Episode 5 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Philip Walters from Leeds.

His subject is Doctor Who from 1963 to 1989.

Next, Jackie Phillips, a food bank volunteer from Bedford - her subject, the story of Moses.

Iain Copping, a consultant from Keighley, will answer questions on the state of Arkansas.

And Shahab Mossavat, a commodities trader from London, his subject - Terry Venables.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight, once again, four contenders will put their knowledge to the test in their bid

to become the nation's Mastermind, the highest honour the quiz world has to offer and the toughest.

Two rounds - two minutes on their specialist subjects, two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

That's the one they fear the most. Let's get on with it and ask our first contender to join us, please.

Two minutes. Peter Hawkins and David Graham provided the voices for which of the Doctor's adversaries

when they made their debut in the second story of Series 1?

-The Daleks.

-In which story in Series 5 does the Doctor first use his sonic screwdriver?

-Fury From The Deep.

-Who did Colin Baker play in Arc Of Infinity prior to becoming the sixth Doctor?

-Commander Maxil.

-Which actress, who later found fame in EastEnders,

played Lady Eleanor in Series 11's The Time Warrior?

-June Brown.

-Which story was the first to be transmitted twice a week

in the early evening on a Monday and Tuesday?

-Castrovalva.

-Who provided the voice of K-9

for the last three broadcast stories in Series 17 in place of John Leeson?

-David Brierly.

-What was Kit Pedler's role on the series when Gerry Davis was story editor

before their writing collaborations?

-Scientific adviser.

-Episode 2 of which Series 11 story features a lengthy chase sequence

involving various vehicles including a speedboat, a hovercraft and a gyrocopter?

-Planet Of The Spiders.

-What is the title of Episode 7 of The Daleks' Masterplan,

broadcast on Christmas Day 1965 as a Christmas pantomime episode?

-The Feast Of St Steven.

-Yes, Feast Of Steven.

William Hartnell played the Doctor and which other character

in the Series 3 story The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve?

-The Abbot... I can't remember.

-The Abbot of Amboise.

When Tom Baker declined to appear in The Five Doctors, he was featured in the story

by using clips from which uncompleted Series 17 story written by Douglas Adams?

-Shada.

-Who was cast as Captain Striker in Enlightenment,

but was unable to fulfil his commitment when filming was delayed by industrial action?

-Keith Barron.

-Peter Sallis. The design of which robot in The Happiness Patrol drew complaints

from the chairman of a British firm as it was similar to their mascot?

-The Kandy Man.

-Which actress appeared with the first Doctor as a royal relative and a short-lived companion

and later returned as an adversary of the seventh Doctor?

-Jean Marsh.

-Jim Acheson said that fashions in the paintings of which well-known artist...

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-..influenced his design of Tom Baker's costume?

-Toulouse-Lautrec.

-It was indeed.

Philip, no passes, you have 13 points.

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And our next contender, please.

Two minutes. How old was Moses when his mother hid him

in an "ark of bulrushes in the flags by the river's brink"?

-Three months.

-What was the first plague visited by the Lord on the Egyptians through Moses and Aaron?

-Turning the river to blood.

-The Pharaoh's daughter gave what reason for naming her adopted son Moses?

-He was drawn out of the water.

-What creature did the rod Moses was holding turn into

after the Lord told him to throw it to the ground? It turned back into a rod when he picked it up again.

-Serpent.

-Moses looks out on to the Promised Land from Pisgah on Mount Nebo before he dies.

Which "city of palm trees" does Pisgah overlook?

-Kadesh Barnea.

-Jericho. Whose bones did Moses take with him when the Israelites left Egypt

to fulfil a promise the Israelites had made?

-Joseph's.

-To where did Moses flee after he had killed an Egyptian whom he had seen "smiting an Hebrew"?

-Midian.

-How old was Moses when he died according to the last chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy?

-140.

-120. In Chapter 5, Verse 1 of Exodus, Moses and Aaron tell the Pharaoh

that the Lord God of Israel had said, "Let my people go," so that they may do what?

-Worship him in their own land.

-No, hold a feast to him in the wilderness.

Which people who had attacked the Israelites in the desert did Joshua and his men overcome

only when Moses could hold the rod of God upright in his hand?

-Amalekites.

-When the Lord appears to Moses in a burning bush, he promises to bring the Israelites

to a land of milk and honey - the home of the Canaanites,

Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and which other people?

-Jebusites.

-In Chapter 31, Verse 2 of Exodus whom does the Lord tell Moses

he has put in charge of building the Tabernacle?

-Pass.

-In Chapter 28 of Exodus, what two objects, whose precise function is unknown,

does the Lord instruct Moses to put on the breastplate

of his brother Aaron when he anoints him high priest?

-The Urim and Thummim.

-Of the 12 men sent out by Moses to spy out the land of Canaan,

only two returned a favourable report - Caleb and which other?

-Joshua.

-In which chapter of Leviticus does the Lord tell Moses and Aaron

-to instruct the children of Israel...

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about what "are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the Earth"?

-26.

-No, Chapter 11. You had one pass.

It was Bezalel whom the Lord told Moses to put in charge of building the Tabernacle.

You have, Jackie, 10 points.

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And our next contender, please.

Two minutes. How many white stars are on the state flag of Arkansas?

The number reflects its position when it joined the Union in 1836.

-25.

-What is the second largest city in Arkansas with a population of half that of the state capital?

-Fort Smith.

-Which six-term State Governor, lampooned in a piece of music by Charlie Mingus,

called out the National Guard in 1957 to block the admission of nine black pupils to Central High School?

-Faubus.

-In which town between Little Rock and Texarkana did Bill Clinton live in his grandparents' home

at 117 South Hervey Street for the first four years of his life?

-Hot Springs.

-Hope. What is the name of the 70-foot-high religious statue sculpted by Emmet Sullivan

that stands on Magnetic Mountain in Eureka Springs?

Christ of the... Christ of the Ozarks.

Which railroad line, constructed between 1854 and '71,

that ran from Crittenden County to Pulaski County, was the first to operate in the state of Arkansas?

-Cotton Belt.

-The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad.

Which mountains in north-central Arkansas extend from the western boundary

and are home to the Ozark National Forest?

-Boston.

-Which Latin phrase that translates as "The People Rule"

has been the official state motto since 1907 when the original Latin one was amended?

-Regnat Populus.

-The state capital, Little Rock, stands partly

in the eastern foothills of which mountain range south of the Ozarks?

-Ouachita.

-Who, as the first official State Geologist,

began the initial geological survey of Arkansas in 1857?

-Pass.

-Bill Clinton was the 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas.

Which little known Republican candidate defeated him in 1980 to serve as the 41st Governor?

-Frank White.

-North America's only active diamond mine is in the Crater of Diamonds State Park

near which Arkansas city? The mine now serves as a tourist attraction.

-Murfreesboro.

-In 1931, whom did Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell appoint to the US Senate...

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-..to fill the vacancy caused by her husband's death?

The following year, she became the first woman to be elected to the US Senate.

-Hattie Caraway.

-Is correct. You had one pass.

David Owen, Dr David Owen was the first official State Geologist.

You have, Iain, also 10 points.

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And our final contender, please.

Two minutes. For which football club did Venables sign as a 15-year-old in 1958?

-Chelsea.

-Name the street the Venables family moved to after Terry's father Fred returned from World War Two.

-Bonham Road.

-Venables' first game as England manager was a friendly

against which country on March 9th, '94?

-Denmark.

-Who was chairman of Queens Park Rangers when Venables succeeded Tommy Docherty as manager?

-Jim Gregory.

-Against which team did Venables score a hat-trick

for Chelsea in the 1965-66 European Fairs Cup?

-Barcelona.

-AS Roma. The six-week-old Venables and his mother were evacuated during the war

to which Welsh mining village?

-Clydach Vale.

-Which club did he join in 2000 as head coach

to help Bryan Robson save them from relegation from the Premiership?

-Middlesbrough.

-In March 2012, Venables was appointed as technical adviser at which non-league club

to help them prepare for the FA Cup the following season?

-Wembley FC.

-During Venables' tenure as manager, England beat Scotland 2-0 in the group stages of Euro '96

when Gascoigne and who else scored?

-Sheringham.

-Shearer. Which Elvis Presley Top 20 song of '69

did Venables perform on the roof of the O2 Arena as an unofficial 2010 World Cup anthem?

-I Can Believe.

-If I Can Dream.

What is the first book that Venables wrote in collaboration with Gordon Williams, published in 1971?

-They Used To Play On Grass.

-Terry Venables and Gordon Williams published thrillers,

featuring Cockney private eye James Hazell and adapted for TV, under what pen name?

-PB Yuill.

-Name the dining club in Kensington that Venables owned and his second wife Yvette managed.

-Scribes West.

-Australia was managed by Venables when they beat the Solomon Islands

in their first qualification match for the 1998 World Cup. What was the score?

-19-0.

-13-0. What was the name of Venables' primary school in Bonham Road?

-Lymington.

-Valence. When Venables married his first wife Christine,

the vicar put on a scarf and bobble hat in the colours of which football club for the photographs?

-West Ham.

-Which Tottenham player did Venables sign for Barcelona...

-BEEP

-..after selling Diego Maradona to Napoli?

-Steve Archibald.

-Correct.

No passes. Shahab, you have 12 points.

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That was a close round. Let's have a look at the scores.

In joint third place, Jackie Phillips and Iain Copping.

Second place, Shahab Mossavat.

In the lead, Philip Walters.

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Round two now, general knowledge. If there is a tie at the end of it,

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

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

The six highest-scoring runners-up during the heats will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals.

So lots to play for and let's ask Jackie to join us again, please.

And you scored 10 points with your knowledge of Moses.

Let's see how you do with your general knowledge and it's two and a half minutes now, not just two.

Who famously wrote a diary first published in 1947 about hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam?

-Anne Frank.

-The national dress of which part of the British Isles was developed in the 19th century

and is a red flannel cloak and tall, black hat?

-Wales.

-Which museum in New York for modern art was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959?

-Guggenheim.

-Who won his only Best Actor Oscar for his role as an incorruptible small town lawyer

in To Kill A Mockingbird?

-Gregory Peck.

-Which sea, bordered by five countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran

is the world's largest inland body of water?

-Black Sea.

-Caspian. Which edible fungus is so-named because its inner flesh resembles red meat when cut?

-Pass.

-Whose abduction by Paris, the son of the King of Troy, was the cause of the Trojan War?

-Hera.

-Helen. Which word for an extremely complicated or embarrassing situation

comes from the Italian for "to entangle"?

-Imbroglio.

-Which TV actress has played Fleur Forsyte, Madeline Neroni in The Barchester Chronicles

and Lady Glencora Palliser?

-Pass.

-Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979, under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan?

-George Brown.

-Denis Healey. The Royal Horticultural Society was given an estate in Surrey in 1903

and it remained its only garden for over 80 years. What's it now called?

-Wisley.

-Which Swiss-born psychologist, who founded analytic psychology,

was a close collaborator of Sigmund Freud between 1907 and 1912?

-Neuscher?

-Carl Jung. What is the surname of the sisters who won the Women's Singles at Wimbledon

10 times out of 13 between 2000 and 2012?

-Williams.

-Which structure at the base of the spine gets its name from the Greek for cuckoo

as it resembles a cuckoo's bill?

-Coccyx.

-Which Irish-born tenor who was made a Papal Count in 1928

made his Italian operatic debut under the stage name Giovanni Foli?

-Pass.

-What name did Thomas Hardy use for the south western counties of England, especially Dorset,

the setting for many of his novels?

-Wessex.

-The BBC's Home Service radio station changed its name on 30th September, 1967, to what?

-Radio 2.

-Radio 4. King Michael was the last monarch of which country?

He abdicated in 1947 after its takeover by the Communists.

-BEEP Yugoslavia.

-It was Romania.

You had three passes. Count John McCormack was the Irish-born tenor,

Susan Hampshire played Fleur Forsyte et cetera - you realised that -

and that edible fungus is beefsteak fungus, hence the appearance.

You have, Jackie, a total of 19 points.

And now Iain Copping again, please. And you have 10 points as well to start this round with

with your knowledge of Arkansas. 2½ minutes on general knowledge starting now.

Which crop was devastated in Europe in the 1840s causing a famine in Ireland?

-Potato.

-Which classic 1960 Western was based on The Seven Samurai?

-The Magnificent Seven.

-What word of Old French origin is used for a material of two or more metals?

-Amalgam?

-No, alloy. Which Australian fast bowler caused controversy

when he tried and failed to use an aluminium bat during England's '79 winter tour?

-Lillee.

-Which Derbyshire spa town, over 1,000 feet above sea level,

has an annual Gilbert and Sullivan festival at its Opera House?

-Buxton.

-Who worked in Sierra Leone for the Foreign Office during WWII

and set The Heart of The Matter there?

-Graham Greene.

-What optical disc format with over five times the storage of a traditional DVD

-takes its name from the colour of laser light used to read it?

-Pass.

The name of which analgesic drug, originally extracted from opium, comes from Greek for "poppy head"?

-Morphine?

-Codeine. On TV, which private investigator, played by Tom Selleck,

lived in the Hawaiian guest house of a wealthy writer?

-Magnum.

-Bratislava is the capital and largest city of which country?

-Slovakia.

-Whom did President George Bush appoint as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989?

George W Bush then appointed him as Secretary of State in 2001.

-Powell.

-The title character of which opera by Puccini dies by jumping from the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome?

-William Tell.

-No, it was Tosca. Which fish is the principal ingredient of the dish gravlax?

-Salmon.

-What was the Christian name of the three kings who ruled England successively between 1272 and 1377?

-Edward.

-In Greek religion, Artemis, goddess of hunting and wild animals, is the twin sister of which god?

-Apollo.

-Which annual awards, from the School of Journalism at Columbia University,

were started by a former newspaper magnate in the early 20th century?

-Pulitzer?

-Yes. The state animal of Western Australia, the numbat,

is one of the few marsupials where females lack what characteristic feature?

-Ears?

-The pouch. Which early 20th century art movement took its name from the French for hobby-horse?

-Chevalier?

-Dada.

What fate befell the Imperial representatives Wilhelm Slavata and Jaroslav Marinitz...

-BEEP

-..after their confrontation with an assembly of Protestants in 1618?

-Could you repeat that, please?

-I'm afraid not because we're out of time.

-Pass.

-Well, I'll tell you. It's defenestration or being thrown out of a window.

Two passes. The other one was that optical disc format. It's Blu-ray.

You have, Iain, 22 points.

And now Shahab Mossavat again, please.

You start out with 12 points with your knowledge of Terry Venables. Here's your general knowledge now.

What is the name of New York's main railway station, built 1903-1913 and one of the largest in the world?

-Grand Central.

-Which writer, whose novels include I, Claudius,

died in Majorca in 1985, aged 90?

-Robert Graves.

-Which word for a formal neckerchief, worn by men,

comes from the French name for 17th-century Croatian mercenaries?

-Cravat.

-What was the surname of the man who reached the summit of Everest in 1990

using the same route his father had taken nearly 37 years earlier?

-Hillary.

-Which TV series directed by Steven Spielberg follows the US 101st Airborne

through the last years of WWII?

-The Big Red One?

-Band of Brothers.

Which American exponent of Action Painting died in 1956 when he crashed his car while drunk?

-Jackson Pollock.

-What common name is given to the New World monkeys of the genus Ateles

because of their long, slender arms and legs and long prehensile tail?

-Bonobo?

-Spider monkeys. Which chemical element has three types - black, white and red -

the latter being used in the striking surface of safety matches?

-Carbon.

-Phosphorus. Which name, meaning lion, is bestowed on all male Sikhs?

-Singh.

-The Mountains of Mourne lie in which historic county of Northern Ireland?

-Dundalk?

-County Down. Who succeeded John Reid to become Britain's first female Home Secretary in June, 2007?

-Jacqui Smith.

-In Kipling's The Elephant's Child, which river is "great, grey-green and greasy"?

-Ganges.

-The Limpopo. Which British director's Oscar nominations include

Brief Encounter in 1947 and his last film, A Passage To India, in 1985?

-Sir David Lean.

-What term for a wizard comes from the Old English for a traitor or enemy?

-Warlock.

-Yes. Of which African country is Dakar the capital?

-Senegal.

-A Wiener Schnitzel consists of a cutlet of what meat coated with egg and breadcrumbs, and then fried?

-Veal.

-Which stadium, venue for the French Open Tennis Championships since 1928,

is named after a French aviator, first to fly over the Mediterranean?

-Roland Garros.

-Which band's first entry in the UK singles chart was in 1963 with Surfin' USA?

-The Beach Boys.

-Which word for a very disorderly or chaotic scene

did John Milton coin for the capital of Hell in Paradise Lost?

-Hades.

-Pandemonium. Which stretch of woodland did William the Conqueror make a royal deer hunting ground

in 1079? It's now a National Park.

-The New Forest.

-Which wading bird...

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..distinguished by a long, upturned bill, is the symbol of the RSPB?

-The heron.

-It's the avocet. No passes.

You have shot up to 26 points.

And, finally, Philip Walters again, please.

And you scored 13 points with your knowledge of Doctor Who.

Let's see if you can score 14 to beat the present total, which is 26. Here we go.

2½ minutes. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lysander says that the course of what "never did run smooth"?

-Er, true love.

-Which cold punch of red wine with lemonade and fruit has a Spanish name meaning bleeding?

-Pass.

-Which European capital city was liberated by Allied troops

on the 5th of June, 1944, the day before D-Day?

-Cannes?

-Rome. What name is given to animals such as cows or camels

that regurgitate food from the first stomach chamber in the form of cud and chew it again before digestion?

-Er, ruminants.

-Which Norwegian painter's first masterpiece, The Sick Child,

is inspired by memories of the death of his sister from tuberculosis?

-Munch?

-Yes. In which 2012 film are Iron Man, The Hulk and Black Widow brought together to save the Earth?

-The Avengers.

-Avengers Assemble.

What is the second-highest mountain in Britain and the highest in the Cairngorms?

Er...

-Ben Dee?

-Ben Macdui. Which singer and songwriter was the lead vocalist for The Tourists and Eurythmics?

-Annie Lennox.

-Which French writer and philosopher refused the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964?

-Sartre?

-Yes. What is the name of the Space Shuttle that made the final flight of the programme in 2011?

-Discovery.

-Atlantis. In which Belgian town is the Menin Gate,

a memorial to British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who died in WWI?

-Ypres?

-Yes. In classical mythology, what general name was given to any of the spirits

usually in the form of a beautiful maiden inhabiting trees or rivers?

-Nymphs.

-In which American TV series does Jon Hamm play philandering advertising executive Don Draper?

-Californication.

-Mad Men. What term, often used for a mentor or pundit,

originally meant a Hindu spiritual teacher? It comes from Sanskrit for dignified or venerable.

-Guru.

-Which detective is the leading character in Raymond Chandler's novels such as The Big Sleep?

-Philip Marlowe.

-Who was elected General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in March, 1985,

on the death of Konstantin Chernenko?

-Gorbachev.

-In the 1908 Olympics, the modern marathon was extended by 385 yards

to bring the finishing line in front of the royal box at which stadium?

-White City.

-What's the meaning of the musical term fortissimo, often abbreviated to ff?

-Slowly.

-No, very loud. Which British engineer designed the ships...

-BEEP

..Great Western, Great Britain and Great Eastern, each the largest in the world at their launch?

-Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

-Correct. You had one pass.

That cold punch with red wine and lemonade is sangria.

You have, Philip, 25 points.

Well, almost but not quite. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, Jackie Phillips.

Third place, Iain Copping.

Second place, with 25 points, Philip Walters.

In first place, he held on to that lead, Shahab Mossavat.

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

Commiseration to Philip Walters, but it is possible we'll see him again.

If you would like to be a contender on the next series, do go to our website.

And do join us again next time for more Masterminds.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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