle
23:43indicates that a literary work
23:45is legally protected
23:46and cannot be reproduced
23:48without permission?
23:49Copyright.
23:49Yes, the Palme d'Or
23:50or Golden Palm
23:51is a prestigious award
23:52presented to the best film
23:54at what annual film festival?
23:55Cannes.
23:56Yes, on a German restaurant menu,
23:58the word speck
23:59refers to meat
24:00from which animal?
24:02Chicken.
24:03No, pig.
24:04The Riverside Museum
24:05in Glasgow,
24:05which opened
24:06on the River Clyde in 2011,
24:08was designed
24:09by which Iraqi
24:09British architect?
24:11Guggenheim.
24:12No, Zaha Hadid.
24:13In the late 18th century,
24:14which UK Prime Minister
24:16fought a duel
24:16on Putney Heath
24:17with a rival MP
24:18named George Tierney?
24:20Israeli.
24:21No, Pitt the Younger.
24:22The Kentucky Derby horse race,
24:23first run in 1875,
24:25is held at which racecourse
24:26in the city of Louisville?
24:30Apple Green.
24:31No, Churchill Downs.
24:32The battles of Ir Drang
24:34and Dak Tho
24:34and the siege of Khaesan
24:36were major engagements
24:37in which 20th century conflict?
24:40The Second World War.
24:41No, Vietnam.
24:42Which actor
24:42who played the Doctor
24:43in Doctor Who
24:44from 1974 to 1981
24:46was made an MBE
24:47in the 2025 New Year's
24:49Honours list?
24:50Colin Baker.
24:51No, Tom Baker.
24:53According to a title
24:54of a 1934 novel
24:55by James M. Cain,
24:56Who always rings twice?
24:58The Devil.
24:59No, The Postman.
25:00The song One Dance,
25:01which spent 15 consecutive weeks
25:03at number one
25:04in the UK chart in 2016,
25:06is by which Canadian singer?
25:07Drake.
25:07Yes, the 1953 play
25:09entitled La Louette
25:10or The Lark
25:11by Jean-Anouy
25:12tells the life story
25:14of which French saint?
25:16Joan of Arc.
25:17Yes, histidine,
25:18lysine,
25:19threonine
25:20and tryptophan
25:21are examples
25:21of what type
25:22of organic compounds
25:23that combine
25:24to form proteins?
25:25Amino acid.
25:26Yes, which Roman god
25:27is typically depicted
25:28in art
25:29as a mischievous
25:29winged infant
25:30holding a bow and arrow?
25:31Cupid.
25:32Yes, what large
25:33metallic structure
25:33built in Brussels
25:34in 1958
25:35is a model
25:36representing
25:36an elementary iron crystal
25:39magnified 165 billion times?
25:41The Eiffel Tower.
25:42No, the Atomium.
25:43In 2020,
25:44the former head
25:45of the Financial Conduct Authority,
25:47Andrew Bailey,
25:47took up a new role
25:48as governor
25:49of which financial institution?
25:51The Bank of England.
25:52Yes, in the human
25:53digestive system,
25:54the pylorus
25:54is an opening
25:55that allows food
25:56to pass into
25:57the small intestine
25:58from the base
25:59of which organ?
26:00The stomach.
26:01Yes, which lyricist
26:02wrote the words
26:03for many of the songs
26:04composed by Elton John
26:05for the film
26:06and stage musical
26:06The Lion King
26:07including Circle of Life
26:08and Can You Feel
26:09the Love Tonight?
26:10Tim Rice.
26:11Yes, the national...
26:12I've started so,
26:13I'll finish.
26:14The national flag
26:15of which
26:15South East African country
26:17features a depiction
26:18of an open book,
26:19an agricultural hoe
26:20and an assault rifle.
26:25Angola.
26:27No, it's Mozambique.
26:30Lucy, at the end
26:31of that round
26:32you had no passes.
26:33You've got 21 points.
26:45My word,
26:47that was tight.
26:47Let's have a look
26:48at the final scores.
26:50In fourth place
26:50with 18 points
26:52it's Rory.
26:52In third place
26:53with 20 points
26:54it's Beth.
26:55In second place
26:56with 21 points
26:58it's Lucy
26:58which means
26:59in first place
27:00with 22 points
27:01it's Roger.
27:02So he goes through
27:03to the semi-finals.
27:04Congratulations to him.
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27:07to be a contender
27:08in the next series
27:09please go to our website
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27:15Join us again next time
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27:18thanks for watching.
27:19Bye for now.
27:26After Lucy's
27:27specialist subject round
27:27I thought I was toast.
27:29I knew I had a lot of work
27:30to do
27:31in the general knowledge round
27:32and then in the general knowledge round
27:34I had a fair amount of passes.
27:36Pass.
27:37Pass.
27:37So I thought it was over.
27:39So really, really
27:41pleased and surprised
27:42to have come through
27:42in the end.
27:43And your specialist subject.
27:45The England cricket team
27:46under Michael Atherton.
27:48I chose my specialist subject
27:49because I'm
27:50I'm a bit of a cricket tragic.
27:52Can't bat.
27:53Can't bowl.
27:54Watch it on the telly.
27:55Darren Goff.
27:56Yes.
27:57Zimbabwe.
27:57Yes.
27:58Alex Stewart.
27:59Yes.
27:59Roger.
28:00At the end of that round
28:01you had no passes.
28:02You've got ten points.
28:04I didn't imagine that
28:05it would be my name
28:06being read out
28:07at the end of the show.
28:08In first place
28:09with 22 points
28:10it's Roger
28:11so he goes through
28:12to the semi-finals.
28:14My advice for anyone
28:15thinking of
28:16coming onto the show
28:17is give it a go.
28:19If I can do it
28:20anyone can do it.
28:50We'll see you next time.
28:51We'll see you next time.
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