Episode 8 Mastermind

First in the spotlight, Eric Banks, an environmental consultant, on major battles of WWII.

Nick Reed, a house husband, will be answering questions on English Football League grounds.

Mel Kinsey, a retired steelworker. His subject - Watergate.

And Derek Walker, a rare book dealer, on the satirical works of the Roman poet Juvenal.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind. Four more contenders are about to take television's ultimate test.

In the famous black chair they will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject

and two and a half minutes on general knowledge. The winner takes a step closer to the final

and the chance to own the great glass bowl and 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...?

In two minutes. The RAF used two main fighter planes in the Battle of Britain - Spitfire and...?

-Hurricane.

-Which atoll was the scene of a naval battle in June, 1942,

a defeat for Japan that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific?

-Eniwetok.

-Midway. What was American General McAuliffe's famous one-word reply

when offered the chance to surrender at the Battle of the Bulge?

-Nuts.

-The capture of the bridge over the Rhine at which city

was the ultimate objective of Operation Market Garden in 1944?

-Arnhem.

-The relief of which besieged town in India in April, 1944,

proved to be a turning point in the campaign in Burma?

-Kohima.

-Shortly before the German surrender at Stalingrad,

Hitler had promoted Paulus to what rank, in the expectation that he would commit suicide?

-Field Marshal.

-What headland overlooking Omaha Beach was attacked by American Rangers on D-Day?

-Pointe du Hoc.

-Rommel's advance to which capital city was halted by the First Battle of El Alamein?

-Cairo.

-What Japanese operation to protect the Philippines from invasion

ended in defeat at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944?

-Sho.

-Sho Go, yes. What name did the Germans give to 13th August, 1940,

the start of the Battle of Britain?

-Eagle Day.

-In January, 1944, Allied troops made a surprise landing at which beach-head south of Rome?

-Anzio.

-On which island is Mount Suribachi where American Marines hoisted the Stars and Stripes

in February, 1945, during one of their bloodiest battles?

-Iwo Jima.

-Which regiment finally entered the ruins of Monte Cassino Abbey on 18th May, 1944?

-Pass.

-The recapture of which port was the Germans' ultimate aim in the Battle of the Bulge?

-Antwerp.

-In which island group is Guadalcanal, where America finally defeated Japan after six months?

-Marshall Islands.

-Solomon Islands. What is...

-BEEP

..the French term for the hedgerow country where the Allied forces were held up after D-Day?

-Bocage.

-Yes, indeed. One pass. The regiment which entered Monte Cassino

was the 12th Podolski Lancers Regiment. You have, Eric Banks, 13 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

In two minutes. Which ground, on Sir Matt Busby Way, has a capacity of over 75,000 supporters?

-Old Trafford.

-What is the only League club in Kent?

They've played at Priestfield Stadium since being founded in 1893.

-Gillingham.

-In 1981, which club was the first with a plastic pitch?

-Queens Park Rangers.

-Which ground is shared by a team called the Royals and the London Irish rugby club?

-Madejski Stadium.

-Which Scottish engineer designed the Stevenage Road Stand at Craven Cottage in 1905?

-Archibald Leitch.

-Which ground that opened in 1997 is located off Derwent Parade?

-Pride Park.

-At Molineux, alongside stands named after Billy Wright, Stan Cullis and Jack Harris,

the John Ireland stand was renamed after which player?

-Steve Bull.

-What was Coventry's home ground from 1899 until 2005, when they moved to the Ricoh Arena?

-Highfield Road.

-Which ground, with a capacity of over 39,000,

was the largest in the Championship in 2010-11 and was the largest in League One the previous season?

-Elland Road.

-Newcastle and which other club have grounds named St James' Park?

-Exeter City.

-Which ground staged the first League game under floodlights in 1956

and is noted for its mock Tudor facade?

-Fratton Park.

-In 2010-11, which team's ground featured The Arkell's Stand?

-Oh...Walsall.

-Swindon Town. Before moving to the Stadium of Light in 1997,

what was the name of Sunderland's home ground where they recorded their record attendance in 1933?

-Roker Park.

-The Johnny King Stand is at which ground, that also has the Cowshed Stand opposite the Kop?

-Prenton Park.

-What is the official name of West Ham's ground, although it's commonly called Upton Park?

-Boleyn Ground.

-Which EPL team moved to their current ground in 1899...

-BEEP

..and won the Southern League in their first season there?

-Tottenham Hotspur.

-Yes. No passes. Nick Reed, you have 15 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

In two minutes. On 17th June, 1972, five men were arrested in whose offices at the Watergate building?

-The Democratic National Committee.

-Which newspaper employed Woodward and Bernstein, who broke the story?

-Washington Post.

-Who confirmed to the Senate Watergate Committee secret taping in the White House?

-Butterfield.

-Who was appointed first Watergate Special Prosecutor, without consulting the President?

-Archibald Cox.

-L Patrick Gray was Acting Director of what

when he destroyed documents from Howard Hunt's safe?

-The FBI.

-When Gordon Liddy met John Dean after the break-in,

what drastic action did he suggest to help hush the whole thing up?

-A firebombing.

-No, he volunteered to be shot. Which Watergate burglar wrote to the trial judge

claiming political pressure made him plead guilty?

-McCord.

-What nickname was given to the White House Special Investigations Unit?

-The plumbers.

-An 18-minute section of a taped conversation Nixon had on 20th June, 1972, was erased.

With whom was he talking?

-Haldeman.

-On which date in 1973 did Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Kleindienst and Dean resign?

-The 29th of June.

-30th of April. Rather than hand over the White House tapes,

Nixon proposed providing transcripts verified by John Stennis, a senator from which state?

-Mississippi.

-Who chaired the re-election campaign at the time of the break-in?

-John Mitchell.

-In his resignation speech, Nixon quoted which former President?

-Pass.

-Who replaced Cox as Special Prosecutor

and persuaded the Grand Jury to name Nixon as an un-indicted co-conspirator?

-Leon Jaworski.

-John Dean pleaded guilty to which offence?

-Obstruction of justice.

-Yes. Conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Following Nixon's press statement on 17th April, 1973,

what word did Ronald Ziegler use to describe all previous Presidential statements on Watergate?

-BEEP Pass.

-I can tell you - I was there at the time!

They were all "inoperative". And your other pass,

in that speech announcing his resignation, Nixon quoted which former President?

-Teddy Roosevelt.

-Of course, yeah.

-Two passes, Mel Kinsey, you have 12 points.

-Thank you.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

The Satirical Works of Juvenal in two minutes.

He wrote his 16 satires in the 1st and 2nd century AD in which metrical form, seen in epic poetry?

-Hexameter.

-According to Satire One, what is revered, although it does not yet have a temple or altar

unlike peace, faith, victory, valour and concord?

-Money.

-Which notorious governor of Sicily is mentioned in the 2nd, 3rd and 8th Satires?

-Crispinus.

-Verres. The farm in the 11th Satire is in which town,

leading many to conclude that Juvenal settled there?

-Aquinum.

-Tivoli. Which satire is the only one written in dialogue form, rather than as a monologue?

-9th.

-Which group of intellectuals in Satire Seven is depicted as filling pages of papyrus,

but receiving as little reward as a slave?

-Poets.

-Historians. The fall of which imperial favourite was marked by recasting his statues

into little jugs, basins, frying pans and chamber pots?

-Sejanus.

-A freakishly large specimen of which species of fish

becomes the subject of discussion at Domitian's council meeting?

-Turbot.

-The former Emperor Otho is denounced in Satire Two for spreading what on his face?

-Dung.

-No, dough. What makes locking up your wife and guarding her problematic

according to a famous question posed within Satire Six?

-"Who will guard the guardians?"

-Which French city holds the Codex Pithoeanus that contains what's said

to be the best text of the Satires?

-Montpellier.

-Whose farewell speech to living in Rome is in Satire Three?

-Umbricius.

-Which Theban hero is cited in Satire 14 as an extreme example of love of the fatherland?

-Pass.

-Satire 13 opens with a mock version of which literary form addressed to Calvinus

who was defrauded of some money?

-A consolation.

-In Satire One, a satirist who dares to attack a living imperial favourite

is likely to be punished with death in the arena by what means?

-Burning.

-Which group of people...

-BEEP

..represented by Novius and Pacuvius Hister is attacked at the close of Satire Twelve?

-Governors.

-No, legacy or fortune hunters.

You had one pass. The Theban hero cited in Satire 14

as an extreme example of love of the fatherland was Menoeceus. You have, Derek Walker, 10 points.

So a pretty close first round. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Derek Walker.

Third place, Mel Kinsey.

Second place, Eric Banks.

In the lead, Nick Reed.

It's the general knowledge round now and if there's a tie, the number of passes is taken into account.

The contender with fewer is the winner. If they are tied on passes as well, there's a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up can also claim a place in the semis.

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

You begin this round with 10 points with your knowledge of Juvenal.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Two and a half minutes.

Which root vegetable is a particularly good source of Vitamin A?

-Carrots.

-In 1994, which African nation adopted a new flag, sometimes called the Rainbow Flag?

-South Africa.

-Retrousse or turned up is a term applied to which part of the body?

-Nose.

-Which snakes get their name from the horny rings on their tails which vibrate to ward off attackers?

-Rattlesnakes.

-Which Romantic composer's first symphony is the Spring and the third the Rhenish?

-Liszt.

-Schumann. Which French pre-Revolutionary National Assembly did not meet between 1614 and 1789

when it met for the final time?

-The Cabinet.

-The Estates-General.

Which three-time World Footballer of the Year played for Real Madrid, Barcelona and both Milan clubs

before his retirement in 2011?

-Pass.

-Which Elizabethan soldier and poet wrote a series of sonnets known as Astrophel and Stella,

expressing his love for Lady Penelope Devereux?

-Sidney.

-What is the meaning of the musical direction "mesto"?

-Moderate speed.

-Mournful, sad.

In Greek mythology, which monster terrorised Thebans by asking riddles and then devouring them?

-The Sphinx.

-Which National Park has the Welsh name Yr Eryri, often translated as the Eagle's Nest?

-Brecon Beacons.

-Snowdonia. What word, originally for a Persian caste promoting Zoroastrianism,

is better known today for its Nativity connections?

-The Magi.

-Which series of eight engravings by Hogarth details the decline of a spendthrift young man?

-Pass.

-Who was elected First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly in July 1998,

-18 months prior to the official transfer of power?

-Pass.

The technique for publication of high-quality music on the internet

is known as Moving Picture Expert Group, Audio Layer 3. How is it abbreviated?

-MP3.

-Quezon City was the capital of which Asian country from 1948 until 1976?

-Thailand.

-The Philippines. In the film Sylvia, which poet was played by Daniel Craig?

-Ted Hughes.

-What's the name of Fidel Castro's younger brother, elected President of Cuba in 2008?

-Raul.

-Which science fiction series was created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s?

-Star Trek.

-Which popular website for parents was set up by Justine Roberts and Carrie Longton in 2000?

-BEEP Slashdot.

-It was Mumsnet.

Three passes. David Trimble was elected as First Minister of Northern Ireland in July, 1998,

those eight engravings by William Hogarth on the decline of a spendthrift are The Rake's Progress

and Ronaldo was three-times World Footballer of the Year.

Derek Walker, you now have a total of 21 points.

And now Mel Kinsey again, please.

You begin with 12 points with your knowledge of Watergate.

General knowledge, two and a half minutes, starting now.

What signal in Morse Code is three dots, three dashes and three dots?

-SOS.

-The flag adopted as the French national flag on 15th February, 1794, is known by what name?

-Tricolour.

-Which actor, who died in 2011, was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1993

for In The Name of The Father?

-Pass.

-Which legendary King of Crete gave his name to the civilisation

on the island from 3000BC to 1100BC?

-Minos.

-Sorry?

-Minos.

-In economics, the Phillips curve is a graph

showing the relationship between the rate of wage inflation and what?

-Unemployment.

-Who, as chairman of British Railways from 1961 to 1965,

gave his name to the plan under which the railways were reduced?

-Beeching.

-Which horse won four consecutive King George VI Chases between 2006 and 2009

and was first to regain the Cheltenham Gold Cup?

-Best Mate.

-Kauto Star. Which play by Terence Rattigan was based on the true case of George Archer-Shee

who was accused of petty theft?

-The Winslow Boy.

-Who was the first presenter of Question Time?

-Cliff Michelmore?

-Robin Day. Which district of north-west London became synonymous with bland suburbia

-as the butt of jokes in Private Eye?

-Pass.

-Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill based The Threepenny Opera

-on which 18th-century English work?

-Pass.

-What word can mean the thin, worsted fabric

used for making flags for festive occasions or the flags themselves?

-Bunting.

-Which Impressionist, noted for his admiration for the female form, said,

"I never think I've finished a nude until I think I could pinch it"?

-Renoir.

-Which woodpecker is also known as the yaffle in imitation of its cry?

-The...green woodpecker.

-What name is given to the strait connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?

-Dardanelles.

-Bosporus. Which soprano became an overnight sensation in 1959

-in Zeffirelli's production of Lucia di Lammermoor?

-Maria Callas.

Joan Sutherland. Which starch that produces a clear, thickened sauce

-was originally obtained from the rhizome of a tropical plant?

-Pass.

In October, 1995, Alan Howarth MP became the first sitting Conservative to do what?

-Cross over to Labour.

-Which class of steroids, banned by the major sporting organisations,

-promotes the growth of tissue, especially muscle?

-Sorry. Could you repeat it?

Which class of steroids, banned by the major sporting organisations,

-promotes the growth of muscles?

-BEEP

-IHG?

-Anabolic steroids.

You had four passes. The starch that produces that clear, thick sauce comes from arrowroot.

The Threepenny Opera was based on The Beggar's Opera.

Private Eye liked to poke fun at Neasden.

And the actor who died in 2001, nominated for Best Supporting Actor, was Pete Postlethwaite.

You have, Mel Kinsey, 22 points.

Thank you.

And now Eric Banks again, please.

And you begin with 13 points on the Battles of World War Two. 22 is the score to beat as we speak.

Let's see if you can do it. What kind of band originated in the 1930s

for carnivals in Trinidad and uses instruments based on oil drums?

-Steel band.

-Squire Trelawney and Ben Gunn are in which RL Stevenson novel?

-Treasure Island.

-Which London arts and theatre complex opened in 1982

and is named after a fortification?

-Barbican.

-Whose travels on TV have included journeys from Pole to Pole

and to the Sahara and Himalayas?

-Michael Palin.

-Which burrow-nesting seabirds get their name because they appear to cut into the sea?

-Skuas?

-Shearwater. Which Oldham-born composer wrote Facade, his setting of poems by Edith Sitwell?

-Pass.

-By what name was the city of St Petersburg known between 1914 and 1924?

-Leningrad.

-Petrograd. Which Cole Porter musical, based on The Taming of the Shrew,

-includes the song Brush Up Your Shakespeare?

-Pass.

In chemistry and physics, the number of entities in one mole

is named after which Italian scientist?

-Avogadro.

-What common alternative name for the Antarctic Ocean comes from its geographical location?

-The Great South Sea?

-Southern Ocean. Who entered Parliament in 1950 as MP for Orkney and Shetland,

representing it for 33 years and becoming a party leader?

-David Steel.

-Joseph Grimond. St Luke is credited as author of the Third Gospel

-and which other book of the New Testament?

-Pass.

-Who directed and co-wrote the film La Dolce Vita?

-Pass.

-Which pioneer of steam power went into partnership with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham in 1775

to develop and build his engines?

-James Watt.

-Which Shakespeare comedy has a heroine named Hero?

-Midsummer Night's Dream?

-Much Ado About Nothing. A tight-fitting sleeve that balloons from the elbow

-to shoulder is known by what name?

-Pass.

-Which film actor who died aged 24 in 1955

is mentioned in the songs Walk On The Wild Side and American Pie?

-James Dean.

-Which country's flag features a Masai warrior's shield and two crossed spears?

-Kenya.

-The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is awarded for what genre of fiction?

-Pass.

-In which North Yorkshire town is The Stray, an expanse of some 200 acres of common land,

protected under the Enclosure Act?

-Skipton.

-Harrogate. Which Swiss-born former PR officer became President of FIFA in June, 1998?

-Sepp Blatter.

-What colour does the coat of many stoats turn...

-BEEP

..in winter, except for the black tip of the tail?

-Pass.

-I can tell you because you're out of time that it's white.

You had seven passes. The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize goes to comedy.

That funny sleeve that balloons out is a leg of mutton sleeve.

It was Fellini who directed and co-wrote La Dolce Vita.

Saint Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles.

Kiss Me Kate was the musical partly based on The Taming of The Shrew.

And William Walton was the composer who came to fame with Facade.

-You have, Eric Banks, also 22 points.

-Thank you.

And finally Nick Reed again, please.

And you start out with 15 points with your knowledge of football league grounds.

22 is still the score to beat.

Here we go. In France, what type of shop is a boulangerie?

-Baker's.

-Which hair product is thought to take its name from the Hindi for "to knead the muscles"?

-Henna?

-Shampoo. The bonobo is a pygmy form of which ape?

-Monkey.

-Chimpanzee. In radio and TV programmes, the initials OB stand for what?

-Pass.

-In 2004, a group of prominent Liberal Democrats wrote what book, now used to describe party members

supporting a more pro-market agenda?

-Orange Book.

-What general term is used for programming languages such as BASIC

-that contain instructions resembling an existing language?

-Pass.

The name of which fruit became more widely known after Mark Twain gave it to one of his characters?

-Huckleberry.

-In which body of water did King John lose much of his baggage train in 1216?

-The Wash.

-The moose in North America is known as what in Europe?

-Elk.

-Which BBC2 weeknight current affairs programme was first aired on 30th January, 1980?

-Newsnight.

-In literature, which hen-pecked husband falls asleep for 20 years and wakes to find

his wife dead and house in ruins?

-Rip Van Winkle.

-What's the religious and administrative complex in Lhasa

that was the main residence of the Dalai Lama until 1959?

-Pass.

-Which American director's films include The Elephant Man and Dune?

-David Lynch.

-Operation Whirlwind was the codename for deployment of Soviet troops where in 1956?

-Hungary.

-Whose novel Germinal, first published in 1885 and widely considered his masterpiece,

is a study of a French mining community?

-Emile Zola.

-The name of which small common fish is used to describe a particular type of sky?

-Salmon.

-Mackerel. The Siva Tau is performed before rugby matches by players from which Pacific island?

-Samoa.

-What name for the skullcap worn by a Roman Catholic priest is Italian for "little gourd"?

-Beretta.

-Zucchetto. Of the nine counties that make up Ulster,

Monaghan, Cavan and which other lie in the Irish Republic?

-Donegal.

-The term for which form of music, associated with Schoenberg,

comes from the Greek for "not" and "pitch" or "tension"?

-Atonal.

-Which Welsh-born singer collaborated with Albert Hammond

-on her second album, Endlessly, released in December, 2010?

-BEEP

-Duffy.

-Correct. Three passes.

Potala Palace was the main residence of the Dalai Lama.

That general term for programming languages such as BASIC is high-level languages.

And OB stands for Outside Broadcast.

You had those three passes. You have a total, Nick Reed, of 29 points.

So a clear winner. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Derek Walker.

Joint second place, Eric Banks and Mel Kinsey.

First place, with 29 points, Nick Reed.

Which means Nick Reed is tonight's winner and goes to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to him. If you'd like to play an online version or be a contender in the next series,

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