Episode 13 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is John Abernethy,

a tourism advisor from Edinburgh.

His subject is the band The Pogues.

Next, Andrew Craig, an editor from London.

He answers questions on the military aircraft of the First World War.

James Lockwood, a civil servant from Tunbridge Wells.

His subject, the Unionist politician Edward Carson.

And Russell Clements, a retired chief executive from London.

His subject, the novels of Jonathan Coe.

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

Four more contenders put themselves to the test tonight

in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's Mastermind.

In order to get through to the next round,

they will be subjected to two sets of questions under the tyranny of the clock.

First, two minutes on their specialist subject

and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

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

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Pogues in two minutes, starting now.

What was the title of the first Pogues song to enter the UK singles chart

when it peaked at number 72 in April 1985?

-A Pair of Brown Eyes.

-Who produced The Pogues most successful single Fairytale of New York,

and the album that it was taken from, If I Should Fall From Grace With God?

-Steve Lillywhite.

-In October '86, The Pogues recorded two songs with The Dubliners.

One was the Irish Rover, a top ten hit in the UK singles chart.

What's the title of the other song which appeared on the B side?

-The Wild Rover.

-The Rare Ould Mountain Dew.

Which new wave artist produced The Pogues' second album,

which was released in August 1985?

-Elvis Costello.

-What was the title of The Pogues' debut single for Stiff Records

that failed to chart when it was released in October '84?

-Boys From the County Hell.

-Following a number of promotional appearances,

The Pogues' first live American concert performance took place in February '86

-at what venue in New York?

-The Roseland Ballroom.

-The World.

What was the title of the four-track EP, released in March '86

featuring among its songs A Rainy Night in Soho and The Body of an American?

-Poguetry in Motion.

-Who replaced the guitarist Philip Chevron

when he missed the band's American tour of late '87 because of ill health?

-Joe Strummer.

-During July and August '87, The Pogues opened for which band in a number of stadium gigs?

The first was at Wembley in front of a crowd of over 70,000.

-U2.

-The video for the song Fiesta was filmed in Barcelona in April '88.

Which comedian directed it?

Adrian Edmondson.

By what nickname was the tin whistle player and occasional vocalist Peter Stacy better known?

-Spider.

-Apart from the annual re-releases of Fairytale of New York,

what was the title of the song that was the last single released by the band to make the UK Top 20?

-Tuesday Morning.

-What is the name of the bass player who left the band in '86

following her marriage to Elvis Costello earlier in the year?

-Cait O'Riordan.

-What was the title of the first album of new material released by the band

following the departure of MacGowan?

It was produced by Michael Brook and recorded in '93.

Waiting for Help.

The Pogues played a benefit concert at The Electric Ballroom in Camden in December 1990

for their manager's daughter after she was injured in a diving accident. What was her name?

BEEPER

Alison.

It was Shannon.

But it's always worth a guess at that stage.

-No passes, John. You've scored 12 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Military aircraft of World War I in two minutes, starting now.

The humped fairing over the British Sopwith F1 Fighter's machine guns

meant the aircraft was commonly known by what nickname?

-Camel.

-Which German aviation company, later better known for making airships,

made its move into producing bombers in November 1914

with the first designs for the three-engine VG0.I?

-Zeppelin.

-In May 1915, William Rhodes-Moorhouse was posthumously awarded

the first Air Victoria Cross for a successful bombing raid. In which aircraft did he make that raid?

-B.E.2B.

-In which aircraft was the German ace Manfred von Richthofen flying

when he was shot down and killed on 21 April 1918?

-Fokker Dr.1.

-What make of three-engined bomber

carried out the first Italian air raid against the Austro-Hungarian empire

on 20 August 1915?

-Caproni.

-A Royal Flying Corps squadron became Britain's first specialised fighter unit

when it arrived in France on 25 July 1915. Which squadron was it?

-26th

-No, number 11.

The Handley Page V/1500 was the only four-engined British bomber built during the war.

Which Rolls-Royce engines powered it?

-Eagle.

-The Eagle..?

-Eight.

Which company manufactured the Flying Boats sold at the Royal Navy Air Service early in the war?

The design, after modification, became the basis of the Felixstowe F1.

-Curtiss.

-What innovation developed by Fokker in 1915

for the Eindecker series of fighters

earned these aircraft the nickname The Scourge by British pilots?

Interrupter gear. Or synchronising gear.

Synchronising gear, right. What design feature was incorporated into the fuselage of the Parnall Panther

to allow easier storage onboard ships?

-It folded.

-It did. The fuselage was hinged.

What name was given to aircraft such as the RAF FE2 and Airco DH2

where a backward-facing propeller was mounted behind the pilot?

-Pushers.

-Which German manufacturer adapted its C1 scout plane into the 6B float plane in 1916

to meet the Imperial Navy's urgent requirement

for a waterborne fighter to defend its bases?

-Albatross.

-No, the Rumpler.

Which British aircraft maker was known by the initials RAF at the beginning of the war

-before changing its name in 1918 to confusion with the Royal Air Force?

-BEEPER

-Royal Aircraft Factory.

-Correct.

No passes, Andrew. You have 11 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Sir Edward Carson in two minutes.

Edward Carson was an Irish Unionist politician and lawyer

who in 1895 came to wide public attention

representing the defence in the criminal libel case brought by Oscar Wilde against whom?

The Marquess of Queensberry.

To what government post that came with a knighthood was Carson appointed in 1900?

Solicitor General for the United Kingdom.

In July 1912, a major Unionist rally against Asquith's Home Rule Bill took place

at which Carson declared that if the government accused them of treason,

they were prepared to take the consequences. Where was the rally held?

-Blenheim.

-At which town in County Cork did a riot break out in September 1887

after two Nationalist MPs were charged for incitement under the new Crimes Act

with Carson appearing as Counsel for the Crown?

-Mitchelstown.

-In February 1914,

Carson gave his approval to Fred Crawford, the self-styled Director of Ordnance of the Ulster Volunteers

to illegally bring arms from Hamburg to which port in County Antrim?

-Larne.

-While a student at Trinity College, Dublin,

he became an active member of which prestigious debating society there?

The College Historical Society.

Which German spa town did Carson visit regularly from about 1901?

He was invited to a lunch with Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1913.

-Homburg.

-In 1901, Carson appeared for the Crown at the trial of Earl Russell

who was on charge for what crime?

-Bigamy.

-Carson represented the lawyer and MP Sir Rufus Isaacs

in a libel action in 1913

connected with which shares scandal the previous year?

-Marconi.

-In March 1914, British army officers based at a camp in County Kildare

declared that they would not attack Ulster Unionists.

This encouraged Carson to press further for exclusion of Ulster from the Home Rule Bill.

What was the name of the army camp?

-Curragh.

-Carson resigned as Attorney General in October 1915.

His main reason for resignation was the government's failure to come to the aid of which country?

-Serbia.

-What was the name of the English poet who was prosecuted by Carson in 1887

after urging tenants of Lord Clanricarde to resist eviction?

-Sullivan.

-No, Blunt.

-As Counsel to the Attorney General...

-BEEPER

I've started, so I'll finish. ..for Ireland in the late 1880s,

Carson prosecuted tenants during the so-called Plan of Campaign.

Which nickname did this earn him?

-Coercion Carson.

-Is correct.

No passes, James. You have 12 points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The novels of Jonathan Coe in two minutes. Here we go.

In The Rotters' Club, Benjamin Trotter's entire religious faith

is based on the fact that God answered his prayers on a momentous day in the locker room at school.

What item of clothing did God appear to provide?

-A pair of swimming trunks.

-In What A Carve Up!

Henry Winshaw meets the President of the Oxford University's Conservative Association

at a meeting in 1946 and describes her as "an absolute pip!" Who is she?

-Margaret Thatcher.

-In A Touch of Love,

Robin Grant and Professor Davis try to avoid each other as much as possible.

What is the professor's relationship to Robin?

Pass.

In The House of Sleep, Sarah suggests that if Ruby wants a special present from her parents,

she should ask for it while pretending to talk in her sleep. What is the present?

-A bicycle.

-Yes, a bike.

Rolf Baumann, the head of BMW Corporate Strategy,

owes the MP Paul Trotter a favour because of something Paul did when they were children. What was it?

-He saved him from drowning.

-In The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim,

when the title character meets the author figure at the end of the novel,

Maxwell wonders how the story will end.

What is the author's two-word response?

-"Like this."

-What does Sarah find hidden at page 173

of the book The House of Sleep, 12 years after Robert put it there?

-A poem.

-In The Rotters' Club, what is the name of Philip and Benjamin's band

that exists for a single day in November 1976?

The name is inspired by The Lord of the Rings.

Gandalf's Pikestaff.

Maxwell Sim asks Emma to marry him

after three days, even though he thinks she's getting too big for her boots.

Who, or what, is Emma?

-A sat-nav.

-When Sarah first meets Robert in the kitchen at Ashdown,

she notices he's been crying.

What news has he just received from home?

-His cat has died.

-In The Rotters' Club,

which newspaper does Paul Trotter describe as being

"full of platitudinous codswallop"?

-The Daily Mirror.

-Daily Mail.

Which love song by Canteloube from his Songs of the Auvergne

evokes memories for Rosamund of an idyllic camping holiday in France

with Rebecca and Thea in The Rain Before It Falls?

-Pass.

-In The Accidental Woman,

Maria discovers a notebook in Anthea's bedroom in Cribbage House.

What phrase is written repeatedly in the book?

BEEPER

Go on, take a guess!

-Pass.

-No? I'll tell you.

It is, "I hate Maria."

Would have been tricky to guess that.

Your other two passes.

That love song by Canteloube was Bailero.

And the professor's relationship to Robin was he was his PhD thesis supervisor.

Three passes. Russell, you have nine points.

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

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place with nine points, Russell Clements.

Third place, 11 points, Andrew Craig.

In joint first place,

12 points apiece, John Abernethy and James Lockwood.

So, Round Two, the general knowledge round.

If there's a tie at the end, the number of passes is taken into account,

and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

If they're tied on passes as well,

then there will be a tie break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up in these rounds

will also be able to claim a place in the semi-finals.

So plenty to play for. Let's ask Russell to join us again, please.

And you got nine points with your knowledge of Jonathan Coe's books.

Two-and-a-half minutes now for general knowledge.

Let's see how you get on with it. Here we go.

In the '80s TV series, with whom was policewoman Cagney partnered to patrol the streets of New York?

-Lacey.

-In which village outside Paris

did the artist Monet create a garden with a lily pond after he moved there in 1883?

-Pass.

-Shelley's elegy Adonais

was written on hearing of the death in Rome of which fellow poet?

-Byron.

-Keats. The former British colony of Northern Rhodesia

that in 1953 became part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

adopted what name when it became independent in 1964?

-Zimbabwe.

-Zambia.

The three snake species native to Britain are the adder, the smooth snake and what other species?

It's identifiable by its olive green colouring and black and yellow collar.

-Pass.

-What name is given to the soft fatty tissue containing blood vessels

found in the cavities of bone?

-Pass.

-Which Italian football club was founded in Turin by students in 1897?

It takes its name from the Latin for "youth".

-Juventus.

-Which novel by John Boyne is about the friendship between a Jewish boy

and the son of a Nazi concentration camp commandant?

It was adapted for the cinema in 2008.

-The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

-What common item of sporting equipment

has regional varieties called Manchester or Log End,

and Yorkshire or Kent Doubles?

-Pass.

-Which Roman statesman and general committed suicide in Alexandria in 30 BC

by falling on his sword?

-Mark Antony.

-What celestial objects have three parts,

a nucleus, a coma and a long luminous tail when they are travelling near the sun?

-Comets.

-Who left the band Genesis in 1975 to pursue a solo career?

He was replaced as the lead vocalist by Phil Collins who'd been the band's drummer.

-Mark Rutherford.

-Peter Gabriel.

Which town in the historic county of Berkshire

was known as "Biscuitopolis" after Thomas Huntley and George Palmer set up business there in 1841?

-Swindon.

-No, Reading.

Which sport is the subject of the 1996 Kevin Costner film Tin Cup?

-Golf.

-What is the name of the French composer whose opera Samson and Delilah

was first performed in Germany in 1877

because of disquiet in France about portraying Biblical characters on stage?

-Bizet.

-Saint-Saens. Which paste made from ground sesame seeds

takes its name from the Arabic for "to grind or crush"?

-Pass.

-In Greek myth, which nocturnal bird was considered sacred to Athena, the goddess of wisdom?

-Nightingale.

-The owl.

Who suggested that poor children should be sold as food to rich landlords...

-BEEPER

-..in his satirical Modest Proposal of 1729?

-Swift.

-Yes, Swift it was. You have five passes.

The paste made from ground sesame seeds is tahini.

It's a dart board, the Log End and the Kent Doubles and all that.

They play a version of darts on it.

What name is given to the soft fatty tissue - you'll hate this - bone marrow.

You'll hate this one as well. The other variety of snake is the grass snake.

And the village outside Paris where Monet created that beautiful garden was Giverny.

You have, Russell, 16 points.

And now Andrew Craig again, please.

You have 11 points already in the bag

with your knowledge of World War I aeroplanes.

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

Which fictional detective had a brother called Mycroft?

-Sherlock Holmes.

-What name for a temporary loss of brain function

caused by a blow to the head comes from the Latin for "to shake"?

-Concussion.

-In 1912, which American-born sculptor

made the angel for Oscar Wilde's tomb in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris?

-Epstein.

-The TV comedy Whoops Baghdad! that starred Frankie Howerd as Ali Oopla

was a follow-up to what better-known series set in Ancient Rome?

-Up Pompeii.

-Walden Robert Cassotto is the real name of which singer songwriter

whose hits include Splish Splash and Beyond the Sea?

-Captain Sensible.

-Bobby Darin.

Which party achieved second place in a parliamentary by-election for the first time in Eastleigh in 2013

when Diane James received nearly 28% of the vote?

-UKIP.

-What was the nationality of the polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen?

-Norwegian.

-Hebden Bridge and Brighouse lie in the valley of a river

that joins the Aire near Castleford. What's the river called?

-Ribble.

-No, the Calder. The name of what type of long-grain rice with a delicate flavour

comes from the Hindi for fragrant?

-Basmati.

-Which character in Shakespeare's Richard II

delivers the speech containing the line, "This royal throne of kings, this sceptre'd isle"?

-Gloucester.

-John of Gaunt.

Who made the 1,000th appearance of his professional football career

when Manchester United played against Real Madrid in a Champions League game in March 2013?

-Ryan Giggs.

-Which capital city at the foot of the Himalayas has a name meaning wooden temple?

It's said to refer to a temple built in 1596 from a single tree.

-Kathmandu.

-Who won a Best Director Oscar for the 1980 film Ordinary People?

-It was his debut as a director.

-Robert Redford.

In which ballet with music by Tchaikovsky do the Lilac Fairy and the evil Carabosse appear?

-Swan Lake.

-Sleeping Beauty.

The male blister beetle, a striking green insect found only occasionally in Britain,

is the source of what severe irritant that was once believed to be an aphrodisiac?

-Itching powder.

-Spanish Fly.

Which number is the basis of the hexadecimal counting system widely used in computers?

-16.

-Which former Lord Chancellor of England was beheaded in 1535

for refusing to recognise Henry VIII as head of the Church of England?

-Cromwell.

-Thomas More. Who collaborated with the American Blue Grass musician Alison Krauss

on the acclaimed 2007 album Raising Sand?

-Elvis Costello.

-Robert Plant.

What was the surname of the lexicographer whose 1926 Dictionary of Modern English Uses

is still considered the standard text for writers and editors?

-Fowler.

-In what type of internal combustion engine

is fuel ignition achieved by compression of air in the cylinder rather than by a spark plug?

-Diesel.

-Which city that had been insignificant since ancient times

-re-emerged in 1834 when it was chosen as the Port of Athens...

-BEEPER

..the capital of the newly-independent Greece?

-Piraeus.

-Correct.

No passes, Andrew. You have now 25 points.

And John Abernethy again, please.

John, you have 12 points starting this round

with your knowledge of The Pogues.

And 25 is now the score to beat to get through to the next round.

Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.

Which classic 1972 novel by Richard Adams

is about a group of rabbits in search of a new warren?

-Watership Down.

-The Central Criminal Court in London

is commonly known by what name, after the street where it stands?

-Old Bailey.

-The fruit of which tree related to the cashew provides the greenish edible kernel

that is frequently roasted and salted or used as an ice cream flavouring?

-Pass.

-Who captained England on the 1986/'87 Ashes tour,

the last time the Ashes were retained prior to the 2010/11 tour?

-Mike Gatting.

-The antibiotic streptomycin

was the first effective treatment for which disease, once commonly known as consumption?

-Tuberculosis.

-Sergeant Bash, Shunt and Sir Killalot

featured in a cult TV series hosted first by Jeremy Clarkson and then by Craig Charles.

What was the series called?

-Top Gear.

-Robot Wars.

Which African capital city was founded in 1822

as a settlement for freed American slaves?

It's named after the American president at the time.

-Jacksonville.

-Monrovia.

Girl Who Got Away, released in March 2013

is the fourth album by which British singer?

-Pass.

-Nicholas Brakespear is the only Englishman to have held what great office?

He held it between 1154 and 1159?

-Pope.

-What is the name of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel set in a psychiatric hospital ward?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

What term for extremist militant Republicans during the French Revolution

literally translates as "without breeches"?

It refers to their rejection of the knee breeches worn by the upper classes.

-Pass.

-Which bear-like Australian marsupial mammal

feeds very selectively on the leaves of certain species of the eucalyptus tree?

-Wombat.

-Koala.

In which city is the Bullring shopping centre dominated by a building that's been described as

"a blue blancmange with chicken pox"?

-Birmingham.

-The designer Marcel Breuer pioneered the use of what material

in his designs of furniture, especially chairs?

He was supposed to have been inspired by the handlebars of his new bike.

-Plastic.

-Tubular steel.

Which European country's return to civilian rule

began in 1976 when the socialist Mario Soares became prime minister?

He served as president from '86 to '96.

-Portugal.

-Which British actor plays the title role in Oliver Stone's '95 film Nixon?

-Anthony Hopkins.

-Who composed the waltz The Blue Danube in 1867?

-Richard Strauss.

-Johan Strauss.

The name penguin was first applied to a flightless black and white seabird of the North Atlantic

hunted to extinction in the mid-19th century.

What was it?

-Pass.

-What term is normally used for a piece of the curd or head of broccoli or cauliflower

when it's broken up for cooking?

-Pass.

-In the place names given on a map...

-BEEPING

..of Wales, the word pistyll refers to what geographical feature?

-Hill.

-No, a waterfall, or cataract.

Worth guessing. Five passes.

A floret is that bit of the broccoli or cauliflower that's sometimes known as the curd.

The Great Auk was the flightless black seabird.

Sans-culottes, the name of those militant Republicans during the revolution.

Dido was the British singer of Girl Who Got Away

and the fruit of that tree was the pistachio.

Yes, you knew it afterwards.

-There you go. John, a total now of 21 points.

-Thank you.

And finally, James Lockwood again, please.

And you also start this round with 12 points with your knowledge of Carson.

The score to beat is still 25.

So, let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

The form given to an employee when he or she leaves a job

showing the amount of tax paid in that tax year is known by what letter and number?

-P45.

-Who became the first person to win three Best Actor Oscars

when he won the award at the 2013 ceremony for playing the title role in Lincoln?

-Daniel Day-Lewis.

-The Hellbender, native to North America,

is a large species of which tailed amphibian?

-Newt.

-A salamander. In the novels by Jules Verne,

Prince Dakkar, a rajah's son, builds a vessel from which he fights against British Imperialism.

By what name is he better known?

-Pass.

-In which town was the comedian Peter Kay born and brought up?

-Birmingham.

-Bolton. Which popular form of one-day cricket

introduced in 2003 lasts for a maximum of 40 overs?

-Twenty20.

-What name that comes from the Persian for pounded meat

is given to an Indian dish that contains minced meat or vegetables

shaped into a ball, fried and often stuffed?

-Pass.

-Which member of the Manchester band The Happy Mondays, whose real name is Mark Berry

is well known for his style of dancing on stage?

-Pass.

-Which Commonwealth capital was originally known as Charlestown

but was renamed in the 1690s after a Dutch royal title of King William III?

-Nassau.

-What name is given to the square cap

worn by Roman Catholic clergy? Its colour varies according to rank.

Priests wear black, bishops purple and cardinals red.

-Biretta.

-Which opera by Verdi tells the story of Violetta's doomed love for Alfredo?

-La Traviata.

-In what form of gambling are horses' names drawn out by lot

with all the participants' pooled money going to the winners?

-Pass.

-Which trade union headed by Bob Crow since 2002

is known by the initials RMT?

Rail, Maritime and Transport.

What was the name of the 18th-century highwayman

who accidentally shot his partner in crime, Tom King,

and was finally hanged for horse stealing in 1739?

-Dick Turpin.

-Which supermodel is the subject of Marc Quinn's solid gold statue, Siren?

-Katie Price.

-Kate Moss.

What is the name of the sand and shingle spit

that stretches about 3.5 miles across the entrance to the Humber Estuary in East Yorkshire?

-Spurn Point.

-Yes, or Spurn Head.

In Greek mythology, who gave Theseus the thread enabling him to escape from the labyrinth

after he slew the Minotaur?

-Ariadne.

-What is the title of the 2000 TV fantasy drama

that starred Celia Imrie and Jonathan Rhys Myers

and was adapted from the novels of Mervyn Peake?

-Gormenghast.

-Which Chinese martial art and exercise regime

where all movements are performed slowly and purposefully

has a name that roughly translates as "supreme ultimate fist"?

-Tai-Chi.

-Four American states have a border...

-BEEPER

..with Mexico. California, New Mexico and Texas are three. The fourth is..?

-Arizona.

-Yes!

It's always worth a guess! Absolutely.

Four passes. The gambling, where the horses' names are thrown into one pool is sweepstake.

Bez was the member of the Manchester band whose real name is Mark Berry.

Kofta is the name that comes from the Persian for pounded meat.

And in that Jules Verne novel,

Prince Dakkar is better known as Captain Nemo.

James, you have 25 points.

Well, remember the rule about passes? Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place with 16 points, Russell Clements.

Third place, 21 points, John Abernethy.

Second place, 25 points and four passes, James Lockwood.

First place, 25 points and no passes, Andrew Craig.

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

Congratulations to him.

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