Episode 16 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Brig Rooke,

a retired teacher from Weston-super-Mare.

She'll be answering questions on the novels of William Golding.

Next, Sam Goodyear, a financial futures trader from London.

His specialist subject - the Soviet Union under Stalin.

Henry Morris is a personal trainer from Harrogate,

and he'll be answering questions on the band The KLF.

And Andrew Fraser, a company director from London.

His specialist subject -

the television series When The Boat Comes In.

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.

Then, 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.

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

-And your name is?

-Brig Rooke.

-Your occupation?

-Retired teacher.

-And your chosen subject?

-The novels of William Golding.

The novels of William Golding in two minutes, starting now.

Which of Golding's novels, first published in 1964,

describes the ill-fated construction

of Jocelin's folly?

The Spire.

What's the cruel nickname given to the fat, bespectacled boy

who is Ralph's first ally among the stranded boys in Lord Of The Flies?

Piggy.

Which of the new people draws a stag on the ground,

much to the bemusement of the watching Neanderthals

Lok and Fa in Golding's second novel The Inheritors?

Tuami.

In Pincher Martin, what does Mr Campbell describe as

"wicked things that give a man hope when there is no longer any call for it"?

Lifeboats.

Mr Prettiman asks Edmund Talbot

and which other of the ship's passengers

to be the witness to his marriage to Miss Granham

in Fire Down Below?

Mr Weeks.

Oldmeadow.

What does Samuel Mountjoy, the narrator in Free Fall,

say that he is at heart, adding "I would sooner be good than clever"?

Pass.

Which novel, Golding's sixth, first published in 1967,

opens with an epigraph taken from The Instructions Of Ptah-Hotep?

The Scorpion God.

The Pyramid. What does Edmund Talbot call the jargon-heavy language

used by the ship's crew throughout the maritime trilogy?

Tarpaulin.

The vicarage in which Hampshire village is home

to the "tearful littlun" Percival Wemys Madison in Lord Of The Flies?

The Vicarage, Harcourt St Anthony.

What is the name of the troubled master builder who,

against his better judgment, follows the foolhardy orders

of Dean Jocelin in The Spire?

Roger Mason.

Which ship under the command of Sir Henry Somerset

brings Talbot and his fellow passengers the news

that "the war with the French is over,

"Boney is beat and abdicated" in Close Quarters?

The Alcyone.

In The Paper Men, what is the title of Barclay's second book,

the particular favourite of the wealthy Mr Halliday?

Cold Harbour.

All We Like Sheep.

When the crazed shipwreck Martin attempts to attack

the old woman with a knife in Pincher Martin,

what is he actually tearing into shreds?

His lifejacket.

His oilskin.

What is the occupation of the drunken and florid

Mr Brocklebank in Rites of Passage,

the first of Golding's historical trilogy of maritime novels, published in 1980?

Portrait painter.

Talbot reads to Mr Prettiman in Fire Down Below,

-quoting the line...

-BEEP

"We do not need priests. We are all priests".

-Which French writer's work is the quote from?

-Voltaire.

That's correct. You had one pass.

Samuel Mountjoy says that he is at heart "a dull dog".

One pass. You have 10 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Sam Goodyear.

-Your occupation?

-Financial futures trader.

And your chosen subject?

The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, 1924-1939.

The Soviet Union in two minutes, starting now.

Which slogan advocated by Stalin

as an alternative to Trotsky's ideas of world revolution

gradually became official Soviet policy

during the late '20s?

Socialism In One Country.

To which Asian city was Trotsky exiled in 1928

for alleged counter- revolutionary activity,

before being expelled from the Soviet Union altogether

the following year?

-Alma Ata.

-Which city did the secret police chief

Nikolai Yezhov visit in February '38

in order to add 30,000 more people

to the list of victims of the Great Purge?

Nizhny Novgorod?

Kiev. What is the title of the article by Stalin

that appeared in Pravda in 1930

in which he criticised local officials

for their overzealous collectivisation of agriculture?

Stalin had earlier encouraged this process.

Dizzy With Success.

In 1928, a group of engineers from an industrial town

in the Donbas were accused of sabotage

and given a show trial.

It was the first use of such a trial as a political weapon

since Stalin had assumed supreme power.

What was the name of the town?

Shakhty.

What post was held by GN Kaminsky, who criticised The Terror

at the Plenum of the Central Committee in 1937,

and was shot soon afterwards?

Pass.

Which industrial city on the River Ural was constructed

from 1929 onwards as part of the first Five Year Plan?

The city took its name from the nearby mountain

that supplied it with iron ore.

Magnitogorsk.

In December 1932, what was reintroduced by the regime

to try to prevent peasants from leaving the land,

which had been devastated by famine,

and heading to the towns?

Internal passports.

Which leading member of the right opposition

characterised Stalin as Genghis Khan?

Bukharin.

Order 439, issued on July 25, 1937,

extended The Terror to which group of people?

Children?

Germans.

Which class of supposedly wealthy peasants

did Stalin deliberately set out to liquidate

in the course of the collectivisation of agriculture?

Kulaks.

What was the name of the head of the army political administration

who allegedly shot himself to avoid arrest by the NKVD

during the purge of the upper ranks of the army in 1937?

Tukhachevsky?

Gamarnik. After the murder of the Leningrad party chief

Sergei Kirov on December 1, 1934, which secretary

of the Central Executive Committee signed the decree

authorising the trial and execution without appeal

of alleged terrorists?

Kaganovich.

No, Yenukidze.

You had one pass. That post held by GN Kaminsky

was the People's Commissar for Health.

You have, Sam, eight points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Henry Morris.

-Your occupation?

-Personal trainer.

-And your chosen subject?

-The KLF.

The KLF. Two minutes.

The band The KLF was founded in the 1980s

by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty.

Drummond was born in April 1953 in which country?

South Africa.

What was the title of the first hit for The KLF,

featuring the Children of the Revolution?

It entered the UK singles chart in August 1990.

What Time Is Love?

Drummond and Cauty apparently burned a million pounds

in £50 notes in August 1994

as an art project on which Scottish island?

Jura.

Under what name did Cauty and Drummond achieve

their first UK number one single together

with Doctorin' The Tardis in 1988?

The Timelords.

What are the letters KLF usually said to stand for,

reflecting the duo's desire to see if sampling

other musicians' work would be allowed under law?

Kopyright Liberation Front.

Cauty and Drummond as The K Foundation created

a Worst Artist of the Year award from a shortlist

that mirrored that of the 1993 Turner Prize.

Which artist won the £40,000 prize?

Rachel Whiteread.

The chorus from which Gary Glitter hit

is incorporated with the theme from Doctor Who in Doctorin' The Tardis?

Rock And Roll.

Which country music artist sings vocals on the KLF single

Justified And Ancient, released in 1991?

Tammy Wynette.

There was a tie for Best Group at the 1992 Brit Awards.

The KLF won the award with which band?

Simply Red.

To honour the historic peace accord

between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat,

The K Foundation released an ultra-limited edition

single recorded with The Red Army Choir.

What was it called?

K Cera Cera.

To promote the single Justified And Ancient

on Top Of The Pops,

Cauty and Drummond appeared dressed as what?

Ice cream van men?

Ice cream cones.

At the 1992 Brit Awards ceremony,

they performed a version of 3AM Eternal

backed by which hardcore punk band?

Extreme Noise Terror.

According to The Manual, the book they released

after the success of Doctorin' The Tardis,

Drummond and Cauty state that the first requirement

for someone wishing to achieve a UK number one single

is to "be skint and..."?

On the dole.

What was the title of the KLF album that peaked at number 3

in the UK albums chart in 1991?

The White Room.

-In The Manual...

-BEEP

which UK disc jockey is described as

"the most popular DJ in the country"

and as "the heartbeat of the British psyche since 1985"?

Bruno Brookes.

No, it was Steve Wright.

Could have been either. Henry, you have no passes.

A total of 13 points.

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And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Andrew Frazer.

-Your occupation?

-Company director.

And your chosen subject?

The television series When The Boat Comes In.

When The Boat Comes In.

Two minutes starting now.

Which fictional town in the north-east of England

is the setting for most of the action in When The Boat Comes In?

-Gallowshield.

-Who was the creator of the television series and wrote

most of the episodes that were broadcast by the BBC between '76 and '81?

James Mitchell.

What's the title of the first episode?

It's set in 1919 after World War I has ended.

A Land Fit For Heroes And Idiots.

Bill and Bella are at the head of which family

that provides the central characters?

They appear along with Jack Ford, played by James Bolam,

in all four series.

The Seatons.

What do Jack Ford and his ex-army colleagues steal

to supplement their income during the miners' strike

in the series one episode Fish In Woolly Jumpers?

Sheep.

Which local pub in Gallowshield

is the backdrop to many discussions,

particularly about union business, during the first three series?

Bluebell.

Who sings the theme song to the series,

played at the beginning of every episode?

Alex Glasgow.

Which grand house, supposedly designed by Vanbrugh,

is demolished by Jack Ford

as the final act of the second series?

Mandrake Place.

To whom does Jack become engaged in the first series of When The Boat Comes In?

His plans change when Dolly becomes pregnant

and he has to marry her instead.

Jessie Seaton.

What's the name of the wealthy businessman,

played by Basil Henson, who first appears in the series one episode

Swords And Pick Handles, in which he offers Jack a position as a salesman?

Sir Horatio Manners.

What's the name of the nominee company that's set up

to hide the relationship between Sir Horatio Manners

and the German company owned by Friedrich Peltzer?

Pioneer Enterprises.

Which comic actor plays Joe Prestwick,

whom Bill and Tom Seaton meet at the allotments

in the series three episode Letters From Afar?

Nat Jackley.

The christening of Dolly's baby takes place

just after her divorce from Jack is finalised

in the series three episode Diamond Cut Diamond.

Who's the baby's father?

Tom Seaton.

What book does Horatio Manners give to Jack as a present

after the pair have agreed an increase in pay

for the shipyard workers?

The Prince.

Who was the MP for Gallowshield North?

He makes a reappearance in the series four episode

entitled Friends, Romans, Countrymen.

Geordie Watson.

Which character fires the shot that fatally wounds Jack...

-BEEP

-..in the final episode of When The Boat Comes In?

Nigel Scott-Palliser.

Is correct.

No passes. You got them all right.

You have a total of 16 points.

APPLAUSE

So, that's the end of a high-scoring first round.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, eight points, Sam Goodyear.

Third place, 10 points, Brig Rooke.

Second place, 13 points, Henry Morris.

In the lead, 16 points, Andrew Frazer.

APPLAUSE

Round two now, the general knowledge round,

and if there's 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 these heats will also be able

to claim a place in the semifinal, so plenty to play for.

Let's get on with it and ask Sam Goodyear

to join us again, please.

And you begin this round with eight points

with your knowledge of the Soviet Union.

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

and we have two and a half minutes now instead of two.

So, here we go. Common salt is a compound of chlorine

and which other element?

Sodium.

Who was Lord Nelson's mistress

and the mother of his daughter Horatia Nelson Thompson?

Pass.

Which violin virtuoso was born in Singapore in 1978

and started her concert performances at the age of 10?

Vanessa-Mae.

In Star Wars, which smuggler, played by Harrison Ford,

has a spaceship called the Millennium Falcon?

Han Solo.

What nickname is shared by the American golfer Fred Couples

and the Pakistan test cricket all-rounder Shahid Afridi

because of their styles of play?

Boom Boom.

Shakespeare's lines "age cannot wither her,

"nor custom stale her infinite variety"

refer to which historical character?

Cleopatra.

Which island, a borough in New York Harbour,

is connected with Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge?

Staten Island.

In Absolutely Fabulous, what's the name of Edina's daughter

who serves two years in jail

for providing fake passports for refugees?

Bubbles?

Saffron. Which architect's works include

the development of Regent's Park and Regent Street

for his patron George, Prince of Wales?

Nash?

Which fruit, thought to be native to China,

has juicy, white, translucent flesh

and an inedible knobbly pinkish skin?

Lychee.

The upper house of the Parliament of the Isle of Man

is known as the Legislative Council.

What's the name of the lower house?

Pass.

Ernst Chain, Howard Florey and Alexander Fleming

received the 1945 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

for their work on which antibiotic?

Penicillin.

Which Lennon and McCartney song takes its title

from a Salvation Army children's home in Liverpool?

Pass.

Which Sicilian police inspector,

played on television by Luca Zingaretti,

is the creation of the writer Andrea Camilleri?

Pass.

Who is regarded as the first patriarch of the Jewish people?

He's a figure also revered in Christianity and Islam.

Aaron?

Abraham.

In 1847, the Lakeland village of Birthwaite

was renamed after a nearby lake

when the railway from Kendall arrived there.

What's the name of the lake?

Windermere.

Grant's and Thomson's are species of which small, graceful antelopes?

Gazelle.

In Greek mythology, who was born after Zeus visited Danae,

the daughter of the king of Argos,

in the form of a shower of gold?

-Athena.

-Perseus.

From west to east, the North American Great Lakes

are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Eerie, and which other lake?

Ontario.

Who made up the Three Musketeers with Athos and Porthos?

Aramis.

Which Brighton-born middle distance runner

was Sebastian Coe's fierce rival during the late 70s and early 80s?

Steve Ovett.

According to legend, the original recipe for which liqueur

was given by a grateful Bonnie Prince Charlie

to a family who sheltered him after the 1745 rebellion?

Um, pass.

BEEP

Drambuie is the answer to that.

Your other passes.

Inspector Montalbano

was that Sicilian police inspector on television.

The Lennon and McCartney song, Strawberry Fields Forever.

House of Keys is the lower House of Parliament,

and it was Emma, Lady Hamilton, who was Nelson's mistress,

which you also knew, but there you go.

That's how it works on this programme. Five passes.

Sam, you have a total now of 22 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Brig Rooke again, please.

And you begin with 10 points,

with your knowledge of William Golding's novels.

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

Here we go. 2.5 minutes.

What title did the Queen bestow on Princess Anne in June 1987?

Princess Royal.

Which plant, whose flower head can be over a foot wide,

has oil-producing edible seeds,

leaves that can be used for fodder,

and flowers that yield a yellow dye?

-Madder.

-Sunflower.

Catherine Moreland is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?

-Mansfield Park.

-Northanger Abbey.

What medical condition, where the blood's ability to clot

is severely reduced, is caused by a lack of factor VIII?

Pass.

Which Hollywood actress, who starred in

Dinner at Eight, Hold Your Man, and Bombshell,

died at the height of her career in 1937?

She was just 26.

-Greer Garson.

-Jean Harlow.

According to the title of Rossini's opera,

in which city did Figaro work as a barber?

Seville.

In the Bible, who do Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar console because, although

he's a righteous man, God allows him to suffer?

-Joseph.

-Job.

The Arnolfini Arts Centre is on the waterfront

of which city in south-west England?

Um...Bristol.

The British police employed to supplement the Royal Irish Constabulary

between 1920 and 1921 were known by what name,

because of the colour of their uniform?

The Blues.

The Black and Tans.

Which American state takes its name

from a Spanish word meaning "snow-covered,"

a reference to the high mountains

on its Western border with California?

-Sierra.

-Nevada.

The composer, Billy Strayhorn, spent his entire career

collaborating with a jazz orchestra,

including writing its signature tune, Take the 'A' Train.

Whose orchestra was it?

Pass.

What is the name of the nun

who has presented several art history programmes

on television since the 90s?

-Sister Catherine.

-Sister Wendy.

In which Lakeland village is Dove Cottage,

the home of William Wordsworth

and his sister, Dorothy, from 1799 to 1808?

Pass.

The entire population of a South Atlantic island

was evacuated to Britain in October 1961,

following a volcanic eruption. Which island?

Tristan da Cunha.

What name is used for a piece of pork, duck, or goose,

cooked in its own fat and then stored in a pot

with an additional layer of fat, in order to preserve it?

-Brawn.

-Confit.

Which sport of eastern origin

is divided into periods of seven minutes' duration,

called chukkas?

Polo.

Which British-born author's pamphlet, Common Sense,

influenced the writing of the American Declaration of Independence?

Pass.

Traditionally, how many witches are there in a coven?

-Seven.

-13.

Which 1981 film, based on a novel by John Fowles,

stars Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep

and is partly set and filmed in Lyme Regis?

BEEP

The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Correct. Four passes.

It was Thomas Payne who wrote Common Sense.

The home of Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, was in Grasmere.

It was Duke Ellington's band

for whom Billy Strayhorn wrote so much music,

and haemophilia was that medical condition.

You have now a total of 16 points.

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And now, Henry Morris again, please.

And you begin with 13 points, with your knowledge of KLF.

Let's see how you do with your 2.5 minutes on general knowledge.

Here we go.

What is the name of Superman's arch enemy,

who's been played by Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey, among others?

Lex Luthor.

Which English port is home to the SeaCity Museum?

It opened in April 2012,

on the centenary of the Titanic's departure.

-Portsmouth.

-Southampton.

Which 16th century Venetian painter

gives his name to a shade of bright auburn hair?

-Caravaggio.

-Titian.

What name is given to the metal ribs

on the fingerboard of a guitar,

onto which the strings are pressed to produce the various notes?

Fret.

Which aniseed-flavoured aperitif was first produced

in France after the First World War,

when absinthe was banned?

Its name comes from a word meaning hotchpotch, or mixture.

-Ouzo.

-Pastis.

Which family lived at number 42,

according to the title of the comedy series starring Sanjeev Bhaskar?

The Kumars.

What word for "merry" comes from the astrological belief

that people born under the influence of the planet Jupiter

are generally cheerful?

-Jubilant.

-Jovial.

Which former candidate for the American presidency

was the joint winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

for his efforts to raise public awareness of climate change?

Erm...pass.

The Rugby Union team of which

South American country is nicknamed The Pumas?

Argentina.

Which author, who died in April 1993,

created Simon Templar, better known as The Saint?

Pass.

What type of knitted woollen jacket

is named after the cavalry officer

who led the Charge of the Light Brigade?

Dave Duke.

Cardigan.

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul,

regarded as one of the greatest buildings of Islamic architecture,

is generally known by what name in English?

Pass.

The Second World War Office of Strategic Services

was the forerunner of what American organisation?

The CIA.

The population of which Pacific island

is descended from the mutineers on HMS Bounty and their Tahitian wives?

-Papua New Guinea.

-Pitcairn Island.

What anatomical name for the ankle bone

comes directly from the Latin for ankle?

-Metatarsus.

-The talus.

Which Olympic sport has a playing area measuring 9' x 5',

and is 2'6" above the ground?

Ping-pong.

Which track by The Lightning Seeds

was used for the Goal of the Month feature

on BBC television's Match of the Day?

Erm, pass.

What French word, meaning "loosening",

was used to describe the general easing of Cold War tensions

between America and the Soviet Union,

which had arisen from the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Um...

BEEP

-Take a guess.

-Glasnost.

Well, you're close. I'll tell you.

-It was detente.

-Detente!

Yeah. You had four passes.

The Life of Riley was that track by The Lightning Seeds.

Blue Mosque is the English name for the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.

Leslie Charteris created The Saint,

and Al Gore was joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

You have, now, Henry, a total of 19 points.

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Andrew Frazer again, please.

And you start out with a whopping 16 points,

with your knowledge of When The Boat Comes In.

2.5 minutes of general knowledge,

and the score to beat as we speak is 22. Here we go.

What is the name of the school bully in Tom Brown's School Days,

who later features in novels by George MacDonald Fraser?

Flashman.

In which American state is the town of Tombstone?

The gunfight at the OK Corral took place there in 1881.

Arizona.

Which television comedy sketch series

of the late '60s and early '70s

was introduced by John Philip Sousa's march, Liberty Bell?

Monty Python's Flying Circus.

What solemn expression of concurrence

of the end of a prayer comes from the Hebrew for "truth"?

Amen.

Which 19th-century English artist,

well-known for his paintings of animals,

also sculpted the lions at the base of Nelson's Column?

Landseer.

Which Scottish town regained city status

in 2012 for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,

30 years after losing it

because of local government reorganisation?

Perth.

What derogatory term is applied to any small state,

especially one in Central America,

whose economy is largely dependent on the export of fruit?

Banana republic.

Which male voice comes roughly midway between tenor and bass?

Um...baritone.

Which Lancashire opening batsmen

captained England in a record 54 tests between 1993 and 2001?

Michael Atherton.

What common name is given to any of the 70 or more

species of swallow-like birds in the order, Apodiformes,

which includes some of the world's fastest fliers?

Swift.

According to the lyrics of Dolly Parton's only solo top ten UK hit,

which girl has, "flaming locks of auburn hair,

"with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green"?

Jolene.

Who played the detective Sam Spade

in the 1941 remake of the film, The Maltese Falcon?

Humphrey Bogart.

Which spirit with cherry brandy

is the main alcoholic ingredient of a Singapore Sling?

Gin.

In Norse mythology, who had a hammer called Mjolnir,

that returned to him after it was thrown?

Thor.

Which Spanish king, who married Mary I of England in 1554,

had previously been married to his cousin, Maria of Portugal?

Philip II.

According to Boswell, what did Dr Johnson describe as,

"The last refuge of a scoundrel"?

Patriotism.

To which administrative post did Sir Jeremy Haywood

succeed Sir Gus O'Donnell in 2012?

Cabinet Secretary.

Which river rises about 5,000 feet above sea level in Zambia,

and flows south, then east, for some 2,200 miles,

before emptying in the Indian Ocean?

The Zambezi.

In meteorology, what name is given

to the boundary surface between two air masses at different temperatures?

Front.

The Greening of Mrs Donaldson

and The Shielding of Mrs Forbes

are the two unseemly stories in whose 2011 work Smut?

BEEP

Ben Elton.

Oh! It was Alan Bennett!

Was it?

And you had got every single one right in both rounds until then!

You still have a huge score, Andrew.

-35 points!

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Well, I THINK we have a winner(!) Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, with 16 points, Brig Rooke.

Third place, with 19 points, Henry Morris.

Second place, with 22 points, Sam Goodyear.

In first place, 35 points, Andrew Frazer.

APPLAUSE

Which means, obviously, that Andrew Frazer is tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

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

do go to our website,

bbc.co.uk/mastermind,

and do join us again

next time for more Mastermind.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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