Episode 24 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Audrey Williams,

a retired music teacher from Exmouth.

Her subject, the English composer William Yeates Hurlstone.

Next, Quentin Holt, a tax consultant from London.

His subject, the London Olympics in 1908 and 1948.

Julie Aris, a service quality manager from Westham,

answers questions on the What Katy Did novels.

And finally, Paul Maddern, a retired bank trainer from Epping,

on the life of one of the great Romantic poets, Lord Byron.

APPLAUSE

Hello. Welcome to Mastermind, with me, John Humphrys.

Four more Contenders are about to take television's ultimate test

of nerve and knowledge. In the famous black chair,

they will answer two minutes of questions

on their specialist subject and two and half minutes on general knowledge.

The winner goes through to the semi-finals

and takes a step closer to owning the great glass bowl.

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

Let's get on with it and ask our first Contender to join us, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

William Yeates Hurlstone in two minutes, starting now.

What was Hurlstone's second study subject after composition

during his period as a student at the Royal College Of Music in the late 19th century?

Piano.

The young Hurlstone became a chorister in the parish church

of which village, now part of Salisbury?

-Bemerton.

-Which of his friends provided the information that Hurlstone composed

"two or three books of piano sonatas" and other chamber works

between the ages of 9 and 12?

-His father?

-Fritz Hart.

On which fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm

did he base his orchestral suite The Magic Mirror?

Snow White And The Seven Dwarves.

In 1896, while a student at the Royal College Of Music,

Hurlstone performed the solo part of his Piano Concerto,

with Holst on the trombone. Which other composer played the triangle?

-Fritz Hart.

-No, Vaughan Williams.

Which work by his friend, the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,

did Hurlstone conduct with the Anerley Musical Society?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the cantata by Alexander Beaumont

that he orchestrated or expanded? It was published by Charles Woolhouse in 1900.

-King Alfred.

-No, Poppies In The Corn.

To which conductor of the Crystal Palace Orchestra

was Hurlstone introduced, leading to a performance of movements

from The Magic Mirror in November 1905?

-Walter Hedgcock.

-What title did Hurlstone give to the second

of the Four Characteristic Pieces For Clarinet And Piano,

also arranged for viola by Lionel Tertis?

-Scherzo.

-Croon Song.

In 1904, which newspaper carried a feature on Hurlstone

and four other "promising young composers" under the heading

"Are we on the eve of a great musical triumph?"

The Daily Mail.

Although published as a Sonata For Cello And Piano,

for which solo instrument was Hurlstone's mature

Sonata In F Major of 1904 intended?

-Bassoon.

-What was the title of the children's magazine

that he wrote and illustrated when he was a boy?

The Boy's Half-Holiday.

According to his own account, in whose book, called The National Music Of The World,

was the Swedish Air on which he based his Fantasie-Variations?

-Pass.

-Hurlstone died aged 30, in 1906.

What lifelong medical condition was cited on his death certificate?

BEEP

-Bronchial asthma.

-It was indeed.

You had two passes. It was Henry Chorley who wrote the book The National Music Of the World.

And Hiawatha's Wedding Feast was the work

by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor that he conducted with the Anerley Musical Society. Two passes,

Audrey Williams, you have eight points.

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And our next Contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

Two minutes, starting now.

Who was the manager of the Great Britain football team at the '48 Olympic Games?

-Matt Busby.

-Which American athlete, known as "the human frog",

won the last of his ten Olympic standing jump titles at the 1908 Games?

-Ray Ewry.

-What part did the veteran British hurdler Donald Finlay play

in the opening ceremony in '48?

He took the Olympic oath.

In 1908, the Americans officially protested about their opponents

supposedly wearing illegally heavy footwear to weigh them down.

In what sport had they been defeated by a team of Liverpool police?

Tug of war.

Which 19-year-old South African athlete, coached by Sam Mussabini,

was the surprise winner of the 100 metres at the 1908 Games?

-Reggie Walker.

-Which French athlete, who won two gold medals at the '48 Games,

was also a celebrated concert pianist?

Micheline Ostermeyer.

In what sport, introduced at the '08 Games, did Nikolai Panin

become the first Russian to win an Olympic title?

Ice skating, special figures.

Which Australian, who lost to the future England cricket captain Johnny Douglas

in the middleweight final, was the only non-British boxing medallist at the 1908 Games?

Reginald Snowy Baker.

After the American John C Carpenter was disqualified from the 400 metres final in 1908,

both of his teammates withdrew from the re-run,

leaving which British athlete to contest it alone?

-Wyndham Halswelle.

-In 1908, Britain's Emil Voigt became the last winner

of which athletics event that was dropped from future Games?

-Five miles.

-Which American weightlifter, who won a silver medal at the '48 Games,

later played Oddjob in the film Goldfinger?

-Harold Sakata.

-Sophus Nielsen scored ten of Denmark's goals

in their victory over France in the football tournament at the 1908 Games.

What was the final score?

-17-1.

-What was the venue for the 120-mile road race,

the longest cycling event at the '48 Games?

-Windsor Great Park.

-Who was the American flag-bearer

who failed to dip his flag to salute King Edward VII

at the opening ceremony of the 1908 Games?

-Ralph Rose.

-Which Danish fencer who made his Olympic debut in 1908

also competed in six more Olympics,

including his final appearance at the 1948 Games, aged 59?

Ivan Osiier. BEEP

Ivan Osiier is correct. No passes, a perfect round,

Quentin Holt, 15 points.

APPLAUSE

Our next Contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject.

What Katy Did, in two minutes.

The What Katy Did novels were written in the latter part of the 19th century

about the characters Katy and her siblings. What's their surname?

-Carr.

-The Carr children grew up in which fictional Midwest American town,

described as being "a thousand miles from the sea" and "not very big"

"but growing as fast as it knew how"?

-Burnet.

-What name do the children give to the thicket at the bottom of the field,

reached via the Pilgrim's Path and the Hill Of Difficulty?

-Paradise.

-At the beginning of In The High Valley,

Elsie Carr is already married to her cousin Clarence Page,

but which of her sisters did he propose to first?

-Clover.

-In her childhood, what was the name of the religious newspaper

that Katy compiled and edited on Sundays?

-The Sunday Visitor.

-In the second novel, What Katy Did At School,

the two oldest girls are sent to boarding school at Hillsover on the Connecticut river.

How is the school popularly known?

-The Nunnery.

-Which nursery game, a mixture of Blind Man's Buff and Tag,

is banned forever in What Katy Did

after a boisterous and late-running session?

-Kikeri.

-At which boarding house in Nice does Katy run into

Lilly and Olivia Page, who are distinctly unfriendly?

-Pension Suisse.

-Katy's husband Ned Worthington is a lieutenant colonel

on board which naval frigate?

-Natchitoches.

-In the novel In The High Valley,

which show do Imogen and Lionel Young go to see on their first night in America?

-Rip Van Winkle.

-What is the name of the place in the country

where Elsie and John go to visit the Worretts at the beginning

of the second novel, What Katy Did At School?

-Conic Section.

-Which friend of Clover's from St Helen's is nicknamed "Poppy"

because she used to wear a bunch of them in her hat?

-Marian Chase.

-From whom does Johnnie Carr inherit 30,000 dollars

at the end of In The High Valley?

-Miss Inches.

-Which society, with the object of combining a good time

with the pursuit of virtue, does Katy establish at The Nunnery?

The Society For The Suppression Of Unladylike Conduct.

For what reason is Amy Ashe sent to stay at the Carr house

for more than two months in What Katy Did Next?

Because Walter has scarlet fever.

Rose Red likens Lilly Page to which character from David Copperfield,

on account of her "fondness for bad feelings"?

-Mrs Gummidge.

-What is Katy's final word to Clover, who is en route to St Helen's,

when they part at Denver in the fourth novel?

Remember.

-In what...

-BEEP

I've started, so I'll finish.

In What Katy Did Next, what is the last European city

that Katy spends several days in before Mrs Ashe cuts short their tour?

-Venice.

-Is correct.

Another perfect round, no passes, and 18 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final Contender, please.

Your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Lord Byron, two minutes.

Byron's quoted as saying that he awoke one morning to find himself famous.

This was after the publication of which poem?

-Childe Harold.

-To which title, from the family lands in Lancashire,

did Byron succeed in 1798, at the age of ten?

Baron Byron of Rochdale.

Under what title was Byron's first volume of poetry privately printed in 1806?

-Fugitive Pieces.

-The young chorister John Edleston,

for whom Byron had an early and intense passion,

gave him what heart-shaped gemstone, which the poet commemorated in verse?

-Cornelian.

-In 1812, Byron made his maiden speech in the House Of Lords,

opposing harsh measures for the breaking of what machinery?

-Frames.

-Yes, weaving frames.

In which villa in Cologny on Lake Geneva did Byron lodge in 1816?

He had various visitors there, including the Shelleys.

-Diodati.

-At a party given in 1812, Byron first saw Lady Caroline Lamb,

who declined to be introduced to him because he was surrounded by too many women.

Which countess hosted the party?

-Edington?

-No, Westmorland.

What title did Byron give to the poem in which he immortalised Teresa Macri,

the youngest daughter of the widow with whom he lodged on his first visit to Athens?

-The Maid Of Athens.

-Which lifelong friend was the best man

at Byron's wedding to Annabella Milbanke in 1815?

-John Cam Hobhouse.

-What was the name of the brig that Byron chartered

for his final trip from Genoa to the Ionian Islands in 1823?

-Bolivar?

-Hercules.

On the 3rd May, 1810, Byron swam across the Hellespont.

Which lieutenant accompanied him on the swim?

-Ekenhead.

-In The Vision Of Judgment, Byron ridiculed

another poet's fulsome eulogy of George III. Who was the poet?

-Southey.

-By what whimsical name did Byron refer

to his and Annabella's honeymoon at her father's property, Halnaby Hall in Yorkshire?

-Treacle-moon.

-What is the title of the story written and published by Dr John Polidori

in 1819, and based on a tale that Byron related to him

and the Shelleys at the Villa Diodati in 1816?

-The Vampyre.

-By what name, translated as "little baker girl",

was Byron's Venetian mistress Margarita Cogni known,

in reference to her husband's profession?

-La Fornarina.

-Byron's final poems...

-BEEP

-I'll finish the question.

..refer to his unreciprocated love for which Greek boy,

whom he had brought as a page from Cephalonia to Missolonghi?

-Lukas.

-Lukas Chalandritsanos, indeed.

No passes. Paul Maddern, you have 14 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, some very big scores there. Let's have a look at all of them.

In fourth place, eight points, Audrey Williams.

Third place, 14 points, Paul Maddern.

Second place, 15 points, Quentin Holt.

In the lead, 18 points, Julie Aris.

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Round 2 now, general knowledge. If there's a tie

at the end then 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 will be a tiebreak.

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

in the semi-finals. Let's get on with it and ask Audrey Williams

to join us again, please.

And you start out this round with eight points.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two and half minutes, starting now.

What kind of folding chair, commonly made of wood and canvas,

gets its name because it was originally used on passenger liners?

-Deckchair.

-Which vegetable, also known as zucchini,

is a variety of marrow usually eaten when it is young and immature?

-Courgette.

-The artist Millais depicted which Elizabethan adventurer as a child,

sitting with his brother on the Devon seafront,

listening intently to a sailor recounting tales of the sea?

-Pass.

-What name was given to the early type of bicycle

that had a very large front wheel underneath where the rider sat, and a small rear wheel?

-Penny Farthing.

-Which British monarch wrote articles

in the magazine Annals Of Agriculture, under the pen-name Ralph Robinson?

-Edward VII.

-George III. The name of which plant

that produces large showy flowers, comes ultimately

from the name of the ancient Greek physician to the gods?

-Pass.

-What symbol of authority is carried in procession

in and out of the chamber of House Of Commons by the Serjeant at Arms

at the beginning and end of each working day?

-The mace.

-Which town in Australia's Northern Territory is referred to

in the title of Nevil Shute's novel about an Englishwoman who settles in nearby Willstown?

-Alice Springs.

-Which hymn entered the pop charts in the 1970s

with versions by Judy Collins

and The Pipes And Drums And Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards?

-Amazing Grace.

-What name is given to the clarified and evaporated butter,

made from cow or buffalo milk, that is widely used in Indian cookery?

-Ghee.

-In the poem by TS Eliot, which character says,

"I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled"?

-Pass.

-Which strait is 53 miles across at its narrowest point,

between Cape Dezhnev in Russia and Cape Prince Of Wales in Alaska?

-Bering Strait.

-What term for the body of priests and singers

who serve the spiritual needs of the sovereign has come to mean

places of worship used over the centuries by monarchs?

-Pass.

-In 1976, who began as a reporter on the Today programme

and has presented the Radio 4 chat show Midweek since 1983?

-Pass.

-By which organ is the foetus attached to the wall of the uterus

of the mother in most mammals, through the umbilical cord?

-Placenta.

-What general term is used for small antique domestic objects made from wood?

-Bric-a-brac?

-Treen.

In which Puccini opera do the court officials Ping, Pang and Pong appear?

-Turandot.

-Which London park, that gets its name from its landscape

of grass and trees, was once used as a duelling ground?

-Green Park.

-What was the name of the list of forbidden books...

-BEEP

-I'll finish the question.

..formerly published by the Roman Catholic Church?

-The Apocrypha.

-No, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum - Index of Prohibited Books.

You had five passes altogether.

Libby Purves presents Midweek. Chapels Royal is the term

for that body of priests and singers and it's now used for places of worship.

J Alfred Prufrock, as you know, "I grow old, I grow old..."

The name of that plant that produces those big, showy flowers

is the peony. And Sir Walter Raleigh, Millais depicted

that Elizabethan adventurer. Five passes, Audrey Williams, 19 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Paul Maddern again, please.

And you start off with 14 points with your knowledge of Byron.

Let's test you now on your general knowledge.

What shade of red is added to the name of the common variety

of runner bean because of the colour of its flowers?

-Scarlet.

-Which semi-autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac describes

the wanderings across America of a writer named Sal Paradise and his friend, Dean Moriarty?

-Pass.

-Which circus performers are known as "Joeys" after Joseph Grimaldi's famous character?

-Clowns.

-The name of an old-fashioned short gun with a wide bore

comes from the Dutch for "thunderbox". What is it?

-Blunderbuss.

-What nickname's commonly given to Beethoven's fifth and last piano concerto,

though it was not named so by the composer himself?

-Emperor.

-Which Anglo-Saxon kingdom, in the 7th century,

extended across the whole of northern England

and as far as the River Forth in Scotland?

-Northumbria.

-Hot spot and the Snickometer are examples

of technology used in the adjudication of which sport?

-Cricket.

-Who was the American Attorney General from 1961 to '64,

his tenure was marked by civil rights enforcement and a crackdown on organised crime?

-Robert Kennedy.

-Which letter of the Greek alphabet has a name that means "little O"?

-Iota.

-No, omicron.

In the television comedy series Are You Being Served?,

what was the name of the assistant in the menswear department, played by John Inman?

-Er...pass.

-Which city stands at the northern end of the Suez Canal?

-Er...Alexandria.

-No, Port Said. Who took the title

of his 1978 solo album from a work by Marcel Duchamp

called The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even?

-Pass.

-Which of the British Isles is known as "Ellan Vannin" in the local Gaelic language?

-Ireland.

-No, the Isle Of Man.

Which Australian author, who achieved international success

with the epic novel The Tree Of Man, won the 1973 Nobel Prize For Literature?

-Pass.

-In mathematics, what name's given to a line that touches a curve

at a particular point, but does not intersect it?

-Tangent.

-In Jewish cuisine, what grated vegetable is the usual principal ingredient

of the traditional pancakes known as "latkes"?

-Pass.

-Which cartoon character was "In The Land Of The Soviets"

in the first serialised story to feature him in 1929?

-Tintin.

-The annual music writing awards presented

by the British Academy Of Songwriters, Composers And Authors

are named after which songwriter and actor?

-Ivor Novello.

-Who starred as Paul Kersey, an architect

who turns into an avenging vigilante in the Death Wish films?

-Charles Bronson.

-What name is given to the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark and Luke,

because of the similarity of their content regarding the life of Jesus?

-Gnostic?

-Synoptic. Which poet, who was born in 1759,

gives his name to the Humanitarian Award of 1759 guineas,

first presented in 2002?

Pass.

BEEP

I can tell you it was Robert Burns.

Six passes altogether. Potatoes are used to make latkes.

Patrick White was the Australian author who won the Nobel Prize.

Bryan Ferry took the title of his '78 solo album from that work by Duchamp.

Mr Humphries, I regret to say...

LAUGHTER

..was the assistant in the menswear department, I'm rather glad you didn't remember that!

And Jack Kerouac, On The Road.

Six passes. You have now though, Paul Maddern, 25 points.

APPLAUSE

Quentin Holt again now, please.

And 15 points is what you start this round with.

25 is the score to beat to get to the semi-final.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge.

What name is given to the force of attraction

exerted by the Earth or any other celestial body?

-Gravity.

-Which famous street in New York is named after an embankment

built by Dutch settlers in about 1653 to repel attacking forces?

-Wall Street.

-In 2005, the children's author Geraldine McCaughrean was chosen

by the trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital to write a sequel to which story?

-Goodnight Mister Tom.

-Peter Pan.

What sort of biscuits, sometimes referred to as "sweetmeal" or "wholemeal",

got their name because they were thought not to irritate the stomach?

-Digestive.

-Which computer programming language, built into most Web browsers,

was developed in the 1990s by Sun Microsystems?

-Er, BASIC.

-Java. Which town did Thomas Hardy call Casterbridge in his Wessex novels?

-Dorchester.

-Who, with his brother Chico, created the firm of shady lawyers,

Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel for American radio in the early '30s?

-Groucho Marx.

-From which country did America make the Gadsden Purchase in 1853,

adding nearly 30,000 square miles of territory in the south-west

for a price of 10 million dollars?

-Mexico.

-Which jazz trumpeter, who was one of the leading figures in bebop,

had the forenames "John Birks"?

-Thelonius Monk.

-No, Dizzy Gillespie. In the Western Christian calendar,

what name is usually given to the Sunday after Pentecost?

-Whitsun.

-Trinity. Which common early flowering wild plant,

whose stems each carry a single yellow flower, has the scientific name "primula vulgaris"?

-Primrose.

-Which South Pacific island is the largest

and best known of the Society Islands?

-Tonga.

-Tahiti. Whose trilogy of novels House Of Cards, To Play The King, and The Final Cut

feature the Machiavellian prime minister Francis Urquhart?

-Michael Dobbs.

-Which of its former allies declared war on Germany

on the 13th of October, 1943?

-Italy.

-Which painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, that hangs in the National Gallery,

shows Jean de Dinteville accompanied by the French Bishop Georges de Selve?

-The Ambassadors.

-Whose Symphony No.44 is nicknamed the "Trauer" or "Mourning" -

apparently the composer wanted the slow movement played at his own funeral?

-Haydn.

-Which rugby union touring club, whose membership is by invitation only,

was founded in 1890 in a Bradford restaurant by Percy Carpmael, a Blackheath forward?

-Barbarians.

-Which Welsh city lies on the River Usk,

a few miles above its entry into the Severn estuary?

-Newport.

-In the film Mrs Brown, who played Queen's Victoria's Scottish retainer John Brown?

-Billy Connolly.

-Which English navigator commanded the ships

Endeavour and Resolution on successive voyages of exploration?

BEEP

-Captain Cook.

-Is correct, James Cook. No passes,

you've now shot up, Quentin Holt, to 30 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Julie Aris, please, again.

And you scored an enormous 18, that's the good news.

The bad news is you have to beat 30 to get through, a very high score.

Here we go, your general knowledge in two and a half minutes.

The cities of York and Parma are famous for which type of cured meat?

-Ham.

-Which pack of cards usually consists of 56 suit cards and 22 pictorial cards?

-Tarot.

-What general term of French origin is used for a strong,

usually sweet, alcoholic drink, flavoured with aromatics?

-Liqueur.

-Which traditional English folk song features the line,

"Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies"?

-Pass.

-In which West African country did a civil war break out

following President Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to stand down

after losing an election in November 2010?

-Gambia.

-Ivory Coast. In Greek legend, who was the younger brother

of Agamemnon and husband of Helen of Troy?

-Menelaus.

-Which ancient province of Ireland consisted of the six historic counties

of Northern Ireland and three counties of the Republic of Ireland?

-Leinster.

-Ulster. The film The Talented Mr Ripley,

starring Matt Damon, is based on a novel by which author?

-Patricia...Ward.

-Highsmith. What acid is secreted into the stomach

by the parietal cells, also known as the oxyntic cells?

-Hydrochloric.

-Which French composer won Oscars for the musical scores

of Lawrence Of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage To India?

His son, Jean Michel, is also a composer.

-Jarre.

-Yes, Maurice Jarre.

New York State lies on one side of the Niagara Falls,

which Canadian province lies on the other?

-Ontario.

-What is the proper name of the plant grown for its papery seed-pods

used in dried flower arrangements,

whose popular names include honesty, the money plant and the satin pod?

-Pass.

-The Archers radio series is set in which fictional county?

-Ambridge.

-Borsetshire. In which F Scott Fitzgerald novel does the title character

fall in love with a married socialite, Daisy Buchanan, the cousin of narrator Nick Carraway?

-The Great Gatsby.

-From 1936, what could be accessed on telephones

by dialling the three-letter code, "TIM"?

-The speaking clock.

-What musical term is used for the elaborate ornamentation

of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the region of southern and south-western Cumbria

that was a detached part of Lancashire until 1974?

-Pass.

-Who, in his best-known work The Autobiography Of A Super-Tramp,

recounts injuring his leg boarding a moving train in America

and the subsequent amputation?

-Pass.

-Which sport's derby has been run at Wimbledon since 1985?

-Greyhound?

-Yes. In which city is the Nawab of Bengal

said to have imprisoned some 146 British subjects

in a cell less than 20 feet square in June 1756?

-Calcutta.

-In what type of bridge, spanning a stretch of water,

does the roadway hang from cables attached to towers and anchored on each bank?

-BEEP Suspension?

-Suspension is correct.

You have five passes. WH Davies wrote The Autobiography Of A Super-Tramp.

Furness is the region of southern and south-western Cumbria.

The musical term for the elaborate ornamentation is "coloratura".

Lunaria is the proper name for the plant with its papery seed-pods.

"Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies" - Strawberry Fair.

You have a total score, Julie Aris, of 30 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, I told you passing was important, didn't I?

Let's have a look at those scores.

In fourth place, with 19 points, Audrey Williams.

Third place, 25 points, a big score, Paul Maddern.

Second place with 30 points and five passes, Julie Aris.

First place, 30 points and no passes, Quentin Holt.

APPLAUSE

Which means, of course, Quentin Holt is tonight's winner.

He goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to him.

And congratulations as well to Julie Aris, because with her score of 30,

it's pretty certain, indeed it is certain, that we'll see her again

in the semi-finals which begin next week.

Do join us then for the first of the semi-finals and more Masterminds.

Thanks for watching, goodnight.

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