Episode 6 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Matthew Bradshaw,

a registration executive from Blackpool.

His subject, the Epsom Derby since 1980.

Next, Les Wallace, a home energy assessor from Falkirk.

He'll be answering questions on the extinct fauna of the Ice Age.

Hazel Humphreys, a council IT officer from Wivenhoe.

Her subject, the comedian Dave Allen.

And Chris Kirk, a pipe fabricator from Barrow-in-Furness,

and his subject, General Custer of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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 subject,

and two and a half minutes of general knowledge, and that's the one most fear.

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

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

The Derby. Here we go. Two minutes.

Which horse, ridden by Walter Swinburn,

won the 1981 Derby by a record margin of ten lengths?

Shergar.

The 2012 race was the first Epsom Derby to be won

by a father and son trainer and jockey combination.

What's their shared surname?

O'Brien.

In 1989, Terimon finished second behind Nashwan.

What was Terimon's starting price,

the longest for any horse to be placed in the race?

500 to 1.

Who became the first female jockey to ride in the Derby

when she rode Portuguese Lil in 1996?

Alex Greaves.

In 2000, after Frankie Dettori was injured in an air crash,

which American jockey replaced him in the Derby

on Best Of The Bests, finishing fourth?

Chris McCarron.

What was the name of the dam, herself a winner

of the '93 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, who produced

both the 2001 Derby winner, Galileo,

and the 2009 winner, See The Stars?

Urban Sea.

Who owned both the winner, Kayhasi,

and the third-placed horse, Dayoun, in the 1988 race?

The Aga Khan.

How many times did Frankie Dettori fail to win

the race before his first Derby success on Authorized in 2007?

14 times.

Which horse owned by the Queen started as favourite in 2011,

but finished third behind Pour Moi and Treasure Beach?

Carlton House.

Which horse that won the Derby in 1980

was found after the race to have fractured a bone in his foot?

Henbit.

In 2010, Workforce broke the record

for the fastest winning time of the Derby, set 15 years earlier by which horse?

Lammtarra.

Having won the 1,000 Guineas earlier in the season,

which filly started as 11 to 4 favourite

in the 1998 Derby, but only finished ninth?

Cape Verdi.

Who was the jockey on Slip Anchor

when it won the '85 Derby by leading from start to finish?

Steve Cauthen.

Which horse became known as one of the best horses never to win the Derby

when he finished a fast-closing second in '86,

having caught up from almost the back?

Dancing Brave.

How old was Lester Piggott when he steered Khamaseen

into fifth on his final ride of the Derby in '94?

54.

58. The Derby was moved to a Saturday in '95

to boost interest and increase viewing figures.

On which day of the week was it previously held?

Wednesday.

Who won the Derby in 1990...

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..with Quest for Fame in his first year as a trainer

having taken over Beckhampton House stables

earlier that year?

Roger Charlton.

Is correct.

But for that one, tiny lapse, just four years in it, you'd have had a full house.

-As it is, you've done brilliantly. 16 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Extinct fauna. Here we go.

By what name is the extinct Smilodon popularly known?

Sabre-toothed cat.

What is the general name of the Bos primigenius,

an ancestor of modern cattle

which only became extinct in 1627?

Aurochs.

On which Arctic Ocean island is it thought

the last woolly mammoth died out several millennia later

than they had generally disappeared elsewhere?

Wrangel Island.

What scientific name referring to its large, projecting lower incisors

is given to the largest known marsupial, which had a form similar to a giant wombat?

The Diprotodon.

Diprotodon, yes.

Which family of mammals included the extinct species

known by the common name Merck's,

that lived in Europe, including Britain, during the Ice Age?

Rhinoceros.

The three-part name of the Eurasia cave lion is Panthera leo spelaea.

What is the usual name of its American equivalent?

Panthera leo atrox.

Which highly unusual animal, covered with an armoured shell

and resembling a giant, round armadillo,

got its common name from the Greek for carved or grooved tooth?

Glyptodont.

What is the scientific name of the giant short-faced bear?

It was one of the largest land carnivores in North America during the Ice Age.

Arctodus simus.

Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire and Tornewton Cave in Devon,

where fossils have been found of various animals,

including lions, tigers and bison,

are believed to have been the dens of which animal in the Ice Age?

Cave Hyena.

What is the name of the site in Hancock Park,

downtown Los Angeles, where the bones of thousands of animals have been found,

including Ice Age giants like ground sloths and mammoths?

Rancho La Brea.

The extinct North American mammal, the platygonus,

was a genus of which living South American mammal?

Pass.

On which island did the large primate known as

the koala lemur live until its extinction?

Madagascar.

In which American state is the mammoth site

in Hot Springs that claims to be

the world's largest mammoth research facility?

Dakota.

South Dakota.

In 1979, the mummified body of an animal was discovered in Alaska

with feline scratches on its back and a piece of lion's tooth in its neck.

It was nicknamed Blue Babe. What species of animal was it?

BEEP

It was a Steppe Bison.

It was indeed. One pass, Les.

That extinct North American mammal was a genus of the peccary.

You have 12 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Dave Allen in two minutes, starting now.

What was Dave Allen's family name at birth?

He claimed he changed it to Allen because his agent

didn't have any acts beginning with an A?

Tynan O'Mahony.

At which Butlin's holiday camp did Allen work

as a camp host in the 1950s, having followed his brother over to England?

Skegness.

In one of Allen's stories, after proclaiming

"There'll be a wailing and gnashing of teeth on judgement day",

what does the fire and brimstone preacher say

to the old lady who points out she doesn't have any teeth?

Teeth will be provided.

In a famous Allen sketch, what's the name

of the packing company to which the working men trudge in perfect synchronisation?

Prestige Sardines.

Allen told various stories about how he lost the top of his finger.

He often said someone chopped it off

as a punishment for picking his nose. Who was it?

His father.

What was the title of the 1969 documentary filmed in New York,

in which Allen interviewed people from all sections of society,

including drug dealers, alcoholics, undercover agents and panhandlers?

Dave Allen In The Melting Pot.

What everyday household object is at the centre of the story

that caused the BBC to issue an apology for swearing

when it was shown on television in January 1990?

A clock.

He described his first television appearance on a talent show in '59

as "the longest and most terrifying three minutes of my life."

What was the name of the show?

New Faces.

After seeing his performance at the London Palladium,

the BBC's Bill Cotton signed Allen up

to be the resident comedian on which TV show?

Val Doonican.

What's the title of the Australian film comedy about an Italian monastery

in which Allen plays Tim O'Mahoney?

Squeeze a Flower.

In one of Allen's gags, the drunk asks the hostess if lemons have feathers.

What has he just squeezed into his drink?

A canary.

In a Guardian questionnaire of 31st December '94, what answer did he give

to the question, "What do you consider the most overrated virtue?"

Sobriety.

Godliness! What's the title of the '79 Alan Bennett television play

in which Allen plays an estate agent called George Phillips?

One Fine Day.

In the Keystone Cops-style race to the cemetery sketch,

one of the conference is balanced on the roof of a passing car

by one of the funeral parties.

What do the other party prop their coffin on?

A pram.

During an episode of Tonight With Dave Allen in the '60s in Australia,

he knocked himself out on the concrete studio floor while having a go on what?

A trampoline.

Which Dave Allen television special...

BEEP

of 1979 won a Silver Rose at the Montreux Festival?

At Large With Dave Allen?

Dave Allen At Large. I think we'll give you that. No passes.

Hazel, you have 15 points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Battle of the Little Bighorn. Here we go.

What was the name of the judge's daughter

who married George Armstrong Custer in February 1864 and accompanied him

during his nine-year service on the Western Front?

Libbie Bacon.

Who was the chief of the Sioux Indians,

whose vision of soldiers falling into their camp was fulfilled

at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

Sitting Bull.

What was the standard issue rifle used by the US cavalry

which caused particular problems

because cartridges jammed after repeated use?

Springfield carbine.

What was the name of Myles Keogh's horse,

which survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn

in spite of being wounded by bullets and arrows?

Comanche.

Which major was assigned to lead a charge against

the Indian village of Little Bighorn, but was forced to retreat

to a hill where he was joined by Benteen's troops?

Marcus Reno.

What was the name of Custer's long-serving orderly,

traditionally called a striker in the US cavalry?

John Burkman.

On which steamboat did the last meeting between Custer

and his commander, Brigadier General Terry, take place?

It also brought survivors and wounded back to Bismarck after the battle.

Far West.

Which journalist travelled with Custer and was killed at the battle?

Mark Kellogg.

What's the title of the memoir Custer had written

in 1875 about his personal experiences with the Indians?

My Life On The Plains.

Which company, commanded by Lieutenant Edward Godfrey,

covered the retreat to what became known as Reno's Hill?

K Company.

What's the meaning of the Lakota nickname given to Custer?

Long Hair.

A runaway mule laden with ammunition started off towards the enemy,

but was brought back by a soldier who was awarded

the Medal Of Honor for his actions. What was the soldier's name?

Sergeant Rayne.

Sergeant Richard Hanley.

Which crow scout often claimed to be the only survivor of the massacre

that followed the Battle of the Little Bighorn,

and brought news of the disaster to the Far West?

Curly.

What government post was held

by former congressman John Quincy Smith at the time of the battle?

His conduct in the role later attracted much criticism.

Secretary of War.

He was the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Which Private was with Major Benteen when they discovered Custer's body

after the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

Private Slaper?

Private Jacob Adams.

Which Chief of the Oglala branch of the Lakota

rallied the Indians against the attacking cavalry forces at Little Bighorn?

BEEP

Crazy Horse.

Is correct. No passes, Chris.

You have 13 points.

So that's the end of that round. A very high-scoring round.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, Les Wallace.

Third place, Chris Kirk.

Second place, Hazel Humphreys.

In the lead, just, Matthew Bradshaw.

So it is the general knowledge round now,

and if there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is taken into account,

and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,

and if they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break,

and the six highest-scoring runners-up during these heats

will also claim a place in the semifinals, so lots to play for.

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

And you scored 12 points with your knowledge of those extinct species,

and you now have two and a half minutes for your general knowledge.

Let's see how you do. Here we go.

In which Moscow square did the Soviet Union hold its May Day

military parades and celebrations of the Bolshevik Revolution?

Red Square.

Which artist painted a picture of Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens in 1954,

using his characteristic stick-like figures?

LS Lowry.

In cricket, what name is given to a tail-end batsmen sent in

near the top of the order if the senior batsman is out shortly before close of play?

Pass.

Which Newcastle-born actor first played a Detective Sergeant

in the 1985 Miss Marple mystery A Murder Is Announced?

Kevin Whately.

Which large flatfish is known as Le Roi du Careme,

or the King of Lent?

Plaice.

Turbot.

Whose vigorous public support of Darwin's theory of evolution

earned him the nickname Darwin's Bulldog?

Thomas Henry Huxley.

The last line of which classic 1933 film was

"It wasn't the airplanes, it was beauty killed the beast"?

King Kong.

Peter Noone was the lead singer with the '60s group

who reached number one in the UK with I'm Into Something Good.

What was the name of the group?

Peter And The Hermits?

Herman's Hermits.

Where in Lincolnshire did the Royal Navy Air Service

establish a base in 1916 that became the site of the RAF College?

Its graduates include Frank Whittle and Douglas Barder.

Spalding.

Cranwell.

The comedian Archie Rice, originally played by Laurence Olivier,

is the lead character in which play by John Osborne?

The Entertainer.

Which desert lies principally in southern California?

It takes its name from the Native American people who lived in the area.

Mojave.

Who was appointed British Foreign Secretary in June 2007?

He was the youngest to hold the post since David Owen.

Pass.

Which dark brown vegetable matter used by gardeners and as a fuel

is the first stage in the formation of coal?

Mulch.

Peat. In Irish legend, what's supposed to have been built to enable

the warrior Finn McCool to fight a Scottish enemy?

Giant's Causeway.

Yes. Which elegy by Alfred, Lord Tennyson was written after the sudden death

of his closest friend, Arthur Hallam?

Pass.

Which Victorian philanthropist peer

was involved in a number of social reforms including protection for children

working in factories or working with chimney sweeps?

Lord Palmerston?

No, Shaftesbury. In medicine, what name is given to the eye condition

in which the lens becomes progressively opaque? It can also mean waterfall.

Cataract.

In which country did Princess Elizabeth hear that she had become Queen

following the death of her father, King George VI?

Kenya.

The centre of which sporting target should be 1.73 metres

or 5 feet 8 inches above the floor?

Archery.

Dartboard. What name is given to a large-scale musical work,

-typically on a religious subject for solo voices...

-BEEP

..chorus and orchestra, performed without scenery, costumes or acting?

-Pass.

-I can tell you it's the oratorio.

Your other passes. That elegy by Lord Tennyson was In Memoriam.

It was David Miliband who was a very young Foreign Secretary.

In cricket, the tail-end batsman who takes over and all that

is a night-watchman.

You have a total, Les, of 22 points.

Thank you.

And now Chris Kirk, again, please.

And you have 13 points with your knowledge

of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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

Of which royal house was Henry VII the first monarch and Elizabeth I the last?

Tudor.

What's the nickname of Denver, Colorado, because of its altitude?

Mile High City.

Which pipe-smoking, Parisian detective was created

by the Belgian-born author Georges Simenon?

Manet?

Maigret! The invention of which synthetic plastic,

once widely used in the film industry,

is usually attributed to the English chemist Alexander Parkes,

who patented a similar material called Parkesine?

Polythene?

Celluloid. Which Oscar-winning actress was elected Labour MP

for Hampstead and Highgate at the 1992 General Election?

Glenda Jackson.

What name's given to the part of the Earth

that lies beneath the crust and above the core?

Pass.

Which bird, generally considered the world's heaviest flying bird

and extinct in Britain since the 1840s,

was reintroduced on Salisbury Plain in 2004?

Pass.

Which London building had the telephone number Whitehall 1212?

The Home Office.

New Scotland Yard. How is the legendary American frontierswoman

born Martha Jane Canary better known?

She became the subject of a 1953 musical film starring Doris Day.

Annie Oakley?

Calamity Jane.

In which field event did Al Oerter win

four successive Olympic gold medals between 1956 and '68?

Javelin?

Discus. Which boy and girl featured in the children's reading scheme books

produced by the publishers James Nisbet from 1949?

Jack and Jane.

Janet and John. What name is given to thick, dark treacle that's drained

from sugar during refining and from which rum is produced?

Molasses.

Which historic region of South Africa that occupied

the north-east of the country is now divided into four provinces,

including Gauteng and Limpopo?

Natal?

Transvaal. Whose third symphony was originally to be called Bonaparte?

The title was changed to Eroica after Napoleon declared himself Emperor.

Beethoven?

The character Reg Cox was found murdered in his flat

in the first episode of which soap opera

that began on BBC One on 19th February 1985?

EastEnders.

What's the chief town of the Shetland Islands?

Lerwick.

Which term for old curiosities or miscellaneous items of little value

is thought to come from a French phrase meaning at random?

Bric-a-brac.

The lyricist Hal David collaborated with which composer

on songs for Dionne Warwick such as

Anyone Who Had A Heart and Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

Pass.

Which unit of measurement was defined in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences

as one ten-millionth of the length of the Earth's Meridian

from the North Pole to the equator?

Metre.

-Yes.

-BEEP.

You had three passes. Burt Bacharach and Hal David worked together.

The Great Bustard was that bird that they reintroduced to Salisbury Plain, very big bird,

and the bit of the Earth between the crust and the core is the mantle.

Chris, you have 22 points.

And now Hazel Humphreys again, please.

You have 15 points with your knowledge of Dave Allen.

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

Here we go, two and a half minutes.

Which Disney film is based on a 1923 novel by Felix Salten

about the life of a wild deer?

Bambi.

The house of Bourbon was re-established as the ruling family in Spain

with the accession of which king after the death of Franco in 1975?

Pass.

What is the name of the dome-shaped muscular structure

that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity?

Diaphragm.

Which essayist and historian lived in Cheyne Road, Chelsea,

from 1834 until his death in 1881, acquiring the nickname the Sage of Chelsea?

Pass.

In which range of hills is the Cheddar Gorge,

famous for its caverns and limestone cliffs?

The Cotswolds?

The Mendips. Who starred as a Lancastrian pensioner turned private detective

in the television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates?

Hyacinth Bucket.

Patricia Routledge. Which member of the cat family famous for its speed

has a name that comes from a Sanskrit word meaning speckled or variegated?

Cheetah.

Which singer and songwriter

was born Roberta Joan Anderson in Canada in 1943?

Roberta Flack?

Joni Mitchell. Monica Ali's debut novel documents the experiences

of a young Bangladeshi woman who moves to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

after an arranged marriage. What's it called?

Brick Lane.

Which Prime Minister was responsible for the Parliament Act of 1911,

limiting the power of the House of Lords

and led the country into the First World War?

Clement Attlee.

Asquith. What type of stew takes its name from the French

for to restore someone's appetite?

Um... Tisane?

Ragout. Which group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean

were originally named the Sandwich Islands by Captain Cook in 1778?

Friendly Islands?

The Hawaiian Islands.

Which legendary British film company famous for its horror pictures

returned to the big screen in 2010 with Let Me In?

Hammer.

Which Jewish festival has a Hebrew name meaning Head of the Year?

Hanukkah?

Rosh Hashanah. Who, in his last competitive tennis match,

partnered Jamie Murray to victory in a Davis Cup tie

against Croatia in September 2007?

Tim Henman?

Which novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, unfinished at her death,

has Molly Gibson, a doctor's daughter, as its heroine?

Pass.

Which queen of the Iceni people of ancient Britain led a major uprising

against Roman rule in AD 60?

Boadicea.

You have three passes, Hazel.

Wives And Daughters was that unfinished novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Thomas Carlyle was the essayist who lived in Cheyne Road, Chelsea,

and Juan Carlos became king again in 1975.

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

And finally, Matthew Bradshaw again, please.

And you have 16 points already with your knowledge of the Derby,

and 22 is the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge, starting now.

What is the actual name of the former England cricketer known as Freddie Flintoff?

Andrew.

Who wrote the science-fiction novel A Clockwork Orange, first published in 1962?

Anthony Burgess.

Which edible fungi have an Italian name meaning little pigs?

Truffles.

Porcini.

The group of rocky islets called Les Minquiers are the most southerly part

of the British Isles.

Off which of the Channel Islands do they lie?

Alderney.

Jersey. What's the main hormone responsible for the development

of male sex organs and characteristics such as facial hair

and a deepening of the voice?

Testosterone.

Which bigoted sitcom character played by Warren Mitchell

was originally called Alf Ramsey

when he first appeared in the '65 pilot episode?

Alf Garnett.

Which painter, a founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,

was created a baronet in 1885? His works include Ophelia and Autumn Leaves.

Holman Hunt?

No, Millais.

Who was George Bush Senior's Vice President,

famously remembered for his inability to spell the word potato?

Dan Quayle.

Which English rock band's first UK chart entry was

Somewhere Only We Know in February 2004?

It appears on their album Hopes And Fears.

Keane.

Which top division Spanish football club

is known by their nickname Athletic rather than Atletico,

reflecting the British connections of its origins?

Madrid.

Bilbao. What word meaning screen or veil is used to describe

the custom in some countries of secluding women from public view?

Pass.

The nut of which tree is a favourite winter delicacy,

particularly when it's roasted in front of a fire,

or as part of a traditional Christmas dinner?

Sweet chestnut.

Which mountain on the Swiss-Italian border,

one of the most spectacular in the Alps, is generally

known by its German name meaning "the peak in the meadows"?

The Matterhorn.

Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith played secret agents K and J

in which '97 film and its sequels?

Men In Black.

What name is given to the fluid in which the blood cells are suspended?

Plasma.

Which country was ruled by members of the Ptolemaic dynasty

from the early 4th century BC to 30 BC, when it became a Roman province?

France.

Egypt. What name is given to an enclosed court or covered arcade

forming part of a monastic or collegiate establishment?

Pass.

Which American bandmaster and composer of military marches

also wrote operettas such as El Capitan, first performed in 1896?

Gershwin.

-Sousa. Which ship set sail...

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..on Columbus's first voyage for the New World in 1492

alongside the Santa Maria and the Nina?

Rodrigo de Triana.

It was the Pinta.

And you had two passes.

That name given to an enclosed court or covered arcade is a cloister,

and the word meaning screen or veil is purdah.

You have 26 points.

Well, a clear winner at the end,

but for a time there it looked as if we weren't going to get one.

The scores - in joint second place

Les Wallace, Hazel Humphreys

and Chris Kirk.

In first place, he cleared the field in the end, Matthew Bradshaw.

Which means that Matthew Bradshaw is of course tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the semifinals.

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

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