Episode 14 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Tony Marwood, a retired firefighter from Thornaby-on-Tees.

His subject, Lester Piggott.

Next, Adrian Gorst, a consultant ergonomist from Ayrshire. His subject is Robert the Bruce.

Euan McCulloch, an enforcement manager from Blairgowrie.

He'll be answering questions on Hugh Gaitskell.

And Julie Aris, a service quality manager from East Sussex.

Her subject, the Simon Serrailler novels of Susan Hill.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight's contenders will each make the short but daunting walk

to the black chair, where they will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,

then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

The winner will go through to the next round

and take a step closer to being crowned the nation's Mastermind,

an honour so much more precious than mere baubles.

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

And your name is...?

..Lester Piggott in two minutes.

Who trained The Chase,

the horse that gave Piggott his first ride in 1948 and his first win at Haydock Park?

-Keith Piggott.

-In 1981, Piggott rode Shergar to victory

in which classic race, as the horse's regular jockey, Walter Swinburn, was suspended?

-Irish Derby.

-Piggott rode Carrozza to victory in the Oaks in 1957,

completing a Derby and Oaks double.

Who led the horse into the winner's enclosure?

-Jim Gunning.

-No, the Queen. What is Piggott's nickname,

because he's unusually tall to be a flat race jockey, at five feet eight?

-The Long Fella.

-Which horse ridden by Charlie Smirke

beat Piggott's horse Gay Time by three quarters of a length in the '52 Derby,

the first time Piggott finished in the first three?

-Tulyar.

-On which now defunct racecourse

did Piggott have the biggest success of his 20 wins over hurdles,

when he road Prince Charlemagne in the 1954 Triumph Hurdle?

-Hurst Park.

-In 1977, Piggott completed a hat trick of Ascot Gold Cup wins.

On which horse did he win?

-Sagaro.

-Piggott was convicted of tax evasion in 1987

and released from which prison after one year and a day on 24 October 1988?

-Highpoint.

-In '96, the gates next to the Queen's stand at a racecourse

were named after Piggott, which racecourse?

-Newmarket.

-Epsom. Which Derby runner-up did Piggott breed from his own mare Limuru?

-Cavo Doro.

-Piggott retired in '85, but made a comeback at the age of 55.

On which racecourse did he ride Lupescu into second place on his return?

-Leicester.

-Which horse did Piggott ride in the special match race

in Warwick in May '85 against John Francome,

just after Francome had retired and Piggott announced his retirement?

-The Liquidator.

-Which horse did Piggott ride to victory in the '73 Coronation Cup,

having won the Derby on the same horse the previous year?

-Roberto.

-Piggott considers his tenth Derby winner to have been a winning colt of 1996,

which he did not ride himself, but it was trained by his son-in-law with Piggott's assistance.

-What was the horse's name?

-BUZZER

Take a guess.

-No?

-Morston.

-No. It was Shaamit.

Or Sh-ar-mit, however you pronounce it.

-No passes, Tony, you have 11 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Robert the Bruce in two minutes.

Robert the Bruce was King of Scots from 1306 till 1329

and led Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against England.

In which castle in southwest Scotland is he thought to have been born?

-Turnberry.

-Whose death in the Orkneys in 1290

reignited the rivalry between the Bruce and Balliol families as claimants to the Scottish throne?

-Maid of Norway.

-In April 1296, the Scots were defeated in a battle

after which John Balliol was dethroned

and Bruce was required to swear an oath to Edward I of England.

Where was the battle?

-Falkirk.

-Dunbar. Who crowned Bruce as Robert I of Scotland on 25 March, Lady Day, 1306?

-Isabella of Fife.

-In April 1312, Bruce captured Dundee from the English.

Which nearby city did he take the following January,

where he was the second to scale the wall, behind a French knight?

-Perth.

-What's the document presented at Bruce's first parliament,

held in St Andrews in March 1309,

where the churchmen of Scotland affirmed their support for his right to be King?

-Pass.

-Edward II's invasion of Scotland in 1314 led to his defeat at Bannockburn.

A major objective was to relieve which castle?

-Stirling.

-The daughter of the Lord of Garmoran helped Bruce to return to mainland Scotland

after he fled following his defeats of 1306 - she's known by what name?

-Christina of the Isles.

-The castle at which town was captured by the Scots in June 1318

to complete Bruce's conquest of his kingdom?

-Berwick.

-What name of Old English origin

was given to the close-knit massed formations of infantry deployed by Bruce at Bannockburn?

-Schiltrom.

-The Castle of Rushen was captured in 1313

by Bruce's army, which gave the Scots control of the Isle of Man.

Who was the commander of the garrison of the castle?

-Bisset.

-No, Dougal McDougal.

Bruce's raids into the north of England forced the English to sign a treaty in May 1328

which recognised the independence of Scotland with Bruce as King. Which treaty?

-Northampton-Edinburgh.

-Edinburgh-Northampton, yeah.

After Bruce died, his heart was carried into battle

-against the Moors in Spain by which of his allies?

-BUZZER

-James Douglas.

-Is correct.

You had just one pass.

The name of that document presented at his first Parliament was the Declaration of the Clergy.

-Thank you.

-You have scored, Adrian, ten points.

-Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Hugh Gaitskell in two minutes.

Hugh Gaitskell first stood at the 1935 General Election

as Labour candidate for which constituency - he lost to the Conservative candidate?

-Chatham.

-Gaitskell was Chancellor from 1950.

In his budget in 1951, he opposed charges on dentures

and what item in the NHS, leading to major disagreements in the party?

-Spectacles.

-In what ministry did Gaitskell start working as a civil servant in 1939?

-Economic Warfare.

-Gaitskell was ousted as Chancellor by the Conservative victory in '51.

The supposedly similar policies of his successor

led The Economist to blend their two names and invent what term?

-Butskellism.

-Gaitskell became Labour leader in 1955.

What was the name of the controversial domestic policy document on nationalisation

endorsed by the '57 Party Conference?

-Industry And Society.

-After leaving Oxford, Gaitskell took a post as a tutor

with the Workers' Educational Association in which city?

-Nottingham.

-After Gaitskell's 1951 budget, three ministers resigned -

Harold Wilson, John Freeman and which other,

whose resignation speech condemned the Chancellor for arms expenditure, including in Korea?

-Nye Bevan.

-What was the name of the dining club founded in 1932

to encourage links between the Labour Party and the City - Gaitskell joined two years later?

-XYZ.

-In a BBC broadcast in November 1956,

Gaitskell called for the resignation of the Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, over what?

-Suez.

-Who became Gaitskell's agent in his South Leeds constituency,

replacing George Brett, in 1950?

-George Murray.

-At the Party Conference in 1959, a month after defeat in the General Election,

Gaitskell proposed to revise a clause that advocated nationalisation - which clause?

-Clause 4.

-On what issue were Gaitskell and the Labour leadership defeated by the left of the party

at the 1960 Conference on a motion proposed by the Amalgamated Engineering Union?

-Unilateral disarmament.

-In which town did Gaitskell deliver his speech of '52,

referring to the Bevanites with,

"It is time to end the attempt at mob rule by a group of frustrated journalists"?

-Stalybridge.

-During his last speech at Conference...

-BUZZER

..in '62, where he stated his opposition to the Common Market, what policy did Gaitskell refer to

as "one of the most devastating pieces of protectionism invented"?

-Common Agricultural Policy.

-Is correct.

-A perfect round. No passes, 14 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And finally, our last contender.

And your name is...?

Simon Serrailler novels in two minutes.

In which fictional cathedral city does Simon Serrailler live in the detective novels of Susan Hill?

-Lafferton.

-What is the name of the policewoman whom Serrailler became fond of

and who's killed in the first novel, The Various Haunts Of Men?

-Freya Graham.

-Freya Graffham. In The Various Haunts Of Men,

what alias does the quack doctor Colin Davison use

as the psychic surgeon at the Spiritual Sanctuary?

-Dava.

-In The Vows Of Silence, when the police are occupied

with the security of Prince Charles in the cathedral,

the Lafferton gunman opens fire at what other event?

-A wedding fair.

-What name do the prostitutes give to Miles Hurley,

the Canon who attacks Cat Deerbon and who speaks in a whispery voice?

-Beanie Man.

-When Serrailler is promoted to Detective Chief Superintendant,

he tells Sam that he will be working more with SIFT - what does that acronym stand for?

-Special Investigation...

-No. Serious Incident Flying Taskforce.

In A Question Of Identity, Serrailler takes his nephew Sam to the coast of which county,

he'd been intending to do it since Sam's father died?

-Norfolk.

-Jane Fitzroy disappeared after leaving Cambridge

and sent a postcard after six months out of touch - from where?

-Nepal.

-After the death of Simon's mother, Meriel,

his father Richard later marries someone else. What's her name?

-Judith.

-In The Betrayal Of Trust, Chief Constable Paula Devenish

is on sick leave after which emergency operation?

-Appendectomy.

-In which street is Serrailler's flat?

It's where Jane Fitzroy is living when she's held hostage by Max Jameson,

whose wife Lizzie has died of Variant CJD.

-Cathedral Close.

-On Detective Sergeant Ben Vanek's first day, in The Shadows In The Street,

what door does he try to open while looking for the canteen?

-Fire exit.

-What is the full name of the boy who disappears in The Pure In Heart

and whose story comes to a conclusion in The Risk Of Darkness?

-David Angus.

-In The Vows Of Silence, to which event does Phil invite Helen Creedy,

whom he met through a dating agency?

-The Jug Fair.

-In The Pure In Heart, what's the name of the former prisoner

who gets a job with Karin McCafferty after Serrailler recommends him?

Andy Gunton. BUZZER

No passes, Julie. You have 13 points.

APPLAUSE

Some big scores in that round. Let's have a look at them.

In fourth place, with ten points, Adrian Gorst.

Third place, 11 points, Tony Marwood.

Second place, 13 points, Julie Aris.

In the lead - just - 14 points, Euan McCulloch.

So, this is the general knowledge round and 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 as well, there will be a tie-break.

The six highest scoring runners-up during this round

can claim a place in the semifinal.

So, there is plenty to play for. Let's get on with it and ask Adrian to join us again, please.

You have ten points with your knowledge of Robert the Bruce.

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

In which television series did Tom Good, played by Richard Briers,

give up his job to try a self-sufficient lifestyle with Barbara?

-The Good Life.

-Which European country abolished its monarchy and became a republic in 1946,

sending King Umberto II into exile?

-Italy.

-What's the name of the Poet Laureate who died in 1892,

the first poet to be given a peerage for services to literature?

-Tennyson.

-Which county cricket club moved from Northlands Road to the Rose Bowl for the 2001 season?

It hosted its first Test match ten years later.

-Hampshire.

-In which classic 1939 Western directed by John Ford

does John Wayne play the Ringo Kid?

-Stagecoach.

-The Drachenfels is a mountain on the bank of the Rhine

that was the home of a dragon slain by a hero of Germanic legend, who was he?

-Mike Wazinski.

-Siegfried.

What word for a collection of stars comes from the Greek word for "milk"?

-Constellation.

-Galaxy.

Who was Foreign Secretary at the beginning of the Falklands Crisis in 1982,

he resigned after criticism that he had misread Argentina's intentions?

-Lord Carrington.

-Which novel by Franz Kafka opens with, "Someone must have slandered Josef K,

"for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested"?

-The Castle.

-The Trial. Which mountain that has an electric railway to its summit

is the highest point on the Isle of Man?

-Pass.

-Who started writing Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

while relaxing on a houseboat in California in 1967?

-Otis Redding.

-Which cocktail consists of two parts of vodka

to one part Galliano topped up with orange juice?

-Margarita.

-Harvey Wallbanger.

Which garden plant of the Saxifrage family, able to grow in urban environments,

is celebrated in a Second World War song by Noel Coward?

-Forget-me-not.

-London Pride.

In 1803, the United States bought 800,000 square miles from France.

What name's given to the acquisition?

-Louisiana Purchase.

-Which composer was born near Worcester in 1857,

the son of a music shop proprietor?

-Elgar.

-Terence Cuneo, famous for his trademark of putting a mouse in his paintings,

was the official artist for what national event in 1953?

-The...Festival of Britain.

-No. Coronation of Elizabeth II.

Waziristan is a mountainous region of which country on the border with Afghanistan?

-Pakistan.

-Ken Stott starred as the troubled DCI Red Metcalfe in which television drama

notable for its explicit treatment of gruesome murders?

-The Bill.

-Messiah. What word describes a heavy substance loaded into a ship to make it more stable?

-Ballast.

-Robert Burke was the leader of the first expedition...

-BUZZER

..to cross which country from south to north with William Wills and Charles Gray?

He died on the return journey in 1861.

-Australia.

-Is correct. You had just one pass.

The mountain that has an electric railway, the highest point on the Isle of Man, is Snaefell.

-You have a total, Adrian, of 22 points.

-Thanks very much.

APPLAUSE

Tony Marwood again now, please.

You start this round with 11 points with your knowledge of Lester Piggott.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge. Here we go.

Super Trouper was the ninth UK chart-topping single for which Swedish pop group?

-Abba.

-The Crimean War took place during the reign of which British monarch?

-George III.

-Victoria. What is the name of the stretch of sandbanks off the east Kent coast,

notorious over the centuries for their shipwrecks?

-Needles.

-The Goodwin Sands. Which biopic starred Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic,

who fought in the Vietnam War and became an anti-war activist after coming home in a wheelchair?

-Born On The Fourth Of July.

-In cricket, what is an over for which no runs are scored?

-Maiden.

-Which 14th-century Italian scholar wrote poems known as the Canzoniere,

inspired by his unrequited love for a lady called Laura?

-Dante.

-Petrarch. In which American state capital is the Iolani Palace,

the official residence of Queen Lili'uokalani in the late 19th century?

-Pennsylvania.

-Honolulu. The tough perennial grass native to Africa known as Napier grass

gets its common name from its association with a large mammal, which one?

-Elephant.

-Which singer-songwriter was briefly in a super group

with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash in the '60s and '70s?

-Neil Young.

-Which town, now part of the borough of Bromley,

gives its name to a breed of chickens introduced there in the 19th century?

The most famous is the buff.

-Bunting.

-Orpington.

What three-word term for a public outcry

comes from a historical call for the pursuit and capture of a criminal?

-Quick, stop, thief.

-Hue and cry.

David Dinkins served from 1990 to '93 as the first black mayor of which American city?

-New York.

-Which 18th-century earl gives his name to a mechanical model of the solar system

designed to show the motions of the planets around the sun?

-Orrery.

-Who created the characters Sky Masterson, Harry the Horse and The Seldom Seen Kid

in a series of comic stories published in 1931 as Guys And Dolls?

-Mel Blanc.

-Damon Runyon. What name is given to the republic that ruled Germany from 1919 to '33

because of the city where its constitution was agreed in 1919?

-Bavaria.

-The Weimar Republic.

To which apostle did Jesus promise the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven?

-Peter.

-The name of which tapestry factory comes from a family of dyers from the 15th century

whose dye works were next to a small stream in Paris?

-Bayeux.

-Gobelins. In which Mozart opera does a musical instrument

shield the lovers Pamina and Tamino from harm?

-Cosi Fan Tutti.

-The Magic Flute.

H.A.P.P.Y. was the theme song to a television sitcom

that starred James Bolam and Peter Bowles as long-stay patients in hospital.

-What was the sitcom called?

-BUZZER

-Only When I Laugh.

-Only When I Laugh is correct!

Not quite enough points to laugh, I'm afraid, Tony.

No passes. Your total is 20.

APPLAUSE

Now Julie again, please.

You scored 13 points with your knowledge of the Simon Serrailler novels.

The score to beat is 22.

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

In which novel by Louisa M Alcott do the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, make their first appearance?

-Little Women.

-The White Countess, released in 2006,

was the last film directed by James Ivory to be produced by which long-time collaborator?

-Merchant.

-What is added to a veloute sauce to turn it into a sauce aurore,

a pinkish-red accompaniment to eggs or chicken?

-Tomato.

-Tomato puree, yes.

Which shallow glass dish used for culturing bacteria is named after its German inventor?

-Petri.

-What is the capital of the American state of Montana

where gold was discovered in 1865 in Last Chance Gulch, now the site of the city's main street?

-Helena.

-The pop star and actor David Essex played Jesus

in which stage musical that opened in London in 1971?

-Godspell.

-In March 2012, former local TV news presenter Mike Nesbitt

was elected as the leader of which political party?

-Green.

-Ulster Unionist.

In EB White's book Charlotte's Web, what animal is Wilbur,

the devoted friend of the spider, Charlotte?

-Pig.

-Which 15th-century Lancastrian King founded Eton College

and King's College, Cambridge?

-Henry II.

-Henry VI. What day in the Christian calendar

commemorates Christ's last supper with his disciples,

often marked by the distribution of alms to the poor?

-Maundy Thursday.

-Through which county do the rivers Taw, Teign and Torridge flow?

-Devon.

-What is the name of the tennis coach appointed captain

of Great Britain's Women's Fed Cup tennis team in December 2011?

-Pass.

-Sea wasps, which live off the coast of northern Australia

and have tentacles containing deadly poison, are a type of what creature?

-Jellyfish.

-The English composer John Dowland wrote for which stringed instrument,

of which he was an accomplished performer?

-Lute.

-What name is given to the small bones of fingers, thumbs and toes?

-Carpals.

-Phalanges. Which fictional county, celebrating its 60th anniversary on radio in 2011,

lies betwixt and between Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire?

-Borsetshire.

-What expression for a success that lasts a short time

originally referred to a musket failing to fire because only the primer had ignited?

-Flash in the pan.

-The artist Domenikos Theotokopoulos was born in Crete in 1541.

He worked mainly in Spain. By what name is he better known?

-El Greco.

-Which actress and author,

noted for sympathetic explorations of the lives of British Asian women,

wrote Anita And Me and Life Isn't All Haha Hehe?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the soprano who was born in Camberley in 1949

and who's been associated with the Early Music Movement?

-Pass.

-Which 19th-century novelist's works include The History Of Henry Esmond Esquire...

-BUZZER

-..and its sequel The Virginians?

-Smith.

-Thackeray.

Three passes, Julie. The name of that soprano born in Camberley in 1949 was Dame Emma Kirkby.

Meera Syal wrote Anita And Me and Life Isn't All Haha Hehe.

And Judy Murray was the name of the tennis coach

who was appointed captain of Great Britain's Women's Fed Cup tennis team in 2011.

You have, however, a total of 27 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Euan McCulloch again, please.

And you scored 14 points with your knowledge of Gaitskell.

The score to beat now has, as you've just seen, shot up to 27.

Let's see if you can make it through to the next round.

According to the title of a 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe, gentlemen prefer...

-Blondes.

-Freddy Krueger is the central character in which series of horror films?

-Halloween.

-A Nightmare On Elm Street.

William Hogarth's print Beer Street shows wholesome beer drinkers,

in contrast with which of his other works that shows the dreadful effects of drinking a strong spirit?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the mountainous peninsula of southern Greece

joined to the country by the Isthmus of Corinth?

-Peloponnese.

-The cathedral in which English city is home to the Cross Of Nails,

a symbol of reconciliation constructed after the cathedral's destruction by the Luftwaffe?

-Coventry.

-What is the name of the party leader who was an MEP for the East Midlands

before choosing to concentrate on domestic politics?

-Nick Clegg.

-Which American rock singer of the 1960s and '70s called himself the Lizard King?

-Alice Cooper.

-Jim Morrison.

Which small gull that normally nests on sea cliffs has taken to colonising manmade constructions,

notably the Baltic Flour Mills in Gateshead and the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle?

-Black-headed gull.

-The kittiwake.

What explosive was named by its inventor from a Greek word meaning "power" or "force"?

-Could you repeat the question?

-What explosive was named by its inventor

from a Greek word meaning "power" or "force"?

-Dynamite.

-Which actor born Richard Walter Jenkins in a South Wales mining community in 1925

took his professional name from that of the teacher who introduced him to acting?

-Richard Burton.

-What name was given to the groups of foreign volunteers

who fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War?

-International Brigade.

-Get Shorty and Out Of Sight are among the films

adapted from the crime novels of an American author - what's his name?

-Pass.

-Which geological period was named after the mediaeval Latin word for Wales

by the English geologist Adam Sedgwick?

-Cambrian.

-Which round yellowish orange fruit often used to make jam

has a name that comes from the Latin "praecox" meaning "early ripening"?

-Pass.

-What did the civil engineer John Brody invent

after watching a football match in 1889,

where there was dispute over whether the ball had passed between the goalposts?

-Pass.

-Which ballet with music by Herold features the clog dance

performed by the Widow Simone, a comic role taken by a male dancer?

-La Fille Mal Gardee.

-Which city...

-BUZZER

..on the River Irrawaddy is the second largest in Burma

and was the country's last royal capital until its capture by the British in 1885?

-Mandalay.

-Is correct.

You had four passes. Nets!

That's what John Brody invented cos they couldn't tell whether the ball had passed...

-CHUCKLING:

-Obvious when you think of it! Easy afterwards.

The fruit, the round yellowish orange fruit, that's an apricot.

Elmore Leonard wrote the books on which Out Of Sight and Get Shorty are based.

And the Hogarth print, Gin Lane.

-Didn't quite do it, Euan. 24 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

So, she managed to hold on to that lead until the bitter end. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, 20 points, Tony Marwood.

In third place, 22 points, Adrian Gorst.

Second place, 24 points, Euan McCulloch.

But in first place with 27 points, Julie Aris.

And that means, of course, that Julie Aris is tonight's winner

and goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.

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