Episode 17 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Nick Smith, a publisher.

He'll be answering questions on the writer Thomas Jefferson Hogg.

Next, David Buck, a taxi driver. He answers questions on the 1960s radical agitators, The Diggers.

Paul Jenkins, a writer. His subject, the American writer Raymond Carver.

And Alan Clarke, an electrician. His subject, Luton Town Football Club from 1965 to the present day.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys. Four more contenders are about to take

TV's ultimate test of nerve and knowledge. In the black chair they will answer for two minutes

on their specialist subject and then 2½ minutes on general knowledge.

The winner goes through to the semi-final and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl.

But the real prize is the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.

So let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. Which Oxford college did Hogg attend as a contemporary of Shelley in 1810?

-University College.

-He wrote love letters to Shelley's sister without having actually met her.

What was her name?

-Elizabeth.

-Which literary character speaks the opening sentences of Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff,

comparing life to a game of chess?

-Sancho Panza.

-What position for Northumberland and Berwick on the Northern legal circuit did he hold?

-Revising Barrister.

-In a letter, Shelley described Hogg as "a pearl within an oyster shell."

Who was the letter to?

-Maria Gisborne.

-To which prominent Whig politician did Hogg dedicate Two Hundred And Nine Days?

-Henry Brougham.

-According to the Life of Shelley, whom does a Yorkshireman regard as a simpleton

though Hogg concedes that the feeling is mutual?

-Lancastrians.

-Which member of his circle owned a cottage in Hampstead

at which Hogg was a frequent visitor after 1817?

-Leigh Hunt.

-What did he describe as, "more beautiful than anything except my sweet Jane and her Dina,"

in a letter to Jane Williams?

-Mont Blanc.

-Lake Lucerne. In which periodical was Reminiscences of Shelley at Oxford first published?

-The New Monthly Magazine.

-Hogg was promised which chair at the New University of London in 1829,

although the offer was withdrawn two years later?

-Chair of Civil Law.

-Which word in Alexy Haimatoff was coined by Hogg

and then used by Thomas Love Peacock in Nightmare Abbey?

-Eleutherarch.

-According to his biography, Shelley's political creed was, above all things, what?

-Liberation.

-Liberty. He acknowledges Shelley's greatness as poet, philosopher, moralist and scholar,

but claims that he was "the most conspicuously great" as what?

-As a ladies' man.

-How many Grecian damsels dancing by moonlight...

-BEEP

..does Haimatoff view from the Parthenon in Athens?

-Ten.

-Ten is correct. No passes.

Nick Smith, you have 13 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. In the mid-1960s, the Diggers were radical exponents of the free distribution of food

in which American city?

-San Francisco.

-What name did they give to the large wooden square through which people had to pass?

-Free Frame of Reference.

-In September, 1966, they defied a curfew imposed following riots

sparked by the killing of which young man by a police officer?

-Matthew "Peanut" Johnson.

-The New Year's Wail in 1967 was sponsored by the Diggers and which group?

-Hell's Angels.

-The poet and author of All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

had 2,500 printed copies of his poems distributed for free in 1968. What was his name?

-Richard Brautigan.

-According to the Digger archives, in March, 1967 John Stephen Simons was arrested

for the illegal possession of what type of meat?

-Beef.

-Venison. What name did Peter Cohon adopt following a hallucinogenic experience on peyote?

-Peter Coyote.

-The Digger Parade of 1966 entitled The Rebirth of Haight was also called The Death of what?

-Hippie.

-Money. Which film, portraying the counterculture, was dismissed by Peter Coyote

who described parts of it as inaccurate, smug and insulting?

-Head.

-Easy Rider. Which 1978 album did Bob Dylan dedicate to the memory of Emmett Grogan?

-Street Legal.

-Leaflets advertising the Diggers' first free food event

said, "It's free because it's..."?

-Yours.

-Which doctor founded the Digger-inspired Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic?

-David Smith.

-Which Digger was the partner of Judy Goldhaft

and established the free store Trip Without A Ticket?

-Peter Berg.

-Which building on the edge of the Tenderloin district

hosted the Invisible Circus in 1967?

-The Glide church.

-Which columnist on youth culture gave the Diggers their first mention

in the San Francisco Chronicle?

-Ralph Gleason.

-What volume of poetry by Lenore Kandel triggered...

-BEEP

..a well-publicised obscenity trial in November, 1966?

-The Book of Love.

-No, The Love Book. You have no passes. David Buck, you have 12 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

In two minutes. In which Oregon town was Carver born in 1938, before the family moved to Washington state?

-Clatskanie.

-What's the title of his first major collection of stories?

When published in 1976, they established his reputation for unflinching portraits of the poor.

-Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

-Which story concludes with Myrna saying, "Wash your hands"?

-after the narrator has said, "Let's hug awhile"?

-Pass.

The death of which writer is the subject of Errand?

-Chekhov.

-What is Mel McGinnis's medical specialism in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?

-Cardiologist.

-Which college magazine was responsible for the first appearance of a Carver short story

when The Furious Seasons appeared in Winter 1960-61?

-Selection.

-Carver dedicated 1983's Cathedral to which writer and teacher who died the previous year?

-Pass.

-In The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off, what was the first thing?

-Pearl Harbor.

-On 2nd June of which year did Carver give up drinking, after many years of alcoholism?

-1977.

-He married which poet in Reno, Nevada, in June, 1988?

-Tess Gallagher.

-Which editor at Esquire published Neighbours in 1971 and influenced Carver's career?

-Gordon Lish.

-What's the name of Earl Ober's wife in They're Not Your Husband?

-Doreen.

-What was the alcoholism treatment centre that Carver attended in 1976,

inspiring Where I'm Calling From?

-Duffy's.

-Which acclaimed writer visited Carver in 1984 and translated stories into Japanese?

-Murakami.

-In which story do a married couple named Nancy and Dan

encounter white horses in the front yard of their rented summer house?

Em...

-Pass.

-To which city is Myers intending to travel to visit his son

in the short story The Compartment?

-New York.

-Strasbourg.

-BEEP

We are out of time. You have three passes. Call If You Need Me is the story with the married couple

encountering white horses in the front yard.

John Gardner was the writer to whom Carver dedicated his 1983 collection Cathedral.

And that story concluding with, "Wash your hands," was Mr Coffee and Mr Fixit.

You have, Paul Jenkins, 12 points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. In 1988, Luton won which trophy by defeating Arsenal 3-2 at Wembley?

-Littlewoods Cup.

-Which team lost to Luton in an FA Cup 3rd Round Replay on the plastic pitch in 1987?

-Liverpool.

-Which manager introduced a new formation in 1972-73

with a lone striker and five floating midfield players?

-Harry Haslam.

-Luton missed out on a return to the Football League after losing to which team in 2011?

-AFC Wimbledon.

-In 1972, Luton signed which of Manchester United's 1968 European Cup-winning team?

-John Aston.

-The collapse of which insurance company in 1971 created a financial crisis for Luton

as it underpinned the club's debt?

-Vehicle and General.

-In Luton's last match in the old First Division, they lost to which team,

missing out on the Premier League?

-Notts County.

-In 1969, Luton signed the future England striker Malcolm MacDonald from which club?

-Fulham.

-Which chairman of Luton introduced a membership scheme that banned away supporters?

-David Evans.

-When Luton became champions of League One in 2004-05, how many victories did they achieve?

-27.

-29. What is the surname of the twins who signed from Chester City and went on to Manchester City?

-Futcher.

-In late 1966, Luton lost to Lincoln City, the bottom club in the Football League, by what score?

-8-1.

-Which town's development corporation rejected Luton's plan to relocate there in 1985?

-Milton Keynes.

-In 1997, which teenage Luton player was signed by Arsenal for a fee of £1 million

despite only having made one league appearance?

-Matthew Upson.

-What nationality was Danny Bergara, who joined the coaching staff in the mid-1970s?

-Uruguayan.

-Between them, how many points did the FA and Football League deduct from Luton

at the start of 2008-09?

-30.

-What Luton-born England international signed for the club...

-BEEP

..from Southampton and played in an FA Cup semi-final against one of his former teams?

-Steve Williams.

-No, Kerry Dixon.

No passes. Alan Clarke, you have 15 points.

Well, a close, high-scoring round. Let's look at all of the scores.

In joint third place, David Buck and Paul Jenkins.

Second place, Nick Smith.

In the lead, 15 points, Alan Clarke.

The general knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end, the number of passes is taken into account.

Whoever has the fewer passes is the winner. If they're tied on passes, there's a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a semi-final place.

Let's get on with it and ask David Buck to join us again, please.

You begin with your 12 points with your knowledge of the Diggers.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge. 2½ minutes.

Whose first chart-topping UK single was Good Vibrations in 1966?

-Beach Boys.

-What term for a puppet is derived from the name Marie?

-Marionette.

-Which specialised agency of the UN, established in 1948, is known by the initials WHO?

-World Health Organisation.

-Whose first successful play was The Glass Menagerie?

-Tennessee Williams.

-Which very small variety of lettuce shares its name with a character in a folk tale?

-Radicchio?

-Tom Thumb. In 1998, Donna Symmonds, a lawyer from Barbados,

became the first woman commentator on which radio sports programme?

-Five Live.

-Test Match Special. In 1535, who made the first translation of the Bible printed in English

and edited it for the Great Bible of 1539?

-Wycliffe.

-No, Miles Coverdale.

Which small parrot has a ring-necked species naturalised to Britain and now officially a pest?

-Pass.

-Which Hollywood film company was set up in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg

and David Geffen?

-Amblin'.

-Dreamworks. The Manchester Utd footballer Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha is known by what name?

-Pass.

-Which 18th-century composer's works include Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and Sheep May Safely Graze?

-Handel.

-Bach. Which river rises in the Pennines and flows for 70 miles,

-passing through Sheffield before joining the Ouse at Goole?

-Pass.

What painful condition of the toe is known as onychocryptosis?

-Corns.

-Ingrown toenail. In 1994, the Globe Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London

was renamed after which actor?

-Wanamaker.

-Gielgud. Which of the Three Wise Men brought the gift of gold to the infant Jesus?

-Pass.

-In which Shakespeare play has the title character's daughter Imogen secretly married Leonatus?

-Pass.

-Which British archaeologist excavated the Bronze Age city of Knossos on Crete?

-Pass.

-In 2005, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell was given ministerial responsibility for what event?

-London Olympics.

-Which portrait and landscape painter was born in Suffolk in 1727

and moved to Bath in the 1750s where he became a friend of David Garrick, whom he often painted?

-Reynolds.

-Gainsborough. Which desert has a name meaning...

-BEEP

..waterless place in Mongolian?

-Gobi.

-The Gobi Desert is correct.

You have six passes. The British archaeologist who excavated Knossos was Arthur Evans,

Cymbeline was that Shakespeare play, Melchior was the wise man who brought gold,

the River Don flows through Sheffield and joins the Ouse at Goole,

that footballer with the unpronounceable name is Nani

and the parrot that has become a bit of a pest is a parakeet.

You have a total now, David Buck, of 18 points.

And now Paul Jenkins again, please.

You also begin this round with 12 points on Raymond Carver.

Let's try your general knowledge.

Which scarecrow had a collection of interchangeable heads?

-Worzel Gummidge.

-Which large, wild bovine with a shaggy mane is called a buffalo in North America?

-Bison.

-In rugby union, what touring team is made of players from the four home nations?

-Barbarians.

-The Lions. Which 1965 Beatles film has a one-word title?

-Help!

-On 20th April, 1949, which Royal Navy vessel on the Yangtze sent the signal,

-"Under heavy fire. Am aground. Large number of casualties"?

-Pass.

What name for the smallest unit of a chemical element that can exist is from the Greek for indivisible?

-Atom.

-Which statue by Rodin commemorates Eustache de Saint-Pierre and five citizens?

-Pass.

-Which writer's last novel, The Biographer's Moustache, in 1995

tells how a struggling hack writes the biography of Jimmy Fane?

-Kingsley Amis.

-Who, with Ricky Gervais, wrote The Office, Extras and Life's Too Short?

-Stephen Merchant.

-Which tributary of the Mississippi is known as Big Muddy because of all its silt?

-Missouri?

-Yes. Which saint, known for missionary work in Northumbria,

died on the Farne Islands in 687? His remains are in Durham Cathedral.

-Bede?

-Cuthbert. In the House of Commons, MPs address those who have served in the armed forces

as Honourable and what else?

-Proud?

-Gallant. The hero of which Walter Scott novel joins Richard I on a crusade?

-Ivanhoe.

-Which radio and TV presenter is daughter of a former Leeds Utd and Wales footballer?

-Gabby Logan.

-In Indian cuisine, what is the characteristic feature of meat in a dish called keema?

-Pass.

-Which animal was unknown in the West until 1869

when French missionary Armand David obtained some furs?

-Rabbits?

-Panda. In musical notation, which note, called the whole note, has double the value of the minim?

-G.

-Semibreve. What nickname did Confederate General Thomas Jackson acquire

after his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run?

-Stonewall.

-Which town on the island of Lewis and Harris is the largest in the Outer Hebrides?

-Stornoway.

-Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are in which rock band?

-Steely Dan.

-What was the name of the Pullman train service between London Victoria and Paris from 1929-1972?

-The Orient Express.

-Golden Arrow. Which vegetable's varieties include Ailsa Craig and Express Yellow?

-Carrot.

-No, it's the onion.

-BEEP

Your time's up. Three passes. If you have a dish called keema, it consists of minced or ground meat.

The statue by Rodin commemorates The Burghers of Calais.

And the Royal Navy ship was HMS Amethyst.

You have, Paul Jenkins, a total of 24 points.

And now Nick Smith again, please.

You start out with 13 points and 24 is, as we speak, the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it. Which Scottish song is sung at midnight on New Year's Eve?

-Auld Lang Syne.

-In which ballet with music by Tchaikovsky has Odette been turned into a bird?

-The Nutcracker Suite.

-Swan Lake. The region around Palo Alto is known by what name

because of the electronics and computer companies there?

-Silicon Valley.

-In the 1980s, the government tried to prevent publication of which book

-by former MI5 Assistant Director Peter Wright?

-Pass.

-At which 1805 battle did Napoleon defeat

a combined Russian and Austrian army, forcing Austria to make peace?

-Austerlitz.

-What name means velvety and is a basic white sauce made from stock and a flour and butter roux?

-Bearnaise.

-Veloute. Which 1978 number one single for Boney M is a version of Psalm 137?

-Pass.

-What term for a sensational or lurid style of American novel

comes from the cheaply produced paper on which it was published?

-Yellowback.

-Pulp. Which Middlesex and England cricketer played for Ireland in the 2007 World Cup?

-Morgan.

-Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted The Scapegoat while in the Middle East in 1854?

-Burne-Jones.

-Holman Hunt. Sir Gus O'Donnell was appointed to what post in 2005,

-incorporating the role of Head of the Home Civil Service?

-Pass.

Which bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide is obtained from cinnabar or made artificially?

-Pass.

-The works of which Canadian director, noted for his horror films, include The Fly and Crash?

-Cronenberg.

-What is the last novel Jane Austen worked on? It was unfinished at the time of her death.

-Sanditon.

-Port Harcourt is one of the leading industrial centres in which African country?

-Nigeria.

-Which shrubs, grown for their yellow flowers, are named for an 18th-century British botanist?

-Pass.

-What does the acronym WASP stand for, as in the most privileged class in American society?

-White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

-The Troubled Man, published in 2011,

is the last novel featuring which Swedish police inspector?

-Wallander.

-From what trade did Saint Paul earn his living before he became an Apostle?

-A...er, farmer.

-Tent maker. Which former newspaper journalist

-became the BBC's Business Editor in February, 2006?

-BEEP

-Peston.

-Robert Peston is correct.

Five passes. Forsythia is that shrub with the yellow flowers,

vermillion is the bright red pigment, Gus O'Donnell is the Cabinet Secretary,

the Rivers of Babylon was the Boney M hit

and Peter Wright, Assistant Director of MI5, wrote Spycatcher.

You have, Nick Smith, a total of 23 points.

And, finally, Alan Clarke, please.

You start out with 15 points and 24 is still the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.

Which singer, who died on a golf course in 1977, was known as The Old Groaner?

-Bing Crosby.

-Which cows' milk cheese is similar to Gruyere, but has larger holes?

-Emmental.

-Which brothers were among the founder members of Oasis?

-Gallagher.

-In what event did Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread win Olympic medals in the 1980s?

-Javelin.

-Which breed of dog is named after a town in Germany where it was bred as a cattle drover's dog?

-Rottweiler.

-Who played the police detective Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night?

-Gene Hackman.

-Sidney Poitier. In Christian art, what term is used

for a depiction of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus?

-Pie Jesu?

-Madonna. Which orchestral work by Debussy consists of three symphonic sketches,

-the second of which is called Play of the Waves?

-Pass.

-San Jose is the capital of which republic?

-Costa Rica.

-In a supposed reference to Sarah Palin, what did Barack Obama say you could put on a pig

but it would remain a pig?

-Lipstick.

-Which TV series was broadcast in five episodes -

Jobs For The Boy's, Moonlighter, Shop Thy Neighbour, Yosser's Story and George's Last Ride?

-Boys From The Blackstuff.

-Who discovered four moons of Saturn and a gap in its rings named after him?

-Herschel?

-Cassini. What name is shared by an island off the coast of Northumberland and one off Anglesey?

-Pass.

-Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, was the mother of which European ruler?

-Prince Rainier.

-Wilhelm II. Which British-born director achieved success with Alien and Blade Runner?

-Ridley Scott.

-What was the currency in the Netherlands before the euro?

-Guilder.

-Which creationist theory, directly opposed to Darwinism,

proposes that living organisms were made in their present form by a thinking being, usually seen as God?

-Pass.

-In 1987, which soul singer was the first woman to be admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

-Aretha Franklin.

-In 1969, who was the first to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in the Suhaili?

-Francis Chichester.

-Robin Knox-Johnston. Which nymph detained Odysseus for seven years,

but could not make him overcome his longing for home?

-Persephone.

-Calypso. What is the title of Winston Churchill's only novel, published in 1900?

-Pass.

-The name of which North American sport comes from the shape of the instrument to throw the ball?

-BEEP

-It resembles a bishop's crozier.

-Lacrosse.

-That is correct.

Four passes. Savrola was the title of Churchill's one and only novel,

that creationist theory which opposes Darwinism is intelligent design,

the island off Northumberland and Anglesey is Holy Island

and the orchestral work by Debussy was La Mer or The Sea.

-But you have, Alan Clarke, 27 points.

-Thank you.

So a pretty close contest. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, David Buck.

Third place, Nick Smith.

Second place, Paul Jenkins.

First place, 27 points, Alan Clarke.

Which means Alan Clarke is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations.

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