Mastermind Subjects

MASTERMIND - SPECIALISED SUBJECTS

The following specialised subjects have appeared on the programme:

• Aztec Mythology

• The Life-cycle and Habits of the Honey-Bee

• The Moomin Saga by Jove Jansson

• Notable British Prisoners

• Burial Grounds of London (taken by the 1981 champion, Leslie Grout)

• The Vampire in British Fiction

• The Eleventh-century Japanese Tale of Genji and Lady Murasaki

• The Buddhist Sage Niciren

While the following were rejected:

• Routes to Anywhere in Mainland Britain by Road from Letchworth

• Orthopaedic Bone Cement in Total Hip Replacement

• The Development of the Self-service Petrol Station, 1963-68

• Cremation Practice and Law in Britain

• Chicago Gangsters of the Prohibition Era - Christopher Hughes proposed this one, but the producers felt it wasn't sufficiently well-documented.

• The History of the Existentialist and Phenomenological Philosophical Movement

• The Banana Industry

• The History of St. Andrews University

• The Managerial Career of Brian Clough - rejected during the Magnusson era, though "The Life and Career of Brian Clough" was eventually used in 2016.

• Meteorology for the Private Pilot Licence

• History of the World Since Jesus Christ - rejected for being, in producer Jon Kelly's words, "a bit broad".

• History of Europe Since Jesus Christ - proposed by the same person after the previous subject was rejected.

• The History of Loganberries

• Perfect Squares to 99² = 9801

• Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend (as Everybody Knows)

• The Natural Life of the Goldfish

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