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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:28In the spotlight tonight are Paul Richardson, a former fire officer.
00:32His specialist subject is the band Roxy Music.
00:35Elizabeth Howard, a retired librarian.
00:37Her subject is the artist Mark Chagall.
00:40Achiab Rashid, a local government officer.
00:42He'll be answering questions on the poet George Herbert.
00:45And Sophie Williamson, a learning support assistant,
00:48whose subject is the original Tomb Raider video games.
00:57Apex Predators are the big beasts of the jungle.
01:00You don't mess with them.
01:01And when it comes to quizzing, our contenders are at the top of the food chain.
01:05You have to be strong to withstand the spotlight in your eyes
01:08and the loneliness of the black chair.
01:11On top of that, add two minutes of relentless questions on a specialist subject
01:15and two and a half minutes on general knowledge,
01:17all the while the clock is ticking down.
01:20Who will emerge victorious to win a place in the semi-final?
01:23We wish our lion-hearted quizzes well.
01:27So can I ask our first contender to join us, please?
01:39Your name?
01:40Paul Richardson.
01:41Your occupation?
01:42Former fire officer.
01:44And your specialist subject?
01:45Roxy Music.
01:46Yes, the British art rock band of the 1970s and 80s,
01:49led by the singer and songwriter Brian Ferry.
01:52In two minutes.
01:53Here we go.
01:54Make me a deal and make it straight
01:56are the opening words to which Roxy Music song
01:58that became the band's first UK hit single in 1972?
02:02Virginia Plain.
02:03Yes, in February 1972,
02:05the band signed an agreement to be represented
02:06by which management company
02:08named after the initials of its founders?
02:10E.G. Management.
02:11Yes, the synthesiser player Brian Eno
02:13joins Roxy Music after a chance meeting
02:16with which existing band member on the London Underground?
02:19Andy McKay.
02:20Yes, the original vinyl release
02:22of which of the band's studio albums
02:24is not divided into a traditional side one and side two,
02:27but instead is split into East Side and West Side.
02:31Manifesto.
02:32Yes, for which track on the 1973 Stranded album
02:35did the guitarist Phil Manzanera
02:36receive his first co-writing credit
02:39on a Roxy Music album?
02:41Amazoner.
02:41Yes, Roxy Music's first tour of the United States
02:44took place in 1972
02:45when they were booked to support various acts
02:48including Ten Years After, Humble Pie
02:50and which other British band
02:52for whom they opened at Madison Square Garden
02:54on the 8th of December?
02:55Jethro Tull.
02:56Yes, which American photographer
02:58took the shot of the model Carrie-Anne Muller
03:00which features on the cover
03:01of the band's self-titled debut album?
03:03Carl Stocker.
03:05Yes, which track on the 1974 album
03:07Country Life features a vocal partly sung in German
03:09including words translated as
03:11No, this is not the end of the world?
03:14Bittersweet.
03:15Yes, which Haitian singer
03:16provided the backing vocals on the track Avalon
03:19after Ferry overheard her performing
03:21at a recording studio in New York?
03:22Yannick Etienne.
03:24Yes, what 1975 UK hit single features as its B-side
03:28a live version of For Your Pleasure?
03:30Both Ends Burning.
03:31Yes, during a tour of Europe in 1973
03:34the band took tea with which famous artist
03:36visiting him at a hotel in Paris
03:38although Brian Eno later reportedly described the occasion
03:41as a pose fest?
03:43Salvador Dali.
03:43Yes, in the lyrics of
03:45If There Is Something
03:46from the band's debut album
03:47Brian Ferry Sings
03:49I would put roses round our door
03:51sit in the garden
03:52growing
03:52hot vegetables
03:53by the score.
03:55Potatoes.
03:55It is.
03:57Potatoes.
03:58Paul, at the end of that round
03:59you had no passes
04:00you got them all right
04:0112 points.
04:11And our next contender please
04:21Your name?
04:23Elizabeth Howard
04:24Your occupation?
04:25Retired librarian
04:27And your specialist subject?
04:28Mark Chagall
04:29The painter, printmaker and designer
04:31born in 1887 in Vitebsk
04:34in modern day Belarus
04:35in two minutes.
04:37Here we go.
04:37At school Mark Chagall enrolled in singing and music lessons
04:40and became an accomplished player
04:42of what stringed instrument
04:43which is a common feature of his paintings?
04:45Violin.
04:46Yes.
04:47What 1915 painting by Chagall
04:49depicts him floating above his fiancée
04:51Bella Rosenfeld
04:51with his body contorted
04:53and kissing her
04:54from an improbable angle?
04:56The Lovers.
04:57No, The Birthday.
04:58What was the name
04:59of the textiles workshop in Paris
05:01that was commissioned
05:02to weave the three large tapestries
05:03entitled
05:04The Prophecy of Isaiah
05:06Exodus
05:06and Entry to Jerusalem
05:08that Chagall designed
05:09for the Israeli Knesset?
05:11Gobelan.
05:12Yes.
05:12A cubist inspired painting
05:14by Chagall
05:14completed in 1913
05:16and depicting the artist
05:17at work in his studio
05:18in Paris
05:19is entitled
05:19Self-Portrait
05:20with how many fingers?
05:22Seven.
05:22Yes.
05:23Chagall produced ceramics
05:24in the south of France
05:25many of them
05:26at which studio
05:27run by Suzanne
05:28and Georges Ramier
05:29in the town of Valerice?
05:33Pass.
05:34Chagall created the sets
05:35and costumes
05:36for which ballet
05:37premiered at the Palacio
05:38de Bellas Artes
05:39in Mexico City
05:40in 1942?
05:42El Echo.
05:43Yes.
05:43Chagall worked for almost
05:4425 years
05:45on which painting
05:46that includes
05:47biblical imagery
05:48and depicts
05:48an old bearded man
05:49holding a Torah scroll?
05:55Pass.
05:56In 1964,
05:58Chagall attended
05:58the unveiling
05:59of his stained glass window
06:00entitled Peace
06:01at the headquarters
06:02of which organisation?
06:03The United Nations.
06:05Yes.
06:05Chagall was commissioned
06:06by the parents
06:06of a young woman
06:07who died in 1963
06:09to design the east window
06:10of All Saints Church
06:11in which village in Kent?
06:13To Adelay.
06:14Yes.
06:14When Chagall moved to Paris
06:16in the 1920s,
06:17he was commissioned
06:18by which influential art dealer
06:19to illustrate Gogol's
06:21Dead Souls
06:22and the fables
06:22of La Fontaine?
06:24Um,
06:26Apollinaire.
06:27No,
06:27Monboise Volard.
06:29At a ceremony
06:29at the Élysée Palace,
06:30which French president
06:31presented Chagall
06:32with the Grand Cross
06:33of the Légion d'Honneur?
06:35De Gaulle?
06:37No,
06:37Giscard d'Estaing.
06:39And your time is up,
06:40Elizabeth.
06:41You had two passes.
06:43Chagall worked
06:43for almost 25 years
06:45on The Falling Angel
06:47and he produced ceramics
06:49in the south of France,
06:50many of them
06:51at Madura.
06:54So at the end
06:55of that round,
06:56you've got six points.
07:07And our next contender, please.
07:17Your name?
07:18Atiyab Rashid.
07:19Your occupation?
07:20I'm a local government officer.
07:22And your specialist subject?
07:23George Herbert.
07:24The Welsh-born poet,
07:25orator and
07:26Church of England priest,
07:27one of the best known
07:28of the so-called
07:29metaphysical poets.
07:30In two minutes.
07:32Here we go.
07:32Herbert attended
07:33what school in London
07:34from 1604 to 09
07:36before being awarded
07:37a scholarship
07:37to Trinity College,
07:39Cambridge
07:39at the age of 16?
07:40Westminster.
07:41Yes.
07:41To whom did Herbert
07:42send two sonnets
07:43as a New Year's gift
07:45in 1610,
07:46declaring in the
07:46accompanying letter
07:47that my poor
07:49abilities in poetry
07:50shall be all
07:50and ever consecrated
07:52to God's glory.
07:53His mother.
07:54Yes.
07:54In his poem
07:55of self-reflection,
07:56Sins Round,
07:57Herbert describes
07:57his thoughts as
07:58hatching what serpent-like
08:00mythical creature?
08:01Chimera.
08:02No,
08:02cockatrice.
08:03In which poem,
08:04believed to have been
08:05written in the late
08:061620s,
08:07does Herbert directly
08:08address God,
08:09saying,
08:09Thou art fire,
08:10sacred and hallowed fire,
08:12and I but earth and clay?
08:14The affliction.
08:15No,
08:15the priesthood.
08:16Which bishop of Winchester
08:17was one of Herbert's
08:18major influences,
08:19the poet making the journey
08:21to Winchester in 1619
08:22to consult with him
08:24on how to combine divinity
08:25and oratory in a career?
08:27Lancelot Andrews.
08:28Yes.
08:28In 1626,
08:30Herbert was appointed
08:30canon of Lincoln Cathedral
08:32with the prebund
08:33or revenues
08:34of Leighton Ecclesia,
08:35an area that included
08:36what church
08:37in Leighton Bromswald
08:38near Huntingdon?
08:39St Andrews.
08:40No,
08:40St Mary.
08:41In which of his poems
08:42does Herbert refer to God
08:44repeatedly as
08:45my master
08:45and declare that
08:46with those two words
08:47all day I do
08:49perfume my mind?
08:51The odour.
08:52Yes.
08:53In 1629,
08:54Herbert married Jane Danvers
08:55whose family owned
08:56which manor house
08:57in Wiltshire
08:58where the couple lived
08:59for just over a year
09:00before moving to
09:01Herbert's new parish
09:02of Bemberton?
09:04Bainton?
09:05Yes.
09:06In what poem
09:06written in contemplation
09:07of domestic home life
09:09does Herbert pose the question
09:10what is so shrill
09:11as Silent Tears?
09:14Oh,
09:15um,
09:16the quip.
09:16No,
09:17the family.
09:17In church monuments
09:18what does Herbert
09:19who imagines himself
09:20in his own tomb
09:21say is
09:22but the glass
09:23which holds the dust
09:24that measures
09:25all our time?
09:26The body.
09:27No,
09:28flesh.
09:28For the last three years
09:30of his life
09:30Herbert was rector
09:31of two churches
09:32near Salisbury.
09:34I've started so I'll finish.
09:35Two churches
09:35near Salisbury.
09:37St Andrews
09:37in Bemberton
09:38and St Peter's
09:39in which nearby village?
09:41Fuggleston.
09:42It was Fuggleston.
09:44Achyab,
09:45you had no passes
09:46and at the end of that round
09:47you've got six points.
09:57And our final contender please.
10:08Your name?
10:09Sophie Williamson.
10:10Your occupation?
10:11Learning support assistant.
10:12And your specialist subject?
10:14The original Tomb Raider video games?
10:15Yes,
10:16the first six main instalments
10:17in the best-selling series
10:19of video games
10:19featuring the fearless
10:21British archaeologist
10:22Lara Croft.
10:23In two minutes.
10:24Here we go.
10:25The first game opens
10:26with Lara Croft
10:27being hired to recover
10:28an artefact
10:28buried in the tomb
10:29of Kualapek
10:30in which South American country?
10:33Peru.
10:33Yes.
10:34In some levels in the game
10:35the Angel of Darkness
10:36the player controls
10:37what character?
10:38A former soldier
10:39who teams up with Lara?
10:41Curtis Trent.
10:42Yes,
10:42Lara can fight
10:43a Tyrannosaurus Rex
10:44in each of the first three games
10:46in the series
10:46including in which level
10:48of Tomb Raider 3
10:49the second level set
10:50in the South Pacific?
10:52Crash Site.
10:53Yes.
10:53In Tomb Raider Chronicles
10:54when Lara is exploring
10:56a demon-infested island
10:57the priest Father Patrick
10:58advises her
10:59that demons can be repelled
11:00using what metal?
11:02Iron.
11:02Yes,
11:02the first level
11:03of the fourth game
11:04The Last Revelation
11:05is named after
11:06which Asian temple complex?
11:08Anchor Wat?
11:09Yes.
11:09To complete
11:10the Barkang Monastery level
11:11in Tomb Raider 2
11:12Lara must collect
11:14how many prayer wheels
11:15and place them
11:16in a chamber
11:16behind a large statue?
11:20Seven.
11:20No, five.
11:21What's the name
11:22of the lost city
11:22in Antarctica
11:23which provides
11:24the title and setting
11:25of one of the last levels
11:26in Tomb Raider 3
11:28immediately preceding
11:29the final battle
11:30against the crazed mutant
11:31Dr Willard?
11:32Tinnoth.
11:33Yes.
11:33In the level
11:34St Francis Folly
11:35in the first game
11:36Lara must enter rooms
11:37labelled with the names
11:38of four mythological figures
11:40they are Thor
11:41Neptune,
11:42Damocles
11:42and which other?
11:45Poseidon.
11:46No, Atlas.
11:46What's the name
11:47of the key
11:47that a monkey
11:48will try to steal
11:49in the jungle level
11:50in Tomb Raider 3
11:51and which Lara
11:52must retrieve
11:53in order to complete
11:54the level?
11:55Temple Key.
11:56No, Indra Key
11:56in the Aldwych level
11:58in Tomb Raider 3
11:59set in a disused
12:00London underground station
12:02Lara is attacked
12:03by a vicious dog
12:04after collecting
12:05what?
12:05A literatively named object
12:07which she later uses
12:08to open a door.
12:10Pass.
12:12In the Cleopatra's
12:13Palaces level
12:14in the last revelation
12:15Lara can combine
12:16a winding key
12:17with a mechanical
12:18replica of what creature
12:20which can then be used
12:21to safely trigger
12:22a series of spike traps?
12:23Scarab.
12:25Scarab beetle.
12:26Yes,
12:27it's scarab beetle.
12:28Sophie,
12:29you had one pass
12:30in the Aldwych level
12:31in Tomb Raider 3
12:32set in a disused
12:33London underground station.
12:34Lara is attacked
12:35by a vicious dog
12:36after collecting
12:37well it's a Masonic mallet.
12:39And at the end
12:40of that round Sophie
12:41you've got seven points.
12:52At the end of the
12:54specialist subjects round
12:55let's have a look
12:55at the scores.
12:56In joint third place
12:58with six points each
12:59it's Elizabeth
12:59and Atyap.
13:00In second place
13:01with seven points
13:02it's Sophie
13:03and in first place
13:04with 12 points
13:05it's Paul.
13:06Now it's general knowledge
13:07and if there's a tie
13:08at the end
13:09then the number of passes
13:10is taken into account
13:11and the person
13:12with the fewer passes
13:13is the winner.
13:14And if they're tied
13:15on passes as well
13:16it's a tie break.
13:17So let's ask Elizabeth
13:18to join us again please.
13:29Elizabeth you start
13:30with six points
13:31you've now got
13:31two and a half minutes
13:32on general knowledge.
13:34Here we go.
13:34What name
13:35a Latin term
13:35meaning at length
13:36is given to a bicycle
13:38with two sets of pedals
13:39and two seats
13:40usually one behind the other?
13:42Tandem.
13:43Yes.
13:43The three essential ingredients
13:44of tapenade
13:45are black olives
13:46capers
13:47and what small fish?
13:49Anchovy.
13:50Yes.
13:50At the 2025 Blit Awards
13:52which London jazz ensemble
13:53won the group
13:54of the year category?
13:56Pass.
13:57The city of Trenton
13:58is the capital
13:59of which east coast
14:00US state?
14:06Virginia.
14:07No.
14:07New Jersey.
14:08Which French national newspaper
14:09was founded
14:10in the mid-1820s
14:11and named after
14:12a character
14:13created by the dramatist
14:14Pierre-Auguste Beaumacher?
14:18Figaro?
14:19Yes.
14:20In the name
14:20of the governmental
14:21organisation
14:21that enforces
14:22US national law
14:23and investigates
14:24a variety
14:25of criminal activities
14:26the letters
14:26FBI stand for what?
14:28Federal Bureau
14:31of Investigation.
14:32Yes.
14:32What name
14:33did the art teacher
14:34William Harbert
14:35give to the non-drying
14:36clay-like substance
14:37he invented
14:38for his students
14:39in Bath
14:39in 1897
14:40which has since
14:41been widely used
14:42in modelling?
14:48something
14:49darsight
14:49No.
14:50Plasticine.
14:51What dog breed
14:52with a thick coat
14:53that's usually white
14:54is named after
14:55a nomadic people
14:55of the Arctic regions
14:57of Siberia
14:57where it originated
14:58and was used
14:59to herd reindeer?
15:01Husky.
15:02No.
15:02Samoyed.
15:03Which constellation
15:03and sign
15:04of the zodiac
15:05has the alternative name
15:06the water bearer?
15:08Aquarius.
15:09Yes.
15:09The macula lutea
15:11which is responsible
15:12for detailed
15:12central vision
15:13is a yellow oval spot
15:15at the centre
15:15of which part
15:16of the eye?
15:17Cornea.
15:18No.
15:19The retina.
15:19The 1964 musical piece
15:22Elegy for JFK
15:23with lyrics
15:23by W.H. Auden
15:24was written
15:25by which
15:26Russian-born composer?
15:30Stravinsky.
15:31Yes.
15:31The affluent
15:32beach resort
15:32of Sandbanks
15:33renowned for its
15:34many multi-million
15:35pound properties
15:36overlooks the
15:36harbour area
15:37of which town
15:38in Dorset?
15:39Pool?
15:39Yes.
15:40In a famous quote
15:41from the 1979 film
15:42Monty Python's
15:43Life of Brian
15:44Brian's mother
15:44tells a crowd
15:45of his devoted
15:46followers that
15:46he's not the messiah
15:47he's a very
15:48what?
15:49Naughty boy.
15:50Yes.
15:50In the name
15:51of the rugby league
15:51club known as
15:52Hull KR
15:53who beat
15:54Warrington Wolves
15:55to win the
15:55Men's 2025
15:56Challenge Cup
15:57the letters
15:58KR stand
15:59for what two words?
16:01Kingston Rovers?
16:02Yes.
16:02The 1848 novel
16:03The Tenant of
16:04Wildfell Hall
16:05was written
16:06by which
16:07of the Bronte
16:08sisters?
16:12Emily.
16:13No.
16:14It was Anne.
16:17Elizabeth
16:18you had one
16:19pass.
16:19The group
16:20of the year
16:20category
16:21at the
16:212025
16:22Brit Awards
16:23was won
16:23by Ezra
16:24Collective.
16:25So at the end
16:26of that round
16:27you've got 15
16:36points.
16:39Next up
16:40it's Achiap.
16:49Achiap
16:49you start
16:50with six points
16:51the score to beat
16:51as it stands
16:52is 15 points
16:53you've got two and a half
16:54minutes on general knowledge
16:55here we go.
16:56Which British
16:57overseas territory
16:58at the southern tip
16:59of the Iberian Peninsula
17:00is sometimes known
17:01informally as
17:02The Rock?
17:03Gibraltar.
17:04Yes.
17:04In Dyson card games
17:05the word
17:06deuce refers to
17:07what number?
17:08Two.
17:09Yes.
17:09The Chapel Royal
17:10where Queen Victoria
17:11married Prince Albert
17:12in 1840
17:13is part of which
17:14royal palace
17:14in central London?
17:16St James.
17:17Yes.
17:17What's the title
17:18of the television
17:18comedy series
17:19first shown in 2017
17:20about life
17:21in a village
17:22in the Cotswolds
17:23starring and written
17:24by the real life
17:25siblings Charlie
17:26and Daisy May Cooper?
17:29Pass.
17:30In Western Christianity
17:31St Stephen's Day
17:32is observed
17:33on the 26th
17:34of which month?
17:36March?
17:37No, December.
17:37What creamy
17:38yellow coloured
17:39sweet sauce
17:40properly made
17:40from egg yolks
17:42milk and sugar
17:43is traditionally
17:43served with
17:44desserts such as
17:45fruits, pastries
17:46and puddings?
17:47Custard.
17:48Yes.
17:48Which actress
17:49won an Oscar
17:49for her performance
17:50as a troubled
17:51ballet dancer
17:51called Nina
17:52in the 2010 film
17:53Black Swan?
17:54Natalie Portman.
17:55Yes.
17:56In 2024
17:56which American city
17:57was chosen
17:58to host
17:58the 2034
17:59Winter Olympic
18:00and Paralympic Games?
18:04Jackson, Mississippi?
18:05No.
18:05Salt Lake City.
18:06In early 2025
18:07Rami Malek
18:08made his UK
18:09stage debut
18:10in what play?
18:11An adaptation
18:12of the Sophocles tragedy
18:13about a doomed hero
18:15who solves the riddle
18:16of the Sphinx?
18:17Pass.
18:18The original buildings
18:20of the University
18:20of Virginia
18:21were designed
18:22in the American
18:23neoclassical style
18:24by which architect
18:25and former US president?
18:27Thomas Jefferson.
18:28Yes.
18:28In July 2024
18:29the politician
18:30Dick Schoof
18:31was sworn in
18:32as the new Prime Minister
18:33of which EU country?
18:36The Netherlands.
18:37The native British tree
18:39Betula Pendula
18:40characterised by its
18:41papery white bark
18:42has the common name
18:43silver what?
18:45Willow?
18:46No, birch.
18:46What medical name
18:47for a nerve cell
18:48is derived from
18:49the Greek word
18:50for nerve?
18:54Pass.
18:55What was the name
18:56of Jerry Marsden's band
18:58with whom he had
18:59three consecutive
19:00UK number one singles
19:01in 1963
19:02entitled
19:03How do you do it?
19:04I like it
19:05and you'll never walk alone.
19:08The monkeys?
19:09No, the pacemakers.
19:10In the abbreviation
19:11ERM
19:12for a mechanism
19:12intended to stabilise
19:14the value of one currency
19:15relative to others
19:16the letters ER
19:17stand for what term?
19:19Exchange rates.
19:20Yes.
19:21What French term
19:22which translates
19:22as high dressmaking
19:24is used in English
19:25to refer to top quality
19:27fashionable clothes
19:28and the act
19:29of making them?
19:30Haute couture.
19:31It is.
19:31Haute couture.
19:33Achyab,
19:34you had three passes
19:35the medical name
19:36for a nerve cell
19:37derived from
19:38the Greek word
19:39for nerve
19:39neuron.
19:41Rami Malek
19:42made his UK stage debut
19:44in 2025
19:45in Oedipus
19:47and the title
19:49of the television
19:49comedy series
19:50first shown in 2017
19:51about life
19:52in a village
19:53in the Cotswolds
19:54with the siblings
19:55Charlie and Daisy Mae Cooper
19:56that's this country.
19:58So at the end
19:59of that round
20:00Achyab
20:00you've got 15 points.
20:11Next up
20:12it's Sophie.
20:20Sophie you start
20:21with seven points
20:22the score to beat
20:23as it stands
20:23is 15 points
20:25and you've now got
20:25two and a half minutes
20:26on general knowledge.
20:27Here we go.
20:28What's the common name
20:29for plants
20:30of the genus
20:30Urtica?
20:31Widespread in the British Isles
20:33that are covered
20:33with tiny hairs
20:34that cause a painful sting
20:36and itchy rash.
20:37Stinging metals.
20:38Yes.
20:39The name of which units
20:40used to measure
20:41the intensity of sound
20:42is commonly abbreviated
20:43to the letters
20:44DB.
20:45Decibel.
20:46Yes.
20:46In March 2025
20:47which football club
20:48won their first
20:49domestic trophy
20:50in 70 years
20:51with victory over Liverpool
20:52in the final
20:53of the Men's
20:53English League Cup?
20:55Newcastle.
20:55Yes.
20:56The Fajr,
20:57the Dhu'r
20:57and the Usa
20:58are daily prayers
20:59performed by followers
21:00of which religion?
21:03Islam.
21:04Yes.
21:04In July 2024
21:05the Labour politician
21:07Hilary Benn
21:07was appointed
21:08as Secretary of State
21:09for which of the
21:10home nations
21:10of the UK?
21:12Scotland.
21:12No, Northern Ireland.
21:13The 16th century
21:14English nobleman
21:15Henry Stewart
21:16who was the second
21:17husband of Mary
21:18Queen of Scots
21:19was better known
21:19as Lord Who?
21:21Pass.
21:22What two-piece swimsuit
21:23was launched in 1946
21:25by the French fashion designer
21:26Louis Réard?
21:28Bikini.
21:29Yes.
21:29The painting entitled
21:30Carnation, Lily,
21:31Lily Rose
21:32in the collection
21:33of the Tate
21:34depicting two young girls
21:35lighting lanterns
21:36was painted
21:37in the mid-1880s
21:38by which American artist?
21:40Johnson.
21:41No, John Singer Sargent.
21:43Which element
21:43a naturally occurring
21:44radioactive gas
21:45formed by decaying uranium
21:47has the chemical symbol
21:48R-N?
21:49Radon.
21:50Yes.
21:50Music Box
21:51and Daydream
21:52were UK number one albums
21:53in the mid-1990s
21:55for which American singer?
21:57Pass.
21:58According to the
21:58traditional nursery rhyme
22:00the bells of which church
22:01say oranges and lemons?
22:03St. Clemens.
22:04Yes.
22:05What 1999 television series
22:06presented as a nature documentary
22:08but with computer-generated
22:09prehistoric reptiles
22:11was revived in 2025
22:12with the actor
22:13Bertie Carville
22:14succeeding
22:15Kenneth Branagh
22:16as the narrator?
22:17Walk with Dinosaurs?
22:18Close.
22:19Walking with Dinosaurs.
22:20On a standard
22:21analogue clock
22:22how many hours
22:23does it take
22:23the hour hand
22:24to travel through 90 degrees?
22:25Three.
22:26Yes.
22:26What English name
22:27for a small
22:28Polynesian island
22:29in the Pacific Ocean
22:30is derived from the fact
22:31that Dutch explorers
22:32landed there
22:33on a Christian
22:34holy day
22:35in 1722?
22:36Christmas Island.
22:37No, Easter Island
22:38in the Star Wars
22:39sequel trilogy
22:40of films
22:41released between
22:412015 and 2019
22:43which American actor
22:44plays the villain
22:45Kylo Ren?
22:47Driver.
22:48Yes, Adam Driver.
22:49The meat
22:50from what creature
22:51is an essential ingredient
22:52in the traditional
22:53Scottish seafood dish
22:54part and pie?
22:56Haddock.
22:57No, crab.
22:57What stage musical
22:58which opened in London
22:59after it's all finished?
23:01What stage musical
23:02which opened in London
23:03in 2017
23:04features the songs
23:05The Schuyler Sisters
23:06Guns and Ships
23:07and The Election of 1800?
23:11Hamilton.
23:12It is.
23:13Hamilton.
23:14Sophie,
23:15you had two passes.
23:16The albums
23:17Daydream and Music Box
23:19they were sung
23:19by Mariah Carey.
23:21And the 16th century
23:22English nobleman
23:23Henry Stewart
23:24he was better known
23:25as Lord Darnley.
23:27So at the end
23:28of that round
23:28Sophie,
23:29you've got 17 points.
23:40And finally
23:41let's have Paul again
23:42please.
23:51Paul,
23:51you start with
23:5212 points
23:52the score to beat
23:53to get through
23:54to the semi-finals
23:55is Sophie's 17 points
23:56and you've got
23:57two and a half minutes
23:58on general knowledge.
23:59Here we go.
24:00The Belgian city
24:01of Antwerp
24:01is noted as an
24:02international centre
24:03for the trade
24:04in which precious stones?
24:06Diamonds.
24:06Yes.
24:06The primate of all England
24:08is an additional title
24:09for the holder
24:09of what specific
24:10senior position
24:11in the Church of England?
24:13Archbishop of Canterbury.
24:14Yes.
24:14What name
24:15partly derived
24:15from a Greek word
24:16for poison
24:17is given to the branch
24:18of science
24:18that deals with
24:19poisonous substances
24:20and their effects?
24:22Toxicology.
24:22Yes.
24:23The African capital cities
24:24of Brazzaville
24:25and Kinshasa
24:25stand on opposite banks
24:27of which major river?
24:28Zayu.
24:29Yes.
24:29The Congo.
24:30The mineral
24:31sphalerite
24:31is a sulphide
24:32of which metallic element
24:34and is its main ore?
24:37Iron.
24:38No, zinc.
24:39In the abbreviated name
24:41of a colour
24:41created by the French artist
24:43Yves Klein,
24:44the letters IKB
24:45stand for
24:45International Klein
24:46what?
24:48Pass.
24:48The actress
24:49Lindsay Coulson
24:50joined the cast
24:51for the 2025 series
24:52of what long-running
24:53school-based
24:54television drama series
24:55playing the new
24:56headteacher
24:57Dame Stella Drake?
24:59Waterloo Road.
25:00Yes.
25:00What was the surname
25:01of the social reformer
25:02Sidney,
25:03later Baron Passfield
25:04and his wife
25:05Beatrice
25:05who in the 1890s
25:07were co-founders
25:08of the London
25:08School of Economics?
25:10Pass.
25:10Fine and Mellow,
25:12God Bless the Child
25:13and Strange Fruit
25:13are all songs
25:14recorded and popularised
25:16by which American
25:17jazz singer
25:17born in Philadelphia
25:18in 1915?
25:20Billie Holiday.
25:20Yes.
25:21In the abbreviation
25:22PM meaning
25:23afternoon,
25:24the letter M
25:24stands for meridium
25:25and the letter P
25:27stands for what prefix?
25:28Post.
25:29Yes.
25:29The American author
25:30Edith Wharton
25:31won a Pulitzer Prize
25:32for what 1920 novel
25:33set in New York
25:35in the 1870s?
25:36Pass.
25:37What French name
25:38which translates
25:39as small oven
25:40is given to a
25:41decorated miniature
25:42sweet cake or biscuit
25:43often served
25:44at the end of a meal?
25:4534.
25:46Yes.
25:46The well-known
25:47musical piece
25:48entitled
25:48The Ecstasy of Gold
25:49was composed
25:50by Ennio Morricone
25:51for which spaghetti
25:53western directed
25:53by Sergio Leone?
25:56The Good,
25:57the Bad and the Ugly.
25:57Yes.
25:58What nickname
25:58given to King
25:59William II
26:00is believed to be
26:01a reference
26:01either to his red hair
26:02or ruddy complexion?
26:04Rufous.
26:05Yes.
26:05The word
26:05tangelo
26:06for a hybrid
26:07citrus fruit
26:08is a blend
26:09of tangerine
26:09and the name
26:10of what other fruit?
26:12Mangal.
26:12No,
26:13Pomelo.
26:13Which annual
26:14American Theatre Awards
26:15first presented
26:16in 1947
26:17and named after
26:18the actress
26:19and director
26:19Antoinette Perry
26:20who died
26:21the previous year?
26:22Tawny.
26:23Yes.
26:23Which London-born actor
26:25has been married
26:25to the actresses
26:26Leslie Manfill
26:27and Uma Thurman?
26:29Gary Oldman.
26:30Yes.
26:30Olympic rowing.
26:31I've started
26:32so I'll finish.
26:33Olympic rowing events
26:34are held over
26:35a standard distance
26:36of how many metres?
26:382,000.
26:39It is 2,000.
26:41Paul,
26:42you had three passes.
26:43Edith Wharton
26:44won a Pulitzer Prize
26:45for The Age of Innocence,
26:47her novel.
26:48The surname
26:48of the social reformers
26:49Baron Passfield
26:50and his wife
26:51Beatrice,
26:52Webb.
26:53And the abbreviated
26:55name of a colour
26:56created by
26:56Eve Klein.
26:57The letters
26:58IKB
26:58stand for
26:59International
26:59Klein Blue.
27:01OK.
27:02None of that mattered
27:03though.
27:04At the end of that round,
27:04Paul,
27:05you've done it.
27:05You've got 25 points.
27:07You're through to the semis.
27:08OK.
27:18So let's have a look
27:19at the final scores
27:21in joint third place
27:22with 15 points each,
27:23Elisabeth and Atyap.
27:25In second place
27:26with 17 points,
27:27it's Sophie,
27:28which means in first place
27:29with 25 points,
27:30it's Paul.
27:31So he goes through
27:32to the semifinals.
27:34Congratulations to him.
27:35If you'd like to be a contender
27:37in the next series,
27:38please go to our website,
27:39bbc.co.uk
27:41slash mastermind
27:42and you can follow us
27:43at mastermindquiz.
27:45Join us again next time
27:46for more masterminds.
27:47Thanks for watching.
27:49Bye for now.
27:55I'm really, really pleased
27:56about winning the heat today.
27:58Well, in the past,
27:59there used to be a fire officer
28:00and obviously there was pressure
28:01in that job at times.
28:03Having said that,
28:03that's more of a team-based pressure.
28:05You can share that pressure out there.
28:07There's you,
28:07the black chair and Clive
28:08and that's it.
28:09You've done it.
28:10You've got 25 points.
28:11You're through to the semifinals.
28:12My wife and kids
28:14and grandkids
28:15have been helping me at home.
28:16My wife actually made me
28:17start to learn about
28:18kings and queens of England
28:19and one of the questions
28:20came up that she tested me on
28:21so she'd be pleased with that.
28:23Rufus.
28:24Yes.
28:25To win today's heat
28:26and get through to the semifinals
28:27was beyond my expectations.
28:29So she even considered
28:31having a chance
28:31of winning the glass bowl.
28:32That would just be beyond belief.
28:35That would just be beyond belief.
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