Episode 15 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Andy Bacon, a web page designer from Nottinghamshire.

His subject is Janis Joplin.

Next, James Robinson, an administrative assistant. His subject is Huddersfield Town FC.

Carol Atkinson is a retired teacher from the Isle of Wight, answering on John Buchan's Richard Hannay novels.

And Adam Kirby, an advertising consultant from London. His subject - the Russian Revolution.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Four contenders, each of whom has undergone a pretty rigorous process to get this far,

but now it gets really difficult. Tonight, under pressure of the clock,

they answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,

then 2½ minutes on general knowledge, if they are to take the next step to the semi-final.

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?

Two minutes starting now.

Janis Lyn Joplin was born in January, 1943, in which refinery town in Texas?

-Port Arthur.

-She came to wide public attention after performing at which pop festival in June, 1967?

-Monterey.

-By '66, she had moved to Austin. Which local blues and rock band led by Roky Erickson

did she consider joining before joining Big Brother and the Holding Company?

-13th Floor Elevators.

-Which cover of an Erma Franklin hit entered the Billboard Top 100 singles chart

in August, '68, reaching number 12?

-Piece of My Heart.

-What was the first single Big Brother released on the Mainstream label with her on vocals?

-Blindman.

-In Austin, she sang on Wednesday night with bluegrass and country players

at a bar which was a converted gas station. Who owned it?

-Ken Threadgill.

-At which London venue did she make a rare British appearance on 21st April, 1969,

with the Kozmic Blues Band?

-Royal Albert Hall.

-Which Elektra Records producer in 1966 invited her to join a blues band

which was to include Taj Mahal and Stefan Grossman?

-Paul Rothchild.

-By the time of the Woodstock Festival in 1969,

which guitarist had replaced Sam Andrew in her backing band?

-John Till.

-When she put together the Full Tilt Boogie Band,

she is said to have recruited drummer Clark Pierson after hearing him play in which San Francisco bar?

-Pass.

-What was her debut album with Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in August, '68,

which includes Summertime?

-Cheap Thrills.

-She was found dead following a heroin overdose in 1970 at which Hollywood hotel?

-Landmark.

-Who was the former Harvard student who was her road manager from December, '67?

-John Cooke.

-At what Detroit venue did producer John Simon first attempt to record the Cheap Thrills album live

on 1st March, 1968, but the sound was too poor for it to be used?

-BEEP The Blues Club?

-The Grande Ballroom.

You had that one pass, Andy. The Galaxie was the bar in San Francisco.

-But you have scored, Andy, 12 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

Who was appointed manager in 1921? He led them to the FA Cup and the first two of three League titles.

-Herbert Chapman.

-In what hotel was the meeting held in June, 1908,

to bring professional football to Huddersfield?

-Albert Hotel.

-Which defender, who made 42 appearances in 1984-85, became a successful manager?

-Sam Allardyce.

-Who captained them to First Division titles in 1924, 1925 and 1926?

He took over as manager in '29 and led them to FA Cup final appearances in 1930 and '38?

-Clem Stephenson.

-Before their successful application to join the League,

they commissioned which famous football ground designer to draw up plans to improve Leeds Road?

-Archibald Leitch.

-At what ground did they beat Notts County in the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1922?

-Stamford Bridge.

-Turf Moor. They are the only team to score six in a Football League match and lose.

Who beat them 7-6 in 1957, having been 5-1 down with only 20 minutes remaining?

-Charlton Athletic.

-Which centre forward, top scorer for five consecutive seasons in the 1950s,

headed four goals in a match against Everton in 1953 before signing for them three years later?

-Jimmy Glazzard.

-In November 2011, they set a Football League record of how many games unbeaten

by winning 2-1 against Notts County?

-43.

-In 1952, they were relegated after 32 years in Division One.

Which team beat them in the final league match of the season?

-Bolton?

-No, Fulham. Two future Huddersfield managers were in the Preston side that beat them

in the '38 FA Cup final. One was Bill Shankly. Who was the other?

-Andrew Beattie.

-In 1975, who was the first winner of the Hargreaves Memorial Trophy

as the supporters' player of the year?

-Terry Johnson.

-Terry Dolan. What major improvement to the ground was paid for

by Denis Law's transfer to Man City?

-First floodlights.

-In...

-BEEP

I've just started, so I'll finish. In 2009, they signed Jordan Rhodes from which club?

He was later sold for £8 million.

-Ipswich Town.

-Is correct.

-No passes, James. You have scored 11 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

At the beginning of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Hannay has recently returned from which continent?

-Africa.

-Which of his possessions is stolen on board the Tobermory in Mr Standfast?

-His gun.

-Whose name does Tom Greenslade remember when Hannay accidentally breaks his pipe?

The name belongs to a man who is "a mixture of Byron and Sir Richard Burton"?

-Dominick Medina.

-According to Sir Walter Bullivant, the spy John Blenkiron would, "go through hell

"with a box of bismuth tablets and a pack of..."?

-Patience cards.

-What villain's moustache is described as looking like "the tusks of an obscene boar"?

-Barralty?

-Yes. Who is the society gentleman whom Hannay describes as "an offence to creation"?

He later hits him after dinner.

-Von Stumm.

-Marmaduke Jopley. In The Three Hostages, what is the name of Hannay's old friend

who reveals Turpin's identity?

-Archie Roylance.

-Which long-time friend from his time in Africa has the maxim,

"If you are playing a part, you will never keep it up unless you convince yourself that you are it"?

-Peter Pienaar.

-Details of Haraldsen's treasure are carved on a tablet that Sandy Arbuthnot acquires in Peking

that is made of what?

-Jade.

-In The Island of Sheep, Peter John Hannay recognises Martel

by the scar on his forehead and his eyebrows. What shape are they?

-Diamond?

-Horseshoe or arch-shaped. What do the letters CO stand for

in relation to Launcelot Wake in Mr Standfast?

-Conscientious Objector.

-At which hunting lodge is Adela Victor staying when she is abducted?

-Pass.

-What does Hannay not have that means he is unable to travel north of Fort William

on board the Tobermory in Mr Standfast?

-A passport.

-The Wymondham sisters ask Hannay if he's read a Russian novel

that he had already started in a dug-out on the Scarpe. What book?

-Leprous Souls.

-It is indeed.

-BEEP

You had one pass. The hunting lodge is called Rushford Court.

You have scored also, Carol, 11 points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In two minutes. There were two revolutions in Russia in 1917.

The first was when rioters in which city were joined by troops from the local garrison?

-St Petersburg.

-Yes, or Petrograd. At which Petrograd station did Lenin arrive in April, 1917,

after Germany helped him and other Bolsheviks return to Russia to undermine the war effort?

-The Finland station.

-At which naval base did sailors mutiny in February, 1917?

They formed their own government.

-Kronstadt.

-Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate after the February Revolution.

Which brother refused the throne?

-Grand Duke Michael.

-Who was the only Socialist Revolutionary in the Provisional Government cabinet?

-Kerensky.

-Lenin returned to Petrograd shortly before the October Revolution

and stayed undercover at the flat of which Bolshevik Party worker?

-Galina.

-No, Fofanova. Two leading Bolsheviks objected to Lenin's demand that the party seize power

and leaked details to the press. One was Kamenev. Who was the other?

-Zinoviev.

-Blank gunshot was fired from which Baltic cruiser

moored near to the Winter Palace on the night of October 25th?

-The Aurora.

-The Constitutional Democratic Party was outlawed by the Bolsheviks.

By what name were its members commonly known?

-Kadets.

-Which woman did Lenin appoint as the People's Commissar of Social Welfare

after the Bolsheviks seized power?

-Alexandra Kollontai.

-What is the former convent where the Petrograd Soviet was based from August, 1917?

-Smolny.

-Kerensky's forces were defeated after he tried to retake Petrograd from the Bolsheviks.

On which chain of hills above the city was he defeated?

-Pass.

-To what post was Stalin appointed when Sovnarkom, the new Soviet Government, was established

on 26th October, 1917?

-Commissar for Nationalities.

-In November, 1917, the Bolsheviks sent a Russian delegation

-BEEP

-to the German Command to discuss an armistice at which town?

-Brest-Litovsk.

-Is correct. One pass.

Kerensky's forces were defeated on the Pulkovo Heights.

-One pass. Adam, you have 12 points.

-Thank you.

Well, what a very close first round. Let's have a look at the scores.

In joint third place, James Robinson and Carol Atkinson.

Joint first place, Andy Bacon and Adam Kirby.

So it is Round Two now, the general knowledge round.

If there's a tie at the end, which there very well might be, the number of passes is taken into account.

The person with fewer passes is the winner. If they're tied on passes, there will be a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up will be able to claim a place in the semi-finals,

so plenty to play for. Let's get on with it and ask James to join us again if he would, please.

You're one of the 11-pointers with your knowledge of Huddersfield Town. Let's see your general knowledge.

2½ minutes starting now.

Which star of Little Britain changed the second letter of his surname from an I to an A

when he joined Equity?

-David Walliams.

-Which organ of the body is enclosed by a membranous sac called the pericardium?

-Kidney?

-The heart. What word for a meeting where election candidates address potential voters

comes from the Old Norse for "household assembly"?

-Debate?

-Hustings. Which major river of northern India is formed by the confluence

of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda Rivers on the southern slopes of the Himalayas?

-Ganges.

-Who sets out to explain science to non-scientific readers

in his 2003 book A Short History of Nearly Everything?

-Stephen Hawking?

-Bill Bryson. Which German theologian and reformer, born in Saxony in 1483,

was the catalyst of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation?

-Martin Luther.

-In nutrition, what does the abbreviation GI stand for

in the ranking system for foods based on their effect on blood glucose?

-Gluten Index?

-Glycaemic Index. Which dance music duo were known at first as the Dust Brothers?

They adopted their current name following a legal challenge from a similarly-named American pair.

-Pass.

-Which primate, the only great ape found in Asia, has a name

that comes from the Malay word meaning "man of the forest"?

-Orang-utan?

-Yes. The 6th-century Pope Gregory the Great is said to have established the custom

of saying what phrase to a person who has sneezed?

-Gesundheit.

-Nearly! God bless you.

Which film director, born in New York in 1942, was raised in Little Italy, which inspired his films?

-Steven Spielberg?

-Scorsese. The Manuka Oval cricket ground is in a suburb of which Australian city?

-Hobart.

-Canberra. The 2013 wildlife documentary series subtitled Spy In The Huddle

used disguised cameras to film the behaviour of what birds?

-Wrens?

-Penguins. In Spain, what name is given to a wine shop or a cellar for storing and maturing wine?

-Bodega.

-Whose work entitled Poems Chiefly Written In The Scottish Dialect was first published

in Kilmarnock in 1786 and brought immediate acclaim in Scotland?

-William McGonagall?

-Robert Burns. Which royal house ruled France from 1328 until 1589?

-Bourbon?

-Valois. Who finally won the Derby at his 15th attempt on Authorized in 2007?

-Frankie Dettori.

-The Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias led

-the first European expedition to round which Cape in 1488?

-BEEP

-Good Hope?

-It was indeed. One pass.

The Dust Brothers became, in the end, The Chemical Brothers.

You've now got a total, James, of 18 points.

And now Carol Atkinson again, please.

You also start out with 11 points with your knowledge of the Richard Hannay novels.

2½ minutes of general knowledge. Here we go.

Which cartoon bear lives in Nutwood with Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Edward Trunk?

-Rupert.

-A leaf, branch or wreath of which tree has been a symbol of peace since classical times?

-Olive.

-The American frontiersman William F Cody, who set up a travelling Wild West circus,

is better known by what name?

-Buffalo Bill.

-The stately homes Haddon, Hardwick and Kedleston Hall are all in which county?

-Leicestershire?

-Derbyshire. Which Polish composer's Prelude in D Flat Major is nicknamed

the Raindrop Prelude because the A flat sounds like rain?

-Chopin.

-Whose epic poem, the Aeneid, is believed to have been unfinished at his death in 19BC?

-Homer.

-Virgil. Which Australian-born actor, typecast as a swashbuckling hero,

became famous in the 1935 film Captain Blood?

-Errol Flynn.

-The name of which bird, a winter visitor to Britain,

comes from the red tips of some of its feathers that resemble material once used to seal letters?

-Waxwing.

-What style of architecture, named after an 18th-century queen,

was revived by architect Richard Norman Shaw for his townhouses in the late 19th century?

-Queen Anne.

-Which Romantic poet addressed the West Wind as, "thou breath of Autumn's being"?

-Shelley.

-In the walls of which city are there seven gates and an eighth sealed gate, the Golden Gate?

-Rome?

-Jerusalem. In the psychological examination known as a Rorschach Test,

diagnosis is made based on the subject's interpretation of what?

-Inkblots.

-Which former Labour leader took the title "of Bedwellty in the County of Gwent"

when made a life peer in 2005?

-Michael Foot?

-Neil Kinnock. Which area in Gers in France

gives its name to a brandy that is darker and more fiery than cognac?

-Armagnac.

-In Greek mythology, who was Queen of the Amazons? Hercules stole the girdle her father gave her.

-Hippolyta.

-Which 1983 hit for Gloria Gaynor was taken from a musical adaptation

of La Cage Aux Folles?

-I Will Survive?

-I Am What I Am. Which town on the Tyne gave its name to the most famous hunger march

when 200 unemployed men walked to London in 1936?

-Jarrow.

-Who is named in three of the four Gospels as the father of the disciples James and John?

-Zebedee.

-Which EM Forster novel tells the story of the Schlegel family, who love the arts,

and the Wilcox family, in commerce?

-Howards End.

-Which American city hosted the 1996 Olympic Games

-when there was the first full turnout of all Olympic countries?

-BEEP

-Atlanta.

-Atlanta is correct.

No passes, Carol. You've taken your score to 26.

And now Andy again, please.

And you start out with 12 with your knowledge of Janis Joplin.

Let's see how you do. 2½ minutes, starting now.

-In the theatre, what are seats in the upper gallery called?

-Flies.

The Gods. Which TV game show was set in a fantasy world divided into zones

-with themes including Aztec, Industrial and Medieval?

-Pass.

Madonna and Child for St Matthew's Church in Northampton in 1943

was the first of which sculptor's many mother and child figures?

-Epstein?

-Henry Moore. In Greek legend, on what island was Ariadne abandoned by Theseus

after helping him kill the Minotaur?

-Crete.

-Naxos. Which bright yellow Italian liqueur is named after a hero of the Italian-Abyssinian War

who died the year it was created?

-Garibaldi?

-Galliano. The residents of Alderney have created an additional section

for which famous 940-year-old embroidered artwork?

-Bayeux Tapestry.

-What is the early warning radar station built on the North York Moors in the Cold War

whose giant white golf balls have been replaced by a pyramid?

-Fylingdales.

-Which best-selling British author wrote Pillars of the Earth and World Without End?

-Philip Pullman?

-Ken Follett. Which Tchaikovsky work incorporates the Marseillaise and Russian anthem

and is performed with a cannon?

-1812 Overture.

-What name is most commonly given to the froth found on leaves and plant stems

secreted by young froghoppers?

-Cuckoo Spit.

-Which American state has Concord as its capital and is "The Granite State"?

-New Hampshire.

-At which 1898 battle did forces under Major General Kitchener defeat the army

of Khalifa Abdullah, securing Sudanese territory that Mahdists had dominated since 1881?

-Omdurman.

-What is the last event in the women's heptathlon?

-800 metres.

-In 2004, George W Bush beat which Massachusetts Senator to win his second term?

-John Kerry.

-Which vitamin, also known as retinol, is essential for growth and vision in dim light?

-A.

-What is the first line of Felicia Hemans' poem Casabianca,

based on the story of a heroic boy at the Battle of the Nile?

-"The boy stood on the burning deck."

-The slab bearing the inscription that was the key to deciphering

Egyptian hieroglyphics has a name deriving from the town where it was discovered. What is it?

-Rosetta Stone.

-Which king has been played on film by Charles Laughton, Richard Burton and Sid James?

-Henry VIII.

-Baritone saxophonist Harry Carney and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges

-were sidemen in whose jazz orchestra?

-BEEP

-Benny Goodman?

-It was Duke Ellington.

-One pass. That TV game show hosted by Richard O'Brien originally...

-The Crystal Maze.

The Crystal Maze. Oh, you'll wish you'd got it when I tell you what the score is.

24 points.

And, finally, Adam Kirby again.

And you also start with 12 points with your knowledge of the Russian Revolution.

26 is still the score to beat. So if you're to do it, you'll do it in the next 2½ minutes.

Here we go. Which pop group, fronted by Simon Le Bon, topped the UK chart with The Reflex in 1984?

-Duran Duran.

-What name is given to the cup said to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper

and sought by Arthurian knights?

-Holy Grail.

-Which Spanish golfer captained Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team in Medinah in 2012,

dedicating it to Seve Ballesteros?

-Pass.

-What insect performs the waggle dance, a means of indicating the location of food sources

to other members of the colony?

-The bee.

-Frankfurt in west central Germany stands on which river, a tributary of the Rhine?

-The Main.

-In the '94 film Speed, starring Keanu Reeves,

who plays Annie, a bus passenger who takes over when the driver is shot?

-Sandra Bullock.

-What song, written by Roy Williamson from The Corries,

is the official anthem of the Scottish football and rugby teams?

-Flower of Scotland.

-Franny and Zooey and For Esme, With Love And Squalor,

are works of which reclusive American author who died in 2010?

-JD Salinger.

-King Edward, who ruled England from 1042-1066,

was known by what name due to his reputation for piety?

-Confessor.

-In a group portrait by Rembrandt of 1632, what subject is Doctor Tulp teaching?

-Chemistry.

-Anatomy. Which Welsh actor played the title role in TV's Hornblower, beginning in 1998?

-Ioan Gruffudd.

-Hugo Chavez became President of a South American country in 1999.

He was re-elected for the fourth time in 2012, but died in 2013. Which country?

-Venezuela.

-What name, originally meaning a trifling thing, is used

for a short instrumental piece such as Beethoven's Fur Elise?

-A minuet?

-Bagatelle. The Nordic Combined is a winter sport where athletes compete

in cross-country skiing and...?

-Shooting.

-Ski jumping. Which is the most westerly point of the mainland of England?

-Land's End.

-Who dedicated his first published work, Venus and Adonis, to the Earl of Southampton?

-Er, Shakespeare.

-What Latin term is used to describe the period of time

before a war, particularly the American Civil War?

-Antebellum.

-In Japanese cuisine, what name is given to chicken pieces cooked on small bamboo skewers?

-Yakitori.

-Which country's coastline was charted between 1795 and 1803 by the navigator Matthew Flinders?

-New Zealand.

-Australia. Which US comedian, who died in 2002...

-BEEP

..was known as Mister Television to American audiences in the 1950s?

-Johnny Carson.

-No, Milton Berle.

One pass. Olazabal was the golfer

who won in 2012. That one pass, Adam,

you have scored 26 points.

Well, I did warn about the perils of passing earlier. You'll see why in just a moment.

Let's have a look at the scores. In fourth place, James Robinson.

Third place, 24 points, Andy Bacon.

Second place, 26 points and two passes,

Adam Kirby.

First place, 26 points and one pass, Carol Atkinson.

So that means that Carol is tonight's winner

and she goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations to her.

Commiserations to Adam who was just pipped by the pass, but with a score of 26

it is entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semi-final.

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