Episode 19 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Karen Barnes, a business development director from Woking.

Her subject is Anne Boleyn.

Phil Saunders, a library assistant from Birmingham, on the Wallander novels of Henning Mankell.

Graham Barker, a dentist from Cheshire, on Sir William Walton.

And Richard Tarleton, a retired headmaster from Oakham. His subject, Shakespeare's tragedies.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

If you ever wonder why anyone would 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 questions on their specialist subject and on general knowledge,

but the pressure comes from the clock - two minutes on one and two and a half on the other.

And no help from anyone. Let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is...?

In two minutes. She's believed to have been born between 1500 and 1507

either at Hever Castle or where in Norfolk?

-Blickling.

-In which Queen of France's household did Anne live for nearly seven years before 1521?

-Queen Claude.

-Which tract by the English reformer William Tyndale did Anne allegedly show to Henry

to influence his thinking on church reform?

-The Obedience of the Christian Man.

-The method of Anne's execution was chosen by the King

from two options - beheading and...?

-Burning.

-According to Nicholas Sander, why did Anne wear a high dress that covered her throat?

-She had a wen on her neck.

-A canopy of cloth of gold was held over Anne at her coronation.

What confederation did the men carrying it represent?

-Pass.

-In 1528, Henry stayed away from Anne for several months after she became ill with a disease

that killed her brother-in-law. What was it?

-Sweating sickness.

-What bird was associated with Anne and was used as her badge or device?

-Falcon.

-Which court musician was arrested in April, 1536, and confessed, possibly under torture,

to committing adultery with Anne?

-Mark Smeaton.

-Which biographer of Cardinal Wolsey is the main source of information

on the relationship between Anne and Henry Percy?

-Constable?

-Cavendish. What did Henry say when accused of having slept with Anne's mother and sister?

-He denied it.

-He said, "Never with the mother".

Which agent in the Vatican tried to persuade the Pope to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon?

Anne was critical of his efforts.

-Stephen Gardner.

-Gregory Casale. In 1528, Anne and Cardinal Wolsey disagreed over who should become

the abbess of which nunnery in Wiltshire?

-Sion.

-St Edith in Wilton.

While in the Tower, Anne confessed to being afraid of a courtier

who made insinuations about her and Henry Norris. He was arrested and executed. What was his name?

BEEP

-Anthony Brown?

-No, it was Sir Francis Weston.

You had one pass. That canopy of cloth of gold

was held by men representing the Cinque ports. You have, Karen, eight points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

In two minutes. In which town in the Skane region of Sweden is the police station where Wallander is based?

-Ystad.

-In The White Lioness, who are Victor Mabasha and later Sikosi Tsiki hired to assassinate?

-Nelson Mandela.

-At the start of The Man Who Smiled, Wallander is in an alcohol-induced depression

-after killing a man in the line of duty. What was his name?

-Pass.

What is the name of the widow of the murdered major in the Latvian police with whom he has a relationship?

-Baiba Liepa.

-Who is announced as Bjork's successor as Ystad's Chief of Police in Sidetracked,

causing Martinsson to wonder about having a woman in charge?

-Lisa Holgersson.

-What is the name of the murdered girl who had hired wigs and costumes from a Copenhagen shop

in One Step Behind?

-Pass.

-What is the street in Ystad where Wallander and his wife Mona move in September, 1975?

-Mariagatan.

-In The Death of The Photographer, what does Mrs Simovic find in her garden?

It was dropped by the minister who attacks Wallander.

-Pass.

-Who is the Acting Prosecutor in Faceless Killers?

Wallander makes an ill-advised pass at her when invited for a drink.

-Brigitta...

-No, I'll stop you. It's Anette Brolin.

In whose name did Ake Larstam register the harbour berth in One Step Behind, dressed as a woman?

-Pass.

-What's the name of Wallander's mentor and fellow policeman

who dies between the books Faceless Killers and The Dogs of Riga?

-Em, Rydberg.

-In The Man Who Smiled, Wallander recalls using what name in his secret diaries

for the art dealers who came to buy his father's paintings?

-The Silk Knights.

-At the end of The Troubled Man, Wallander is suffering from what disease?

-Alzheimer's.

-In Faceless Killers, what is the last discernible word

that farmer's wife Maria Lovgren utters before she dies?

-Foreign.

-Wallander's...

-BEEP

..father's paintings always have the same subject - an autumnal landscape at sunset. What bird often features?

-Grouse.

-Yes, a wood grouse.

You have four passes. Isa Edengrun was the name that Ake Larstam registered.

In The Death of The Photographer, Mrs Simovic finds a hymn book dropped by the minister.

Lena Norman is the name of the murdered girl who hired those wigs.

And Wallander is in a depression caused by killing a man whose name was Konovalenko.

-Forgive me if those pronunciations are rubbish. Four passes. Phil, you have ten points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Sir William Walton. In 1912, he travelled from Oldham to which school in Oxford to be a chorister?

-Christ Church Cathedral.

-Who was the Dean of Christ Church who gave him personal and financial support

and to whom Walton dedicated his piano quartet?

-Thomas Strong.

-He first met Laurence Olivier in 1936 on the set of a film of which Shakespeare play

which Walton wrote the music for?

-As You Like It.

-In which city was Walton attending a meeting of the Performing Rights Society in 1948

when he met his future wife, Susana Gil Passo?

-Buenos Aires.

-Who, after first meeting Walton, described him as,

"a rather tall, slight figure with pale skin and straight, fair hair like a young Dane or Norwegian"?

-Sacheverell Sitwell.

-Osbert Sitwell.

When he appeared on Desert Island Discs for the second time in 1982 he chose three of his own works -

Belshazzar's Feast, his Violin Concerto and which piece from Facade?

-Old Sir Faulk.

-He composed two works for the Queen's Coronation -

the march Orb and Sceptre and a setting of which hymn?

-Te Deum.

-Who sang the role of Cressida in his revised version at Covent Garden in 1976?

Walton had to transpose the role for her to mezzo-soprano.

-Janet Baker.

-In 1929, which Director of Music at the BBC commissioned Walton to write Belshazzar's Feast?

It was introduced at the 1931 Leeds Festival?

-Edward Clark.

-He composed the music for which 1942 film starring Leslie Howard and David Niven

about the design of the Spitfire aircraft?

-First of the Few.

-Which cellist asked Walton to write him a concerto

and he replied, "I'll write anything for anybody if they pay me. I write much better for American dollars"?

-Gregor Piatigorsky.

-What device, a type of megaphone named after its inventor,

did Edith Sitwell use to recite the verses in the first performance of Facade in 1922?

-Sengerphone.

-What is the house on Ischia that Walton and Susana had built? He died there in 1983.

BEEP

-La Mortella.

-Correct. No passes.

You have, Graham, 12 points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

In two minutes. In the last act of Hamlet, the English ambassadors enter to report whose deaths?

-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

-In Romeo and Juliet, who does Mercutio call "the fairies' midwife,

"in shape no bigger than an agate stone..."?

-Queen Mab.

-Which madman does Gloucester's son Edgar disguise himself as in King Lear?

-Poor Tom.

-Which song, earlier sung by Desdemona, does Iago's wife Emilia sing as she lies dying?

-Poor Willow.

-Yes, The Willow Song.

In Julius Caesar, who orders his servant to stab him when he faces defeat at the Battle of Philippi?

-Cassius.

-Ross and Angus tell Macbeth that Duncan has bestowed a title upon him

after the former holder sided with the Norwegians against the Scots. What's the title?

-Thane of Cawdor.

-As Mark Antony lies dying, he tells Cleopatra to only trust which of Caesar's friends?

-Lepidus.

-Proculeius. Against which people does Coriolanus fight single-handed,

but joins after he is banished from Rome?

-The Volscians.

-What is the name of Titus Andronicus's daughter who is attacked and mutilated?

-Livia.

-No, Lavinia. When Timon of Athens gives a banquet, it is brought in covered dishes.

What do they contain?

-Warm water.

-In her mad scene in Hamlet, which herb does Ophelia tell Laertes to wear with a difference?

-Pass.

-After Seyton tells Macbeth that the Queen is dead, he replies that "life is but a walking shadow"

and "a tale told by an idiot, full of..."?

-Sound and fury.

-Before he falls in love with Juliet, Romeo is in love with which niece of Capulet?

-Rosaline.

-In Act III, Scene III of Othello, Iago tells him that, "He who steals my purse steals..."?

-Trash.

-Coriolanus's friend Menenius Agrippa refers to Roman senators as, "this good belly"

and tells the first mutinous citizen that he is part of this assembly. Which part?

-Pass.

-In Titus Andronicus, Lucius sentences which "execrable wretch"

-BEEP

-to be set breast-deep in earth and famished?

-Apemantus?

-Aaron the Moor.

Two passes. Coriolanus's friend referred to the senators of Rome as "this good belly".

He told the first mutinous citizen he was part of this assembly - the great toe. That's which part.

And in Hamlet, the herb Ophelia tells Laertes to wear with a difference is rue.

Two passes, Richard. 11 points.

So that's the end of the specialist round. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Karen Barnes.

Third place, Phil Saunders.

Second place, Richard Tarleton.

In the lead, just, with 12 points, Graham Barker.

It is the general knowledge round now. If there's a tie at the end,

the number of passes is taken into account. The person with the fewer passes wins. If tied on passes,

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-final.

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

And you begin this round with eight points on Anne Boleyn.

Let's see how you do. 2½ minutes starting now.

In English pantomime, what is the comic female role played by a man?

-Dame.

-Which major town about 10 miles from Pompeii was excavated in the 18th century,

one of several communities destroyed by Vesuvius in 79AD?

-Herculaneum.

-An otoscope is used to examine which part of the body?

-The ear.

-Who was the architect of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, unfinished at his death in 1926?

-Dali.

-Gaudi. Katz's Delicatessen in New York is the location of a famous scene

in which 1989 film starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal?

-When Harry Met Sally.

-The name of which light bluish-green precious stone comes from Latin for seawater?

-Sapphire.

-Aquamarine. Which author, who died in 1878, spent the last years of her life

confined to a house as an invalid, writing Black Beauty?

-Anna Sewell.

-In music, what term from the French for slide is used

for the drawing of the finger along a series of adjacent notes, for example, on a piano keyboard?

-Glis...glisse...glissage?

-Glissando.

In the 1890s, a narrow gauge rack and pinion railway was opened up which British mountain?

-Snowdon.

-What is the last book of the New Testament?

-Ezekiel.

-No, Revelation. In 1888, a club devoted to playing which sport was founded

by the so-called Apple Tree Gang in Yonkers?

-Baseball.

-Golf. For which aspect of film-making did Edith Head win eight Academy Awards

from over 30 nominations between 1949 and 1978?

-Costume.

-What is the title of Stella Gibbons' first novel, which tells of Flora Poste's first visit

to the Starkadders in deepest Sussex?

-Cold Comfort Farm.

-Lambic beers, based on wheat and barley and wild yeast, are from which country?

-Sweden.

-Belgium. Nelly Moser and Montana are popular varieties of which climbing plant?

-Clematis.

-Who played the discarded mistress on the original album of Evita?

Her version of Another Suitcase In Another Hall made the Top 20.

-Elaine Paige.

-Barbara Dickson. In which country is Point Parinas, the westernmost point of South America?

-Chile.

-Peru. In Roman numerals, what number is denoted by M?

-1,000.

-What popular name is given to the struggle between Germany and the Allies for control of the sea routes

between North America and Britain during WWII?

-North Atlantic Passage?

-Battle of the Atlantic. The Liver Birds was which writer's first hit sitcom?

-BEEP

-She created it with Myra Taylor.

-Carla Lane.

-Is correct.

No passes, Karen. You have a total of 19 points.

And now Phil Saunders again, please.

You start out with 10 points with your knowledge of the Wallander novels.

Here we go. 2½ minutes of general knowledge.

"To boldly go where no man has gone before," was part of the introduction to which TV series?

-Star Trek.

-Who led the revolution that finally overthrew the Batista government in Cuba in 1959?

-Fidel Castro.

-In which of London's royal parks is London Zoo and Queen Mary's Garden?

-Regent's Park.

-Who was inspired by fellow American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne to write Moby Dick?

-Herman Melville.

-Which 1987 chart-topping U2 album features Where The Streets Have No Name?

-The Joshua Tree.

-In 1918, Major Ernst Killander of Sweden is thought to have founded the modern version

of which sport involving cross-country running with maps and compasses?

-Pass.

-What word for a cartridge for magnetic sound recording tape wound onto two spools

comes from the French for little box?

-Audio...

-Cassette. Which British naval officer twice had crews mutiny against him,

once in 1789 and again in 1797 as part of the general mutiny at the Nore?

-Bligh.

-Which writer created the diarist Adrian Mole?

-Sue Townsend.

-The Parramatta River is in which Australian city, where it's the main harbour tributary?

-Canberra?

-Sydney. Who got an Oscar nomination as an executive marooned on a remote island in Cast Away?

-Tom Hanks.

-Which highly dangerous African snake gets its name from the inky dark colour of its mouth?

-Pass.

-In the Book of Genesis, which two cities were destroyed by brimstone and fire for their sins?

-Sodom and Gomorrah.

-British MPs and peers do not refer to each other's debating chambers by name.

What term do they use?

-Honourable Gentleman.

-Another place. Mark Lamarr was the first presenter of which pop music panel game?

-Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

-The official distance of a marathon is 26 miles and how many yards?

-360?

-385. In which northern English city did the Free Trade Hall open in 1856,

built to commemorate the city's role in the anti-Corn Law movement?

-Leeds?

-Manchester. In 1958, Arne Jacobsen designed a chair named after a bird

because of its smooth, flowing lines. What was the bird?

-Stork?

-Swan. Two titles were conferred on Prince Edward on his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones -

Viscount Severn and...?

-Duke of Windsor?

-Earl of Wessex. Which red Tuscan wine was sold in short, fat bottles wrapped in straw?

BEEP

-Merlot.

-No, it was Chianti.

-Oh, right.

Your two passes - that dangerous snake with the inky, dark mouth is the Black Mamba.

And if you're running with maps and compasses, it's orienteering.

-Ah.

-You have, though, Phil, 20 points.

And now Richard Tarleton again, please.

You begin with 11 points with your knowledge of Shakespeare's tragedies. It's 20 now to beat.

Let's see how you do. Here we go. What did the boxer born Cassius Clay change his name to in 1964?

-Muhammad Ali.

-Which American playwright's works include All My Sons and Death of A Salesman?

-Arthur Miller.

-Which town on Guernsey is its capital?

-Port of... St Peter.

-St Peter Port. What type of fruit is a costard from which costermonger comes?

-Orange.

-Apple. Who composed Oedipus Rex and Oratorio to mark Diaghilev's 20 years as an impresario?

-Pass.

-The city of Schaffhausen was bombed by mistake by the Americans in 1944. In which country is it?

-Pass.

-What important discovery in human physiology was made by William Harvey in the 17th century?

-Circulation of the blood.

-Aconcagua, whose name comes from the Quechuan word meaning "stone sentinel",

is the highest peak in which mountain range?

-Andes.

-Which breed of beef cattle, red with a white face, is named for a county on the Welsh border?

-Herefordshire.

-Whose first leading role was in the 1930 film The Big Trail and his last in The Shootist?

-John Wayne.

-Which British politician is parodied in PG Wodehouse's The Code of the Woosters

as Sir Roderick Spode?

-Mosley.

-Stephane Grappelli was one of the first jazzmen to play on which stringed instrument?

-The violin.

-The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, known as Big Ben, was given a new official name

-to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. What is it?

-Pass.

-Which Australian cricketer scored 334

against England at Headingly in 1930?

-Bradman.

-The opening credits of what TV series featured music from Khachaturian's Spartacus

and shots of the schooner Charlotte Rhodes in full sail?

-The Onedin Line.

-What term for the outer wall forming the first line of defence of a feudal castle

is often used with the word motte?

-Bailey.

-Which businessman came to prominence in 1983 when he confronted the print unions?

He then launched Today newspaper.

-Eddie Shah?

-Yes. Which ballet with music by Aaron Copland is subtitled The Courting At Burnt Ranch?

-Pass.

-What name from an Arabic word for example or leader is given to the leader of prayers in a mosque?

-Imam.

-Which fibre, developed in the 1930s by Wallace Carothers,

was used in the manufacture of women's stockings from 1940?

-Nylon.

-In which Italian city...

-BEEP

..is the match between the two leading football clubs known as the Derby della Madonnina?

-Er, Milan?

-Is correct. You have four passes.

That ballet by Aaron Copland is Rodeo.

The clock tower instead of being Big Ben was given the name Elizabeth Tower.

Switzerland is where Schaffhausen is. It was bombed by mistake.

And Stravinsky wrote Oedipus Rex.

Those four passes, Richard, but you've gone way into the lead with 27 points.

And, finally, Graham Barker again, please.

You begin with 12 points with your knowledge of Sir William Walton.

27 is now the score to beat. 2½ minutes of general knowledge.

Which castle, built as a hunting lodge for the kings of Saxony, was used by the Germans to house

escape-prone Allied officers in WWII?

-Colditz.

-Which county was formed in 1974 from Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire north of Morecambe?

-Cumbria.

-What Latin phrase means endlessly or again and again in the same manner?

-Et al?

-Ad infinitum. Which tune is the quick march of the Royal Marines?

-Colonel Bogey.

-A Life On The Ocean Waves. The novels of which author, born in Northern Rhodesia in 1933,

include the Courtney, Ballantyne and Egyptian series?

-Wilbur Smith.

-What calculation system was invented by Scottish mathematician John Napier in 1614?

-Logarithms.

-Which politician, best remembered for faking his death,

was the last Postmaster General before it was abolished in 1969?

-Stonehouse.

-Which island group off Greece consists of seven main islands including Ithaca?

-Cyclades.

-Ionian. Who starred as Zack Mayo, a navy officer candidate, in An Officer And A Gentleman?

-Richard Gere.

-Which Post-Impressionist painter was born in Aix-le-Provence in 1839?

His works are a precursor to Cubism.

-Cezanne.

-What maximum speed limit was introduced on Britain's roads in December, 1973, to conserve fuel?

-55.

-50. In 2012, which former Conservative MP appeared

in the cameo role of the Duchesse de Crackentorp in the Royal Opera House production of La Fille du Regiment?

-Ann Widdecombe.

-Which of Jesus' 12 apostles is also known in the Gospels as Levi?

-Thomas.

-Matthew. What is the modern name of the sporting event first held in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1930

as the British Empire Games?

-Commonwealth Games.

-Paul Morel is the principal character of which novel by DH Lawrence from 1913?

-Sons and Lovers.

-Which mild cheese made in Cornwall takes its name

-from the surname of its original makers spelt backwards?

-Lymeswold?

Yarg. What tax replaced Capital Transfer Tax in the UK in 1986?

-Capital Gains Tax.

-Inheritance Tax.

In which BBC2 programme do aspiring entrepreneurs try to secure investments from businesspeople?

-Dragons' Den.

-Which Christmas carol includes, "Peace on Earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled"?

-Hark The Herald Angels Sing.

-In physics, what name is given to a gas below its critical temperature

-that can be liquefied by an increase in pressure?

-Fracking?

-Vapour. Which former Portuguese possession...

-BEEP

..was annexed by India in 1961 and became a state in 1987?

-Goa.

-Goa is correct. No passes.

Didn't quite make it. Graham, you have 25 points.

So that's it. Let's look at all the scores.

In fourth place, Karen Barnes.

Third place, Phil Saunders.

Second place, Graham Barker.

First place, 27 points, Richard Tarleton.

Richard Tarleton is tonight's winner and goes to the semi-finals.

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

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