Episode 23 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Vicki Davis, a marketing manager from Lincoln,

her specialist subject, the American rock band Nirvana.

Next, Steve Ferry, a civil servant from London, his subject, The 30 Years' War.

Ken Owen, a marketing consultant from Rochester, on the Roy Grace Novels.

And Stuart Reid, a writer from Solihull, on the History of Everton Football Club since 1992.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test of nerve and of knowledge.

They answer 2 minutes of questions on their specialist subject, then 2½ minutes on general knowledge.

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

The real prize is the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind,

so let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

Two minutes. Who produced Nirvana's album In Utero for a flat fee and refused to accept royalties?

-Steve Albini.

-In January 1993, the group recorded a cover of which Terry Jacks hit in Rio?

-Seasons In The Sun.

-Why were the band thrown out of the party

celebrating the release of Nevermind at the Re-Bar in 1991?

-They started a food fight.

-An impersonator of which pop star collected Nirvana's award

for Best Alternative Music Video at the 1992 MTV Music Awards?

-Michael Jackson.

-What was the working title of their first album which was changed to Bleach?

-Too Many Humans.

-In which British city did Nirvana play their first European gig on their tour in 1989?

-Newcastle.

-The title of the band's breakthrough hit was inspired by Kathleen Hanna

after she wrote, "Kurt smells like teen spirit," on Cobain's wall. What was she referring to?

-A deodorant.

-Which cellist performed with the band for the first time at the New York Roseland Ballroom?

-Lori Goldston.

-Kurt's daughter Frances was named after Frances McKee from which group he admired?

-The Vaselines.

-Nirvana appeared on the cover of which publication

with Kurt in a T-shirt that said, "Corporate magazines still suck"?

-Rolling Stone.

-The band were invited to headline at which music festival in the summer of 1994?

After Kurt's death, their slot was given to The Smashing Pumpkins.

-Lollapalooza.

-Which track from In Utero, that features periods of shrill feedback noise,

was previously titled Nine Month Media Blackout?

-Pass.

-Cris and Curt Kirkwood were invited to play on Nirvana's famous MTV Unplugged session in '93.

Which band are they members of?

-Meat Puppets.

-Pat Smear joined Nirvana as second guitarist in '93.

On which TV show did he first play publicly with the band?

-Saturday Night Live.

-Nirvana signed with which management company at the end of 1990?

-Pass.

-What is the title of the last complete song recorded by the band in January '94?

It was released on their self-titled compilation album in 2002.

-You Know You're Right.

-Which magazine ran Lynn Hirschberg's...

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-..damaging article about Courtney Love in September 1992

which led to the couple being denied full custody of their daughter?

-Vanity Fair.

-Correct. You had two passes.

Nirvana signed with Gold Mountain at the end of 1990.

And that track from In Utero that featured shrill, weird noises,

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter.

You have, however, Vicki Davis, 15 points.

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And our next contender, please.

The 30 Years' War in just two minutes!

The term The 30 Years' War, to describe the events of 1618 to 1648,

was used in the title of a book published in the 1790s by which German literary figure?

-Brecht.

-Schiller. What was the name of the secretary who was defenestrated

along with the Emperor's Regents, Martinitz and Slavata, in Prague on the 23rd of May, 1618?

-Jaroslav.

-Fabricius.

Friedrich V was elected as the King of Bohemia in 1619. Who was his father-in-law?

-The Emperor Maximilian.

-No, James I of England.

What title had been given to Bethlen Gabor ten years before he invaded Hungary and Moravia

with the support of Turkish troops in 1623?

-King of Hungary.

-The Prince of Transylvania.

Whose seminal work on international law, De Jure Belli Ac Pacis, was published in 1625

and suggested that war is about restoring justice?

-Grimmelshausen.

-No, Grotius.

What was the ironic nickname given to Friedrich V by his Imperial opponents

that ridiculed his brief tenure as the King of Bohemia?

Oh, it's the...

-One-Week King.

-No, the Winter King.

A Protestant army under King Christian IV of Denmark was easily beaten by Count Tilly

at which battle of the 27th of August, 1626?

Pass.

Which title did the Emperor award to the Imperial mercenary General Wallenstein in June 1629?

-Imperial Prince.

-Duke/Prince of Mecklenburg.

Which Confederate commander was defeated at the Battle of the White Mountain on 8th November, 1620?

-Mansfeld.

-Anhalt.

The siege of which Baltic city by Wallenstein's Imperial forces in 1628 led to the intervention

of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden?

-Stralsund.

-Who was in command...

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..of some 2,000 English volunteers who reached the Rhineland in October 1620

to support King Friedrich?

-Leslie?

-No, Sir Horace De Vere. You had one pass.

The Protestant army was beaten by Count Tilly at the Battle of Lutter Am Barenberge.

One pass, Steve Ferry, one point.

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And our next contender, please.

Two minutes. In which English city does Superintendent Roy Grace serve as a member of Sussex CID?

-Brighton.

-What job does Grace's girlfriend Cleo Morey do

while studying Philosophy at the Open University?

She's a senior mortuary technician.

In Not Dead Enough, the car thief Skunk is a member of the gang called the WBC.

What do the letters WBC stand for?

-Well Big Crew.

-On what occasion did Grace's wife Sandy vanish? All her possessions had been left behind.

-His 30th birthday.

-Which journalist for the local paper The Argus is always first at a crime scene,

causing Grace to suspect he has a spy in the police force?

-Kevin Spinella.

-In Dead Like You, what does the offender take from his victims that gives him his nickname?

-Shoes.

-Abby Dawson is trapped in a lift when she receives a message from an unknown phone number.

What does the message say?

-"I know where you are."

-On Grace's wall, there is a stuffed trout and a wooden clock,

used as a prop in which TV series?

-The Bill.

-In Not Dead Enough, when the murderer comes to kill Sophie Harrington,

she is watching a quiz show hosted by which TV personality?

-Chris Tarrant.

-What was found in the body of Janie Stretton?

A charm in its shape was found on a female victim on Wimbledon Common.

-A scarab beetle.

-Name Grace's new Assistant Chief Constable in Dead Like You.

He hopes for a better relationship with him than with Alison Vosper.

-Peter Rigg.

-Whom does Grace find at Pelham Square while gathering information about Ronnie Wilson?

-Terry Biglow.

-Sussex House, the flagship headquarters of Sussex CID,

was originally constructed in the 1950s for what purpose?

A hospital for contagious diseases.

In Dead Man's Footsteps, Ronnie Wilson has a meeting planned on 11th September, 2001,

at the World Trade Center with whom?

-Donald Hatcook.

-In Dead Tomorrow, what nickname does Norman Potting say is given to Manila

during his report on organ snatching?

-One Kidney Island.

-Grace suspects Alison Vosper is trying to replace him with which officer

who is new to Brighton CID?

-Cassian Pewe.

-Yes.

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I haven't started the next question, so time is up. You have no passes. It's a perfect round - 16 points.

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And our final contender, please.

Two minutes. Who was Everton's leading goal-scorer for four of the five seasons between 1998 and 2003?

-Kevin Campbell.

-In 1995, who became the first player to win the FA Cup with both Everton and Liverpool?

-Gary Ablett.

-From which club did Everton sign Marouane Fellaini in September 2008

for a reported record fee of £15 million?

-Standard Liege.

-Who atoned for his miss in the penalty shoot-out against Fiorentina in the UEFA Cup

by scoring the penalty that got Everton to the 2009 FA Cup Final?

-Phil Jagielka.

-In 2003, Everton's plans to move to which site near the city centre were scrapped

because of a lack of funds?

-King's Dock.

-Who scored Everton's winner in their 3-2 victory over Wimbledon in May 1994

that saved the club from relegation?

-Graham Stuart.

-In October 2002, Wayne Rooney became Everton's youngest goal-scorer

when he netted against which club in a League Cup tie?

-Pass.

-Against which club did Neville Southall make the last

of his 750 appearances for Everton in November 1997?

-Tottenham.

-Which Everton legend did club chairman Peter Johnson sell to Newcastle in November '98

without consulting manager Walter Smith?

-Duncan Ferguson.

-Who scored deep into extra time in the FA Cup 4th round replay

against Liverpool in 2009?

-Dan Gosling.

-Which defender moved from Marseille in 2002 to become David Moyes' first signing?

-Joseph Yobo.

-Mike Walker was sacked by Everton in November 1994,

three days after a draw against which club?

-Norwich.

-Whose first goal in three years came when he scored against Wolves in April 2011?

-Pass.

-Which local rivals beat Everton 3-0 at Goodison in the 4th round of the FA Cup in January 2001?

-Tranmere Rovers.

-Who moved to Everton from Aston Villa in February 2002?

He made four starts and came on as sub three times before retiring from the game in May of that year.

-Pass.

-Marco Materazzi scored two goals for Everton...

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-..in his single season with the club. How many red cards did he get?

-Three.

-Yes. You had three passes.

David Ginola moved to Everton in 2002 and didn't do a great deal after that.

Phil Neville was the chap whose first goal in three years came against Wolves in April 2011.

And Rooney became Everton's youngest goal-scorer when he netted against Wrexham.

Three passes, Stuart Reid, 13 points.

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So, a wide range of scores there. Let's have a look at them all.

In fourth place, Steve Ferry.

Third place, Stuart Reid.

Second place, Vicki Davis.

In the lead, Ken Owen.

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It's general knowledge now. If there's a tie at the end,

the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

If they're tied on passes as well, there is a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up will also claim a place in the semi-finals,

so let's ask Steve Ferry to join us again, please.

It does happen. When you sit in that black chair, everything you think you know just vanishes.

You start out with only one point,

but you've got a chance to get a few extra with your general knowledge. Let's give it a go.

What Latin phrase is abbreviated to CV?

-Curriculum Vitae.

-What type of square dancing event is named after a rural building where it's held?

-Barn dance.

-Which celebrated American band leader disappeared while on a flight to Paris in 1944?

-Glenn Miller.

-Where in the British Isles are motorcycle TT races held

because Parliament refused to allow public roads in England to close?

-Isle of Man.

-What do the initials HGP stand for in the international enterprise completed in 2003

to chart and study the DNA sequences of human beings?

-Human Genome Project.

-Which English king has been played on film by Sir Laurence Olivier in 1944

and Kenneth Branagh in 1989?

-Henry V.

-In which national park are the ruins of Rievaulx and Byland Abbeys?

-Lake District.

-North Yorkshire Moors. In May 2006, who became the first woman to be appointed

as British Foreign Secretary?

-Pass.

-In Star Trek, what was the name of the communications officer on the original Enterprise,

played by Nichelle Nichols?

-Uhura.

-Which lake in Southern Siberia is the deepest in the world,

estimated to contain 1/5th of the fresh water on Earth?

-Baikal.

-In which Graham Greene novel is Jim Wormold, a vacuum salesman, recruited by British intelligence?

-Our Man In Havana?

-Yes. The name of which Norwegian army officer who collaborated with the Nazis

is a synonym for a traitor?

-Quisling.

-Which chart-topping singer in his earlier career in the army guarded the Queen Mother's coffin?

-Er, pass.

-What French word is used to describe the driest type of wine, especially champagne?

Em...

-Brut.

-Which football manager got his breakthrough as Bobby Robson's translator at Sporting Lisbon?

-Mourinho.

-The ruddock is the dialect name for which common small bird?

-Sparrow?

-Robin. Which writer and member of the Bloomsbury Group was the sister of Vanessa Bell?

-Virginia Woolf?

-Yes. In classical architecture, what is a female figure in long, flowing robes,

-used instead of a column?

-Pass.

The ballet Les Sylphides was originally choreographed to the music of which Polish-born composer?

-Chopin.

-In the Bible, who left Ur and settled in Haran and was promised by God...

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-..that his descendants would become a great nation?

-Abraham?

-Yes, Abraham it is. You had three passes.

That term for a female figure in long, flowing robes is a caryatide.

James Blunt was the singer who guarded the Queen Mother's coffin.

And Margaret Beckett was our first female Foreign Secretary.

You have redeemed yourself, Steve. You've got a total now of 16 points.

And Stuart Reid again now, please.

So you start out with 13 points with your knowledge of Everton.

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

What command does the Speaker of the House of Commons use to control unruly MPs?

-Order.

-What is the official title of the film awards known as the Oscars?

-Academy Awards.

-The Great Barrier Reef is off which Australian state?

-Queensland.

-What name is given to rendered or melted pig fat when it's used in cooking?

-Pass.

What word for a go-between comes from the name of a character who acts for Troilus and Cressida?

-Pass.

-In 1992, after a change in the rules, New Zealand's Va'aiga Tuigamala scored the first try

in international rugby union worth how many points?

-Five.

-Which spirit, generally thought to have originated in Russia, is usually made

from fermented cereal grains?

-Vodka.

-Albert Hammond Junior is a guitarist with which New York rock band?

-Strokes?

-Yes. The puppeteer in Punch and Judy shows is generally known by what academic title?

-Professor?

-Yes. Which novel by Louis de Bernieres is set on Cephalonia during the Second World War?

-Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

-Who was elected Taoiseach of Ireland after the 2011 General Election?

-Enda Kenny.

-In the 2010 film Shutter Island, which British actor stars alongside Leonardo DiCaprio

as the head of an institution for the criminally insane?

-Ben Kingsley.

-What decimal number is written as "one zero" in the hexadecimal number system?

-16?

-Yes. In 1931, Sir Edward Elgar conducted Land of Hope and Glory

at the opening of which recording studio in St John's Wood, London?

-Abbey Road?

-Yes. Ludwig II, known as Mad King Ludwig, was king of which German state from 1864-1886?

-Prussia.

-Bavaria. In the novels by Baroness Orczy, who led the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel?

-Pass.

-The Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll dresses in drag to play the title character in which sitcom?

-Shameless...?

-Mrs Brown's Boys.

Which Italian, apprenticed to Amati in the mid-17th century,

is considered to have perfected the art of violin making?

-Stradivarius.

-What's the alternative name of the Indian tiger, the most numerous of all tiger sub-species?

-Bengal.

-Which temperature scale is named after the physicist, born in Danzig, who developed it

in the 18th century?

-Fahrenheit.

-Cuzco in Peru was the capital of which empire...

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-..until 1533?

-Inca.

It was. You have three passes.

Sir Percy Blakeney was the leader of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

That unlikely word for a go-between comes from the name Pander or Pandarus, if you prefer.

And if you render pig fat you get lard.

Three passes. Stuart Reid, you have 29 points.

And now Vicki Davis again, please.

And you start out with a pretty hefty score. 15 points with your knowledge of Nirvana,

but 29 is the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.

Which percussion instruments are named from the Spanish for chestnut?

-Castanets.

-The juice of which fruit is fermented like cider to make Perry?

-Pears.

-Who was arrested for the assassination of President Kennedy and was shot by Jack Ruby?

-J Harvey Oswald.

-Lee Harvey Oswald. The name of which notoriously fast-growing cypress tree

derives from the owner of the Haggerston Castle estate where it was grown in the 19th century?

-Leylandii?

-Yes. Which German's intercepted telegram of 1917

proposing that Mexico ally itself with Germany finally brought America into the First World War?

-Pass.

-What is whipped and added to Sauce Hollandaise to make Sauce Mousseline?

-Egg white.

-Cream. Which novel set in a fictional part of Yorkshire during the Depression

and televised in 2011 has the subtitle An English Landscape?

-Pass.

-The singer Will Young topped the UK singles chart in June 2002 with a cover of which Doors song?

-Light My Fire.

-The trophy for the winner of the Open golf championship has taken what form since 1873?

-Pass.

-Birmingham is the largest city in which American state?

-Alabama?

-Yes. Which TV sitcom featured sisters Tracey and Sharon,

played by Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke, whose husbands were in jail?

-Birds of a Feather.

-The British architect and engineer Ove Arup

developed the structural design for which building?

-Millennium Dome.

-Sydney Opera House.

Which novel by Kazuo Ishiguro was made into a film in 2010 starring Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley?

-Until You Are Gone.

-Never Let Me Go.

What day in the Christian calendar takes its name from the custom of confessing sins before Lent?

-Ash Wednesday.

-Shrove Tuesday.

Which plant of the genus Pogostemon produces a strongly-scented essential oil

used in perfumes and aromatherapy?

-Lavender?

-Patchouli. Which book by Stephen Hawking has the subtitle From The Big Bang To Black Holes?

-A Brief History of Time.

-The area of the far southwest of Scotland, once Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire,

-is now known by what name?

-Pass.

A remixed version of which singer's record A Little Less Conversation

entered the charts in 2002 due to the film Ocean's Eleven?

-Elvis Presley.

-Which district of Los Angeles was founded in 1887 by Harvey Wilcox, a Kansas migrant,

-who envisaged a community there...

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..founded on his own strict moral principles?

-Hollywood.

-Yes, it was!

You have four passes. That area of the far southwest of Scotland is Galloway.

The winner of the Open golf has had a silver claret jug for the last 130-odd years.

The novel on which that TV series was based is South Riding.

And Arthur Zimmerman was the German statesman who sent that telegram

and all the rest of it is history.

Four passes. Vicki Davis, you have 24 points.

And, finally, Ken Owen again, please.

And you start with a hefty 16 points, but 29 is still the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it. Here we go. Dover and lemon are two species of which flatfish?

-Sole.

-The name of which sea comes from Latin for "middle of the land"?

-Mediterranean.

-What French name is given to an upholstered chair with the seat elongated for the legs?

-Chaise longue.

-Which gentleman's gentleman has been played on TV by Dennis Price and Stephen Fry?

-Jeeves.

-Which Conservative and later Ulster Unionist politician

was Professor of Greek at Sydney University before returning to England for WWII?

-Enoch Powell.

-Regarded as a prophet in Islam, by what name is Isa known to non-Muslims?

-Jesus.

-In which Lerner and Loewe musical does King Arthur sing How To Handle A Woman?

-Camelot.

-Who invented the hovercraft? He died in 1999, 40 years after it was launched.

-Christopher Cockerell.

-In Lovelace's poem To Althea From Prison,

"Stone walls do not a prison make Nor iron bars..."?

-A cage.

-Which French golfer lost a 3-stroke lead on the final hole of the 1999 Open and then the play-off?

-Jean Van De Velde.

-Which Northern Line Underground station was reopened

by the team from Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue in April, 1998?

-Mornington Crescent.

-What maritime unit of measurement is defined in Britain as 1/10th of a nautical mile

-or roughly 100 fathoms?

-Chain.

Cable. In which novel was the language Newspeak invented to meet the needs of Ingsoc?

-Nineteen Eighty-Four.

-Which Cornish estate has been the seat of the Tremayne family for over 400 years?

Its lost gardens have been restored.

-Land's End.

-Heligan. In The Lavender Hill Mob, the gang plan to melt down their gold bullion booty

-and ship it to France as models of what?

-Rabbits.

Eiffel Tower. Five Nobel prizes are awarded by Swedish institutions.

Which is the only one awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee?

-Economics.

-Peace. Which Yorkshire town lent its name to a double lamb chop?

-Barnsley.

-In Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, which reptiles amble along to Offenbach's Can-Can

played extremely slowly?

-Alligators.

-Tortoises. What name for the vocal organ of a bird comes from the Ancient Greek for pan pipes?

-Syrinx.

-Which tough, woven fabric, also called Manchester cloth, has a cut pile in ribs known as wales?

-Corduroy.

-Which island, a popular holiday destination 30km off the coast of Venezuela,

became a self-governing part of the Netherlands in 1986?

-Devil's Island.

-Aruba. The larvae of the click beetle are known by what name?

-BEEP Death Watch Beetle.

-No, they are known as liveworms.

But it didn't really matter. You have no passes and a total now, Ken Owen, of 31 points.

Well, high scoring there. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, Steve Ferry.

Third place, Vicki Davis.

Second place, Stuart Reid.

First place, 31 points, Ken Owen.

Which means Ken Owen is tonight's winner and goes to the semi-finals. Congratulations.

Commiserations in a way to Stuart Reid, but it's entirely possible we'll see him again in the semi.

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