Episode 16 Mastermind

First in the spotlight is Gordon Stone, a maths tutor from Bolton.

His specialist subject is Philadelphia soul music.

Next, Pamela Culley, a copywriter from Preston.

She'll take questions on Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.

Jeffry Kaplow, an actor from London.

He'll be answering questions on German Expressionist art.

And Clive Dunning, a teacher from Stockton-on-Tees -

his subject, Blackadder.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me John Humphrys.

96 contenders take part in this opening round

and 30 of them will make it through to the semifinals.

As always, the four with us tonight

will take questions on a specialist subject and then general knowledge,

all under the pressure of the clock.

Two minutes on the first round, two and a half on the second round.

So let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is?

-Gordon Stone.

-Your occupation?

-Maths tutor.

-And your specialist subject?

-Philadelphia soul, 1970 to 1980.

Two minutes starting now.

Which two songwriters and producers

founded Philadelphia International Records in 1971,

in collaboration with Columbia Records?

Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

The Jones Girls were spotted by Gamble and Huff and signed

after touring as the backing singers for which artist?

Pass.

What was the title of the Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes single

that reached the US top ten in '72

and did the same in the UK the following year?

If You Don't Know Me By Now.

Which singer joined Philadelphia in the mid-1970s

and released the single You'll Never Find A Love Like Mine

and the album All Things In Time?

Lou Rawls.

Formed by former members of the Monarchs and the Percussions

in Philadelphia in '68,

which group built their '70s success around the falsetto voice

of singer Russell Thompkins Jr?

The Stylistics.

On which street were the Philadelphia International offices -

later renamed Gamble And Huff Walk?

-Breed Street.

-South Broad Street.

The Philadelphia-based Three Degrees

topped the UK singles charts for two weeks in '74

with which million-selling record?

When Will I See You Again?

What is the name of the album that Billy Paul's song Me And Mrs Jones

originally appeared on?

360 Degrees Of.

Three vocalists made up a Philadephia backing group

who became known as The Sweethearts Of Sigma -

Yvette Benton and Carla Benson were two - the third was?

Er, pass.

The Philadelphia-based group The Intruders had UK top 40 hits

with the singles I'll Always Love My Mama in '73

and another song the following year - what was it?

Win, Place Or Show, She's A Winner.

Who was the manager of the Three Degrees who signed the group

to the Philadelphia International label?

Richie Barrett.

Which keyboard player from Yellow Sunshine

joined Philadelphia International in the mid-70s

and released the album Life On Mars?

Dexter Wansel.

In '76, the Jackson Five moved from Motown to another label

and were forced to change their name - their first album The Jacksons

was produced by Gamble and Huff - what was the label?

Epic.

What is the title of the million-selling Delfonics single

of 1970 which also gave them their first UK hit the following year?

Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time? BLEEPER

Is correct and we are out of time. You had two passes.

It was Barbara Ingram, the other soloist

who made up that backing group

and Diana Ross was the artist for whom

the Jones Girls became the backing group.

You have, Gordon, 11 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-Your name is?

-Pamela Culley.

-Your occupation?

-Copywriter.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Life and Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell.

Your two minutes, starting now.

Elizabeth Gaskell moved to Knutsford in Cheshire after her mother's death

- the town provided the setting for the sisters Matty and Deborah

in which of her novels, published in 1851?

Cranford.

What is the subtitle of Gaskell's first novel Mary Barton -

the book attracted criticism because of her emphasis on the harsh way

many employers treated workers?

A Tale Of Manchester Life.

In Cranford, what sort of hat does Miss Matty ask Mary Smith

to bring back from Drumble - she gets a lavender cap instead?

Sea-green turban.

Gaskell wrote a biography of a novelist and poet

at the request of the writer's father, but had to cut some passages

that were considered libellous - who was the writer?

Charlotte Bronte.

In Mary Barton, who is the widow who brings John Barton a shirt to wear

when he is preparing to go to London to lobby Parliament?

Pass.

In North And South, what is the name of Mr Thornton's mill

that Margaret Hale saves with her inheritance from godfather Mr Bell?

Marlborough Mill.

In early November 1859,

Mrs Gaskell took two of her daughters to the Yorkshire port

on which she based Monkshaven in Sylvia's Lovers. Which port was it?

Whitby.

In Cranford, what remedy does Captain Brown suggest

when Miss Betty Barker's beloved Alderney cow

falls into a lime pit and loses most of her hair?

Er... Flannelled...

Erm...

-Flannel vest.

-Yes, flannel waistcoat and flannel drawers.

When she was writing North And South, Gaskell visited Lea Hurst,

the country home of a woman whom she described

as "having no friend and wanting none" - who was she?

Pass.

In Sylvia's Lovers, Sylvia's husband Philip Hepburn

saves the life of her lover, the sailor Charley Kinraid.

At what siege in the French Revolutionary War does he do this?

-Siege of Acre.

-Yes, Saint Jean D'Acre.

When the pregnant Ruth is abandoned by Henry Bellingham in Wales,

what name do the minister Mr Benson and his sister Faith give to her

so that people will think she's a widow?

Mrs Denbigh.

Gaskell used the pseudonym Cotton Mather Mills

when her story Libbie Marsh's Three Eras was published

in a periodical in 1847. What was the name of the journal?

-BLEEPER

-Howitt's Journal.

Howitt's Journal is correct. You had two passes -

the friend who was described as "having no friend and wanting none"

was Florence Nightingale.

And the surname of the widow in Mary Barton was Mrs Davenport.

So, Pamela, two passes - you have 10 points.

APPLAUSE

Our next contender, please.

-Your name is?

-Jeffry Kaplow.

-Your occupation?

-I'm an actor.

-And your chosen subject?

-German Expressionist art.

Two minutes, starting now.

Expressionism was developed in Germany in the early 20th century

and sought to represent the artist's mood - what name was given

to the first recognised group of German Expressionist painters,

formed in Dresden in 1905?

Die Brucke.

Which Norwegian artist was a major influence on Expressionism -

his debut show in Berlin in 1892

made a great impact on young German artists?

Edvard Munch.

Members of the Brucke group spent their summers from 1909

developing their style of pointed, splintered forms

and contrasting planes of colour in which lakeland area near Dresden?

Moritzburg.

The Munich group of Expressionist artists that formed in 1911

around Vasily Kandinsky adopted what name,

partly because he liked painting horsemen?

The Blue Rider.

Emil Nolde's work of 1912, The Prophet, was created in what medium?

Woodcut.

In September 1906, the first Brucke exhibition was held

in the factory showroom of which lamp-making company in Dresden?

That was, er...

-Arnold.

-Seifert. Karl-Max Seifert.

Which leading member of the Blaue Reiter group often depicted animals

- one of his celebrated paintings was the 1913 work Animal Destinies?

Franz Marc.

Which city hosted the international exhibition of the Sonderbund

in 1912, which brought together a huge array of European artists

including Nolde and Kandinksy?

Cologne.

The paintings Great Zoological Garden and Lady In A Green Jacket

are two works by an Expressionist artist of the Blaue Reiter group

who was killed in action in September 1914. Who was he?

Macke.

Which Dresden gallery held an exhibition of works by Die Brucke

in September 1910 for which artists produced their first catalogue,

featuring woodcut reproductions of each others' paintings?

Arnold.

Which Berlin journal, publishing house and, later, gallery

was founded by Herwarth Walden in 1910

and helped publicise Expressionism as a movement?

Der Sturm.

Beach At Nidden and the Palau Triptych are among the works

of which German Expressionist?

Can I have that again, please?

-Beach At Nidden and the Palau Triptych are among works...

-BLEEPER

-..of which German Expressionist?

-Pechstein.

Is correct. No passes. Jeffry, you have 11 points.

Thank you. APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-Your name?

-Clive Dunning.

-Your occupation?

-I'm a teacher.

-And your chosen subject?

-Blackadder.

-Two minutes.

Blackadder's first episode, by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson,

begins on the eve of which major English battle?

Bosworth Field.

What does Blackadder describe as "40 effeminate blacksmiths

"waving bits of cloth they've just wiped their noses on"?

Morris dancing.

At the end of Ink And Incapability,

Blackadder discovers that Dr Johnson has omitted two words

from his famous Dictionary - "sausage" is one - what's the other?

Aardvark.

According to the Queen, everybody except Nursie

knows that Nursie always wears the same costume at parties. What is it?

Cow.

When Lieutenant George, Blackadder and Baldrick are playing I Spy,

what does Baldrick suggest as "something beginning with T"?

Breakfast.

Which actress plays Kate, who is employed as Blackadder's manservant

after pretending to be "an honest hard-working lad called Bob"?

Gabrielle Glaister.

What gift does Blackadder bring for the Queen from the "island paradise"

he visited after Captain Rum was unable to find the way to France -

Percy knocks himself out with it when the Queen says to throw it out.

Boomerang.

The baby-eating bishop of Bath and Wells is the assistant manager

of a bank whose slogan is "Banking with a smile and a stab" -

what's the bank called?

Bank of Black Monks.

In Chains, Ludwig "the Indestructible"

kidnaps Blackadder and Melchett and holds them for ransom -

how much money does he demand to return them,

though the Queen decides to spend it on a party instead?

-£10,000?

-One million Kroner.

Blackadder is engaged to which princess,

who is accompanied by her interpreter Don Speekingleesh,

but the wedding is halted at the last moment

and he marries Princess Leia of Hungary instead?

-Maria Escalosa.

-Yes, the Spanish Infanta.

Blackadder is sentenced to death for eating the General's pigeon,

then Baldrick smuggles an escape kit into his cell

that is supposed to contain a French peasant's outfit -

what costume does it contain instead?

Robin Hood.

In the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth,

what last three words are spoken by Blackadder before going over the top

with Baldrick, George and Captain Darling?

-Here we go.

-Good luck, everyone.

-Under what name has Blackadder written Edmund, A Butler's Tale,...

-BLEEPER

..which he describes as "a searing indictment of domestic servitude

"in the 18th century with some hot gypsies thrown in"?

-Gertrude Perkins.

-Is correct.

No passes, Clive. You have - also - 11 points.

APPLAUSE

What a lot of elevenses in that round. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, with 10 points - Pamela Culley.

But everybody else got 11.

That is Gordon Stone, Jeffry Kaplow and Clive Dunning.

APPLAUSE

So, round two - general knowledge.

And if there is a tie at the end - entirely likely, you might think -

the passes are taken into account and the person with the fewer wins.

If they are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

The six highest scoring runners-up

will also be able to claim a place in the semifinals,

so lots to play for. Let's get on with it

and ask Pamela to join us again, please.

And you have 10 points

with your knowledge of Elizabeth Gaskell.

Two and a half minutes now on general knowledge.

So let's see how you do.

What French word for "a little crust"

is given to small cubes of fried or toasted bread

used as a garnish for soup or salad?

Croutons.

Which film director was played by Anthony Hopkins in a biopic in 2012

and by Toby Jones in the TV production The Girl?

Hitchcock.

Which county town, the birthplace of Izaak Walton,

stands on the River Sow, a tributary of the Trent?

Pass.

In the monologue made famous by Stanley Holloway,

what is the first name of the boy eaten by a lion called Wallace

at Blackpool Zoo?

Albert.

Which wading bird gets its name from the bright orange-red colour

of its long legs?

Redshanks.

Which English ballerina retired from professional dancing in 2007

after a performance of Mahler's Song Of The Earth,

choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan?

Darcey Bussell.

Anne Shirley's the title character in a 1908 novel by Ellen Montgomery

What's the title of the novel?

Anne Of Green Gables.

Which Football League club is named after the day of the week

when its original members had half a day off work so they could play?

Sheffield Wednesday.

What word for a sub-microscopic infectious organism

comes from the Latin for "poison"?

Pass.

In the period drama The Gathering Storm, set in England in the 1930s,

Ronnie Barker played David Inches, butler to a historical figure - who?

Pass.

Whose arrival in the New World is celebrated in America

on the second Monday in October?

Columbus.

Which country borders Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia and Hungary?

Pass.

What is the name of the American singer-songwriter

who has often been backed by the E Street Band?

Pass.

The statue of which monarch outside Kensington Palace

was sculpted by daughter Louise, who had exhibited at the Royal Academy?

Queen Victoria.

The eccentric and prolific science-fiction author Kilgore Trout

is a recurring character in the works of which American novelist?

Pass.

What word for a wooden frame for hanging criminals

occurs in an expression for a grim, sardonic type of humour?

Gallows.

According to legend, which historical Holy Roman Emperor

had a magical horse called Bayard that could increase in size

according to the number of people it had to carry?

Charlemagne.

Which writer and broadcaster, noted for his colourful sweaters,

was the Conservative MP for Chester from 1992 to '97?

Gyles Brandreth.

Coimbra was the capital of which country from 1139 to around 1260

when it was replaced by the present capital?

Pass.

The lion's mane, so called from the appearance of its tentacles,

is one of the largest known species of which marine invertebrate?

Jellyfish.

Seeing Things is the autobiography of which pioneering animator

-who created the programmes Bagpuss, Clangers and Ivor The Engine?

-BLEEPER

-Pass.

-I can tell you because we're out of time. Oliver Postgate.

And your other passes - Coimbra was the capital of Portugal.

Kurt Vonnegut was the science-fiction author

who created Kilgore Trout,

Bruce Springsteen was the singer who's backed by the E Street Band,

Romania borders Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, etc.

Winston Churchill was the famous figure in The Gathering Storm,

the word for a sub-microscopic infectious organism is virus

and the county town, the birthplace of Izaak Walton, is Stafford.

You have now, Pamela, 23 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Gordon again, please.

You start with 11 points

with your knowledge of Philadelphia soul music.

Two and a half minutes, general knowledge. 23 to beat. Here we go.

Buck, hart and stag are all terms for the male of what animal?

Deer.

How were the CI5 crimefighters Bodie and Doyle known in the title

of a British television programme first shown in 1977?

-Cagney and Lacey.

-The Professionals.

Which war was ended by the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth

in September 1905?

Erm... Pass.

The 1918 book Eminent Victorians profiles Cardinal Manning,

Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon - who wrote it?

Pass.

The song Tramp The Dirt Down by Elvis Costello is an attack

on which former British Prime Minister who died in April 2013?

Margaret Thatcher.

The mythological monster Echidna is usually pictured

as having the head and torso of a woman and the lower body of what?

Er... A snake?

Which city, whose historic centre was designated

a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, is the capital of Latvia?

Riga.

What is the name of the painter who had to flee from Rome in 1606

after arguing with a young man and killing him,

reputedly during a game of tennis?

-Canavello?

-Caravaggio.

Harry Redknapp became manager of which London football club in 2012 -

he'd previously managed West Ham and Tottenham?

Queens Park Rangers.

Two racks of lamb, with the ends of the bones exposed

and arranged to intersect, are known as what?

-Crown?

-No, guard of honour.

Which psychotic killer first appeared in the '86 film Manhunter

when he was played by Brian Cox?

Pass.

What old name for the River Cam at Cambridge

is also that of a literary magazine and a publishing house?

Pass.

In which European country was the monarchy restored in 1975

after a lapse of 44 years?

Spain.

Which musician, who played alongside Billy Connolly in The Humblebums,

went on to found the soft-rock band Stealers Wheel with Joe Egan

before launching a solo career?

Gerry Rafferty.

What term for a male witch or wizard

comes from the old English for a breaker of agreement or a scoundrel?

Warlock.

The films The Cider House Rules, The World According To Garp

and The Hotel New Hampshire are all based on novels by which US writer?

-Ernest Hemingway.

-John Irving.

In Einstein's equation E=mc squared, what does "c" represent?

Pass.

What has been the headdress of the Royal Marine Commandos since 1942?

-The busby?

-No, the green beret.

Which village in County Mayo became a pilgrimage centre

after a vision of the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist

occurred there in 1879?

Pass.

Sir Thomas More created the name "Utopia"

from two Greek words with what meaning?

BLEEPER Erm...

Take a guess. Quick guess.

Erm... eternity everywhere.

No. Not a bad guess. Nowhere, no place is really what it means.

Your other passes - Knock is the village in County Mayo

that became a centre for pilgrims.

"C" in E=mc squared is the speed of light,

Granta was old name for the River Cam and is now a magazine.

Hannibal Lecter was the psychotic killer in the '86 film,

Lytton Strachey was the author of Eminent Victorians

and the war that ended in 1905 was the Russo-Japanese war.

Six passes in all, Gordon. You have a total now of 19 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Jeffry Kaplow again, please.

You, of course, also start with 11 points,

with your knowledge of German Expressionist art.

And still the score to beat is 23.

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Temple Of Doom

are the first two films in which series, starring Harrison Ford?

Indiana Jones.

Who wrote The Fortunes And Misfortunes

Of The Famous Moll Flanders, first published in 1722?

Daniel Defoe.

What insect of Africa transmits the disease nagana to livestock

and sleeping sickness to humans?

Tsetse fly.

What word that comes from the name of an ardent supporter of Napoleon

originally meant excessive and unreasonable patriotism,

but is now commonly used to describe an attitude of superiority

towards members of the opposite sex?

Chauvinist.

Who was named China's president in succession to Hu Jintao

in March 2013?

Oh, erm...

-Er, Xing.

-Xi Jinping.

According to the David Bowie song Space Oddity,

what colour is planet Earth?

-Er... Brown.

-Blue.

What is the name of the Mediterranean archipelago

that contains two islands known as Las Islas Pitiusas,

meaning "pine-covered islands"?

Again, please.

What is the name of the Mediterranean archipelago

that contains two islands known as Las Islas Pitiusas,

meaning "pine-covered islands"?

The Balearics.

Which brown, syrupy vinegar from the area around Medina, Italy,

is made from white-grape juice, matured in wooden casks?

Balsamic.

A legendary American news anchor was known for signing off with

"That's the way it is" - who was he?

-Dan Rather.

-Walter Cronkite!

According to the Book of Daniel,

into what were Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego thrown

because they refused to bow down before a golden idol?

-Thrown into the oven, I believe.

-Yes, a fiery furnace.

In which British island group is the Sullen Voe oil terminal

one of the largest in Europe?

-The Hebrides.

-Shetland.

Who wrote the sonnet On His Blindness that begins

"When I consider how my light is spent"

and ends with "They also serve who only stand and wait"?

John Milton.

In 1984, Georgina Clark made sporting history

when she became the first woman to umpire a major final at which venue?

-Cricket.

-Wimbledon.

In Freudian psychoanalytical theory,

the ego and superego are two of the three agencies

that form the human personality - what is the third?

Id.

Which pair of mountaineers were last seen alive on 8th June 1924?

Oh, erm...

-Er, Shackleton.

-Mallory and Irvine.

Which work by Carl Orff, first performed in Frankfurt in 1937,

is a setting of medieval Latin poems?

Carmina Burana.

-BLEEPER

-Which Muslim leader recaptured Jerusalem from the Franks in 1187,

provoking the Third Crusade?

-Saladin.

-Is correct.

No passes, Jeffry.

22 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Clive Dunning again, please.

You also have 11 points to start this round with

and 23 is still the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

Whose seasonal chart-topping hits include Mistletoe And Wine,

Saviour's Day and The Millennium Prayer?

Cliff Richard.

The first part of a work by Adolf Hilter was written while in prison

after the failed Beer Hall Putsch of Munich in 1923. What is it called?

Mein Kampf.

According to Dr Samuel Johnson, a man is "tired of life"

when he is tired of...?

London.

What was the name of the English physicist

after whom the SI unit of capacitance is named?

-Farad.

-No, Michael Faraday.

Which composer, known chiefly for his piano works,

asked that when he died, his heart should be removed from his body

and returned to Poland, the country of his birth?

Chopin.

Which West Indian fast bowler was nicknamed Whispering Death

by the former umpire Dickie Bird - he is now a television pundit?

Michael Holding.

Michael D Higgins replaced Mary McAleese in what post

in November 2011?

President of Ireland.

Whose works include Songs Of Innocence, published in 1789,

and Songs Of Experience, published five years later?

William Blake.

In which European principality is German the official language,

although most of the population speak a dialect called Alemmanisch?

Liechtenstein.

Which actor, who got his big break playing Simon Wicks in EastEnders,

went on to star as PC Nick Rowan in Heartbeat?

Nick Berry.

What word describes a teaching system, used in Christian churches,

that presents the principles of the religion

in question-and-answer form?

Catechism.

Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire is the ancestral home

of which American President whose great-grandfather John

emigrated to Virginia in 1656?

George Washington.

John Updike's 2000 novel Gertrude And Claudius describes the courtship

and marriage of the parents of which Shakespearean hero?

Hamlet.

What water birds, known for the large capacity of their bills,

have been kept in London's St James's Park since the 1660s?

Pelicans.

In The Sting, who plays mobster Doyle Lonnegan,

the subject of a con?

Robert Shaw.

On which Hebridean island is Talisker whisky distilled?

Skye.

Which French painter, born in 1882,

was instrumental in developing Cubism with Pablo Picasso?

Braque.

The upper-case Greek letter chi resembles what upper-case letter

in the Roman alphabet?

-K.

-X.

What is the name of the ice-free port in northwest Russia

that was the main destination of the Arctic convoys

that supplied the Soviet Union with armaments during WWII?

-Archangel?

-Murmansk.

Which weak acid forms when carbon dioxide is dissolved in water?

-Acetic?

-Carbonic acid.

In which '49 novel by George Orwell does the hero, Winston Smith,

work at the Ministry of Truth?

1984.

-BLEEPER

-Which actor made his directorial debut

with the 2002 film Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind,

based on the life of a TV host who claimed to be a hitman for the CIA?

-George Clooney.

-Is correct.

No passes, Clive, and you have 29 points.

APPLAUSE

So close and then a very clear winner. Let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, with 19 points, Gordon Stone,

third place, 22 points, Jeffry Kaplow,

second place, 23 points, Pamela Culley,

and in first place with 29 points,

Clive Dunning.

Which means that Clive is tonight's winner

and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.

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