Episode 24 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Tony Wheeler, a retired financial consultant from Suffolk.

His subject is Ian Dury.

Next, Rob Hymer, a mature student from Middlesbrough, his subject, the Red Army in the Second World War.

Ann Yourston, a pet sitter from Penicuik, answers questions on Gerald Durrell.

And John Savage, a salesman from Polmont, on the history of Celtic Football Club.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

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

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

And 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 and two and a half minutes on the other and no help from anyone.

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

And your name is...?

Two minutes, starting now.

Released in 1974, what was the first single that Dury released as part of Kilburn and the High Roads?

-Billy Bentley.

-Rough Kids. At which Essex resort is the swimming pool where it is generally accepted

Dury contracted the polio virus in August 1949 when he was seven?

-Westcliff-on-Sea.

-Yes, in Southend-on-Sea.

At which art school, in 1961, did Dury first meet the pop artist Peter Blake who became a lifelong friend?

-Walthamstow Art College.

-With which musician did Dury write many songs,

including Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Sweet Gene Vincent?

-Chaz Jankel.

-Dury recorded the theme tune for the TV series, The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾,

and released it as a single in 1985. What is the title of the song?

Profoundly In Love With Pandora.

Who directed the documentary into Dury's life on Channel 4 in 1983

in which he discussed his childhood, disability and struggle with fame?

-Franco Rosso.

-Which grammar school in High Wycombe did Dury attend after help from his aunt Molly Walker?

-Royal Grammar School.

-What was Dury's third and final top ten single in the UK charts with the Blockheads?

It peaked at No.3 in '79.

-Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.

-Reasons To Be Cheerful.

In 1973, Kilburn and the High Roads supported which legendary rock band on a short UK tour?

-The Who.

-What character did Dury play in Roman Polanski's '86 film Pirates starring Walter Matthau?

-Meat Hook.

-At which studio in the Bahamas was the album Lord Upminster recorded in '81

with the reggae artists Sly and Robbie?

-Nassau.

-Compass Point. What was the real name of the Stiff Records PR man Kosmo Vinyl

who sometimes introduced Dury and his band on stage?

-No idea at all.

-Where did Dury give his final live performance with the Blockheads in February 2000?

He died the following month.

-London Palladium.

-What is the name of the music journalist who profiled Dury's band in September '73

in an article titled: Kilburn And The High Roads Hardened Criminals Plan Big Break-Out?

-BP Fallon.

-Nick Kent. What...

-BEEP

What is the last song on the Mr Love Pants album released in 1998 by Ian Dury and the Blockheads?

-No, sorry, I didn't hear you.

-I'll have to tell you because we're out of time. It is Mash It Up, Harry.

And your other pass - the real name of that Stiff Records PR man Kosmo Vinyl was Mark Dunk.

You have, Tony, 9 points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

What name was given to the Supreme Command of the Soviet Armed Forces,

initially under Marshal Timoshenko, established after the German invasion of June 1941?

-Stavka.

-What became the standard medium tank used by the Red Army?

It was regarded as the best tank used by any army during the war.

-T-34.

-Which order, issued by Stalin in 1941, condemned as traitors all Soviet troops who surrendered?

It also said that their families would be subject to reprisals.

-Order 270.

-Who commanded the 62nd Army at Stalingrad,

was the first Soviet officer to hear of Hitler's suicide

and accepted the surrender of German troops in Berlin in '45?

-Chuikov.

-The recapture of which rail junction outside Leningrad from the Germans on 9th December '41

helped shorten the Road of Life supply line into the city?

-Tikhvin.

-What defensive line, named after a town 100 km west of Moscow, fell to the Germans in October 1941?

As a result, martial law was declared in Moscow and plans were made to evacuate the city.

-Stalino Line.

-No, Mozhaysk Line.

Whom did Stalin re-appoint as Chief of the General Staff in place of Zhukov

after Zhukov suggested the Soviet forces should evacuate Kiev?

-Burdeinei.

-Shaposhnikov. Established in July 1942, what name was given to the units formed in each division

whose responsibility was to shoot Soviet troops that tried to flee

after Stalin's order commanding "not a step back"?

-The Barrage Battalions.

-Blocking Detachments or Units.

Which town on the River Bug saw fierce Soviet resistance immediately after the German invasion?

-Brest-Litovsk.

-Where did the pincers of the Soviet counter-offensive meet on 23rd November 1942,

trapping the German 6th Army in Stalingrad?

-Kalach.

-What was the Soviet nickname for the mobile rocket launchers the Germans called the "Stalin organ"?

-Katyusha.

-Which Soviet army was virtually wiped out on the Volkhov Front near Leningrad in '42?

It was commanded by Andrey Vlasov who defected to the Germans after his capture.

-44th.

-The 2nd Shock Army. At the start of Operation Uranus, Soviet forces broke through...

-BEEP

-..and encircled the 3rd and 4th armies of which of Germany's allies?

-Romania.

-Is correct. No passes, Rob. You have 9 points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

On which island did Durrell spend five years of his childhood,

evoked in idyllic terms in his memoir My Family And Other Animals?

-Corfu.

-What was Durrell's first book, published by Spencer Curtis Brown in 1953?

-The Overloaded Ark.

-Name the '63 TV documentary about Durrell's travels with his first wife Jacquie

to Australia, New Zealand and Malaya.

-Two In The Bush.

-A hard-drinking local potentate oversaw Durrell's visits to Cameroon,

as described in A Zoo In My Luggage. What was his title?

-The Fon of Bafut.

-In which town did Durrell marry music student Jacquie Rasen

in '51 after they eloped together?

-Bournemouth.

-Who founded the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology

at the University of Kent in 1989?

-Pass.

-Which local doctor and naturalist did Durrell credit

with encouraging his interest in zoology as a ten-year-old on Corfu?

-Theodore Stephanides.

-Between '47 and '51, Durrell undertook collecting expeditions to Bafut in Cameroon

and to which South American country?

-Argentina.

-British Guiana. Which New Zealand islands did Durrell visit in order to acquire a tuatara,

-a rare reptile described by Durrell as "a genuine, living, breathing prehistoric monster"?

-Pass.

What unusual double-barrelled name

did Durrell give to the boat built by his brother Leslie as a birthday present?

-The Bootle-Bumtrinket.

-At which US university was the zoologist Lee Wilson McGeorge working

when Durrell met her? In '79, she became his second wife.

-Duke University.

-What species of bird was Ulysses,

captured by the young Durrell when hunting for squirrel dormice?

-Scops owl.

-Name the taxi driver described by Durrell

as "a suntanned gargoyle" and "great brown, ugly angel" who took the Durrells under his wing on Corfu.

-Spiro Amerikanos.

-What word did the pidgin-speaking people of Bafut use

to describe every kind of wild animal in A Zoo In My Luggage?

-Beef.

-Durrell's animal-collecting trips to Cameroon were inspired

by an account of a hunting expedition to the same region led by whom?

-Pass.

-After World War Two, Durrell took a job as a student keeper at which wildlife establishment?

-BEEP Whipsnade.

-Whipsnade Zoo it was.

You had three passes. Percy Sladen led that hunting expedition that led to his animal-collecting trips.

The name of those New Zealand islands that Durrell visited to acquire a tuatara was The Brothers.

And it was Ian Swingland who founded the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology.

-You have, Ann, 12 points.

-Thank you.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. Celtic Football Club was founded on 6th November 1887

to generate funds for the needy children of the east end of Glasgow

by which member of the religious order, the Marist Brothers?

-Brother Walfrid.

-Who became the first Celtic manager in 1897?

He won 16 League Championships and 14 Scottish Cups before retiring in 1940.

-Willie Maley.

-Which club did Celtic beat 2-1 in the '67 European Cup Final,

earning the nickname the Lisbon Lions?

-Inter Milan.

-Who was the only one of the Lisbon Lions signed by manager Jock Stein,

the others having been there before his arrival?

-Willie Wallace.

-What was the nickname of the group of players,

including David Hay, George Connelly and Kenny Dalglish, who came through in the late '60s?

-The Quality Street Kids.

-Which Irish politician laid a sod of Donegal turf on the centre spot

at Celtic Park in 1892 and became the club's honorary patron?

-Michael Davitt.

-In '94, Celtic suffered a surprise defeat in the League Cup Final

to which team in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw?

-Raith Rovers.

-In which city did Celtic play the final of the UEFA Cup in May 2003,

losing 3-2 to Jose Mourinho's Porto after extra-time?

-Seville.

-How many goals did Jimmy McGrory score against Dunfermline

in a league game on the 14th January 1928 in a 9-0 victory?

-Eight.

-Which two-tier stand at Celtic Park was demolished in 1929 to make way for the new South Stand

that featured both terracing and 4,800 wooden seats?

-The Ferguson Stand.

-The Grant Stand.

Who was signed from Feyenoord in July 1997 for a reported fee of £650,000?

He scored 242 goals in 315 appearances for Celtic.

-Henrik Larsson.

-In which league position did Celtic finish in the '77-78 season,

the first after Kenny Dalglish's transfer to Liverpool? It was their lowest for 13 years.

-Fourth.

-Fifth. In 2007, which Celtic player was voted Scottish Footballer of the Year

by the football writers and the PFA?

-Henrik Larsson.

-Nakamura. Because of his mastery of strategy...

-BEEP

-..what nickname was given to Celtic inside forward Jimmy McMenemy?

He won 11 League Championships with the club, the last in 1919 at the age of 38.

-Napoleon.

-Napoleon is correct.

No passes, John. You have 11 points.

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Well, a pretty close first round. Let's have a look at the scores.

In joint third place, Tony Wheeler and Rob Hymer.

Second place, John Savage.

In the lead, just, Ann Yourston.

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

the number of passes is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes wins.

If they're tied on passes, there will be a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up from the heats will also claim a place in the semi-finals,

so plenty to play for. Let's ask Tony Wheeler to join us again, please.

And 9 points with your knowledge of Ian Dury.

Let's see how you do. 2½ minutes on general knowledge, starting now.

At which circuit is the British Grand Prix run?

-Silverstone.

-Which character is played by Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

-Prince John.

-Sheriff of Nottingham. What collective name is given to the maidens who served the god Odin?

-Don't know. Pass.

-A memorial to which Poet Laureate was unveiled by Seamus Heaney in December, 2011?

-Pass.

-Which river's estuary is bounded by the Wirral Peninsula and the North Wales coast?

-Mersey.

-The Dee. Who became leader of the Conservative Party in 1997?

He'd been Secretary of State for Wales.

-William Hague.

-Which mausoleum has a name widely thought to come from the Persian for "crown palace"?

-The...Taj Mahal.

-In which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical did Michael Ball play Alex Dillingham,

who reflects on his romantic entanglements over 17 years?

-Aspects of Love.

-What nationality is the girl with the bluey-green face

who is the subject of a print by Russian artist Vladimir Tretchikoff?

-Burmese?

-Chinese. Black-headed, great and lesser black-backed are species of which seabirds?

-Gull.

-What was the name of the starships captained by James T Kirk and others in Star Trek?

-Enterprise.

-The name of which substances in animals and plants

that regulate activities such as growth and reproduction comes from the Greek for "to set in motion"?

-Pass.

-Which song, associated with Frank Sinatra, includes the lines,

"When I bit off more than I could chew, I ate it up and spit it out"?

-My Way.

-What name is now given to the fruit yang tao, brought from China to New Zealand in 1904?

It was known as the Chinese gooseberry.

-Kiwi fruit.

-In which country is the world's highest national capital, La Paz, 12,000 feet above sea level?

-Peru.

-Bolivia. Which American athlete did Zola Budd collide with and bring down at the 1984 Olympics?

-Mary Decker Slaney.

-What is the name of Dante's beloved, immortalised in The New Life and The Divine Comedy?

-Pass.

-What did Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald call their boats for their water speed record attempts?

-Bluebird.

-Which historic region of France and Belgium has a Flemish name

thought to mean lowland or flooded land?

-Flanders.

-Who was the Danish King of England from 1016 to 1035? He also ruled Denmark and Norway.

BEEP

-Ethelred.

-It was King Canute.

Four passes. The name of Dante's beloved was Beatrice.

Hormones were those substances regulating all sorts of things.

Seamus Heaney unveiled a memorial to Ted Hughes.

And the collective name for the maidens who served Odin was Valkyries. You have 20 points.

And now Rob Hymer again, please.

You also kick off with nine points with your knowledge of the Red Army.

20 points to beat so far. 2½ minutes. Here we go.

The Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Perignon is credited with improving the quality of which drink?

-Champagne.

-In 1842, a mathematician and surveyor from Bengal calculated the height of which mountain

as the tallest above sea level?

-Everest.

-What name was given to a sub-genre of cowboy films made in Italy from the 1960s onwards?

-Spaghetti Westerns.

-Which tree, with the Latin name Salix babylonica,

has long, drooping branches and is a symbol of mourning?

-Weeping Willow.

-What was the title of the first Beatles album which topped the charts in 1963?

-With The Beatles.

-Please Please Me. In the New Testament, Jesus is descended from which King of Israel?

-David.

-Which Hungarian-born novelist created the Scarlet Pimpernel,

who rescues innocent victims of the Reign of Terror in France?

-Baroness Orczy.

-Who was the first woman to be placed in the Grand National,

finishing third on Seabass in 2012?

-Pass.

-This Wheel's On Fire is the title music of which TV comedy

starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as Edina and Patsy?

-Pass.

-Which sculptor was born the son of a miner in Castleford, West Yorkshire, in 1898?

-Pass.

-What colloquial term is commonly used for any small, bowed instrument, especially the violin,

-when used as a folk instrument?

-Can you repeat that?

What colloquial term is commonly used for any small, bowed instrument, especially the violin?

-Fiddle.

-Yes. Which British Prime Minister was MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1923 to 1957?

-Shinwell.

-Eden. Which fictional hero was named after the author of Birds of the West Indies?

His creator had a copy of it in his Jamaican home.

-James Bond.

-The maxillae are the two bones that form the upper jaw. What bone forms the lower part of it?

-Mandible.

-Which historic woodland extends about 12 miles from Manor Park in East London into Essex?

-Epping Forest.

-Aaron Copland incorporated which of his Fanfares into his Third Symphony?

-Fanfare for the Common Man.

-Who was Lord Mayor of London three times, in 1397, 1406 and 1419?

-Dick Whittington.

-The American roadrunner is a close relative of which bird in Britain?

-Cuckoo.

-Which naval base on the Cromarty Firth had a mutiny in 1931

-when sailors refused to put to sea in protest against pay cuts?

-Rosyth?

Invergordon. Whose last screen role was as the gladiator trainer Proximo in Ridley Scott's Gladiator?

BEEP

-Take a guess.

-Em...

-Pass.

-All right, I'll tell you. Oliver Reed.

-Of course.

-You knew it! You nearly said it at one point.

Your other passes. Henry Moore was the sculptor born in Castleford.

-Absolutely Fabulous... You knew that.

-Yes.

-With Joanna Lumley.

And Katie Walsh was the first woman to place in a Grand National race.

You have now, Rob, a total of 22 points.

And John Savage again now, please.

And you have 11 points with your knowledge of Celtic Football Club. 22 is the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it. In the English Civil War,

what were the Parliamentary supporters called?

-Roundheads.

-What type of screwdriver is named after the American inventor who patented it in the 1930s?

-Phillips.

-Who wrote Goodbye To Berlin, about his time in Germany during the Weimar Republic,

providing the original inspiration for the musical Cabaret?

-Christopher Isherwood.

-What addition to an address was introduced in Britain on a trial basis in 1959?

-Post code.

-Which future American President married his distant cousin Eleanor in March, 1905?

-Franklin D Roosevelt.

-The Moluccas in the Indonesian archipelago

also have what name, referring to their export of cloves and nutmeg?

-Spice Islands.

-In 1909, the British Lightweight Boxing champion Freddie Welsh won the first of what trophy?

-Lonsdale Belt.

-In which classic 1942 film did Dooley Wilson sing As Time Goes By?

-Casablanca.

-The Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture, opened in Madrid in 1819,

was given what name in 1868?

-Prado.

-In April, 2011, which observatory in Cheshire was chosen

to head the project to build the world's largest radio telescope?

-Jodrell Bank.

-Which song, memorably recorded by Ella Fitzgerald,

gave Simply Red a Top 20 hit in 1987?

-Memories.

-Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.

What name for the fruit of the blackthorn is also sometimes applied to the bush itself and used in gin?

-Sloe.

-Which poet, painter and mystic wrote the words of the hymn known as Jerusalem?

-William Blake.

-Elver is the name given to which creature before it has reached its full adult stage?

-Eel.

-In The Good Life, what was the surname of the neighbours, Margo and Jerry?

-Leadbetter.

-The idea for which annual British sporting event, first held in 1981,

was hatched in a pub in Richmond, according to the event's founders?

-Tiddlywinks?

-The London Marathon.

What name is given to the fine powdery grains produced on the anther of a flower?

-Stamen.

-Pollen. What city is the capital of the Cote d'Or departement

and of the Burgundy region of east-central France?

-Burgundy.

-Dijon. Who was the muse of lyric poetry and dancing in Ancient Greek and Roman mythology?

-Athena?

-Terpsichore. Which actress, born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, in 1908,

won her only Best Actress Oscar for the title role in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce?

-BEEP Joan Russell.

-Joan Crawford. You got the first name right! No passes.

John, you now have a total of 25 points.

And our final contender, Ann Yourston, please.

12 points is what you start out with from your knowledge of Gerald Durrell.

25 points is the score to beat now. Here we go.

The Last Battle, published in 1956, is the last of which series of children's books by CS Lewis?

-Narnia.

-What three-word phrase became Barack Obama's slogan during the 2008 Presidential Election

after he won the South Carolina Primary?

-"We will win"?

-"Yes, we can." The tombs of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson are in which crypt?

-Westminster Abbey.

-St Paul's. Which 2012 Wes Anderson film tells the story of two 12-year-olds in love?

-The cast includes Bruce Willis and Frances McDormand.

-Pass.

What name for normal did inhabitants of New Zealand call themselves

-to distinguish them from European settlers?

-Pass.

Which soup, normally served cold, is made with potatoes, leeks and cream?

-Pass.

-Which rock'n'roll revivalists had seven successive Top Ten entries in the 1970s

including Under The Moon of Love?

-Slade.

-No, Showaddywaddy. What word of modern Latin origin is used to describe plants, especially roses,

that flower profusely in clusters?

-Pass.

-Which legendary Ancient Greek writer's fables include The Hare and The Tortoise?

-Aesop.

-Malcolm McLaren owned a punk clothes shop on the Kings Road with which female fashion designer?

-Vivienne Westwood.

-What name is given to a stitch holding together the edges of a wound?

-Butterfly?

-Suture. Which TV series was about the Ingalls family

living on the American plains in the late 19th century?

-Little House On The Prairie.

-Which of Charles II's mistresses persuaded him to give her son

the titles of Earl of Burford and Duke of St Albans?

-Henrietta...

-Nell Gwyn. Who equalled Billie Jean King's record of 20 Wimbledon titles

when she won the Mixed Doubles with Leander Paes in 2003?

-Pass.

-In 1673, the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet

discovered the mouth of which river where it enters the Mississippi?

-Pass.

-In Judaism, a meal known as the seder which includes specific foods with symbolic meanings,

is eaten at the beginning of which major festival?

-Passover?

-Yes. Clarence Nash, who died in 1985, was famous as the voice

of which ill-tempered cartoon character?

-Tom?

-Donald Duck. The Bridgewater Canal, from Worsley to Manchester, was built to transport what?

-Pass.

-In which novel by Peter Carey does the owner of a glassworks try to win the love of a defrocked...

-BEEP

-..priest by transporting a glass church to the Australian outback?

-Pass.

-Well, I can tell you it is Oscar and Lucinda.

Your other passes - the Bridgewater Canal was built to transport coal,

the Missouri is the river that enters the Mississippi,

Navratilova was the player who equalled Billie Jean King's record,

floribunda is the word for a group of flowers in profuse clusters,

vichyssoise is the soup made from potatoes, leeks and so on,

Maori is the name the inhabitants of New Zealand gave themselves

and Moonrise Kingdom was that 2012 Wes Anderson film.

Ann, you have a total of 17 points.

Well, there it is. A clear winner. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Ann Yourston.

Third place, Tony Wheeler.

Second place, Rob Hymer.

In first place, 25 points, John Savage.

Which means that John Savage is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations.

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