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00:25Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:29In the spotlight tonight are Jonathan Bartley, a management consultant.
00:33His specialist subject is the former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
00:37Matthew Puttenall, a visitor welcome assistant.
00:39He'll be answering questions on the band Nirvana.
00:42Jane Kendrick, a retired teacher whose subject is the renowned English architect George Skipper
00:48and Savannah Phillips, an access officer.
00:50Her subject is the television sitcom Derry Girls.
00:59We are such stuff as dreams are made on.
01:02A bold assertion, I grant you, but for our four mastermind contenders tonight,
01:06to secure a place in the semifinals would absolutely be a dream come true.
01:11A few rather consequential barriers, however, stand in the way,
01:15like two minutes of rapid-fire questions on a specialist subject
01:18and two and a half minutes on general knowledge,
01:21all while squirming in the famous black chair.
01:24Hold your nerve and you will prevail, but who will it be?
01:28So, can I ask our first contender to join us, please?
01:39Your name?
01:40Jonathan Bartley.
01:41Your occupation?
01:42Management consultant.
01:44And your specialist subject?
01:45Richard Nixon.
01:46The 37th President of the United States
01:48and one of the most controversial figures in recent political history.
01:52In two minutes.
01:53Here we go.
01:54The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
01:56is in which city in California,
01:58where the future president was born in 1913?
02:01Yorba Linda.
02:02Yes, the young Nixon was offered a law scholarship
02:04at Harvard University,
02:05but instead enrolled in which local college
02:08so that he could help his poor family run their shop?
02:10Whittier.
02:11Yes, as a congressman,
02:12Nixon achieved nationwide fame for his leading role
02:15in a 1948 investigation into alleged espionage
02:19by which government official?
02:21Alger Hiss.
02:21Yes, which South American city was Nixon visiting in 1958
02:25when a large group of demonstrators attacked his motorcade,
02:29breaking the windows of his car and trying to overturn it?
02:32Caracas.
02:32Yes, Nixon's first campaign for the presidency in 1960
02:35was hampered by a scandal surrounding a loan
02:38that his brother Donald had received from which businessman?
02:41Hard use.
02:42Yes, Nixon gave an ill-tempered press conference
02:45following his defeat in a 1962 election for which political office?
02:49Governor of California.
02:50Yes, during Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign,
02:54which of his associates was recorded encouraging
02:57the South Vietnamese ambassador to boycott peace talks?
03:01Pass.
03:02What was the name of Nixon's long-time secretary
03:04who claimed she may have inadvertently been responsible
03:07for the partial erasure of tapes during the Watergate scandal?
03:11Rose Woods.
03:11Yes, in the presidential election of 1972,
03:14Nixon was re-elected in a landslide
03:17with his opponent, George McGovern,
03:18winning only the District of Columbia and which state?
03:21Minnesota?
03:22No, Massachusetts.
03:23Nixon's efforts to establish diplomatic relations with China
03:26were aided by a highly publicised trip to that country
03:29by the US national team in what sport?
03:32Theobotanas.
03:33Yes, after Nixon resigned the presidency,
03:35he and his family moved to their home in San Clemente,
03:38in California, a beachfront mansion known by what Spanish name?
03:41La Casa Pacifica.
03:43Yes, at Nixon's funeral in 1994,
03:45a military band played excerpts from Richard Rodgers
03:48and Robert Bennett's score
03:49to which television documentary series
03:51whose soundtrack Nixon often played in the White House?
03:54Victory at Sea.
03:56It was Victory at Sea.
03:59Jonathan, you had just the one pass.
04:00Anna Chenault was Richard Nixon's associate,
04:03recorded encouraging the South Vietnamese ambassador
04:06to boycott peace talks.
04:08Yes.
04:08And at the end of that round, Jonathan,
04:10you've got ten points.
04:21Our next contender, please.
04:30Your name.
04:31Matthew Pattenall.
04:32Your occupation.
04:33Visitor welcome assistant.
04:35And your specialist subject.
04:36Nirvana.
04:37The hugely successful American rock band
04:40formed in Washington State in 1987
04:42by Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.
04:45In two minutes.
04:46Here we go.
04:47What's the title of Nirvana's debut studio album,
04:49recorded for around $600
04:51and released in 1989 on the independent label Sub Pop?
04:55Bleach.
04:56Yes.
04:56Which musician was the main drummer on Bleach
04:58and a member of the band from 1988 to 90,
05:01before ultimately being replaced by Dave Grohl?
05:04Chad Channing.
05:05Yes.
05:06Which song was the B-side to the band's debut single,
05:08Love Buzz,
05:09and was, according to Cobain,
05:11written about the Sub Pop co-founder,
05:13Jonathan Poniman?
05:14Big Cheese.
05:15Yes.
05:15What was the name of Cobain's prized plastic toy monkey
05:18that appears in the artwork of the Nevermind album?
05:21Chim Chim.
05:21Yes.
05:22The video for which single parodies
05:231960s television variety shows,
05:26such as The Ed Sullivan Show,
05:27with a host introducing the band
05:29as three fine young men from Seattle?
05:31In Bloom.
05:32Yes.
05:32After the band had decided to sign for Geffen Records in 1991,
05:36Sub Pop released a final Nirvana single,
05:39though it also featured a track called Candy
05:41by which other band?
05:42The Fluid.
05:43Yes.
05:43Which song, originally released as a B-side
05:45on the 1991 hit single,
05:47Smells Like Teen Spirit,
05:49has the opening line,
05:50Come On Over, Do The Twist?
05:52Aneurysm.
05:52Yes.
05:53Which of Cobain's former girlfriends
05:54who played drums with Bikini Kill
05:56is thought to have inspired a number of tracks
05:59on Nevermind,
06:00including Lounge Act,
06:01which apparently would be omitted
06:03from the band's set list
06:04if Cobain's partner, Courtly Love,
06:06was at the show?
06:07Toby Vale.
06:08Yes.
06:08When Nirvana appeared on MTV Unplugged in 1993,
06:11they played some of their own tracks,
06:13as well as covers,
06:14including three songs by the band Meat Puppets,
06:17Plateau, Oh Me,
06:18and which other song?
06:19Lake of Fire.
06:20Yes.
06:20In which British city did Nirvana
06:22play the first gig of a European tour
06:24in November 1991,
06:25following the release of Nevermind?
06:28Cork.
06:28No, Bristol.
06:29Which track on the original version
06:31of Nirvana's third album,
06:32In Utero,
06:33is the only one to have been written
06:35by all three members of the band,
06:37with the rest credited solely to Cobain?
06:39Sentless Apprentice.
06:40Yes, who produced the album Nevermind,
06:42which was recorded at Sound City Studios
06:45in California
06:45and included versions of songs
06:47they'd worked on the previous year
06:49at Smart Studios in Wisconsin,
06:52which he co-owned.
06:53Butch Vig.
06:54It was.
06:55Butch Vig.
06:56Matthew,
06:57at the end of that round,
06:58you had no passes.
06:59You've got 11 points.
07:10And our next contender, please.
07:22Your name.
07:23Jane Kendrick.
07:25Your occupation.
07:25Retired teacher.
07:27And your specialist subject.
07:28The architect, George Skipper.
07:30The innovative Norwich-based architect
07:33born in the nearby town of Dearham
07:35in 1856.
07:36In two minutes.
07:37Here we go.
07:38George Skipper designed
07:39or was connected with,
07:41work on,
07:41several hotels
07:42in which seaside town,
07:44including the Imperial,
07:45the Lindhurst
07:46and the Hotel de Paris?
07:47Cromer.
07:48Yes.
07:48Which poet and critic
07:49famously wrote of Skipper,
07:51he is to Norwich,
07:52rather what Gaudi was to Barcelona?
07:54John Betterman.
07:55Yes.
07:55What brickworks,
07:56based at Cossy in Norfolk,
07:58produced specialised bricks
07:59and ornamental terracotta,
08:01or cosyware,
08:02which Skipper made frequent use of
08:04in his designs?
08:05Gunton Brothers.
08:06Yes.
08:07Gunton's brickworks.
08:08Around 1873,
08:09Skipper's father, Robert,
08:10arranged an apprenticeship
08:11for his son
08:12at a new practice
08:13that had opened
08:14in central London,
08:15where George would study
08:16under which architect?
08:17John Thomas Lee.
08:18Yes.
08:19In 1897,
08:20Skipper secured a commission
08:21to design what new
08:22250-foot-long building
08:24in Norwich
08:25that included
08:26ceramic decorations
08:27by Dalton's
08:28William Neatby?
08:29The Royal Arcade.
08:30Yes.
08:31In the 1890s,
08:32Skipper added a raised brickfront,
08:34contemporary cast-iron work
08:35and projecting bays
08:36to Linfield House,
08:38a building which was
08:39Grade 2 listed in 1999
08:40and is on which thoroughfare
08:42in Dearham?
08:44Bickridge Road.
08:45No, Commercial Road.
08:46Number 7, St Giles Street
08:48in Norwich,
08:49an eclectic design
08:50by Skipper
08:50with terracotta portraits
08:51of William Caxton
08:52and Daniel Defoe
08:53on the frontage,
08:54served as the offices
08:55for what newspaper
08:56until 1905?
08:58Norwich Daily Press.
09:00No, the Norfolk
09:01Daily Standard.
09:02Skipper was commissioned
09:03by Bert Cook,
09:04a grandson of the travel company
09:05founder Thomas Cook,
09:06to redesign and expand
09:07which Georgian stately home
09:09near the Norfolk village
09:10of Geist
09:11in the early 1900s?
09:14Senna Hall.
09:15Yes.
09:15Skipper left a large
09:16architectural legacy
09:18in Somerset,
09:19including in the early 1880s
09:20a series of Neo-Tudor
09:22estate cottages
09:23in which village
09:24near Shepton Mallet?
09:25Doolton.
09:26Yes.
09:26What's the name
09:27of the mansion,
09:28now part of a public school,
09:29that was Skipper's
09:30final work in Somerset
09:31and was built in 1889?
09:33Millfield House.
09:34Yes.
09:34In the 1920s,
09:35Skipper designed a scheme
09:36including a large number
09:37of houses
09:38of study soil finish,
09:40including a large number
09:41of houses
09:41and other buildings
09:42in the new village
09:43of Hurstdon
09:44near Canterbury
09:45for miners
09:46working at which colliery?
09:48Chisley.
09:49No, it's Chislet Colliery.
09:52Jane, at the end of that round
09:54you had no passes.
09:55You've got eight points.
10:07And our final contender, please.
10:17Your name.
10:19Savannah Phillips.
10:20Your occupation.
10:21Access officer.
10:22And your specialist subject.
10:24Derry Girls.
10:24The television sitcom
10:25first broadcast from 2018
10:27to 2022
10:28about the pupils
10:29at a Catholic girls' school
10:31in 1990s Northern Ireland.
10:33In two minutes.
10:34Here we go.
10:35In the opening episode
10:36when the girls are given
10:37a detention
10:37for threatening
10:38a first-year Tina O'Connell,
10:40Sister Declan
10:40confiscates Erin's diary
10:42and what cosmetic item
10:43belonging to Michelle?
10:45Lipstick.
10:45Yes.
10:46What's the name
10:46of the young woman
10:47whom Orla says
10:48she'd like to meet
10:49after learning
10:50that the destination
10:50for the forthcoming
10:51school trip
10:52will be Paris,
10:53only to be told
10:54scornfully
10:54by Erin
10:55that
10:55it's just an ad
10:56she's not a real person?
10:58Michelle Pfeiffer.
10:59No, Nicole.
11:01Erin's father,
11:01Jerry,
11:02describes his father-in-law,
11:03Joe's cat,
11:04Seamus,
11:04as a psychopath
11:05when he returns
11:06home from the shops
11:07to discover
11:08what wild creature
11:09dead on his doorstep
11:10before later
11:11also finding
11:12a deceased pet rabbit?
11:14A mouse.
11:15No, Shrew.
11:16Which cast member
11:17on the show
11:18won the 2020
11:19Royal Television Society
11:20Award for Best
11:21Female Comedy Performance?
11:23Siobhan McSweeney.
11:24No,
11:25Searsha Monica Jackson.
11:26How many stars
11:27are on the pink,
11:28white and purple
11:29US flag
11:30that the shopkeeper
11:31Dennis attempts
11:32to sell to the girls
11:33in the run-up
11:34to President Clinton's
11:35visit to Derry,
11:36claiming that some
11:36of the states
11:37left America
11:38the other day?
11:3930.
11:39Yes.
11:40Which real-life singer
11:41and actress
11:42humorously billed
11:43as The Commitment
11:43because of a previous
11:45film role
11:45performs at the
11:46joint 18th birthday
11:47party held
11:48for Erin and Orla?
11:50Brona Connolly?
11:52No, Brona Gallagher.
11:53What novel
11:54is Sister Michael
11:55reading on the bus
11:56to Belfast
11:57when she encounters
11:57the Derry girls
11:58on their way
11:59to the Take That concert?
12:01The Exorcist.
12:02Yes, after James
12:02is knocked down
12:03by the school van
12:04in Donegal,
12:05Erin checks for concussion
12:06by asking him
12:07to name the Prime Minister
12:08of which country?
12:10America?
12:10No, New Zealand.
12:11The scene in which
12:12the girls
12:13mistakenly believe
12:14that they've witnessed
12:14the miracle
12:15of a weeping statue
12:16was filmed inside
12:17which church
12:18in Belfast
12:19renamed for the episode
12:20as St. Agnes's?
12:23Pass.
12:24What's the title
12:25of the school magazine
12:26which Erin asks
12:27her friends
12:28to help publish
12:29after her behaviour
12:30has caused
12:30the other reporters
12:31to quit?
12:32The Habit.
12:33Yes, what items
12:34collected by her mother
12:35I've started
12:36so I'll finish.
12:36What items
12:37collected by her mother
12:38does Mary compare
12:39to paramilitary weapons
12:40while listening
12:41to a television news report
12:43about decommissioning arms
12:44as part of the
12:45Northern Ireland
12:45peace process?
12:47Toby Juggs.
12:48Yes, it's Toby Juggs.
12:50Savannah, you had
12:51just a one-passer.
12:53The scene in which
12:53the girls mistakenly believe
12:54that they've witnessed
12:56the miracle
12:56of a weeping statue
12:57was filmed inside
12:59the church
12:59in Belfast
13:00and it was
13:01St. George
13:02Parish Church.
13:04At the end
13:05of that round,
13:05Savannah,
13:06you've got five points.
13:17At the end
13:18of the specialist
13:19subjects round,
13:20let's have a look
13:20at the scores.
13:21In fourth place
13:22with five points,
13:23it's Savannah.
13:24In third place
13:24with eight points,
13:25it's Jane.
13:26In second place
13:27with ten points,
13:28it's Jonathan.
13:28And in first place
13:29with eleven points,
13:30it's Matthew.
13:31So now,
13:32it's general knowledge.
13:33And if there's a tie
13:34at the end,
13:35then the number of passes
13:36is taken into account
13:37and the person
13:38with the fewer passes
13:39is the winner.
13:40And if they're tied
13:40on passes as well,
13:42it's a tie break.
13:43So let's ask Savannah
13:44to join us again, please.
13:53Savannah,
13:54you start with five points.
13:55You've got two and a half minutes
13:56on general knowledge.
13:57Here we go.
13:58Cappelletti,
13:59tortellini and ravioli
14:00are all filled varieties
14:02of what foodstuff?
14:04Pasta.
14:04Yes.
14:05Which gaseous element
14:06has the atomic number seven
14:07and the chemical symbol N?
14:09Nio.
14:10No, nitrogen.
14:11What was the three-word name
14:12of the charity
14:13that in 2009
14:14merged with Age Concern
14:16to form Age UK?
14:19Pass.
14:20Which British rock group
14:21topped the UK album's chart
14:23in May 2025
14:24with Pompeii 1972,
14:26a recording of a live concert
14:27performed by the band
14:29more than 50 years ago?
14:30Queen.
14:31No, Pink Floyd.
14:32What Latin word
14:33meaning whirling
14:34is the name given
14:35to a medical condition
14:36characterised by a spinning sensation
14:38or a feeling of dizziness
14:40or being unbalanced?
14:42Vertigo.
14:43Yes.
14:43The 1999 science fiction epic
14:45subtitle The Phantom Menace
14:47is the first in a trilogy
14:48of prequels
14:49in what film series?
14:51Star Wars.
14:51Yes.
14:51What's the name
14:52of the large arid region
14:54in northwest India
14:54and eastern Pakistan
14:56that's sometimes called
14:57the Great Indian Desert?
14:59Punjab?
15:00No, The Tar Desert
15:01in a celebrated series
15:02of 1980s photographs
15:04by Michael Halsband.
15:05Which New York graffiti artist
15:07posed in boxing gear
15:08alongside Andy Warhol
15:09with whom he was collaborating
15:11on a forthcoming exhibition?
15:14Banksy.
15:15No, Jean-Michel Basquiat.
15:16The television reality series
15:18Big Brother
15:18is named after
15:19an omniscient figurehead
15:21in which novel
15:22by George Orwell?
15:231994.
15:24Yes.
15:25What dog breed named
15:25after a town in Northumberland
15:27is a small terrier
15:28that's often said
15:29to resemble a lamb?
15:30Bedlington Terrier.
15:32Yes.
15:32In December 2024,
15:33the Olympic gold medal winning
15:35Kenyan athlete
15:35Beatrice Chibet
15:37set a new women's world record
15:39of 13 minutes 54 seconds
15:41over what distance?
15:4310k?
15:43No, 5,000 metres.
15:45The Bermuda Bowl,
15:46the Venice Cup,
15:47the Dorsey Senior Trophy
15:48and the Wuhan Cup
15:49are the main international competitions
15:51in what card game?
15:54Bridge.
15:54Yes, Richard J. Daly
15:56and his eldest son
15:57Richard M. Daly
15:58have both served terms
15:59lasting more than 20 years
16:01as the mayor
16:01of which American city?
16:03Washington.
16:04No, Chicago.
16:05What's the general term
16:06for American whiskey
16:08that must be distilled
16:09using a grain mash
16:10with at least 51% maize
16:12and aged in new
16:13charred oak barrels?
16:15Moonshine.
16:16No, Bourbon.
16:17On Christmas Eve in 1918,
16:18a service called
16:19a festival of nine lessons
16:21and carols
16:21which was subsequently
16:22held annually
16:23took place in the chapel
16:24of which college
16:25at Cambridge University?
16:27Kinks.
16:27Yes.
16:28What four-letter name
16:29a shortening...
16:29I've started to say I'll finish.
16:31What four-letter name
16:32a shortening of a Hawaiian word
16:33meaning quick
16:34is used in computing
16:36for a website
16:37whose content
16:38can be changed
16:38or added to
16:39by users?
16:44Um...
16:44Pass.
16:45It's wiki.
16:47Ah!
16:48You had one of the past,
16:50the three-word name
16:50of the charity
16:51that merged with
16:52Age Concern
16:53to form Age UK,
16:54Help the Aged.
16:55Mm.
16:56At the end of that round,
16:57Savannah,
16:58you've got 12 points.
17:09Next up, it's Jane.
17:21Jane, you start with
17:23eight points.
17:24The score to beat
17:24as it stands
17:25is 12 points.
17:26You've got two and a half
17:27minutes on general knowledge.
17:28Here we go.
17:29What type of
17:30fastening device
17:30used on clothes
17:31and bags
17:32consists of
17:33two rows of metal
17:34or plastic teeth
17:35that are drawn together
17:36and interlocked
17:37by a small tag
17:38that's pulled along them?
17:39Is it?
17:40Yes.
17:40Which tropical fruit
17:41grows on a plant
17:42with a scientific name
17:43Ananas comosus
17:45and is known
17:46in several European languages
17:47as Ananas?
17:49Pineapple.
17:49Yes.
17:50The Grammy Award trophy
17:51is in the shape
17:52of what item
17:52of sound reproduction equipment?
17:56Tape recorder.
17:57No, gramophone.
17:57What number
17:58is the cube root
17:59of 125?
18:02Five.
18:02Yes.
18:03What name
18:03derived from Greek words
18:04meaning three-footed
18:06is given to
18:06a three-legged stand
18:08used to support
18:09a camera or telescope?
18:10Tripod.
18:11Yes.
18:11The long-running
18:11television series
18:12Pot Black
18:13first broadcast
18:14in 1969
18:15and intended
18:16to showcase
18:16colour television
18:17was a knockout
18:18tournament
18:19in which game?
18:21Snooker.
18:22Yes.
18:22The joint winners
18:23of the 1993
18:23Nobel Peace Prize
18:25were Nelson Mandela
18:26and which
18:26South African politician
18:27who at the time
18:28was the country's president?
18:30F.W. D. Clerk.
18:31Yes.
18:31In the novel
18:32Oliver Twist
18:33by Charles Dickens
18:34the pickpocket
18:34Jack Dawkins
18:35is known by
18:36what nickname?
18:37Artful Dodger.
18:38Yes.
18:38In Asian cuisine
18:39what name
18:40for thinly sliced
18:41raw fish
18:41is derived
18:42from Japanese
18:43words meaning
18:44to pierce
18:44and flesh?
18:46Sushi.
18:47No.
18:47Sashimi.
18:48What commonwealth
18:48country in the
18:49South Pacific
18:50previously known
18:51as the Friendly Islands
18:52has a name meaning
18:53south in reference
18:54to its geographic
18:55position relative
18:56to Samoa?
18:58Tahiti?
18:59No.
19:00Tonga.
19:00In 2015
19:01Sam Smith
19:02became the first person
19:03to have a UK
19:04number one single
19:05with the James Bond
19:06theme
19:06with the song
19:07Writings on the Wall
19:08from which film?
19:09Quantum of Solace.
19:11No.
19:11Spectre.
19:12What illustrative
19:12two-word nickname
19:13is given to a set
19:14of reforms
19:15to the London Stock Exchange
19:17implemented in 1986
19:18in which regulations
19:20were lifted
19:20and electronic trading
19:21was introduced?
19:22Big Bang.
19:23Yes.
19:24Which award-winning
19:24rock musical
19:25written by Jonathan Larson
19:26and first staged
19:27on Broadway in 1996
19:29is loosely based
19:30on Puccini's opera
19:31La Boheme?
19:34School of Rock.
19:35No.
19:36Rent.
19:36A type of pedestrian crossing
19:37similar to a pelican crossing
19:39but with the red
19:40and green figures
19:41displayed above
19:42the push button
19:42on the same side
19:44of the road
19:44as the user
19:45is known by the name
19:46of what seabird?
19:48Puffin.
19:48Yes.
19:49The music teacher
19:50Dame Fanny Waterman
19:51co-founded
19:51the prestigious
19:52international piano competition
19:54held every three years
19:55in which city
19:56in northern England?
19:57Leeds.
19:58Yes.
19:58The Battles of Osan,
20:00Bakchun.
20:00I've started,
20:01so I'll finish.
20:01The Battles of Osan,
20:02Bakchun and Imjin River
20:04were major engagements
20:06in which 20th century conflict?
20:11Vietnam War?
20:12No.
20:13The Korean War.
20:15Jane,
20:15you had no passes
20:16and at the end of that round
20:17you've got 18 points.
20:19OK.
20:30Next up,
20:31it's Jonathan.
20:40Jonathan,
20:40you started with 10 points.
20:42The score to beat
20:42as it stands
20:43is 18 points.
20:44You've got two and a half minutes
20:45on general knowledge.
20:46Here we go.
20:47The cartoon character
20:48Popeye would gain
20:49superhuman strength
20:50after eating a can
20:51of what green leafy vegetables?
20:53Spinach.
20:53Yes.
20:53In April 2025,
20:55which football club
20:55won the men's English
20:56Premier League title
20:57for the second time
20:58in five years?
20:59Liverpool.
21:00Yes.
21:00What term,
21:00meaning incorrect
21:01or inappropriate,
21:02is used in maths
21:03to describe a fraction
21:05with a numerator
21:06higher than
21:06or equal to
21:07the denominator?
21:09Obtious.
21:10No, improper.
21:11The branch of medicine
21:12called otology
21:13is the study
21:13of diseases
21:14of which pair
21:15of organs?
21:17Kidneys.
21:18No, ears.
21:19Before he was appointed
21:20as the UK's
21:21Poet Laureate,
21:22which author
21:22wrote a series
21:23of detective novels
21:24under the pseudonym
21:25Nicholas Blake?
21:26Simon Armitage.
21:27No, Cecil Day-Lewis.
21:28Which former Labour MP
21:30and shadow chancellor
21:31of the Exchequer
21:31was a guest presenter
21:33of the television show
21:34Good Morning Britain
21:34in 2021
21:35and became a regular host
21:37the following year?
21:38Ed Bolts.
21:38Yes.
21:39What's the term
21:39for the distance
21:40between the two rails
21:41of a railway track,
21:42the standard in the UK
21:44being four feet
21:45eight and a half inches?
21:46Gauge.
21:47Yes, gauge.
21:48The American singer
21:48and actress Jennifer Hudson
21:50won an Oscar
21:50for her supporting role
21:51in what 2006 film?
21:54Crash?
21:55No, Dreamgirls.
21:56Baton Rouge is the capital
21:57of which southern US state?
21:58Louisiana.
21:59Yes.
22:00The newspaper publisher
22:01Alfred Harmsworth
22:02who launched
22:02the Daily Mail in 1896
22:04and the Daily Mirror
22:05seven years later
22:06became known
22:07by the noble title
22:08Lord Who?
22:09Eva Broke.
22:10No, Northcliffe.
22:11A common species
22:12of what fragrant plant
22:13of the mint family
22:15whose widely cultivated
22:16purple flowers
22:17are dried and sold
22:18in sachets
22:18for indoor scenting
22:19has a name
22:20that's thought to derive
22:21from either the Latin word
22:23for bluish
22:24or washing?
22:25Pass.
22:26In the abbreviation
22:27PPM
22:28for a unit of concentration
22:29typically used
22:30to measure
22:31very small traces
22:32of a substance
22:33the letters stand for
22:34parts per watt.
22:35Milliliter?
22:36No, Million.
22:37What single
22:38by the British group
22:39Lieutenant Pidgin
22:40which spent four weeks
22:41at number one
22:42in 1972
22:43has no discernible lyrics
22:44other than the track's title
22:46being repeated
22:47several times?
22:49One Step Beyond?
22:50No, Mouldy Old Doe.
22:51What phobia
22:52with a name derived
22:53from a Greek word
22:54for strange or foreign
22:55is characterized
22:56by a dislike of
22:57or prejudice
22:58towards people
22:59from other countries
23:00or cultures?
23:00Xenophobia.
23:01Yes.
23:02Egri Bikavir
23:03or Bull's Blood
23:04from Ege
23:05is a variety
23:06of red wine
23:07from which European country?
23:09Spain.
23:09No, Hungary.
23:10What term
23:11for a padded seat
23:12that's also a chest
23:13comes from the name
23:14of a Turkish empire
23:15that lasted
23:16from the beginning
23:16of the 14th century
23:18until just after
23:19the First World War?
23:21Ottoman.
23:21It is Ottoman.
23:24Jonathan,
23:24you had the one pass,
23:25a common species
23:26of what fragrant plant
23:28of the mint family
23:29whose widely cultivated
23:31purple flowers
23:31are dried and sold
23:32in sachets
23:33for indoor scenting?
23:34Lavender.
23:37And at the end
23:37of that round,
23:38Jonathan,
23:38you've got 17 points.
23:49And finally,
23:50let's have Matthew
23:51again, please.
24:00Matthew,
24:01you start with 11 points.
24:03The score to beat
24:03to get through
24:04to the semifinals
24:05is Jane's 18 points.
24:07You've got two and a half minutes
24:08on general knowledge.
24:09Here we go.
24:10What nationality
24:11precedes the word
24:12dolls
24:12in a common name
24:13for a set of
24:14variously sized
24:15matryoshka dolls,
24:16sometimes called
24:17nesting dolls
24:18or stacking dolls?
24:20Russian.
24:20Yes,
24:21the title character
24:21of which novel
24:22by Mary Shelley
24:23is a scientist
24:24named Victor
24:25who creates
24:25a monstrous human-like being
24:27and brings it to life.
24:28Frankenstein.
24:29Yes,
24:29the 1982 UK
24:30number one single
24:31Ebony and Ivory
24:32was a duet
24:33by Stevie Wonder
24:34and which British singer?
24:35Paul McCartney.
24:36Yes,
24:36in a game of hockey
24:37played on grass
24:38or artificial turf,
24:39each team
24:40is allowed a maximum
24:40of how many players
24:41on the pitch
24:42at any one time?
24:43Seven.
24:44No,
24:44eleven.
24:45What's the common name
24:46of the highly toxic
24:47species of mushroom
24:48Amanita phalloides,
24:50said to be responsible
24:51for most fungus
24:52poisonings worldwide?
24:56Teriyaki.
24:57No,
24:57death cap.
24:58The river
24:58Isar,
24:59which flows through
25:00the German city
25:00of Munich
25:01as a tributary
25:02of which major
25:03European river?
25:04The Rhine.
25:05No,
25:05the Danube.
25:05In Greek mythology,
25:07which nymph
25:07was transformed
25:08into a laurel tree
25:09to help her escape
25:10the amorous pursuit
25:11of Apollo?
25:12Diana.
25:13No,
25:13Daphne.
25:13What 1953 play
25:15by Arthur Miller
25:15is a dramatisation
25:17of the Salem
25:18witch trials
25:18of the late 17th century?
25:20The Crucible.
25:20Yes,
25:21in February 2025,
25:22which television broadcaster
25:23announced her retirement
25:25from Sky News
25:26after 36 years
25:27on the channel?
25:28Kay Burley.
25:28Yes,
25:29the works of which composer
25:30are identified
25:31by a so-called
25:32Kay number
25:32or Kirchel number
25:33after the scholar
25:35Ludwig von Kirchel
25:36who catalogued them
25:37in the 19th century?
25:40Bach.
25:40No,
25:41Mozart.
25:41Which UK Prime Minister's
25:42six volumes of memoirs
25:44cover the period
25:44from 1914 to 63
25:46and include the titles
25:48Winds of Change,
25:49The Blast of War
25:50and At the End of the Day?
25:51Winston Churchill.
25:52No,
25:53Harold Macmillan.
25:54The coast-to-coast path
25:55which extends
25:55about 190 miles
25:57across northern England
25:58passes through
25:58the North York Moors,
26:00Yorkshire Dales
26:00and which other
26:01national park?
26:02Lake District?
26:03Yes,
26:04in the transported trilogy
26:05of action films
26:06released between
26:072002 and 2008,
26:09which British actor
26:10stars as the former soldier
26:11Frank Martin?
26:12Jason Statham.
26:13Yes,
26:13Blood and Fire
26:14is the motto
26:14of which religious organisation
26:16founded in the UK
26:17in the 19th century?
26:19Samaritans.
26:19No,
26:20Salvation Army.
26:20What French term
26:21for a shop
26:22that specialises
26:23in baking
26:23and selling bread
26:24is derived
26:25from a similar word
26:26meaning baker?
26:27Boulangerie.
26:27Yes,
26:28from 1940
26:29until 1945,
26:30the Duke of Windsor,
26:31previously King Edward VIII,
26:33was the governor
26:33of which Caribbean country
26:35at the time
26:36a British colony?
26:37Jamaica?
26:37No,
26:38the Bahamas.
26:38What name
26:39which translates
26:39from Italian
26:40as
26:40from Rome
26:41is given
26:42to a variety
26:43of pale green cauliflower
26:44with distinctive
26:45tightly packed
26:46spiral florets
26:48that rise to a point?
26:52Per Roma?
26:53No,
26:54Romanesco.
26:55Oh!
26:56Matthew,
26:57you had no passes
26:58and at the end
26:58of that round
26:59you've got 19 points.
27:11So,
27:12let's have a look
27:13at the final scores.
27:14In fourth place
27:15with 12 points
27:16it's Savannah.
27:17In third place
27:18with 17 points
27:19it's Jonathan.
27:20In second place
27:21with 18 points
27:22it's Jane
27:23which means
27:23in first place
27:24with 19 points
27:26it's Matthew.
27:27So,
27:27he goes through
27:28to the semi-finals.
27:30Congratulations to him.
27:31If you'd like
27:31to be a contender
27:32in the next series
27:33please go to our website
27:34bbc.co.uk
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27:37and you can follow us
27:38at Mastermind Quiz.
27:40Join us again next time
27:41for more Masterminds.
27:43Thanks for watching.
27:44Bye for now.
27:49I was really surprised
27:51when Clive
27:52announced me
27:53as the winner
27:53and then
27:55to think
27:56I'm going to be
27:57coming back
27:57to do it all again.
27:59With Jane's score
28:00leading into
28:01the general knowledge round
28:01I thought
28:02she's done really well
28:04and I've got quite
28:05a mountain to climb.
28:08Lake District?
28:08Yes.
28:09Jason Statham?
28:10Yes.
28:10Boulangerie?
28:11Yes.
28:11I was really shocked
28:12when I found out
28:13I'd won
28:14and by one point
28:15especially
28:15I mean I can't believe
28:17how close it was.
28:18It feels really surreal
28:20to be sitting
28:21in the famous black chair.
28:22I mean
28:22to think
28:23so many people
28:24have sat in that
28:24inner chair
28:24and I'm now
28:25one of those people
28:27something to say
28:28I ticked off my list.
28:36I don't know.
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