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00:24Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, Clive Myrie.
00:27In the spotlight tonight are Sam Schoen, a market researcher.
00:32He'll be answering questions on the French Revolution.
00:34Ross Taylor, a publishing director.
00:36His specialist subject is the television series Sherlock Holmes.
00:40Julie Ayres, who's retired.
00:42Her subject is the poetry of John Betjeman and Ryan Lewenden,
00:46a portfolio analyst whose subject is the Laurel Canyon music scene of the 1960s and 70s.
00:58When it comes to competition of any kind, they say it's not the winning but the taking part that counts.
01:04Well, tell that to our four contenders tonight, submitting themselves to the ultimate quizzing stress test.
01:09You don't endure two minutes of rapid-fire specialist subject questions
01:14and two and a half minutes on general knowledge in the cauldron of Mastermind for the heck of it.
01:18You've got to be laser-focused to triumph in order to succeed.
01:22Who will be heading to the semi-finals? We'll soon find out.
01:26So, can I ask our first contender to join us, please?
01:37Your name?
01:38Sam Schoen.
01:40Your occupation?
01:41Market researcher.
01:42And your specialist subject?
01:43The French Revolution.
01:44The period of political upheaval towards the end of the 18th century,
01:48which transformed France and engulfed Europe in war.
01:51In two minutes.
01:52Here we go.
01:54In July 1788, with France in an economic crisis,
01:57the finance minister, Étienne de Brienne, convinced the king to convene what assembly?
02:02The Estates General.
02:04Yes.
02:04In his influential pamphlet entitled What is the Third Estate?
02:07The clergyman, Abbé Sayez, answered this rhetorical question with what single word?
02:13Everything.
02:14Yes.
02:14What product was manufactured in the Parisian factory owned by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon,
02:19which was destroyed in rioting in April 1789,
02:22after rumours spread that he was advocating lower wages?
02:25Wallpaper.
02:26Yes.
02:26The panic in rural France during the summer of 1789 about a fight back from the nobility
02:31following the fall of the Bastille has become known by what name?
02:35A great fear.
02:36Yes.
02:36More than 900 people were officially recognised as conquerors of the Bastille in June 1790,
02:42one of whom was a laundress with what name?
02:48Therese Merico.
02:49No, Marie Charpentier.
02:51What was the name of the postmaster who recognised Louis XVI as he fled Paris in June 1791 and organised
02:57the king's arrest at the town of Varennes?
02:59True, eh?
03:09Yes.
03:10What was the name of the envoy from Paris who oversaw the noyard or drownings of the counter-revolutionary prisoners
03:17from Nantes and who referred to them as vertical deportations?
03:21Carrière.
03:21Yes.
03:22When a mob marched on Versailles in October 1789, which politician calmed the crowd's anger towards Queen Marie Antoinette by
03:29kissing her hand?
03:30Lafayette.
03:31Yes.
03:31Which pope condemned the civil constitution of the clergy that in effect made all priests employees of the state?
03:38Pius IV.
03:39No, Pius VI.
03:40The constitution of 1795 introduced a new form of government led by the five-man directory and with a bicameral
03:47parliament comprising the Council of Elders and what other body?
03:50The Council of 500.
03:52Yes.
03:52What was the title of the newspaper originally named Le Publicis Parisien, founded by Jean-Paul Marat, who used it
03:59to attack people he considered to be enemies of the revolution?
04:04L'Ami du Peuple.
04:06It was L'Ami du Peuple.
04:08Sam, at the end of that round, you had no passes.
04:11You've got ten points.
04:12Good.
04:21And our next contender, please.
04:31Your name.
04:32Ross Taylor.
04:33Your occupation.
04:34Publishing director.
04:36And your specialist subject.
04:37The TV series Sherlock Holmes.
04:39The Granada television series of the 1980s and 90s starring Jeremy Brett as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective.
04:46In two minutes.
04:48Here we go.
04:48David Burke played Sherlock Holmes' colleague, Dr. Watson, in the first 13 episodes.
04:53Which actor succeeded him in the role from The Empty House onwards?
04:56Ted Hardwick.
04:57Yes.
04:58Which British scriptwriter, already known for his work on period dramas, developed the series and adapted and wrote a number
05:04of episodes himself?
05:05John Hawksworth.
05:06Yes.
05:06In the naval treaty, Holmes investigates the disappearance of a top-secret document outlining an agreement between Great Britain and
05:13which other country?
05:14Italy.
05:15Yes.
05:15In The Last Vampire, John Stockton, a mysterious newcomer to the village of Lamberley, reveals that he has what middle
05:21name?
05:22The surname of a family that once lived locally and to whom he is related?
05:26Burroughs.
05:27No.
05:27Sinclair.
05:27In The Resident Patient, the impoverished Dr. Percy Trevelyan acquires a business partner, Mr. Blessington, who, in return for a
05:35share of his earnings, sets him up in practice in which street in London?
05:40Brick Street.
05:41Yes.
05:41Which BAFTA-winning musician worked as a composer on the series and also wrote the theme music?
05:48Gowers.
05:49Yes, Patrick Gowers.
05:50In the Priory School, what's the name of the hostelry on the Chesterfield Road, where Watson is served a meal
05:56of black pudding and swede, which he describes as disgusting?
05:59The Champion Jack.
06:00Yes.
06:00In The Solitary Cyclist, Mr. Carruthers, visiting from South Africa, offers Violet Smith the sum of how many pounds per
06:07year if she'll move to his home, Chiltern Grange, near Farnham, to teach music to his daughter, Sarah?
06:1248.
06:13No, 100.
06:14In a scandal in Bohemia, what's the name of the house occupied by the retired opera singer Irene Adler, where
06:20Holmes thinks she's hiding a compromising photograph of the King of Bohemia?
06:24Briny Lodge.
06:25Yes.
06:25In The Three Gables, Watson recalls that the recently deceased Douglas Maberly was a fine rugby player and played for
06:31what club, which Watson reveals had also been his own?
06:35Black Keef.
06:36Yes. Which British comic, actor and writer plays a veteran journalist, Horace Harker, who discovers a dead body outside his
06:42house in the episode entitled The Six Napoleons?
06:45Eric Sykes.
06:46Yes. In The Cardboard Box, Holmes is troubled by the thought of having to choose a Christmas present for Watson
06:56until his landlady, Mrs. Hudson, suggests he visit what departmental store in Hoburn, describing it as the People's Emporium?
07:03Gamages.
07:04It is gamages.
07:06Ross, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got ten points.
07:20And our next contender, please.
07:30Your name.
07:31Julia Harris.
07:32Your occupation.
07:33Retired.
07:34And your specialist subject.
07:35Poetry of John Betjeman.
07:37Poetic works of the writer, critic and broadcaster who served as poet laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984.
07:44In two minutes. Here we go.
07:53Flow.
07:53Yes. Which comic poem by Betjeman begins, it's awfully bad luck on Diana. Her ponies have swallowed their bits. She
08:00fished down their throat with a spanner and frightened them all into fits.
08:04Hunter's trials.
08:05Close. Hunter trials.
08:06In a subalterns love song, the narrator and his tennis playing opponent, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, return to the house
08:12at six o'clock to enjoy a glass of what mixed drink?
08:15Lime juice and gin.
08:16Yes. In Betjeman's poem, the arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel. When the two plain-clothes policemen enter
08:23his room, Wilde puts down his copy of what periodical?
08:25The Yellow Book.
08:27Yes. The text of which poem, whose subject is thought to have been a mutual acquaintance, is preceded by a
08:32note in brackets that reads, to Randolph Churchill, but not about him?
08:36The Wickhamist.
08:37Yes. In the poem, Tregardoc, what species of small wading bird is referred to as being stationary on the sand,
08:44as if a spirit in it heard the final end of sea and land?
08:49Dunnin.
08:50Yes. What poem, in which the young narrator attends a children's party, ends with the hostess's mother commenting, I wonder
08:56where Julia found that strange, rather common little boy?
08:59False security.
09:00Yes. In the poem, Trebetheric, Betjeman makes reference to examples of what tree being both surrounded by fleas and hung
09:08with light?
09:10Tamarind.
09:11No, Tamarisk. What's the name of the title character of the poem about a typist who dreads Mondays and longs
09:17for the warm days when she can return to her garden and hutment in Kent?
09:22Eunice.
09:23Yes. In the final line of Devonshire Street, W1, the wife of a man who has just been informed that
09:29his illness is terminal suggests it will be cheaper for them to return home if they take the tube to
09:34Piccadilly.
09:35And then either of two buses, the 19 or what other number bus?
09:3922.
09:40Yes. In the poem, Invasion Exercise on the Poultry Farm, a character named Marty is informed by telephone that if
09:46she finds a certain paratroop on her premises, she must report him to which major?
09:52Maxton Weir.
09:53It is. Maxton Weir.
09:55Julie, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've got nine points.
10:09And our final contender, please.
10:19Your name?
10:20Ryan Lewenden.
10:21Your occupation?
10:22Portfolio analyst.
10:23And your specialist subject?
10:24The Laurel Canyon music scene of the 1960s and 70s.
10:27Yes. The mountainous neighbourhood in the Hollywood Hills that became home to many musicians and other artists from the mid
10:34-1960s.
10:35In two minutes.
10:36Here we go.
10:37What was the name of the club on Santa Monica Boulevard, owned by the businessman Doug Weston, where many of
10:42the Laurel Canyon musicians first achieved recognition?
10:45The Troubadour.
10:46Yes. Which successful songwriter of the 1960s reinvented her career by moving to Laurel Canyon and recording her own work,
10:53beginning in 1970 with an album entitled Writer?
10:57Carole King.
10:58Carole King.
10:58Yes.
10:58Yes. Many well-attended gatherings took place at the home of Mama Cass Elliot, a large rambling house on what
11:04thoroughfare named after a former U.S. president?
11:08Um, Washington.
11:11On Woodrow Wilson Drive, what name did Neil Young give to the ranch in Northern California that he made his
11:16home in 1970?
11:19Pass.
11:19In 1968, Frank Zappa and his family moved into an expansive cabin in Laurel Canyon that had once belonged to
11:26which silent film cowboy actor?
11:29Tim Mix.
11:30No, Tom Mix.
11:31In the title track of a 1970 album by Joni Mitchell, what collective name does she give to Trina, Annie
11:37and Estrella?
11:38Ladies of the Canyon.
11:40Yes. Which singer briefly replaced Michelle Phillips in The Mamas and the Papas, reportedly because of problems in Michelle's marriage
11:46to fellow band member John Phillips?
11:48Bonnie Raitt.
11:50No, Jill Gibson.
11:51What was the name of the record label co-founded by the businessman David Geffen in 1971 that included among
11:57its early signings the Eagles, Jackson Browne and J.D. Souther?
12:01Asylum Records.
12:02Yes. Which British musician introduced James Taylor to the Los Angeles music scene and also produced his influential 1970 album
12:09Sweet Baby James?
12:12Asher.
12:13Yes, Peter Asher.
12:14The self-titled debut album by Crosby, Stills and Nash was recorded at which studios in Los Angeles, popular with
12:20many musicians of the era?
12:23Super City.
12:24No, Wally Hyder's.
12:25In 1967, which founding member of the Turtles bought a house on Lookout Mountain and, together with his former bandmate,
12:32Howard Kalen, later joined his neighbour, Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention?
12:36Bowman.
12:37Yes.
12:38Some of the Laurel...
12:38I've started, so I've finished.
12:40Some of the Laurel Canyon groupies formed a band called the GTOs.
12:44According to the front cover of their 1969 album, Permanent Damage, what words were represented by the letters GT and
12:51O?
12:52Girls Together Outrageously.
12:54It was Girls Together Outrageously.
12:57Ryan, you had one pass, Neil Young's ranch in Northern California that he made his home in 1970. It was
13:02called Broken Arrow.
13:04And at the end of that round, Ryan, you've got seven points.
13:17At the end of the Specialist Subjects round, let's have a look at the scores.
13:21In fourth place with seven points, it's Ryan.
13:24In third place with nine points, it's Julie.
13:26And in joint first place with ten points each, it's Sam and Ross.
13:30So now it's general knowledge.
13:32And if there's a tie at the end, then the number of passes is taken into account, and the person
13:36with the fewer passes is the winner.
13:38And if they're tied on passes as well, it's a tie break.
13:41So let's ask Ryan to join us again, please.
13:52Ryan, you start with seven points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
13:56Here we go.
13:57In a common expression, to disclose a secret, often mistakenly, is to let which animal out of the bag?
14:03Cat.
14:03Yes, the acronym SIP, spelt S-I-P-P, is a name for a financial plan known in full as
14:09a self-invested personal what?
14:12Pension.
14:12Yes, the term diptych refers to an artwork consisting of how many panels hinged together to form a single painting.
14:19Two.
14:19Yes, the song Johnny B. Goode, which was originally a hit in the U.S. Billboard charts in 1958, was
14:25written and performed by which American rock and roll singer?
14:28Chuck Berry.
14:29Yes, in Texas, Hold'em Poker.
14:30What regal-sounding name is applied specifically to the highest-ranking hand, made up of an ace, king, queen, jack,
14:38and ten of the same suit?
14:39Road Flush.
14:40Yes, an early 20th century theatre in Canterbury was renamed in 1949 after which English poet and playwright who was
14:47born in the city in 1564?
14:49Chris Bermarle.
14:50Yes, in the orchestral suite The Planets by Gustav Holst, which planet is described as the bringer of peace?
14:59Saturn.
14:59No, Venus.
15:00In January 2025, which member of the British royal family gave birth to her second child, a baby girl named
15:06Athena Elizabeth Rose, who became 11th in line to the throne?
15:10Zara Tintal.
15:11No, Princess Beatrice.
15:13Shinnecock Hills in New York, Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, and Chambers Bay in Washington are American venues for which sport?
15:20Golf.
15:21Yes, the Dandy Dinmont, breed of terrier, is named after a dog-owning character in a novel by which author?
15:28Smith.
15:29No, Walter Scott.
15:30The Italian cities of Turin, Piacenza, and Cremona stand on the banks of what river, which empties into the Adriatic
15:36Sea, south of Venice?
15:38Poe.
15:39Yes.
15:39What name is given to the bell that, by tradition, is rung in parliamentary buildings at Westminster to notify MPs
15:46that a vote is about to take place?
15:49Pass.
15:50Which American filmmaker, renowned for his use of innovative special effects, directed the Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump
15:56and the Polar Express?
16:01Zuckerman.
16:01No, Robert Zemeckis.
16:10The Shetland.
16:13Yes.
16:13What 1980s and 90s American television sitcom starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan as four women
16:22who share a house in Florida?
16:23The Golden Girls.
16:24Yes.
16:24Which Nobel Prize-winning French scientist was accidentally killed when he was hit by a horse-drawn carriage while crossing
16:31a busy road in Paris in 1906?
16:34Louis Pasteur.
16:35No.
16:36No, it was Pierre Curie.
16:39Ryan, you had the one pass, the name given to the bell that, by tradition, is rung in parliamentary buildings
16:45at Westminster.
16:45It's the division bell.
16:48And at the end of that round, Ryan, you've got 17 points.
17:01Next up, it's Julie.
17:12Julie, you start with nine points.
17:14The score to beat, as it stands, is 17 points.
17:16You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
17:19Here we go.
17:19The French word auto-route and the Spanish term autopista refer to a type of major road known in the
17:26UK by what corresponding name?
17:28Motorway.
17:28Yes.
17:28What murder mystery board game was invented in the 1940s by a musician from Birmingham named Anthony Pratt?
17:35Cluedo.
17:36Yes.
17:36What word for a female nature spirit in Greek mythology is also a term used in entomology for the immature
17:42forms of certain insects?
17:44No.
17:45Yes.
17:45The European country of Liechtenstein is a small, landlocked principality that has borders with Switzerland and which other country?
17:52France.
17:53No.
17:53Austria.
17:54In 2025, which American football team won the Super Bowl, beating the Kansas City Chiefs in the final?
17:59Pittsburgh Steelers.
18:01No.
18:01The Philadelphia Eagles.
18:02What word for a citadel, derived from an Arabic dialect term for fortress, features in the title of the 1982
18:08UK hit single by The Clash?
18:12Castle.
18:13No.
18:14Casbah.
18:14The Lady Lever Art Gallery, the World Museum and Sudley House all belong to a group of attractions named after
18:20which city in north-west England?
18:23Nottingham.
18:24No.
18:24Liverpool.
18:24What word meaning pleasant but tinged with sadness is an alternative name for the plant Solanum dolcamara, commonly called woody
18:33nightshade and known for its bright red poisonous berries?
18:37Melancholy.
18:38No.
18:38Bittersweet.
18:39The adjective ocular means relating to which pair of organs in the human body?
18:43Eyes.
18:44Yes.
18:44What unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules and typically used in the context of electricity has a name
18:51that's abbreviated to the letters KWH?
18:54Kilowatt.
18:55Hours.
18:56Yes.
18:56Which actor won an Oscar for his role in the 1963 drama Lilies of the Field and went on to
19:01star in films such as To Serve With Love and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
19:06Pass.
19:07What's the lowest denomination of euro banknotes?
19:12Five euros.
19:14Yes.
19:14The unfinished manuscript Sanditon, which was published in 1925 with part of its title as fragment of a novel, had
19:21been written more than a hundred years earlier by which British author?
19:24Jane Austen.
19:25Yes.
19:25What two surnames follow the word alias in the title of a 1970s American western television series about two outlaws
19:32called Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry?
19:35Smith and Jones.
19:36Yes.
19:36King Henry VIII was born in 1491 at which royal residence beside the River Thames, which was later demolished by
19:43Charles II?
19:44Hampton Court.
19:45No, Greenwich Palace.
19:46Organic chemistry is defined as the branch of chemistry that deals with compounds containing which elements?
19:52Carbon.
19:53It is carbon.
19:55Julie, you had just the one past the actor who won an Oscar for his role in the 1963 dramas
20:01Lilies of the Field and went on to star in films like To Serve With Love.
20:05Sidney Poitier.
20:07At the end of that round, Julie, you've got 18 points.
20:20Next up, it's Sam.
20:29Sam, you start with 10 points to score to beat as it stands.
20:32It's 18 points.
20:33You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
20:35Here we go.
20:36In pictorial charts used to teach young children the alphabet, the letter X is commonly represented by what musical instrument?
20:43The xylophone.
20:44Yes.
20:44Which city is the capital of Romania?
20:46Bucharest.
20:47Yes.
20:47What literary character, who first appeared in print in 1847, has been played on screen by Laurence Olivier, Ralph Fiennes
20:54and Tom Hardy?
20:56Lawrence of Arabia.
20:57No, Heathcliff.
20:58Which Olympic sport was known in its early days as gossamer or whiff-waff?
21:03Table tennis.
21:03Yes.
21:04Which French artist painted the 1881 work known in English as the Luncheon of the Boating Party, which depicts a
21:10group of his friends and his future wife dining beneath an awning on a balcony?
21:15Renoir.
21:15Yes.
21:15Yes.
21:16What's the name of the vocal group formed in the 1950s that included Gladys Knight and several family members and
21:22which later became her backing group?
21:23The Pips.
21:24Yes.
21:25Carnaroli, Ribe and Vialloni nano are Italian varieties of what cereal grain?
21:34Oat.
21:35No, rice.
21:36What word from the Latin for begging refers to a number of Roman Catholic religious orders whose members once supported
21:42themselves solely through work and charitable donations instead of income derived from property?
21:48Monks.
21:49No, mendicant.
21:50In the late 1970s, which entrepreneur bought the Caribbean island of Neca in the British Virgin Islands?
21:56Richard Branson.
21:57Yes.
21:57What Russian word meaning union is the name given to a series of spacecraft first launched in the Soviet era
22:03and used in recent years to transport crew members to and from space stations?
22:09Sputnik.
22:10No.
22:10Soyuz.
22:11Which American actor and documentary presenter has written best-selling gastronomic memoirs including Taste, My Life Through Food and What
22:18I Ate in One Year?
22:21Pass.
22:22The adjective haptic means relating to which one of the traditional five human senses?
22:30Smell.
22:30No touch.
22:31In February 2025, the politician Bart de Waver was sworn in as the new prime minister of a coalition government
22:38in which EU country?
22:39The Netherlands.
22:40No, Belgium.
22:41The fur known as ermine, traditionally used as a trim on the robes of peers, is obtained from the white
22:47winter coat of what animal itself sometimes called an ermine?
22:50Mink.
22:51No, stoat.
22:52What's the name of the property in Manhattan that in 1942 was designated as the official residence of the mayor
22:58of New York City?
23:01Pass.
23:01In 1746, which writer was commissioned by a group of London publishers to compile a dictionary of the English language,
23:09a task he completed in just over eight years?
23:13Dr. Johnson?
23:14It was Samuel Johnson.
23:17Sam, you had two passes at the name of the property in Manhattan that became the official residence of the
23:22mayor of New York City, Gracie Mansion.
23:26And the best-selling writer of the gastronomic memoirs, Taste My Life Through Food and What I Ate in One
23:32Year, Stanley Tucci.
23:34And at the end of that round, Sam, you've got 17 points.
23:47And finally, let's have Ross again, please.
23:58Ross, you start with 10 points. The score to beat to get through to the semi-finals is Julie's 18
24:03points. You've got two and a half minutes on general knowledge.
24:05Here we go. The popular tourist and surfing attraction of Bondi Beach is in a suburb of which Australian city?
24:12Sydney.
24:12Yes. In the British Honours system, the recipient of a DBE may use what title in front of her forename?
24:19Dean.
24:20Yes. What word, which can mean illogical, is used in maths to describe a number such as pi or the
24:26square root of two that cannot be expressed as a fraction?
24:29Assurd.
24:30No, irrational. In May 2025, which London football club beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League final?
24:36Tornham Hotspur.
24:37Yes. What's the usual English translation of the name of the holiday widely celebrated in Mexico, known as Dia de
24:43los Muertos?
24:45Day of the Dead.
24:45Yes. Which member of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood painted the works The Afterglow in Egypt, The Lady of Shallot and
24:52The Triumph of the Innocents?
24:54William Holman Hunt.
24:55Yes. The crane flight is often known by what alternative name that refers to the length of its limbs?
25:00Daddy long legs.
25:01Yes. The American director Shelton Jackson-Lee, whose 1990s films include Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever and Summer of Sam,
25:08is better known by what nickname?
25:10Spike.
25:10Yes. In poetry, a Spencerian stanza. Named after the English poet Edmund Spencer consists of how many lines?
25:18Five.
25:18No. Nine. What glutinous protein product obtained by boiling animal tissue that contains collagen is used extensively as a food
25:26additive as well as in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products?
25:29Jelly.
25:30No, it's gelatin. What three-word name is commonly given to the notorious crime committed in the early hours of
25:36the 8th of August 1963 at a railway bridge then known as Bridigo Bridge in Ledburn, Buckinghamshire?
25:44Great train robbery.
25:45Yes. Which English new town between Sunderland and Hartlepool was named after a local miner and trade union leader?
25:51Washington.
25:51No. Peter Lee. In the abbreviation EDM, a collective term for several styles of music, including house, techno and drum
25:58and bass, the letters ED stand for what words?
26:02Electronic dance.
26:03Yes. What Latin word for a pupil or foster son is used in English to refer to a graduate or
26:08former student of a particular school, college or university?
26:14Erm...
26:15Old boy.
26:16No. Alumnus. When Sir Keir Starmer won the Labour Party leadership election in 2020, he beat Lisa Nandy. And which
26:23other candidate who finished second?
26:24Reynor.
26:25No. Rebecca Long-Bailey, the mainly green, yellow and blue national flag of which South American country?
26:30There's a motto that translates as order and progress.
26:35Bolivia.
26:36No. It's Brazil.
26:39Ross, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've done it. You've got 19 points.
26:53In a close match, let's have a look at the final scores. In joint third place with 17 points each,
27:00Sam and Ryan.
27:01In second place with 18 points, it's Julie, which means in first place with 19 points, it's Ross.
27:07So he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to him.
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27:23Thanks for watching. Bye for now.
27:30I feel absolutely fantastic.
27:32When Clive said that I'd done it, I was taken by surprise because I knew it was a very close
27:35game
27:36and I knew I probably hadn't scored that much in the general round, so I knew it was going to
27:39be very close.
27:40Ross, at the end of that round, you had no passes. You've done it. You've got 19 points.
27:46I was quite happy with the 10 that I scored in the specialist subject round.
27:51Brook Street. Yes.
27:52The champion, Jack. Yes.
27:54Gammages. It is. Gammages.
27:57So I was quietly confident going into my own general knowledge round.
28:01In first place with 19 points, it's Ross. So he goes through to the semi-finals.
28:06At home, I've got my wife and my children. They're not into quizzing whatsoever, but they let me get on
28:11with my quizzing.
28:12If I was to go on and be lucky enough to win Mastermind, it would be the high point of
28:16my life.
28:17With it.
28:44This is a life.
28:45This is a life.
28:46It's a life.
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