Episode 12 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Mike Foden,

a retired trauma nurse from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

His subject is the band Steely Dan.

Next, Julie Green, a graphic designer from Essex.

Her subject, the Mapp and Lucia novels of EF Benson.

James Jack is a bookmaker from Glasgow

and he'll be answering questions on the Boston Bruins ice-hockey team.

And Mark Grant, an accountant from Bromley.

His subject, the remarkable study by Henry Mayhew of poor people in Victorian London.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

This is the quiz show where the contenders can swot up on their specialist subjects

as much as they like

but what they can't prepare for is the way they will react

under the pressure of the lights and the clock.

And of course, there's the general knowledge round,

the one that really sorts them out.

Two minutes on one, two and a half on the other

and the big prize, the honour of becoming the nation's Mastermind.

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

-And your name is?

-Mike Foden.

-Your occupation?

-Retired trauma nurse.

-And your chosen subject?

-Steely Dan.

-Steely Dan in two minutes.

At which college in Annandale-on-Hudson did Donald Fagen and Walter Becker meet in 1967,

before forming the rock band Steely Dan in the early 1970s?

Bard.

Which book by William S. Burroughs

features an object called Steely Dan, from which the band took its name?

Naked Lunch.

On which record label did Steely Dan's first three albums originally appear in the USA?

-ABC.

-Probe.

Which song from The Royal Scam album gave the band its only UK Top 20 single, reaching number 17 in 1976?

Haitian Divorce.

Which British singer supported Steely Dan on their European tour in May 1974?

The tour had to be cut short because of illness.

Pass.

On which record label was their Alive In America live album released in October 1995,

featuring songs recorded on tour by them in 1993 and ©94?

Giant.

Who produced all the Steely Dan albums, up to and including the 1980 album Gaucho?

Gary Katz.

Who wrote and directed the 1971 film You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It Or You'll Lose That Beat,

starring Richard Pryor, for which Steely Dan provided the soundtrack?

Pass.

Who sang lead vocals on some tracks of their first album Can't Buy A Thrill

but had left the band by the time the second album was finished?

David Palmer.

What track, recorded to go on the Gaucho album, was accidentally erased by an assistant engineer?

The Second Arrangement.

Which track, written by Duke Ellington and trumpeter Bubber Miley,

appears on the '74 album Pretzel Logic?

East St Louis Toodle-oo.

Who are the sleeve notes on Can't Buy A Thrill credited to?

The name is actually a pseudonym of the two band members themselves?

Tristan Fabriani.

Which saxophonist from The Tonight Show band recorded the well-known tenor sax solo

for the track Deacon Blues on the album Aja?

-King Curtis.

-Pete Christlieb.

Which is the only track of the Katy Lied album on which Jeff Porcaro does not play drums?

The song features the legendary drummer Hal Blaine instead.

-Black Friday.

-Any World That I'm Welcome To.

In the lyrics of the title song from their 2003 album Everything Must Go,

-what does Dave in Acquisitions have in tow to "get in on the action"?

-BLEEPER

-Pass.

-Well, I can tell you because you're out of time.

It's his handicam.

And your other two passes.

The person who wrote and directed that '71 film,

You've Got to Walk It etc, was Peter Locke.

And the British singer who supported Steely Dan in May '74 was Kiki Dee.

The Kiki Dee Band.

You have, Mike, nine points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Julie Green.

-Your occupation?

-Graphic designer.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Mapp and Lucia novels of EF Benson.

The Mapp and Lucia novels in two minutes starting now.

In what "lazy backwater sort of place, where nothing ever happens, and nobody ever does anything"

does Mrs Emmeline Lucas, known to her friends as Lucia, reign supreme at the beginning of the saga?

Riseholme.

Miss Elizabeth Mapp, a south coast version of Lucia, rules her circle

from the very convenient and strategically important window

of which room in her Queen Anne house, Mallards?

The Garden Room.

In Queen Lucia, what three words does Lucia use on invitations

to denote the required standard of dress?

Hitum, titum and scrub.

What illness prevents Lucia's devoted subordinate Georgie Pillson from shaving?

The resulting white beard apparently makes him look like Vandyck's Gelasius.

Shingles.

What Mapp family recipe does Isabel Poppit successfully and alcoholically recreate

at her bridge party in Miss Mapp?

Redcurrant fool.

In Lucia In London, what did Auntie Amy do to Philip Lucas the last time she saw him before she died?

It resulted in him being in a sling for a week afterwards.

Oh! Pass.

How do the Wyses habitually refer to their car, which is used for the shortest of journeys

and often causes congestion in the narrow High Street of Tilling?

The Royce.

In Trouble For Lucia, Lucia fails to convince the directors of the Southern Railway

about what scheme that apparently harks back to Elizabethan times?

It's the Royal Fish Train.

What objects loaned to the Museum by Lady Ambermere

are a source of much merriment for Lucia's London guests?

Queen Charlotte's mittens.

In the novel Mapp And Lucia, what self-centred comment does Major Benjy make

on the night that Mapp and Lucia are swept out to sea on the kitchen table?

Pass.

What is the name of the pet who meets an untimely death

when its owner Mrs Susan Wyse sits on it?

Blue Birdie.

What "weird, bright thing," whom Lucia invites up to Riseholme from London,

describes Lady Ambermere as "a crashing old hag"?

-Sophy Alingsbury?

-Yes, Alingsby.

In Lucia's Progress, the Mapp-Flints, Lucia and Godiva Plaistow all buy shares

in which West African gold mine?

Siriami.

Which possibly Egyptian psychic guide summoned by Daisy Quantock via her planchette

is believed to be the brains behind the Riseholme Museum?

-Abfor.

-Yes - Abfou.

What false excuse does Mr Shuttleworth give

-for not attending Lucia's garden party in Queen Lucia?

-BLEEPER

-Er... He has to go to London.

-No. He claims to have a toothache.

Two passes. In Mapp And Lucia, that self-centred comment from Major Benjy

was, when they'd been swept on a kitchen table out to sea,

"Thank God I live on a hill."

And the reason Philip Lucas was in a sling for a week

after meeting Aunt Amy was because she bit him.

There you go. You get some idea of the books from that.

-Julie, you have scored 12 points.

-APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-James Jack.

-Your occupation?

-Bookmaker.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Boston Bruins since 1970.

Right. In two minutes, starting now.

In June 2011, which team did the Boston Bruins ice hockey team beat in game seven

to win the National Hockey League trophy, the Stanley Cup?

Vancouver Canucks.

The Bruins moved to the Fleet Center in 1995 after playing in which building for 67 years?

Boston Garden.

In which city's O2 Arena did the Bruins play two games against Phoenix in October 2010?

It was a rare venture outside North America for a regular season game.

Prague.

Who is the Bruins' all-time leading goal scorer?

With a career total of 545 goals, he is nicknamed The Chief?

Johnny Bucyk.

Which Bruins defenseman, the first player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second time,

scored 46 goals and had 89 assists in the 1974 to '75 season?

Bobby Orr.

The Boston Bruins have two Minor League affiliates,

the Providence Bruins in the AHL and the team that replaced the Reading Royals of the ECHL in 2012.

Who are they?

-Manchester Spitfires.

-The South Carolina Stingrays.

In the 1988 post-season, the Bruins beat which club in a Play-off series for the first time in 45 years?

Montreal Canadiens.

Who has been the primary owner of the Boston Bruins

since he bought the club in 1975 for 10 million?

Jeremy Jacobs.

In 1980, defenseman Ray Bourque became the first non-netminder to be named a First Team All Star

and win which trophy awarded to the Rookie of the Year?

Calder Trophy.

Which team did the Bruins beat in overtime of game four in May 1970

to win their first Stanley Cup for 29 years?

St Louis Blues.

In game seven of the '79 Stanley Cup Semi-Final against the Montreal Canadiens

the Bruins lost after being penalized for what offence?

Too many men on the ice.

The Bruins set an NHL record in the 1977 to '78 season

when a total of how many players scored twenty or more regular season goals?

-Seven.

-Eleven.

The Bruins played the Philadelphia Flyers outdoors in the Winter Classic in January 2010

at which Major League baseball ground?

Fenway Park.

-To which team in the Pacific Division...

-BLEEPER

..did the Bruins trade center Joe Thornton in November 2005

for three players, the forwards Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and the defenseman Brad Stuart?

-San Jose Sharks.

-Is correct.

You had no passes. James, you have scored 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Mark Grant.

-Your occupation?

-Accountant.

-And your chosen subject?

-Henry Mayhew's London Labour And London Poor.

Henry Mayhew's London Labour and London Poor in two minutes.

From 1849 to 1850, to which newspaper did author and social reformer Mayhew contribute

a series of letters that became the basis of his masterwork London Labour And The London Poor?

The Morning Chronicle.

Mayhew was born in London in 1812 and was sent to which school, from which he ran away to sea?

Westminster.

Mayhew opens Volume One by arranging street-people under six genera or kinds -

what alternative name does he give "Street-Artizans", who form the fifth group?

Pass.

What is bought at Farringdon market and sold by the eight-year-old girl

whom Mayhew describes as having "entirely lost all childish ways,

"and was, indeed, in thoughts and manner, a woman"?

Watercresses.

What activity does a master chimney sweeper tell Mayhew used to be regarded by climbing-boys

as "a most disagreeable operation, often indeed as a species of punishment"?

Bathing.

A street tradesman is described as usually wearing

"a velveteen jacket, strong corduroy trousers and laced boots"

and having "a strong aromatic odour about him

"owing to his clothes being rubbed with oil of thyme and oil of aniseed".

-What is his occupation?

-Rat-catcher.

Which cholera-affected area of London did Mayhew visit,

resulting in his first article for The Morning Chronicle, published as Appendix 4 in the book?

Bermondsey.

Which trades people had a slang language that Mayhew regards as neither original nor humorous

but the style is "to give the words spelt backward, or rather pronounced rudely backwards"?

Costermongers.

According to Mayhew, which fish do costermongers never throw away when dead

but mix with the living, with "equal quantities of each being accounted very fair dealing"?

Eels.

In Mayhew's description of duffers or hawkers of pretended smuggled goods in the textiles business,

he writes, "There is a peculiar style among them - they never ..." what?

-Spit?

-Fold their goods neatly.

What was the name of the blind hurdy-gurdy player

described as "one of the most deserving of the street musicians",

who died after being knocked down by a cab?

Old Sarah.

When Mayhew interviews a maker of both dolls' eyes and false human eyes,

which people does the manufacturer say "lose a great many eyes, why I cannot say"?

-Servants.

-Scots.

Generally known as river-finders,

what nickname is specifically given to the people

who wade through the foul residue left on the shore of the Thames by the receding tide,

-in search of objects they might be able to use or sell?

-BLEEPER

-Mud-larks.

-Yes, mud-larks is correct.

You had just one pass.

The alternative name that he gave to "street-artizans" was "working pedlars".

You have scored, Mark, ten points.

APPLAUSE

Well, a nice close contest. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place with nine points, Mike Foden.

Third place, ten points, Mark Grant.

First place, 12 points apiece, Julie Green and James Jack.

So, the general knowledge round now

and if there is a tie at the end of it, 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 tie-break.

The six highest scoring runners up from the heats

will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals,

so plenty to play for.

So let's ask Mike Foden to join us again, please.

And you scored nine points with your knowledge of Steely Dan.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge and it is two and a half minutes now.

Mendelssohn's Opus 61 Number 9 from his incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream

is traditionally played on what happy ceremonial occasion?

Wedding.

Which American novelist who committed suicide in 1961 had a boat called Pilar,

a name he also used for the heroine in his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls?

Ernest Hemingway.

What was the name of Mary, Queen of Scots' second husband,

born at Temple Newsam near Leeds?

Darnley.

Which of the Apostles was crucified in Rome in about 64 AD

with his head downward because he claimed he was not worthy to die in the same manner as Christ?

Peter.

Which fictional jungle hero was first played on film in a 1918 silent film by Elmo Lincoln?

Tarzan.

In America, what name is given to a body of men raised and commanded by a local sheriff

to pursue a criminal or to suppress a riot?

Posse.

Demetrios Vikelas and Pierre de Coubertin were respectively the first and second presidents

of what sporting organization?

-The Olympic Association.

-The International Olympic Committee.

The best-known variety of which rich bread-like Christmas cake comes from Dresden?

Pass.

What is the title of Sir Paul McCartney's 2012 album of cover versions?

It is taken from the track called I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter.

Kisses On The Bottom.

Which Austrian monk, who lived from 1822 to '84,

laid the basis of the laws of genetics through his experiments on garden pea plants?

Mendel.

On TV, which doctor played by Richard Chamberlain

worked at the Blair General Hospital under the watchful eye of Dr Gillespie?

Kildare.

The name of the Baltic seaport of Konigsberg was changed in 1946

after it was annexed by the Soviet Union. What was it changed to?

-Kiev.

-Kaliningrad.

Which garden plant has varieties called tiger, Madonna and stargazer?

Lily.

In which Shakespeare play does Rosalind disguise herself as Ganymede

and live in the Forest of Arden after she is banished from court?

As You Like It.

Who was the leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006?

Charles Kennedy.

Which Derbyshire town is famous for the twisted spire

on its 14th-century parish church of St Mary and All Saints?

Chesterfield.

Who directed the film The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre,

in which his father, Walter, won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

John Huston.

The painter Caravaggio had to flee from Rome in 1606

after killing a man supposedly during an argument in the course of what game?

-Boxing.

-Tennis.

What is the popular name for the Greenwich Time Signal, which was first broadcast in 1924?

The pips.

Which name of French origin is given to the woollen cloth

typically used to cover snooker and card tables?

Baize.

Which author of the Harry Hole novels played football for his home-town Molde

and was co-founder of the Norwegian chart-topping band Di Derre?

-BLEEPER Jo Nesbo.

-Jo Nesbo is correct.

You had just one pass.

The best-known variety of that rich, bread-like Christmas cake that comes from Dresden

is called stollen.

That one pass, Mike, and you've scored now a total of 26 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Mark Grant again, please.

And you begin this round with ten points

with your knowledge of Henry Mayhew and his writings.

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

What disease, once common in sailors and characterized by the poor healing of wounds,

is caused by a deficiency of vitamin C?

Scurvy.

Which musical work did Gustav Holst base on astrological associations?

The Planets.

Which crime fiction writer created Sid Halley, a former jockey who became a private investigator

after he injured his hand and retired from racing?

Dick Francis.

What name for a place where bees are kept comes from the Latin for bee-house?

Apiary.

In which country is Mount Chimborazo,

whose summit is the furthest point on land from the centre of the Earth?

It was once thought to be the world's highest mountain.

Ecuador.

Who described himself as an accidental MP

after he beat Neil Hamilton in Tatton at the '97 general election?

Bell.

In which TV series did the lives of the Clampett family change dramatically

after they struck oil in Bug Tussle in the Ozark mountains?

Beverly Hillbillies.

In which West Midlands city has fine porcelain been manufactured since 1751?

-Cheltenham.

-Worcester.

What completes the proverbial quotation from St Matthew's Gospel

that begins "the spirit indeed is willing"?

"But the flesh is weak."

Which 19th-century poet and dramatist has been played in biopics

by Robert Morley and Peter Finch in 1960 and Stephen Fry in '97?

Oscar Wilde.

Fort-de-France is the capital of which island,

an overseas French departement in the eastern Caribbean?

Martinique.

What name was given to the FA Cup Final of 1923

because of a celebrated picture of a mounted policeman controlling the crowd?

-The Horse Cup.

-The White Horse Final.

Buonarroti is the family name of which great Italian Renaissance artist?

Michelangelo.

Who opened the first printing press in England in 1476?

Caxton.

By what name was Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of James I, known

because of the short reign of her husband as Frederick I of Bohemia from 1619 to '20?

Winter Queen.

Which legendary rock and roll singer set foot on British soil only once,

during a refuelling stop at Prestwick Airport on 3rd March 1960?

Presley.

Which American state bordering Mexico was an independent republic from 1836 to 1845,

when it became the 28th state of the Union?

Texas.

Whose early experiences of chemistry are said to include making fireworks as a child in Cornwall?

He later isolated the element strontium, now used to colour them.

-Faraday.

-Davy.

What product, obtained from various types of seaweed,

is a vegetarian alternative to gelatine?

Agar.

In Edward Lear's poem, whose Aunt Jobiska "made him drink lavender water tinged with pink"?

-Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.

-The Pobble.

Which American composer and conductor wrote the music for West Side Story,

with Stephen Sondheim writing the lyrics?

Bernstein.

What name was given to the Neo-Classical style of art, interior design and women's fashion

that flourished in France during the reign of Napoleon the First?

-Empire.

-Yes, empire is correct.

-BLEEPING

No passes. You've shot up, Mark, to 28 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Julie Green again, please.

And you start out with 12 points with your knowledge of the Mapp and Lucia novels.

You now have 28 to beat to make it into the semi-finals.

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

On which programme are contestants judged by Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood, among others?

Strictly Come Dancing.

In Paris what name is traditionally given to the intellectual heart of the city

on the south side of the River Seine?

The Left Bank.

Which soldier and future Prime Minister was born in 1769,

the son of an Irish peer, the 1st Earl of Mornington?

-Castlereagh.

-The Duke of Wellington.

Which popular dance, named after a London district,

was adapted from the choreography of the 1937 musical Me And My Girl?

The Lambeth Walk.

In mythology, who was Romulus's twin?

He was killed after he jumped over the city wall Romulus was building.

Remus.

Which nutritionist, best-known for his controversial high protein, low carbohydrate diet,

died in 2003 from a head injury after he slipped on ice?

Atkins.

By which Treaty of 1929 did Mussolini restore the temporal power of the Pope,

giving him a territory of just over 100 acres to rule as the Vatican City?

-Versailles.

-The Lateran Treaty.

What name is given to the green paste made from a variety of horseradish

that is served with sushi and sashimi?

Pass.

Which novelist married her second husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan, in 1930?

Pass.

Which garment worn by Hindu women consists of a long, coloured cloth,

wrapped round the waist and passed over the shoulder and head?

Sari.

Who became only the tenth woman to win all four tennis Grand Slam tournaments

when she beat Sara Errani in the final of the 2012 French Open?

-Serena Williams.

-Sharapova.

Which estate in Nottinghamshire gives its name to a large spaniel originally bred there?

Clumber.

Which singer, born in 1965, near Pant Glas, Snowdonia,

made his operatic debut with the Welsh National Opera in 1990?

Bryn Terfel.

What name is given to a semi-precious stone or shell

in which the surrounding ground is cut away so the design stands up in relief above the surface?

Cameo.

Which veteran stage actress won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar

for her role as Mrs Moore in the film A Passage To India?

Peggy Ashcroft.

Which French designer merged art and fashion with his Mondrian dresses of 1965?

-Courreges.

-Saint Laurent.

Isadora Wing is the heroine of which novel by Erica Jong?

Fear Of Flying.

Which member of the Royal family worked as a production assistant

at Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company in the '80s?

Prince Edward.

Who set out with four companions, sledges and 52 dogs in October 1911

to lead the first expedition to reach the South Pole?

-Captain Scott.

-Amundsen.

What popular name for the flowering shrub buddleia

comes from the insects that are attracted to it?

Butterfly bush.

Who made his last big-screen appearance as O'Brien in the film 1984?

-BLEEPER

-This was also the year of his death.

-Peter Finch.

-It was actually Richard Burton.

And you had two passes, Julie.

That name given to the green paste made from horseradish is wasabi.

And it was Dame Agatha Christie who married that archaeologist.

You didn't quite make it. 25 points.

APPLAUSE Thank you.

And finally, James Jack again, please.

And you also start this round with 12 points

with your knowledge of the Boston Bruins

and 28 still the score to beat.

So let's see if you can do it.

In art, what name of French origin is given to the flat board on which a painter lays out or mixes colours?

-Cloth.

-Palette.

Which 1996 film stars Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton,

an addict who tries to give up the drugs despite the influence of his friends?

It's based on a novel by Irvine Welsh.

Trainspotting.

In which country is the Garden Route National Park, a stretch of dramatic coastline?

-Canada.

-South Africa.

What ceremony, whose name means "son of the commandment" in Hebrew,

marks the arrival of a Jewish boy to religious adulthood at the age of 13?

Bar Mitzvah.

Ashley Young and which other penalty-taker failed to score when England lost to Italy

in the penalty shoot-out in the 2012 European Championships?

-Danny Welbeck.

-Ashley Cole.

In 2011, Horrible Histories became the first children's TV series

to win a British Comedy Award.

Which author wrote the majority of the books on which the series is based?

Terry Deary.

What term is given to an heir whose claim to a title or property cannot be put aside by a subsequent birth?

-Guaranteed.

-Heir apparent.

There are four traditional provinces of Ireland.

Ulster, Munster and Connaught are three. What is the fourth?

Leinster.

What type of foodstuff is Monterey Jack?

It is said to be named after the rancher David Jacks who first marketed it

in Monterey County, California in the 1880s.

Cheese.

Which American business-oriented daily newspaper was founded in 1889

by Charles Dow of Dow Jones and Company?

Wall Street Journal.

In 1867, the Scottish-born Sir John Macdonald

became which Commonwealth country's first Prime Minister?

-Singapore.

-Canada.

What is the stage name of the American singer and songwriter born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant?

Her debut album on a major label, Born To Die, topped the UK Charts in 2012.

-Miley Cyrus.

-Lana Del Rey.

The goldeneye is a type of which bird?

-Swift.

-A duck.

Which of Al Murray's comedy creations has the catchphrase "and a glass of white wine for the lady"?

Pub Landlord.

What name was given to the armoured divisions of the German army in the Second World War

consisting of tanks and motorized infantry support?

Panzer.

Which electrical circuit component allows a current to flow in only one direction?

Its name comes from the Greek for twice and way.

-Conductor.

-Diode.

Which mountain is the highest in Turkey?

It is where Noah's Ark is said to have come to rest at the end of the Flood?

-Vilnu.

-Mount Ararat.

Whose exhibition at the Turner Contemporary in Margate entitled She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea...

-BLEEPER

-..opened in May 2012?

-Pass.

-I can tell you because your time is up. It's Tracey Emin.

That was the only pass, James. You have scored 20 points.

APPLAUSE

So Mark held on to his lead. Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 20 points, James Jack.

Third place, 25 points, Julie Green.

Second place, 26 points, Mike Foden.

In first place with 28 points, Mark Grant.

Which means, of course, that Mark Grant is tonight's winner

and he goes through to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to him.

Commiserations to Mike Foden

but with his score, 26 points, it's entirely possible

that we shall see him again in a semi-final.

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