MASTERMIND is meant to be the toughest quiz on telly.
But we have got hold of the application questions for the BBC show — which suggest you don’t have to be a complete brainbox to earn a seat in the big black chair.
The long-standing show, now presented by Clive Myrie, is on the lookout for contestants for its upcoming series set to be filmed later this year[/caption]
The long-running programme, now hosted by Clive Myrie, is hunting for eggheads for a new series to be filmed later this year.
As part of the selection process, hopefuls face 20 multiple-choice questions against the clock.
But alongside some tougher riddles are posers you might find surprisingly simple.
One asks which reality TV show Charlotte Crosby and Vicky Pattison shot to fame on, while another looks for cocktail ingredients.
The BBC tells wannabes: “There will be 20 multiple choice questions.
“These are all the type of questions which could appear on the show, however none of these will appear on the show.
“Googling the answers or asking a friend to help will be considered cheating and will also slow you down. Your time will be taken into account.”
Here, we share the 20 teasers that could prove YOU are a Mastermind.
1. WHAT’S the term of a piece of rock or other natural material that has landed on Earth from space?
- a) Meteorite
- b) Stalactite
- c) Lignite
- d) Ammonite
2. WHICH British car manufacturer produced early models called the Silver Ghost and the Phantom?
- a) Triumph
- b) Rolls-Royce
- c) Bentley
- d) Lotus
What show did these two shoot to fame on[/caption]
3. THE television personalities Charlotte Crosby and Vicky Pattison were original cast members on what reality series?
- a) Towie
- b) Geordie Shore
- c) Made In Chelsea
- d) The Valleys
Can you name this famous city?[/caption]
4. THE Petronas Towers, which became the world’s tallest twin buildings in 1996, are in which Asian city?
- a) Shanghai
- b) Jakarta
- c) Kuala Lumpur
- d) Riyadh
5. ALOPECIA is a medical condition resulting in the loss of what?
- a) Hair
- b) Hearing
- c) Appetite
- d) Memory
6. ANYA HINDMARCH, who was awarded a damehood in the King’s Birthday Honours in 2024, is best known as a designer of what items?
- a) Shoes
- b) Hats
- c) Lingerie
- d) Handbags
7. WHICH Shakespearean title character makes the plea: “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse”?
- a) Henry IV
- b) Macbeth
- c) King Lear
- d) Richard III
8. A CLASSIC “French 75” cocktail is made by adding champagne to lemon juice, sugar, syrup and which spirit?
- a) Vodka
- b) Brandy
- c) Gin
- d) Rum
Are you clued-up on American history?[/caption]
9. WHAT was the occupation of John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in a theatre in Washington DC?
- a) Priest
- b) Actor
- c) Lawyer
- d) Tailor
10. AT the Academy Awards ceremony in 2024, Da’Vine Joy Randolph won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in what film?
- a) American Fiction
- b) The Holdovers
- c) Anatomy Of A Fall
- d) Past Lives
11. WHICH of these chemical elements is metallic?
- a) Phosphorus
- b) Sulphur
- c) Iodine
- d) Cadmium
12. IN July 2024, which wheelchair tennis player won his first Wimbledon Singles title with victory over Martin de la Puente in the final?
- a) Alfie Hewett
- b) Ben Bartram
- c) Gordon Reid
- d) Dahnon Ward
13. WHAT’S the professional name of the rapper born Dwayne Michael Carter Junior in New Orleans in 1982?
- a) Nas
- b) A$AP Rocky
- c) Tyler, The Creator
- d) Lil Wayne
14. WHAT type of animal is a marmoset?
- a) Dog
- b) Monkey
- c) Spider
- d) Antelope
15. THE European Space Agency’s launch site at Kourou is in which overseas department of France?
- a) Guadeloupe
- b) Mayotte
- c) French Guiana
- d) Reunion
16. WHAT’S the first name of the character known in the title of a Charles Dickens novel as Little Dorrit?
- a) Sarah
- b) Amy
- c) Esther
- d) Nancy
17. WHICH of these is the name of a musical instrument similar to a xylophone?
- a) Mimosa
- b) Macarena
- c) Minneola
- d) Marimba
18. THE Latin phrase “Dictum meum pactum” – usually translated as “My word is my bond” – was adopted in 1923 as the motto of which institution?
- a) Bank of England
- b) Law Society
- c) London Stock Exchange
- d) Conservative Party
19. WHICH Irish political party was founded in 1905 by the journalist Arthur Griffith?
- a) Fianna Fail
- b) Sinn Fein
- c) Fine Gael
- d) Workers’ Party
20. WHICH song from a musical was the first to be played on the newly launched BBC Radio 2 in 1967?
- a) The Sound Of Music
- b) Over The Rainbow
- c) Singin’ In The Rain
- d) Consider Yourself
MASTERMIND ANSWERS
- 1) A
- 2) B
- 3) B
- 4) C
- 5) A
- 6) D
- 7) D
- 8) C
- 9) B
- 10) B
- 11) D
- 12) A
- 13) D
- 14) B
- 15) C
- 16) B
- 17) D
- 18) C
- 19) B
- 20) A
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