Episode 25 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Matthew Bradshaw,

a registration executive from Blackpool.

His specialist subject - the sitcom Rising Damp.

Next, Michael Wright, a retired risk manager from Chelmsford.

He'll be answering questions on American military aircraft of the Second World War.

Aiden McQuade, a charity director from South Armagh,

will be answering questions on the novels of Dennis Lehane.

Kathryn Palmer, an archivist from Market Harborough.

Her specialist subject - the St John's Wood Clique of Victorian artists.

And Mark Grant, an accountant from Bromley.

His subject - the films of Dietrich and von Sternberg.

Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

We're in the semifinal stage now,

which means all tonight's contenders have made it through the heats.

So there is just one hurdle to clear before the grand final itself,

and the chance to become the nation's Mastermind.

A minute and a half on their specialist subject and two minutes on general knowledge.

Easy! Except for the clock and the pressure.

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

And your name is...

..In the last round, you answered questions on the Epsom Derby.

-Tonight, you're answering questions on...?

-Rising Damp.

Rising Damp in a minute and a half, starting now.

What was the title of the play by Eric Chappell on which he based the television series?

The Banana Box.

The pilot episode was originally called Rooksby,

until a real landlord complained about the use of his name.

What title was used when the episode was broadcast in September '74?

-Rooksby.

-The New Tenant.

The landlord Rigsby, played by Leonard Rossiter,

is forced to reveal his first name to Miss Jones in Great Expectations, what is it?

-Rupert.

-In The Permissive Society, when Alan played by Don Warrington

and Philip played by Richard Beckinsale ask Rigsby

where the erogenous zones are, he replies they're near where?

-The equator.

-Where in Hammersmith were the rehearsals for the first series held

before the Sulgrave Boys Club became the venue for the other three series' rehearsals?

-St Paul's Church Hall.

-In The Prowler, the burglar gains entry

by claiming to be a detective constable. What does he say his surname is?

-Baker.

-When Philip holds the sexometer gauge in Under The Influence

it reads "passionate", what did it read when Rigsby holds it?

-Pass.

-What is the name of Rigsby's cat, which Philip calls "a fat greasy thing"

in Food Glorious Food - he claims Rigsby spends a fortune on it?

-Vienna.

-What perfume does Rigsby give to Miss Jones as a birthday present in A Night Out?

-Ritual Of The Night.

-Ritual In The Dark.

In the pilot episode, what does Rigsby say is the cause of Alan's suits turning green

when he complains about rising damp in his attic room?

-Condensation.

-What is Spooner's wrestling name?

He has it written on his sweatshirt as he lies on the couch in All Our Yesterdays?

-The Animal.

-In Suddenly At Home...

-BUZZER

I've started, so I'll finish. ..which tenant does Rigsby claim

spends so much time at the doctor's that they consulted him on the colour scheme?

-Osbourne.

-Is correct. You had just one pass.

When Rigsby held that sexometer gauge,

it read "Made in Hong Kong".

-LAUGHS

-Just that one pass, Matthew.

-You have nine points.

-APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

..In the first round, you took the Hornblower novels as your specialist subject. This time, it is...?

..Military aircraft in a minute and a half starting now.

What name, coined by Seattle Times reporter Richard Williams,

did Boeing register as the trademark for the aircraft originally build as model 299?

-Flying Fortress.

-Which type of aircraft dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in '45?

-B-29.

-Which Consolidated bomber was the most produced US multi-engine aircraft,

and proved effective against U-boats in the Atlantic?

-B-24.

-Which Rolls-Royce engine, built under licence by Packard,

replaced the Allison engines in the North American B-51 Mustang?

-The Merlin.

-Which twin-engine pursuit fighter built by Lockheed

was designed to a specification that it could climb to 20,000 feet in six minutes?

-B-38.

-Which large American transport glider, called the Hadrian in British service,

was used to great effect in the Chindit campaign in Burma

and other European operations, such as the D-Day landings?

-The Haig.

-Yes, or the CG-4.

In 1939, 44 modified Brewster F2A Buffalo fighters, originally ordered by the Navy,

were reallocated to which country which was at war with the Soviet Union?

-Pass.

-The R-4, introduced in 1942,

was the first helicopter built for military service in the war - which company designed it?

-Sikorsky.

-In 1942, the American Navy placed an order

for 200 Budd RB-1 Conestogas to be made from what material?

-Stainless steel.

-Which was the biggest single-seat combat fighter

to serve in the American Air Force,

and included among its nicknames "The Jug" and "Razorback"?

-The P-47.

-Which Grumman fighter was Butch O'Hare flying when he shot down...

-BUZZER

-..five Japanese bombers in under six minutes on 20 February 1942?

-The Wildcat.

-The Wildcat is correct. You had one pass.

Those modified Brewster fighters were reallocated to Finland,

which was at war with the Soviet Union at the time.

-One pass, Michael. You have ten points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

You chose Michael Collins as your subject last time.

-What is it to be tonight?

-The novels of Dennis Lehane.

The novels of Dennis Lehane in a minute and a half, starting now.

In which American city are Lehane's private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro based?

-Boston.

-What's the full name of the police squad referred to in Gone, Baby, Gone as the CAC,

which often worked with narcotics and vice?

-Crimes Against Children.

-In Mystic River, who had twice been released

after robberies at liquor stores in the year after his son Brendan Seamus was born?

-Er... Ray...Harris.

-In what neighbourhood,

said to be "five miles from the centre of Boston proper" was Kenzie born and raised?

-Dorchester.

-In Sacred, Jay Becker directs Kenzie to a locker at the Greyhound station

in St Petersburg, Florida, using a cryptic clue referring to an album by which musician?

-Bob Dylan.

-What's the name of the 1916 Thomson strike veteran

whose identity is assumed by the undercover police officer Coughlin in The Given Day?

-Daniel Sante.

-In Shutter Island,

Trey Washington claims to know what makes people crazy,

reasoning, "if it can jerk the ocean around, think what it can do to the head". What is it?

-The moon.

-Amanda McCready was four when she disappeared in Gone, Baby, Gone.

What's her age when she goes missing in Moonlight Mile?

-16.

-Who, alongside an unnamed Baldwin brother,

plays the lead vampire slayer in the film that Dave and Celeste discuss in Mystic River?

-Um...James Wood.

-What is Gennaro's nickname for Kenzie,

because he wrapped his father's car around a lamppost when she was a passenger?

-Skid.

-What is the church where Kenzie and Gennaro are revealed

to have set up offices in A Drink Before The War?

St Bart's. BUZZER

And I nearly started another question, but I didn't. No passes.

-Aiden McQuade, you have 11 points.

-APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

You won the last round with your answers to questions on Duran Duran.

Tonight, your specialist subject is...?

Here we go.

In the 1860s, a group of artists in the St John's Wood area of London

formed a loose association known as the St John's Wood Clique.

How many made up the group?

-Seven.

-At which painter's art school in Newman Street

did five members of the Clique study before graduating to the Royal Academy schools?

-Pass.

-What is the title of the work by William Frederick Yeames,

inspired by a stay at Hever Castle,

which shows two women in riding dress in Anne Boleyn's bedroom?

-The Haunted Chamber.

-What object in the design of the Clique's badge of membership,

reflected the grillings the artists gave to each other's work?

-Gridiron.

-Who was the only member not to attain the status of Royal Academician,

although he had work accepted?

-David Wilkie Wynfield.

-The Clique often chose events considered too trivial

to be recorded by historians.

Which English critic described these subjects as "the lost pages of history"?

-Palgrave.

-Which member of the Clique finally gained popularity

by adopting the style of Dutch 17th-century painters,

evident in works such as The Duet of 1869?

-George Adolphus Storey.

-Which volunteer military regiment, formed around 1860

in response to threat of invasion from France, did most of the Clique join?

-The Artist Rifles.

-What name did the Clique give the whisky and water they shared in the evening?

-A mallet.

-At which exhibition of 1867

did Philip Hermogenes Calderon win the only gold medal given to an English artist that year

with Her Most High, Noble And Puissant Grace?

-The Paris Universal Exhibition.

-Which member worked with his father in St Petersburg,

-but after studying at the Hermitage returned to England...

-BUZZER

..in 1853 to train as an artist?

-Hodgson.

-Is correct. You had one pass.

That art school where five of the members studied was the James Matthew Leigh school.

-You have, Kathryn, ten points.

-APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

..In the last round, you chose Henry Mayhew's London Labour And The London Poor. Tonight, it is what...?

A minute and a half. Here we go.

Which 1930 film takes its title from the name of a seedy club

in which a professor becomes infatuated with burlesque performer Lola-Lola,

played by Marlene Dietrich, the first film she made with the director Josef von Sternberg?

-The Blue Angel.

-Which actor portrayed the Chinese rebel leader Chang in Shanghai Express

and the Austrian Von Hindau in Dishonored?

-Warner Oland.

-For which film were Dietrich and Von Sternberg nominated for Oscars,

though neither would ever win one?

-Shanghai Express.

-Morocco. In Blonde Venus, the chemist Ned Faraday

tells his doctor he's been poisoned by exposure to what?

-Radiation.

-The music for which '35 film

is based partly on Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol,

which was also the working title of the film?

-The Devil Is A Woman.

-Von Sternberg decided to cast Dietrich in The Blue Angel

after seeing her on stage in Berlin in which musical comedy?

-The Two Ties.

-Yes, or Zwei Krawatten.

In a 1934 film, Dietrich plays Sophia Frederica, renamed Catherine,

described in the opening titles as "the ill-famed Messalina of the North" - what's the film?

-The Scarlet Empress.

-Which cameraman worked with von Sternberg on Morocco and Dishonored

and won an Oscar for his work on Shanghai Express?

-Lee Garmes.

-In The Devil Is A Woman, Antonio tells Concha that he could kill her in cold blood.

What, with his soothing company, would she like before she dies?

-Coffee.

-According to Dietrich's character in Shanghai Express,

many lovers come to railway stations to do what without attracting attention?

-Kiss.

-In The Scarlet Empress, which lady, after recovering one of Grand Duke Peter's toys,

is asked, "How long have you been at this court picking up soldiers?"

-BUZZER Elizabeth.

-Yeah, Countess Elizabeth is correct!

No passes. Mark Grant, you have ten points.

APPLAUSE

So, that's the end of a thrillingly close first round.

Let's have a look at all the scores. In fifth place, Matthew Bradshaw.

Joint second place, ten points apiece,

Michael Wright, Kathryn Palmer and Mark Grant.

In the lead - just in the lead - Aiden McQuade.

It's the general knowledge round now and if there's a tie,

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

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

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

You scored nine points in that very close first round.

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

In computing, what does the abbreviation ISP stand for?

-Universal Serial Bus.

-Internet Service Provider.

Which 1992 film about a botched diamond heist and its aftermath

follows gangsters who use false names such as Mr Pink and Mr Orange?

-Reservoir Dogs.

-What type of cap traditionally worn by Basques,

was adopted by the military and worn in a celebrated image by Che Guevara?

-Kepi?

-A beret.

What educationalist published his Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable in 1870, revising it in 1895?

-Aesop.

-Brewer. The USA was the last country to win an Olympic gold medal in which team sport

before it was discontinued after the 1924 games?

A form of the game will be played at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

-Tug-of-war.

-Rugby. In Greek mythology, who stole fire from the gods?

He was chained to a rock where an eagle ate his liver, which was constantly renewed.

-Prometheus.

-Which former Neighbours actress entered the charts in November 1997

with the single Torn, one of the UK's all-time top 100 best-sellers?

-Natalie Imbruglia.

-The name of which German city comes from the German for "home of the monks"

after a Benedictine monastery in the 8th century?

-Hamburg.

-Munich. What literary form did Wordsworth describe

as "taking its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity"?

-Poetry.

-Which comedian and television presenter born in 1972,

has a degree in mathematical physics from University College, Dublin?

-Dara O'Briain.

-Which village near Rochester in Kent gives its name

to a type of juvenile corrective institution abolished in 1982

and replaced by young offender institutions?

-Borstal.

-The bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth are parts of which organ of the body?

-Ear.

-What general term for farm animals, especially cows and bulls,

comes from the late Latin for "personal wealth" or "property"?

-Pass.

-Which British horror writer created the sceptical detective David Ash

who appears in Haunted and The Ghosts of Sleath?

-Pass.

-The American civil engineer Joseph B Strauss is chiefly remembered

for the design of which bridge, completed in 1937?

-BUZZER Brooklyn Bridge.

-The Golden Gate Bridge!

You have two passes. That British horror writer who created David Ash was James Herbert.

And the general term for farm animals...

You'll be cross with yourself! ..cows and bulls - cattle.

-MATTHEW LAUGHS

-However, Matthew, you now have a total of 16 points.

APPLAUSE

And Michael Wright again now, please.

You are one of three contenders who start this round with ten points.

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

Which politician had a guide dog called Sadie,

who retired in November 2011, when she was replaced by Cosby?

-Blunkett.

-The Italian dish Zuppa Inglese, containing cake or macaroons soaked in alcohol,

-is similar to which popular British dessert?

-Pass.

What judge presided over the trial of the Duke of Monmouth's followers

in 1685 in what was known as the Bloody Assizes?

-Jeffreys.

-In 2004, the children's author Geraldine McCaughrean

was commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital

to write the sequel to which classic book?

-Peter Pan.

-Which music hall performer, who specialised in male impersonations,

was born Matilda Alice Powles in Worcester in May 1864?

-Vesta Tilley.

-In which Australian state is the Daintree National Park,

believed to contain the oldest virgin rainforest in the world?

-Queensland.

-Who succeeded his stepfather Augustus

to become the second Roman emperor in 14AD?

-Claudius.

-Tiberius. Which city's rise as a bicycle making centre began in 1887,

when Sir Frank Bowden bought into a small bicycle factory in Raleigh Street?

-Nottingham.

-What term for a narrative picture or work of art to be understood symbolically

comes from the Greek for "speaking otherwise"?

-Pass.

-Queen Mary I said that when she was "dead and opened"

a French city would be found lying in her heart, which one?

-Calais.

-Who co-starred with his wife Sheila Sim in The Mousetrap when it opened in 1952?

He's now better known as a film director.

-Pass.

-An early Florentine artist is said to have drawn a perfect circle

when the Pope asked to see a sample of his work. Who was he?

-Da Vinci.

-Giotto. Which Royal Navy survey ship gives its name

to the part of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific that, with a depth of 11,000 metres,

is the deepest surveyed point in the ocean?

-Discovery.

-Challenger.

Who in his Ode To Autumn described it as a "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"?

-Keats.

-Chopin's solo piano compositions include mazurkas

and at least 13 examples of another Polish dance

where he expresses his patriotic feelings - which dance?

-Pass.

-In cricket, which Yorkshireman became the first bowler...

-BUZZER

-..to take 300 Test wickets

after he dismissed the Australian Neil Hawke in 1964?

-Freddie Trueman.

-Is correct. You had four passes.

The Polonaise is that other Chopin Polish dance.

Richard Attenborough co-starred with Sheila Sim.

That term for a narrative picture or other work to be understood symbolically is an allegory.

And Zuppa Inglese is a bit like sherry trifle.

Yeah. Exactly. You have now, Michael, a total of 19 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, Kathryn Palmer again, please.

You also start out with ten points. 19 is the score to beat.

Let's see if you can get ten points in this round. Here we go, two minutes, general knowledge.

Which four words end many of the entries in Samuel Pepys' diary?

-And so to bed.

-What structure, parts of which date back to the 3rd century BC,

is one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken?

-The Pyramids.

-The Great Wall of China. Which song was the theme for the BBC comedy The Office?

A version by the Stereophonics was later a hit.

-Handbags And Gladrags.

-Which bird, native to the southwestern states of America, gets its name

because its flight is weak and it escapes its enemies by scuttling across the ground?

-Crab Hopper?

-The roadrunner. In Indian cuisine, what name of Persian origin meaning "fried"

is given to a dish of rice with meat or fish coloured with turmeric or saffron?

-Um...roti.

-Biryani.

Which author, born in a German refugee camp in 1946,

first achieved literary success with her 2005 novel, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian?

-Marina Lewycka.

-Which English city has an Anglican cathedral dedicated to St Philip

and a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St Chad?

-Liverpool.

-Birmingham.

What term for a gold-coloured alloy of copper, zinc and sometimes tin,

used in decoration and ornaments, comes from the French for "ground gold"?

-Gilt.

-Ormolu. In which film did Holly Hunter play a Scottish woman who hasn't spoken since childhood

and was sent to New Zealand to marry a landowner? She won a Best Actress Oscar.

-The Piano.

-Which infamous daughter of the future Pope Alexander VI

was born in April 1480 to his mistress Vannozza Cattanei?

-Lucrezia Borgia.

-Who died in mysterious circumstances

when he fell from his yacht Lady Ghislaine in November 1991?

-Robert Maxwell.

-What name was given to the television adaptation

of four of Shakespeare's history plays broadcast on BBC2 during the summer of 2012?

-Pass.

-In Celtic folklore, the wailing of which supernatural being,

whose name means "woman of the fairies" is supposed to foretell a death?

-Banshee.

-What word for a severe pain in the lower back comes from the Latin for "loin"?

-Lumbago.

-In which American city is the Juilliard School of Music,

named after the cotton merchant who endowed a musical foundation in 1919?

-Philadelphia.

-New York. Which hill in Surrey...

-BUZZER

..the destination of a picnic in Jane Austen's Emma, is named after the trees that grow there?

-Box Hill.

-Is correct. You have one pass.

That television adaptation of four of Shakespeare's plays was The Hollow Crown.

You have, Kathryn, 19 points.

APPLAUSE

Staying close! Mark Grant again, please.

You also begin with ten points and 19 is still the score to beat.

Here we go. What name is given to the Japanese art of cultivating dwarf trees in pots?

-Bonsai.

-Which cat did TS Eliot describe as "the Napoleon of crime"

in his Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats?

-Deuteronomy?

-McCavity. Which island, the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides,

is famous for the smokey flavour of its malt whiskies?

-Dura?

-Islay. The political prisoner who died in the Bastille in 1703

is known by what name, his true identity is still uncertain?

-Man in the iron mask.

-Which square lies diagonally opposite "Go" on a standard Monopoly board?

-"Go to jail".

-"Free parking".

What was the name of the first purpose-built jet airliner,

its maiden flight was from London to Johannesburg on 2 May 1952?

-Comet.

-Which director has received five Oscar nominations

for films including M.A.S.H. and Gosford Park?

-Altman.

-What branch of alternative medicine that uses manipulative therapy

rather than drugs to cure illness

was founded by the 19th-century American physician Andrew Still?

-Osteopathy.

-Which poem by Alexander Pope is based on a real incident

where Arabella Fermor had a piece of hair cut off by a suitor,

Lord Peter, without her permission?

-Rape Of The Lock.

-In 2011, which former Monty Python

was commissioned by the English National Opera

to direct a performance of Berlioz' Damnation Of Faust?

-Gilliam.

-According to the Gospel of St Matthew, for how much money

did Judas Iscariot betray Jesus to the Chief Priest and elders?

-30 pieces of silver.

-The common name for which aster,

often with petals in shades of lilac or purple,

comes from the feast day at the end of September around which time it blooms?

-Lily of the valley?

-Michaelmas daisy.

Which South African mountain range noted for its jagged peaks

has the Zulu name uKhahlamba, meaning Barrier of Spears?

-Drakensberg.

-In 1967, which team became known as the Lisbon Lions

after it became the first British football club to win the European Champions' Cup?

-Aberdeen.

-Celtic. What is a windowed wall of a building raised above the surrounding roofs

to create light in the enclosed space?

-Enclave?

-Clerestory. Which Labour leader born in Lanarkshire

entered Parliament in 1892 when he was returned for West Ham South...

-BUZZER

-..as the Independent Labour candidate?

-MacDonald?

-Keir Hardie.

And that was an important one.

I'll tell you why because you have no passes but, Mark, you have...

19 points!

APPLAUSE

And, finally, Aiden McQuade, please.

And you start out with 11 points,

which may or may not be the advantage that decides this game.

19 is still the score to beat. Two minutes starting now.

In the Bond films, which character has been played by Lois Maxwell,

Caroline Bliss and Samantha Bond?

-Moneypenny.

-Whom did Napoleon Bonaparte marry in a civil ceremony in 1796?

He remarried her in a religious ceremony in 1804, on the eve of his coronation as Emperor of France.

-Josephine.

-Which tall birds get their pink colouring from the pigments in the organisms they eat?

-Flamingo.

-On which Scottish course on the Ayrshire coast

was the Open Golf Championship held 24 times between 1860 and 1925,

and not held there since?

-St Andrews.

-Prestwick. What pair of letters is sometimes used,

especially by academics, instead of AD to avoid a Christian reference when expressing dates?

-CE.

-Which British band had a Number Two hit with Gold in 1983?

The song was used by the BBC for its Olympic coverage the following year.

Spandau Ballet.

On which of the Canary Islands is the Timanfaya National Park and the Montanas del Fuego,

where heat from fissures in the rock is enough to cook a meal?

-Lanzarote.

-Who served three terms as Britain's Prime Minister in the '20s and '30s?

-Ramsay MacDonald.

-Baldwin.

Which travel writer's memoir The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid

is about his life growing up in Des Moines, Iowa?

-Jack Kerouac.

-Bill Bryson.

Which powerful explosive was discovered by the Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero in 1846,

but was not commercially exploited until Alfred Nobel used it in dynamite in 1867?

-Nitroglycerin.

-By what nickname is Schubert's Eighth Symphony in B-minor known?

-Unfinished.

-Which condiment made from fruit or vegetables

cooked with sugar and spices takes its name from the Hindi for "strong spices"?

-Worcestershire sauce!

-Chutney.

Which American oil billionaire opened a museum in California to hold his art collection in 1953?

-Getty.

-What word for a secret dungeon with no opening except for a trap door in its ceiling

comes from the French for "to forget"?

-Pass.

-In which television comedy series...

-BUZZER

-..is Adam Smallbone, played by Tom Hollander,

the vicar of St Saviour's, an inner city church with a depleted motley congregation?

-Rev.

-Is correct.

One pass, that word for a special dungeon with no opening except for a trap door is "oubliette".

Didn't matter, though, Aiden, you have 21 points.

APPLAUSE

We have a winner, but was it close? Let's have a look at those scores.

In fifth place, Matthew Bradshaw.

Joint second place, Michael Wright, Kathryn Palmer and Mark Grant.

First place, he just pulled it off, Aiden McQuade.

Which means, of course, that Aiden McQuade is the winner.

He claims a place in the grand final. Congratulations to him.

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

then do go to our website:

And do join us next time for another semifinal and more Masterminds.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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