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53-424: Celebrity Mastermind is a celebrity version of Mastermind , a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. Celebrity Mastermind began in 2002 as a one-off special hosted by Magnus Magnusson , the original host of the main show, before expanding to the current arrangement of 10 episodes, broadcast during December and January. This broadcast was originally hosted by John Humphrys , who also hosted

106-643: A 15-month period, from September 2000 to December 2001. Like Mastermind , 2 Minute Drill featured a leather chair, dramatic lighting and sound effects. Willy Gibson of Columbus, Ohio , was the grand champion of the first two series; he was defeated in the second round of the third and final series. The highest overall Mastermind score is 41 points, set by Kevin Ashman in 1995, his specialist subject being "The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. " Ashman went on to become six times IQA world champion. In addition he holds

159-431: A Celebrity edition by Gogglebox ' s Amy Tapper who scored two points overall; one on her specialist subject of the films of Adam Sandler and another in the general knowledge round. Prior to these, the record for the overall lowest score was five points, set on 29 January 2010 by software analyst Kajen Thuraaisingham, scoring four points for his specialist subject of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk . Previous to this,

212-451: A Millionaire? and Fifteen to One centre their questions on general knowledge, while other shows focus questions more on specific subjects. Some shows ask questions both on specific subjects and on general knowledge, including Eggheads and Mastermind . In Mastermind , contestants choose their own "specialist subject" before answering general knowledge questions, whereas in Eggheads

265-404: A Sunday night and was not expected to receive a huge audience. In 1973 it was moved to a prime-time slot as an emergency replacement for a Leslie Phillips sitcom, Casanova '73 , which had been moved to a later time following complaints about its risqué content. The quiz subsequently became one of the most-watched shows on British television. Magnusson's catchphrase "I've started, so I'll finish"

318-479: A bald lump of uninhabited rock in the eastern Atlantic. The 2003-onwards version has been spoofed by the Dead Ringers team, with Jon Culshaw playing John Humphrys. In one send-up, which appeared on the television edition of Dead Ringers , the contestant offered to answer questions on Mary Queen of Scots , but when an answer was given, John Humphrys was shown saying "Yes, but you sexed that answer up". The sketch

371-412: A contestant whose speciality was "questions to which the answer is two." In 1974, Morecambe and Wise performed a sketch based on Mastermind , which featured Magnusson and the black chair. The format was different, however, with Wise, then Morecambe, being asked ten questions each. In 1975 The Goodies featured Mastermind in the episode " Frankenfido " when a dog ( Bill Oddie in a suit) appeared on

424-695: A general knowledge test can predict achievement in particular areas, namely in academics, proofreading, and creativity. General knowledge helps to crack Government exam results The study examined cognitive ability and personality predictors of exam performance and found that general knowledge was positively correlated with GCSE English, mathematics, Grammar, History, Science and overall exam results. General knowledge test scores predicted exam results, even after controlling for IQ, five-factor model personality traits, and learning styles . General knowledge has been found to robustly predict proofreading skills in university students. A study found that proofreading had

477-434: A larger correlation with general knowledge than with general intelligence, verbal reasoning, or openness to experience. In a multiple regression analysis using general knowledge, general intelligence, verbal reasoning, five factor personality traits, and learning styles as predictors, only general knowledge was a significant predictor. General knowledge has been found to have weak associations with measures of creativity. In

530-816: A normal distribution of answers, creating a bell-shaped curve . General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability. As with crystallized intelligence, general knowledge has been found to increase with age. General knowledge is stored as semantic memory . Most semantic memory is preserved through old age, though there are deficits in retrieval of certain specific words correlated with aging. In addition, stress or various emotional levels can negatively affect semantic memory retrieval. People high in general knowledge tend to be highly open to new experiences and in typical intellectual engagement . The relationship between openness to experience and general knowledge remains robust even when IQ

583-527: A particular domain tend to be knowledgeable in many. General knowledge is thought to be supported by long-term semantic memory ability. General knowledge also supports schemata for textual understanding. High scorers on tests of general knowledge tend to also score highly on intelligence tests. IQ has been found to robustly predict general knowledge scores even after accounting for differences in age, and five-factor model personality traits. However, many general knowledge tests are designed to create

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636-459: A particular athlete or sports team from the past). In each series, winners advanced in a bracket-style playoff format, with cash prizes increasing from $ 5,000 in the first round to $ 50,000 (doubling to $ 10,000–$ 100,000 by answering the final question) in the final round. Prizes such as trips to the Super Bowl or ESPY Awards were also given, known as "ESPN Experiences". The show had three series over

689-576: A specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Mastermind ' s theme music is "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson . The show was recorded, with original presenter Magnus Magnusson , on location at UK universities. Later, it was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios , before moving to dock10 studios in 2011. The show relocated to Belfast for

742-541: A study examining contributions of personality and intelligence to creativity, general knowledge was positively correlated with divergent thinking tests, but was unrelated to a biographical measure of creative achievement, self-rated creativity, or a composite measure of creativity. The relationship between general knowledge and divergent thinking became non-significant when controlling for fluid intelligence. [1] Many game shows use general knowledge questions for entertainment purposes. Game shows such as Who Wants to Be

795-554: A version called Mastermind Rejects — the premise being that the specialist subjects were too ludicrously obscure even for Mastermind . In the final show of the series, Magnus Magnusson took over as the quizmaster — it was the last time he would utter the catchphrase "I've started so I'll finish" on any form of Mastermind . The specialist subject was The History of the Home Video Recorder, 1972 to 1984 . On their 2005 Christmas Special, comedy duo French & Saunders parodied

848-531: Is taken into account. People high in openness may be more motivated to engage in intellectual pursuits that increase their knowledge. Relationships between general knowledge and other five factor model traits tend to be weak and inconsistent. Though one study found that extraversion and neuroticism were negatively correlated with general knowledge, others found that they were unrelated. Inconsistent results have also been found for conscientiousness . A number of studies have assessed whether performance on

901-521: The United States , the game show 2 Minute Drill on sports network ESPN had its roots in Mastermind . Contestants faced questions fired at them by a panel of four sports and entertainment celebrities for two minutes; like Mastermind , there were two rounds of questions, but the first round had each panellist's questions representing a different sports category pertaining to their area of expertise, and

954-413: The 2011 series. Instead, there is now a brief monologue from the winner at the end of each episode about how pleased they are to have won. There is no discussion with the other contestants. It is also distinguished from the original BBC TV series because many more of the specialist subjects come from popular culture. This probably reflects cultural changes in the British middle classes in recent years. Unlike

1007-419: The 2019–2020 series. For the first round, each contestant in turn is given a set length of time, usually two minutes (one minute and a half in semi-finals), to answer questions on a specialised subject which they have chosen. The contestant scores one point for each correct answer and may pass as often as desired. If the contestant responds incorrectly, the questioner gives the correct answer before continuing to

1060-591: The Future . In 2013, Mastermind featured on the ITV show Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , as part of an Ant Vs Dec segment where Ant and Dec had to answer questions based around a school challenge they took part in. Ant won. Start and end dates for all series prior to the 29th were taken from the Radio Times magazine. General knowledge Studies have found that people who are highly knowledgeable in

1113-425: The amount of time available for answering questions and lasted just one series. This was also the first to go "interactive". By using the red button viewers could play the general knowledge section throughout the series. These questions had been written specifically to afford both standard and multiple-choice format in presentation. There was a one-off competition between the four highest scoring viewers. In 2003,

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1166-428: The contestants have not yet given an answer, they are allowed a few seconds to do so. The contestant's score is displayed on screen; beginning with the 2016–17 series, the border around the score gradually turns blue (black in the 2019–20 series) during the final 10 seconds. During the second round, each contestant in turn answers a series of general knowledge questions. The rules from the first round apply, except that

1219-468: The current BBC Two version premiered, hosted by John Humphrys . Whereas the original series had kept talk to a minimum (asking contestants only their name, occupation and specialist subject), the new run had at first included some conversational elements with contestants, at the start of the General Knowledge round (normally about the contestant's specialist subject). But these have been dropped since

1272-507: The experts, the show was a hoax, and incorrect answers were included to frustrate them whenever they supplied the correct answer. The BBC Three comedy show Snuff Box had the two main characters Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry both appear on Mastermind . Berry chose his specialist subject as Alton Towers and only scored 3 points before a blackout, in which he apparently shoots the host after being told to sit down. Fulcher chooses ' Anglo-Saxon architecture ', though displays no knowledge of

1325-453: The first game. It allowed the user to write their own questions. Home Computing Weekly reviewed both games and gave them two out of five stars and said: "I have no doubt that someone, somewhere, will find these two programs of use." ZX Computing also reviewed both games and the computer's ability to recognise key words in the answers was praised but the loading times in a four-player game were criticized as too long. The programme has been

1378-519: The lowest attained score had been seven points, which was first set by Colin Kidd in 2005. His specialist subject was "The World Chess Championships". The score was equalled in November 2009 by gas fitter Michael Burton; he only scored two for his specialist subject, Angels . Mastermind Champion of Champions was televised Monday to Friday at 7:30pm on BBC Two in the first full week of August 2010. It featured

1431-481: The main show from 2003 to 2021. The current host is Clive Myrie , who first presented an episode in 2022. The format is the same as the standard show, although each episode is treated as a single contest with the winner receiving a trophy, and the contestant's fees being donated to charity. The original BBC version of Mastermind , hosted by Magnus Magnusson , was broadcast on BBC One from 1972 to 1997. While other versions continued on radio and satellite television,

1484-512: The main show hosted by Humphrys began on BBC Two on 7 July 2003. The celebrity version then also aired on BBC Two for a first full series of three episodes in December 2003/January 2004, also hosted by Humphrys. The celebrity version of the show has continued every year since, alongside the main show. Although the main show has remained on BBC Two, the celebrity version was promoted to BBC One from series 2 onward. The trophy presented to each winner

1537-447: The next question; answers to passed questions are read out only after time has expired. In early series, the score and time were kept by Mary Craig who sat next to Magnusson. If time runs out while a question is being read, the questioner will finish it and give the contestant a few seconds to answer. This has led to the programme's catchphrase , "I've started so I'll finish." If a question has been read out in full when time expires, but

1590-452: The original black chair was taken by a group of students during the BBC crew's evening meal break, and held to ransom to raise money for charity; this delayed the recording of two programmes. The BBC commissioned a duplicate chair which was kept locked in the scenery truck at every recording to thwart similar ransom demands. The duplicate chair was never used on air, except in the title sequence, which

1643-594: The original version, this version is studio-based. It is now made in MediaCity in Salford . However, due to asbestos being found at Granada's Manchester studios parts of the 2006 series were filmed at Yorkshire Television 's Leeds studios ). In February 2021, Humphrys announced that after eighteen years at the helm of the show, he would leave the show. On 22 March 2021, it was announced that Clive Myrie would take over as host. Myrie made his debut on 23 August 2021. In

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1696-448: The parodies the show was called "Masterbrane". In each, Benny played the role of Magnusson while Jackie Wright played the hapless contestant. Spitting Image used the Mastermind format in a sketch where a Magnus Magnusson puppet asked questions of a Jeffrey Archer puppet whose specialist subject was himself. The twist was that Archer's puppet, being incapable of answering questions about himself without exaggeration or evasion, ends

1749-406: The programme, finalists were allowed to reuse their first-round subjects in the grand final. However, from 1992 onwards, the finalists are required to choose a third subject. The winner of the final of the BBC version is declared "Mastermind" for that year and is the only contestant to receive a prize, in the form of a cut glass engraved bowl. During Magnus Magnusson's tenure as presenter, the trophy

1802-568: The record for the highest ever score on Brain of Britain and has been a member of the Eggheads since that series debut. In August 2010 during an edition of Mastermind Champion of Champions , the 2010 series champion, Jesse Honey , scored 23 out of 23 on "Flags of the World" in the specialist subject round, an all-time record. He finished as runner-up with a combined score of 36 points, losing out to Pat Gibson by having two more passes. Honey's score

1855-580: The round with zero points. The BBC's satirical current affairs quiz show Have I Got News for You has parodied the show several times, by turning the lights down – except for spotlights above select chairs – and playing the theme tune, before subjecting at least one of the panel to some rigorous questioning. The first occasion was on the 1995 video special, when only regular captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton were asked questions; Hislop on "The Life and Lies of Jeffrey Archer ", and Merton on "Absurd Newspaper Stories Between 1990 and 1995". The second occasion

1908-412: The same score and number of passes, a five-question tiebreaker is played. Each of the tied contestants answers the same set of questions individually, with the others exiting the studio so that they cannot hear the results. The contestant who gives the most correct answers is the winner. The winners advance to the next round, for which they must choose a different specialised subject. In the early years of

1961-410: The second round had no categories and the contestant could not control who asked the questions; they were fired at random. The contestant with the highest score after two rounds would win a cash prize, and would have a chance to double those winnings by correctly answering the untimed "Question of Great Significance," as host Kenny Mayne called it, from a speciality category chosen by the winner (usually

2014-465: The show and managed to correctly answer questions asked of it as they all had answers that could be represented by growls, such as "bark" and "ruff". In the late 1970s, Noel Edmonds ' Sunday lunchtime radio show featured a send-up called "Musty Mind" where a phone-in contestant would be asked ludicrous questions on a parody of a serious subject, such as the "Toad Racing" or, on another occasion, "The Cultural and Social History of Rockall" – Rockall being

2067-502: The show did not return to BBC Television until 2002, with a one-off episode, the Mastermind Celebrity Special , originally broadcast on 30 December 2002 on BBC Two to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first ever Mastermind final. The original host, Magnus Magnusson, was brought back for this special. This was a precursor to the main show also returning to the BBC with a new host, John Humphrys . The first series of

2120-499: The show with Jennifer Saunders playing Abigail Wilson, a pensioner whose special subject is ceramic teapots. She passes on all but one question, which she answers incorrectly. In 2005, the show was spoofed on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show where the specialist subject was "Britishness", relating to the proposed test immigrants may have to take, to prove they can fit in with British society. Benny Hill parodied Mastermind on The Benny Hill Show on at least two occasions. In one of

2173-483: The specialist subject round, is jointly held by Troy Deeney and Dana on 22 December 2023, Harry Pinero on 2 February 2024 and Aaron Evans on 16 February 2024, all of whom scored no points when answering questions on the Sam Raimi trilogy of Spider-Man films , UK hit singles of 1969–76, Lewis Hamilton and cephalopods respectively. The current record for the overall lowest score is 2 points, set on 5 November 2022 in

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2226-543: The subject and makes up answers such as "Toto from The Wizard of Oz " and " Elvis ", and scoring no points. In 2011, The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 parodied the show with a feature called "Disastermind". Using the back-up chair from the Mastermind studio, each team member chose a specialist subject, only to have them swapped before being questioned in the chair on their randomly selected subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects were The World of Glee ; UK dialling codes ; U2 ; Husky Dogs and Back to

2279-527: The target for many television spoofs, including a Two Ronnies sketch written by David Renwick (a less polished version had previously appeared in the Radio 4 series " The Burkiss Way ") in 1980, featuring Ronnie Barker as Magnus Magnusson and Ronnie Corbett as a contestant named Charlie Smithers, whose specialist subject was "answering the question before last". A different sketch featured Monty Python alumni Michael Palin as Magnusson and Terry Gilliam as

2332-427: The time limit is extended (usually two and a half minutes since 2010, or two minutes in semi-finals and until 2010). Originally, the contestants played in the same order as in the first round; currently, they play in ascending order by first-round score. The winner is the contestant with the highest total score after two rounds. Ties are broken in favour of the contestant with the fewest total passes. If contestants have

2385-549: The winners of previous series of Mastermind . Contestants sit in a black leather chair, lit by a solitary spotlight in an otherwise dark studio. The inspiration for this was the interrogations faced by the show's creator, Bill Wright, as a prisoner of war in World War II. The original black chair was given to Magnus Magnusson as a souvenir when he retired from the show, and is now owned by his daughter Sally Magnusson who inherited it following her father's death in 2007. In 1979

2438-571: Was a contestant on Mastermind, and it was implied that his specialist subject was the microwave cooking instructions on supermarket ready meals. As the camera panned out it became evident that the chair itself was on a platter, slowly turning in a giant microwave oven. The Channel 4 Prank programme Balls of Steel parodied Mastermind with its sketch The Alex Zane Cleverness Game , in which experts were quizzed on their specialist subjects (included were "The Life of Anne Frank ", " Eurovision Song Contest Winners ", and " Hercule Poirot "). Unbeknown to

2491-519: Was a reference to the controversy caused by the aftermath of the Iraq War . One episode included Mastermind: The Opera . Another spoof was featured in Armando Iannucci 's 2004: The Stupid Version , where a contestant's specialist subject was "The television series Thunderbirds and Lady Penelope's Cockney chauffeur". Also in 2004, Johnny Vaughan 's BBC Three show Live at Johnny's featured

2544-481: Was also the title of his history of the show. The original series was filmed in academic or ecclesiastical buildings. The last programme of the original series was filmed at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney. The original series spawned many specials: BBC Radio 4 's Mastermind (1998 and 2000) was hosted by Peter Snow . Discovery Channel 's Mastermind (2001) was hosted by Clive Anderson . The commercials shortened

2597-458: Was equalled by Iwan Thomas, who scored a record 23 (in two-and-a-half minutes) in the general knowledge round in 2010. On Junior Mastermind in February 2007, an 11-year-old schoolboy called Callum scored 19 points on his specialist subject, cricketer Andrew Flintoff . However, he did not win, being beaten by one point after achieving a final score of 32. The current record for the lowest score in

2650-414: Was in 1998, when Magnus Magnusson appeared as a guest. All four panellists were asked questions on this occasion. In his early routines Bill Bailey would often parody the Mastermind music, finding it very sinister. He would then play the music on keyboard with an over-the-top hellish sounding climax. In the last episode of " Is It Bill Bailey? " he followed on from this performance with a sketch where he

2703-628: Was originally a commemorative glass bowl. The current trophy (2015–2016 series) is a wedge-shaped piece of glass. Mastermind (British game show) Mastermind is a British television quiz show for the BBC , currently presented by Clive Myrie . Its creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II . The show features an intimidating setting and challenging questions. Four (and in later contests five or six) contestants face two rounds, one on

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2756-526: Was recorded in London while the main chair was on the road. Its current whereabouts are unknown. The current chair, since 2003, is an Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair , designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1969. A video game adaptation was released for the ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mirrorsoft . A companion game titled Mastermind Quizmaster was released at the same time and was meant to be used in conjunction with

2809-418: Was specially manufactured by Caithness Glass . A special guest would always be invited to present the trophy to the winner, with the exception of the final edition in 1997, in which Magnusson presented it himself. Every trophy used by the main series has been made by Scottish artist Denis Mann . Mastermind (1972 to 1997), presented by Magnus Magnusson , aired on BBC1 . It was originally broadcast late on

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