Episode 13 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Peter Wharmby,

a teacher from Bristol. His subject is The Titanic.

Next, Thomas Grinyer, trainee actuary from London.

His subject, The American Revolutionary War.

Colin Wilson is a sales manager from Annan and he'll be answering questions

on athletics in Communist East Germany.

And Rachael Neiman, a PhD student from Manchester.

Her subject, John Peel's Festive Fifties.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

If you ever wonder why anyone would want to put themselves through this ordeal,

well, becoming a Mastermind champion is the greatest honour the quiz world has to offer.

All they have to do is answer two sets of questions.

One on their specialist subject and one on general knowledge.

But the pressure comes from the clock.

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

And no help from anyone.

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

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Titanic in two minutes, starting now.

The Titanic, the largest-moving man-made object in the world at the time

was launched on 31 May 1911

from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in which city?

-Belfast.

-What was the name of the look-out in the crow's nest

who spotted the iceberg that led to the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912?

-Frederick Fleet.

-Which north German Lloyd liner

was the first ship to reply to the vessel's distress call

although they were unable to reach the sinking ship in time?

-Frankfurt.

-What was the name of the two-month-old child

who was the youngest survivor of the Titanic? She lived to be 97

and was the longest-living survivor of the disaster,

-Millvina Dean.

-From which Cunard liner

had the Titanic's bandmaster Wallace Hartley been recruited?

-Carpathia.

-The Mauretania.

At the time of the sinking, what call letters were used to identify the Titanic

when she was sending wireless messages?

-MGY.

-Which first-class passenger said of himself and his personal secretary,

"We have dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen",

-before going down with the ship?

-Benjamin Guggenheim.

What was the occupation of the crew member Charles Joughin

who was drunk and stepped off the stern as the ship sank?

He stayed alive in the water for over an hour before he was rescued.

-Chief Baker.

-The Vice-Commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club

was the only male passenger allowed into a lifeboat by second officer Charles Lightoller.

What was his name?

-Peuchen.

-Which New York department store was owned by the first-class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus

who chose to go down with the ship together rather than be parted from each other?

-Macy's.

-Who was the chairman and managing director

of the Titanic's owners, The White Star Line,

who was later pilloried for leaving the sinking ship in a lifeboat?

-J.Bruce Ismay.

-A replica of the sidewalk cafe was located outside the a la carte restaurant

in the first class section. Its large picture windows gave diners a view of the sea. What was its name?

-Cafe Parisien.

-Which Cunard steam ship replied to the vessel's distress call

and altered course to come to the rescue,

picking up more than 700 survivors?

-Carpathia.

-Who was the wireless operator on board the Californian

who did not receive the distress calls from the Titanic because he'd left his post for the night?

-Evans.

-Which was the last boat to be lowered...

-BEEP

-..from the rapidly sinking Titanic at around 2.05am?

-Collapsible D.

-Yes, collapsible lifeboat D. No passes.

Peter, you have 14 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The American Revolutionary War. Two minutes starting now.

Who was the British prime minister throughout most of the American War of Independence

during which 13 American colonies broke free of British rule?

-Lord North.

-What was the name of the silversmith who was one of the couriers

who alerted the local people of the British advance

starting the battles of Lexington and Concord?

He's the subject of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

-Paul Revere.

-During the Battle of Long Island in August 1776

which pass did Washington leave virtually unguarded

allowing the British to turn his flank?

-Jamaica.

-The crossing of which river on Christmas night in 1776 by George Washington and his troops

became a crucial moment in the American War of Independence?

-The Delaware.

-A Quaker ironmaster from Rhode Island

was a private soldier at the start of the war

and had become a general in the American army in the south by 1780. Who was he?

-Who was he?

-Lincoln.

-No, Greene.

In July 1777, the killing and scalping of a young woman

reportedly by Native Americans allied to the British

led to an increase in recruitment to the patriot cause.

What was her name?

Jane...

Yes?

-..Thomas.

-I'll tell you, no. Jane McCrae.

Although generally known as The Battle of Bunker Hill,

most of the action on 17 June 1775 took place in a redoubt on which nearby hill?

-Breed's Hill.

-What location in Pennsylvania

was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777 to '78?

-Valley Forge.

-Which American army officer defected to the British in 1780

while in command of West Point? His name became a by-word in the US for treason.

-Benedict Arnold.

-South Carolina's partisan guerrilla leader, General Francis Marion,

was described as "ugly, cross, knock-kneed and hook-nosed". What was his nickname?

-Pass.

-What name did John Paul Jones give the ship in which he captured the British frigate HMS Serapis

off Flamborough Head in September 1779? It was formerly called the Duc de Duras.

-The Countess of Scarborough.

-Bonhomme Richard.

At which battle near Wilmington on 27 February 1776

did North Carolina patriots defeat mainly Scottish loyalists who'd been expecting reinforcements?

-Sullivan's Island.

-Moore's Creek Bridge.

The siege of which city in Virginia in October 1781

-resulted in the British surrender...

-BEEP

..under Charles Cornwallis and the end of general military operations?

-Yorktown.

-Correct. You had one pass.

That bloke described as "ugly, cross, knock-kneed and hook-nose had the nickname The Swamp Fox.

You have, Thomas, eight points.

And our next contender, please.

Your name is?

Your occupation?

And chosen subject?

East German athletics in two minutes.

What was the name of the men's Olympic long jump champion

who later admitted he'd been an informer for the Stasi

and had passed on information about his team-mates to...

-Dombrowski.

-Who won the women's shot putt at the '86 European Championships?

She later underwent gender reassignment surgery,

claiming the steroids she'd been given as part of the East German doping program

had altered her physiology.

-Krieger.

-In 1976, the world record holder Ruth Fuchs

retained her Olympic title with an Olympic record throw

of 69.94 metres in which event?

-Javelin.

-What event did Torsten Voss win at the '87 world championships in Rome?

He went on to represent the unified Germany at the '98 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh.

-Decathlon.

-Who won silver in the men's discus at the Montreal Olympics

but was imprisoned for his opposition to the East German regime

before being allowed to emigrate and represent West Germany?

-Schmidt.

-In what event did East German women win all three medals

at the first World Championships in Helsinki in '83?

-Heptathlon.

-Who became the second man to successfully defend the Olympic marathon title

at Moscow in 1980?

-Cierpinski.

-At the '76 Olympics, the East German women finished first, third and fourth

in one event with West Germans second and fifth. What event?

-100 metres.

-200 metres.

Which East German athlete won the women's javelin gold medal at the '88 Olympics

beating the World and European champion Fatima Whitbread into second place?

-Felke.

-Gladisch, Rieger, Gohr and which other woman

made up the East German sprint relay team that set a world record time

of 41.37 seconds which stood for nearly 27 years?

-Auerswald.

-At the '88 Seoul Olympics, Heike Drechsler won bronze in both sprints

and silver in what field event in which she later represented the unified Germany?

-Long jump.

-How many points did both Siegrun Siegl and Christine Laser score

in the pentathlon at the '76 Olympics?

Siegl was awarded the gold as she'd finished ahead of Laser in three events.

-4745.

-When Britain's Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett won gold and bronze respectively

in the 1980 Olympic 1500 metres, who won silver,

-having led...

-Straub.

-..until the final bend?

-Straub.

Which East German athlete won the bronze medal at the '88 Olympics

-in the women's marathon in a time of two hours 26 minutes?

-BLEEP

-Dorre.

-Yes, Katrin Dorre-Heinig.

You have no passes, Colin, and 13 points.

And our final contender, now, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Festive Fifties in two minutes, starting now.

In which year did John Peel first broadcast the Festive Fifty

on Radio 1, consisting of the top 50 tracks voted for by listeners

who could each nominate their three favourite tracks?

-1976.

-The Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK

topped the Festive Fifty for three consecutive years in '78, '79 and '80.

Which Joy Division song replaced it at the top in 1981?

-Atmosphere.

-Popeth, which reached number 29 in the 1992 Fifty

was the first entry sung in which language?

-Welsh.

-Which Led Zeppelin song was the first number one in the Festive Fifty?

-Stairway to Heaven.

-Frank Chickens, who reached number 42 in the Festive Fifty chart in '84

with Blue Canary were originally a female duo from which country?

-Japan.

-Which song gained Prince's only entry in John Peel's Festive Fifty in '87

although a cover of his song Kiss by Age of Chance

reached number two on the list the year before?

-Sign o' the Times.

-The 2002 Fifty saw the Datsuns enter the chart at number 21

with the song In Love and The D4 enter at number 47

with the song Get Loose. From which country were these artists?

-New Zealand.

-There was no official Fifty in '77,

but Peel presented and broadcast his own favourite tracks of the year instead.

Which group topped the chart with the song Dancing The Night Away?

-The Motors.

-Which group featured in John Peel's Festive Fifty over 80 times

including ten times in '93?

-The Fall.

-On which Liverpool-based record label

were The Teardrop Explodes' 1980 entry Treason

and The Wild Swans' 1982 entry Revolutionary Spirit both originally released?

-Bazaar.

-Zoo Records. Which Nirvana track topped the '91 Fifty?

The list was never broadcast that year, so it became known as the Phantom Fifty.

-Sounds Like Teen Spirit.

-Who wrote the Lemonheads' 1990 Festive Fifty entry

Different Drum which came 13th?

-Linda Ronstadt.

-Mike Nesmith.

Which became the only David Bowie track to appear in the list

reaching its highest position at number 16 in '78?

-Heroes.

-Neko Case and her Boyfriends came top of the Festive Fifty of 2000

with which country-style song beginning "Tenderly, tenderly..."

-Twist The Knife.

-In '97 it was decided there'd only be enough air time

for the Festive Fifty consisting of how many entries?

-31.

-Which Merseyside group's various entries in the Festive Fifty

have included the songs The Trumpton Riots, Vatican Broadside and Breaking News?

-Half Man Half Biscuit. BEEP

-Half Man Half Biscuit is correct.

No passes, Rachael. You have 14 points.

So, that is the end of a very close first round.

Let's have a look at the scores. In fourth place, Thomas Grinyer.

Third place, Colin Wilson.

In the lead, 14 points apiece,

Peter Wharmby and Rachael Nieman.

General knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end of it,

the number of passes is taken into account

and whoever has 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-final, so plenty to play for.

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

And you begin with eight points with your knowledge of the Revolutionary War in America.

See how you do with two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.

Which country's travelling cricket supporters are known as The Barmy Army?

-England.

-Which art gallery was opened to the public in May 2000

in the redundant Bankside power station in Southwark?

-Tate Modern.

-What name is given to a musical setting of the Mass for the Dead

such as those by Verdi and Faure?

-Requiem.

-The name of which chemical element comes from the Greek for water

and a suffix meaning "producer of"?

-Hydrogen.

-Sissy Spacek played the title role of a high-school pupil with telekinetic powers

in the 1976 film version of which Stephen King novel?

-Pass.

-In Japanese cuisine,

what name is used for a dish of meat or seafood marinated in soy sauce and grilled or broiled?

-Sashimi.

-Teriyaki. Which historic region of north-west France

is on a peninsula bounded by the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south?

-Brittany.

-David Cameron is the 19th British prime minister

to have attended which public school?

-Eton.

-Who embarked on a solo career after the break-up of The Style Council?

He topped the album charts with Stanley Road in 1995.

-Pass.

-Which English city has a Bridge of Sighs

and a mathematical bridge popularly, but wrongly, said to have been designed by Sir Isaac Newton?

-Cambridge.

-By what name was the Tour of Britain cycle race known from 1958 to '93?

-Tour of England.

-The Milk Race.

Which comedian and actor was the presenter of Radio 6's Breakfast Show

for five years, a long-serving team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks?

-Pass.

-Who wrote the Just So stories for little children published in 1902,

developed from tales he'd told his daughter Josephine who died aged six in 1899?

-Kipling.

-Which island in the Irish Sea was used for the internment of so-called "enemy aliens"

during the First and Second World Wars?

-Anglesey.

-The Isle of Man.

What fortified wine is famously produced in the Douro region of northern Portugal?

-Port.

-What's the name of the film set in the year 2084

starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a construction worker who dreams of going to Mars?

-Total Recall.

-The Leonids and the Perseids are among the best-known examples of which phenomenon

marked by a large number of shooting stars appearing over a relatively short period of time?

-Meteor showers.

-What word for an uncivilised or brutish person

originally referred to someone in Ancient Greece who was not a Greek?

-Barbarian.

-What was the nationality of Pope John Paul II?

-Polish.

-Which river is the longest in Italy?

It rises near the Italian border with France

and flows into the Adriatic after a course of over 400 miles?

-The Po.

-What term is used for nouns that are the names of people or places

and are usually written with an initial capital letter?

-Proper nouns.

-Which British coin worth a tenth of a pound

was first issued in 1849 in anticipation of decimal coinage?

-Half a crown.

-The florin.

-Which Australia writer's novel Ice Station...

-BEEP

set in Antarctica, tells of a secret buried deep beneath the ice?

-Pass.

-I can tell you it was Matthew Reilly.

Your other passes. The comedian who presented the Breakfast Show for Radio 6 for five years

was Phill Jupitus.

Paul Weller went on to a solo career after The Style Council broke up.

That Sissy Spacek film was from the Stephen King novel Carrie.

You have a total of 23 points.

And now Colin Wilson again, please.

You begin with 13 points with your knowledge of athletics in the old East Germany.

23 is the score to beat. Two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge starting now.

What type of foodstuff is shitake? It was originally grown on tree logs in Japan.

-Mushroom.

-Fungi, yes. Who was the football manager

whose three-year project to revamp Chelsea F.C. ended after eight months

when the club lost to West Brom at a premier league match in March 2012?

-Andre Villas-Boas.

-What did the Duke of Wellington refer to as

"A damned nice thing. The nearest run thing you ever saw in your life."

-War.

-Waterloo.

Which 19th-century horror novel by Mary Shelley

is subtitled The Modern Prometheus?

-Frankenstein.

-The Phantom Flan Flinger was a character in which anarchic children's TV series

of the 1970s starring Chris Tarrant and Sally James?

-Tiswas.

-Who was Barack Obama's Republican opponent

in the 2008 American presidential election?

-Cheney.

-John McCain. Which geological period, popularly associated with dinosaurs,

is the Middle Period of the Mesozoic Era?

-Jurassic.

-The classic rock song Freebird which opens with the lines

"If I leave you here tomorrow, would you still remember me?"

-was first recorded by which group?

-Lynyrd Skynyrd.

What term registered by Burroughs Wellcome & Company in 1884

as a trade name for medicines in a compressed form

is now used for a type of newspaper?

-Tabloid.

-Which tiny islet over 200 miles west of the Outer Hebrides

legally became part of the UK by an Act of Parliament in February 1972?

-Shetland Isles.

-Rockall.

Which story by H.G.Wells is set mostly in the year 802,701?

-The Time Machine.

-What name is given to the flap of skin hanging from the throat of cattle?

In some animals it's known as a wattle.

-Yolk.

-A dewlap. A fashion photographer born in Peru

created the famous image of Princess Diana used on the cover of Vanity Fair in July 1007.

-Who was he?

-Monet.

-Testino.

The participants in which traditional eight-a-side sport are called pullers?

-Polo.

-Tug of War. In April 2012, the Korean-born American Dr Jim Yong Kim

became the 12th president of which international financial institution?

-The World Bank.

-Who plays the title role in the 2012 film The Dictator

in which Admiral General Aladeen oppresses the people of the oil-rich African country of Wadiya?

-DiCaprio.

-Baron Cohen. Which gas, also known as marsh gas,

is the main constituent of natural gas?

-Methane.

-What's the ancient name for the Dardanelles,

the strait joining the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara?

-Bosphorus.

-Hellespont.

An American writer's travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express.

-What's his name?

-Kerouac.

Paul Theroux. Which ceramic material has three main types,

true or hard paste, artificial or soft paste and bone china?

-Tile.

-Porcelain. In Islam, what name is given to a person who has learned the Qur'an by heart?

-Um... Moram.

-Hafiz. Which Roman poet's "Georgics"

-encouraged the revival of...

-BEEP

..an agricultural way of life and old Italian virtues?

-Ovid.

-Virgil.

No passes, Colin. You have 23 points.

And Peter Wharmby again now, please.

And you start out with 14 points with your knowledge of the Titanic.

23 is still the score to beat.

You have two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge coming up now.

Who says the catchphrase "You're fired" on the BBC TV programme The Apprentice?

-Lord Sugar.

-Which German family firm made its first jointed teddy bear in 1902?

-Pass.

-The town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire

is particularly famous for the manufacture of which flavour sweets?

-Mint.

-Liquorice.

Who was appointed the Chilean army's commander-in-chief in 1973

three weeks before he led a coup against Salvador Allende, the man who'd appointed him?

-Pinochet.

-What type of musical instrument typically has one chanter on which the melody is played

and one or more drones that provide a background?

-Bagpipes.

-The name of which arid region in Botswana but extending into Namibia and South Africa

comes from the Tswana word meaning great thirst or waterless place?

-Namib Desert.

-The Kalahari.

Which poet and librarian compared work to a toad, squatting on his life?

-Larkin.

-In Greek mythology, how many labours did Heracles perform

as a penance for killing his wife and children?

-12.

-Stefani Germanotta is the real name of which pop singer

who had worldwide chart success with her album Born This Way in 2011?

-Lady Gaga.

-Scotland's oldest university was founded in 1413,

and is the third-oldest in the English speaking world. What's it called?

-St Andrews.

-Which British political party has the pound sign as its logo?

-UKIP.

-Which 1997 film set in Sheffield was made into a musical

about unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York?

-The Full Monty.

-To whose death in Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop was Oscar Wilde referring

when he said "One must have a heart of stone to read of her death without laughing."

-Little Nell.

-Which Babylonian king gives his name to a size of champagne bottle

containing 20 normal size bottles?

-Balthazar.

-Nebuchadnezzar.

New York has two professional baseball teams. One is the Yankees. What's the other?

-Patriots.

-The Mets. What is the name of the urban area south-west of Johannesburg

originally set up by the white South African government

as a residential area for black people?

-Pass.

-The objects sent from the Parthenon to Britain in the early 19th century

by the ambassador to the Ottoman empire are now in the British museum.

By what name are they known?

-The Elgin Marbles.

-Which French composer's works include Pavane for a Dead Infanta

and the Rapsodie Espagnole?

-Pass.

-Which criminal's life was romanticised in William Harrison Ainsworth's 1834 novel Rookwood?

-Dick Turpin.

-What's the Si unit of temperature?

It's named after the title taken by the 19th-century physicist William Thompson.

-Kelvin.

-King George VI was born and died on which royal estate?

BEEP

-Richmond.

-No, it was Sandringham.

You had three passes. Ravel was the French composer we were looking for.

The south-west district of Johannesburg is Soweto.

And that German family that made those very famous teddy bears

was Steiff.

You have, Peter, a total of 27 points.

And finally, Rachael Nieman again, please.

Rachael, you start out with 14 points

with your knowledge of the Festive Fifties.

The score to beat now if you're to make it through to the next round is 27.

Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

Who assumed the twin titles of Fuhrer and Chancellor of Germany in August 1934?

-Adolf Hitler.

-The hornet is the largest member of which family of insects found in Britain?

-Wasps.

-Which city in Massachusetts is famous for the witchcraft trials held there in 1692?

-Salem.

-The best-selling novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin

is set in Catalonia during the Second World War. Who wrote it?

-Louis de Bernieres.

-The Middle-Eastern dish hummus

is made by crushing which legume with sesame paste, lemon and garlic?

-Chick pea.

-In which European country did the New Democracy party narrowly win the General Election

in June 2012 after a previous election in May failed to produce a government?

-Egypt.

-Greece. What name of Japanese origin is given to the two-wheeled carriages in the Far East

originally pulled by a man but now more frequently by a bicycle?

-Rickshaw.

-Which area of reclaimed marshland extends from Hythe in Kent to the north

to Dungeness in the south?

-The Wash.

-Romney Marsh.

In 1796, the Gloucestershire surgeon Edward Jenner

proved that inoculation with cow pox was an effective immunisation against which more serious disease?

-Smallpox.

-The Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus

who ruled from 37 to 41 AD is better known by what name meaning "little boot"?

-Caligula.

-Which Danish-born comedienne and author succeeded Simon Hoggart

as chair of Radio 4's The News Quiz in 2006?

-Sandi Toksvig.

-Which Spanish autonomous region

comprises the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida?

-Catalonia.

-Who directed the film The Godfather and its sequels?

-Francis Ford Coppola.

-In which religious and charitable organisation

founded by William Booth in 1865 does the world leader have the title of General?

-Salvation Army.

-The Toy Symphony was thought to have been written by Haydn.

It's now thought to be by Leopold, the father of which great 18th-century composer?

-Mozart.

-What Latin term meaning "equal" is used in golf

for the number of strokes a scratch player should take for a hole?

-Par.

-Which Italian Renaissance artist spent the last three years of his life

as the court painter to Francis I of France?

He reportedly died in the king's arms in 1519.

-Da Vinci.

-Which doll was created by the Californian businesswoman Ruth Handler

in 1959 and named after her daughter?

-Barbie.

-According to popular tradition,

oysters should never be eaten unless what letter is in the name of the month?

-Y.

-R. Which ocean is also known as the Southern Ocean?

-Atlantic.

-Antarctic.

Attar is a fragrant essential oil used in perfumes

distilled from the petals of the damask variety of which flower?

-Rose.

-In the Book of Genesis,

whom did Jacob describe to his mother Rebecca as "a hairy man"

while calling himself "a smooth man"?

-Esau.

-What French term popularised by the food critics Henri Gault and Christian Millau

is used for the modern lighter style of food...

-BEEP

-..that is presented elegantly?

-Nouvelle cuisine.

-Is correct. No passes.

You have an enormous score, Rachael. 33 points!

Well, it started out pretty equal. It didn't end up that way!

Let's have a look at the scores.

In joint third place, 23 points apiece,

Thomas Grinyer and Colin Wilson.

Second place, 27 points - a good score - Peter Wharmby.

In first place, 33 points,

Rachael Neiman.

Which means, of course, that Rachael Nieman is tonight's winner

and she goes through to the semi-finals.

Congratulations to her, commiserations to Peter Wharmby

but with his score of 27, it is possible that we will see him again

in the semi-final.

If you would like to be a contender on the next series,

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