Episode 27 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Ron Wood, a clergyman from Yeovil.

He'll be answering questions on Tutankhamun.

Next, Roderick Cromar, a chartered accountant from Aberdeen.

His specialist subject,

The Life And Career Of Clement Attlee.

Richard Chaney is a sign language communicator from Cardiff

and he'll be answering questions on The James Herriot Books.

Chloe Stone, a housewife from Dorking,

she's answering questions on English History from 1399 to 1485.

And Rae Donaldson, a record shop manager from Manchester,

his subject, The Life And Work Of The Artist Joseph Cornell.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

The race is really hotting up at this stage.

We are in the semifinals which means we have five contenders

and one of them will go through to the grand final

and maybe become the nation's Mastermind

than which here is no greater honour.

As usual they will face 90 seconds on their specialist subject

and two minutes on General Knowledge.

So let's have our first contender please.

-And your name is?

-Ron Wood.

-Your occupation?

-Clergyman.

The last time around, you took The Birds as your specialist subject. Tonight?

-Tutankhamun.

-Tutankhamun in a minute and a half. Here we go.

Tutankhamun's tomb was found by Howard Carter in 1922.

The young pharaoh had ruled in the 14th century BC

as one of the last kings of which Egyptian dynasty?

-18th.

-Tutankhamun's

parentage is not known but he was probably the son of a pharaoh whose

establishment of a new religion led some to consider him a heretic.

What was his name?

-Akhenaten.

-Which city did Tutankhamun

abandon in favour of Memphis because of its associations

with his immediate predecessors and the religion of Aten?

-Akhetaten.

-Yes or Tell el-Armana.

As Carter peered into the newly opened tomb

Lord Carnarvon his financial backer asked him, "Can you see anything?"

What was Carter's reply?

"Yes, wonderful things."

An American lawyer had dug in the Valley Of The Kings

and found several artefacts relating to Tutankhamun, but he gave up his licence

to dig in 1914 declaring that, "the Valley Of Tombs is exhausted."

What was his name?

-Theodore Davis.

-Tutankhamun's

throne or coronation name was found on a cup found by Davis

in the Valley Of The Kings and also on the Seals Of The Second Shrine.

What was the name?

-Tutankhaten.

-No. Nebkheperure.

Tutankhamun died before he was 20 years old.

He was directly succeeded as ruler of Egypt by his adviser.

What was his name?

-Ay.

-Tutankhamun's tomb

was found below the workmen's huts at the entrance

to the tomb of another pharaoh. Which one?

-Ramesses VI.

-Tutankhamun

reinstated the old religion including the annual festival

that united the god Amun with his goddess wife Mut in Luxor.

What was the festival called?

-Opet.

-A personal memento of Queen Tiye, possibly Tutankhamun's

grandmother, was found in a tiny coffin in the tomb. What was it?

-A lock of her hair.

-At what Southern region

did Tutankhamun appoint Amenhotep Huy to be his Viceroy?

-Nubia.

-Nubia is correct.

No passes. Ron, you've scored ten points.

And our next contender please.

-And your name is?

-Roderick Cromar.

-Your occupation?

-Chartered accountant.

Last time around you took Sam Phillips

And The Sun Record Label as your specialist subject. Tonight?

The Life And Career Of Clement Attlee.

Clement Attlee in 90 seconds.

Attlee became the leader of the Labour Party in 1935.

Who did he beat in a second ballot to succeed George Lansbury?

Herbert Morrison.

Attlee's commitment to socialism began with a visit in 1905

to a boys' club in Stepney, set up by his old school.

What was the club called?

Haileybury House.

What post did Attlee serve in the first Labour

government in 1924 led by Ramsay MacDonald?

-Undersecretary For Air.

-For War.

A report of 1942 influenced many of the social

policies of Attlee's post-war administration.

Who was the main author of the report?

-Beveridge.

-During Attlee's time as Prime Minister

the National Insurance Act and the Act setting up

the National Health Service were both passed in which year?

-47.

-46.

In which post had Attlee originally served

in the wartime coalition government? He was replaced

by Stafford Cripps when he was made Dominion Secretary in 1942.

-Lord President Of The Council.

-Lord Privy Seal.

Attlee's post-war Labour government carried out an extensive

programme of nationalisation.

What was the first organisation to be nationalised by a 1946 Act?

-Coal and steel.

-The Bank of England.

In 1939 who led a campaign to replace Attlee

with Herbert Morrison as party leader?

She later became Minister Of Education in Attlee's first Cabinet.

-Ellen Wilkinson.

-The Chancellor Hugh Dalton leaked details of the November 47 budget

and resigned forcing Attlee to replace him.

To which journalist did Dalton leak that information?

-Pass.

-What rank was Attlee given when he joined

the 6th South Lancashire Fusiliers in 1914?

He eventually rose to the rank of Major.

-Lieutenant.

-At what sport did Attlee win a Half Blue while he was at Oxford?

-Billiards.

-Yes billiards.

Just one pass, Roderick. The Chancellor leaked the budget details to a journalist

called John Carvel.

-You have scored six points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender please.

Your name is?

-Richard Chaney.

-Your occupation? Sign Language Communicator.

Your subject last time was Charles M Schulz. Tonight it is?

James Herriot.

James Herriot in 90 seconds. Here we go.

James Herriot is a pen name borrowed from a Scottish footballer and

used for the semiautobiographical novels of a country vet.

What was the author's real name?

-Alf Wight.

-The fictional town of Darrowby where Herriot gets his first

permanent appointment as assistant to Siegfried Farnon is based

chiefly on which North Yorkshire town?

-Thirsk.

-The local vet Hugo Mottram had accused Herriot and Siegfried

of poaching his clients, but later sends them a bottle of champagne. Why?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the Georgian house in Darrowby that is

the headquarters of the practice and is also for a time James and Helen's home?

Skeldale House.

What textbook does Herriot take with him

when he joins the RAF?

It reminds him of good days and gives him hope of more to come.

-Pass.

-Mr Kirby's nanny goat almost dies after trying to eat

a garment from the washing line. What is the garment?

His winter drawers.

-Yes. Oh, his summer drawers.

-Is it?

The Pekingese Tricky Woo suffers from various ailments

including what his owner Mrs Pumphrey calls flop bott.

What word does she use for his occasional bouts of hysteria?

-Cracker dog.

-When Mrs Tompkin's budgie dies Herriot replaces it without telling her.

To what does the partially sighted Mrs Tompkins attribute

the budgie's sudden chattering?

-Pass.

-In what he calls his PNS system Siegfried's letters

to debtors are graduated according to severity.

What do the letters PNS stand for?

-Polite Normal Solicitors.

-Polite Nasty Solicitors.

What urgent veterinary work occupies James Herriot

and his new wife Helen on their honeymoon?

-Tuberculin testing.

-According...

-BEEP

I've just started so I'll finish.

According to an old Dalesman what sort of ointment is the best

cure for malanders and salanders in horses?

-No, can't.

-All right. I'll tell you

because we're out of time.

Marshmallow ointment is the answer. There we are. You knew it.

The other passes, Mrs Tompkins thought her budgie's beak had been clipped.

The textbook that Herriot took with him when he joined the RAF to remind him

of the good old days was Black's Veterinary Dictionary.

And Hugo Mottram sent them a bottle of champagne

because they saved his horse's life.

Four passes in all. You have scored

five points.

And our next contender please.

-And your name is?

-Chloe Stone.

-Your occupation?

-I'm a housewife.

Your subject last time was the Fethering Mysteries of Simon Brett.

Tonight it is?

English History from 1399 to 1485.

In 90 seconds, starting now.

Henry IV became the first English King

from the House of Lancaster in 1399.

By what name is his father, the first Duke of Lancaster, generally known?

John of Gaunt.

The armies of a French king were defeated by those of Henry V

at Agincourt on 25 October 1415.

Which French king?

-Charles VI.

-Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440.

Which college did he found the following year?

King's College Cambridge.

What title was held by the Duke of York's heir, the future Edward IV

when the Wars Of The Roses began?

-Earl of March.

-In 1478 George, Duke of Clarence was executed for treason

against his brother Edward IV.

How was he said to have been killed?

-Drowned in a butt of malmsey.

-Following the battle of Agincourt

Henry V negotiated the treaty with the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.

What is the name of the treaty?

-Pass.

-In 1455 where was the first battle of the Wars Of The Roses

during which the Duke of Somerset was killed?

-St Albans.

-At which port did Henry Tudor land on 7th August 1485, 15 days

before he defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth?

-Milford Haven.

-In January 1484 the Chancellor of France told the Estates General

that Richard III had murdered Edward IV's sons in the Tower of London.

What was the Chancellor's name?

-Pass.

-On 29th of March 1461 an army of Henry VI and Queen Margaret

was heavily defeated at which exceptionally bloody battle?

-Towton.

-Henry VI was restored to the throne by the Earl of Warwick

and others in the first week of October 1470.

What term do historians apply to the events of that week?

-The Readeption.

-Correct. Two passes.

In 1484 the Chancellor of France was Rochefort.

And it was the Treaty of Canterbury that followed

the Battle Of Agincourt.

-You have nine points.

-Thank you.

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Rae Donaldson.

-Your occupation?

I'm a record shop manager.

Your subject the last time was Philip II of Spain. Tonight?

It's the Life And Work Of Joseph Cornell.

Joseph Cornell the artist, in 90 seconds.

Cornell was a self-taught artist and pioneer of the art

of assemblage in which found objects are put together.

He worked for over 40 years in the family home on which street in New York?

-Utopia Parkway.

-Cornell came to specialise in glass fronted boxes.

His first was Soap Bubble Set displayed in a 1936

exhibition at the Museum Of Modern Art.

What was the name of the exhibition?

Fantastic Art, Dada And Surrealism.

The collage novel La Femme 100 Tetes, published in Paris in 1929,

was a major influence on the young Cornell.

Who was its creator?

-Max Ernst.

-During his early 20s Cornell joined a religious movement that

would remain central to him for the rest of his life. What was it?

-Christian science.

-Cornell's oldest surviving collage is from 1931

and shows a boat with a rose and spider's web sprouting from a sail.

What is its accepted title?

-Schooner.

-Cornell's experimental 1936 film named after the actress

Rose Hobart was largely created by cutting

and reassembling which earlier film in which she starred?

-East of Borneo.

-Cornell's box entitled Toward The Blue Peninsula is dedicated

to a reclusive 19th-century poet. What's her name?

-Emily Dickinson.

-Which of Cornell's major works produced in 1942 is

based on a copy of a portrait by the little-known 16th century artist Sofonisba Anguissola?

Medici Slot Machine.

What is the title of Cornell's 1943 shadow box of birds

with the shattered glass screen that is often considered to be

a metaphor for the nightmare of World War II?

Habitat Group For A Shooting Gallery.

Cornell became the principal carer of his younger brother

who was born with cerebral palsy. What was his name?

-Robert.

-Cornell produced a collage entitled Enchanted Wanderer by the young

actress originally born in Vienna with whom

he developed an obsession. Who was she?

-Hedy Lamarr.

-Hedy Lamarr is right.

No passes. A perfect round. 11 points.

So a few very high scores there.

Let's have a look at all the scores in that round.

In fifth place, five points, Richard Chaney,

fourth place, six points, Roderick Cromar,

third place, nine points, Chloe Stone,

second place, ten points, Ron Wood,

and still in the lead, 11 points,

Rae Donaldson.

So it is the General Knowledge round now 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 are tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

Let's ask Richard to join us again please.

And...you start out with five points

with your knowledge of the James Herriot books.

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

Two minutes, starting now.

What Afrikaans name, meaning "separateness",

was given to the policy of racial segregation

practised in South Africa from 1948 to the early '90s?

Apartheid.

Which northern English city

gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2004

because of its waterfront buildings?

York.

Liverpool. On which circuit near Milan

does the Italian Grand Prix take place?

Imola?

No, Monza.

Who became the first American to have a memorial

in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey,

when a bust was unveiled in 1884, two years after his death?

Lincoln?

Longfellow. Which 1980 film, starring Sissy Spacek,

is based on the life of country singer Loretta Lynn?

Coal Miner's Daughter.

What is the name of the painter and sculptor

who died in 1973

while entertaining guests at a dinner party?

His last words were reputedly "Drink to me, drink to my health.

"You know I can't drink any more."

Uh...van Gogh?

Picasso.

Which British rock band did the singer Paul Rodgers join in 2005

to record the live double album, Return Of The Champions?

Queen.

Podgorica is the capital of a republic that has borders

with a number of countries,

including Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What is the republic called?

Montenegro.

GK Chesterton wrote a sonnet

to an English cheese - which one?

Stilton.

What shark, exceeded in size only by the whale shark,

is often found in British waters?

In spite of its large size, it eats only plankton.

Basking shark.

Which American city was the setting

for drama series The Wire?

Baltimore.

What Gaelic word is used in Ireland

for an informal evening of traditional music and dancing?

Ceili.

Who became director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960

and succeeded Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre

in the same post in 1973?

Sir Peter Hall?

The translation of the Bible by St Jerome,

completed in around 405AD,

is generally known by what name

that comes from the Latin for common version?

Pass.

Cuba won three gold and two silver medals

in a team sport introduced into the Olympics

as a medal event in 1992

but dropped for the 2012 Games. What was it?

OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER

Judo.

-It was baseball.

-Oh.

One pass, Richard - the translation of the Bible by St Jerome

was commonly known as the Vulgate version.

You have a total of 14 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, Roderick again, please.

And you start, Roderick, with six points

with your knowledge of Clem Attlee.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge.

Two minutes - here we go.

In which Shakespeare play

does the character kill his wife Desdemona

after Iago produces false evidence

of her unfaithfulness?

Othello.

Who was the third president of the United States

and chief draughtsman of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson.

Which Royal Navy aircraft carrier was the subject

of 1976 fly-on-the-wall TV documentary Sailor?

Ark Royal.

Which headland is the northwesternmost point

of mainland Scotland?

Its name comes from the Old Norse for "turning point."

Cape Wrath.

What is the title of Marilyn Monroe's

last completed film, released in 1961?

It was also Clark Gable's last screen appearance.

The Misfits.

Which German football club is nicknamed The Aspirins

after a product manufactured by their main sponsor?

Bayer Leverkusen.

Whose 1974 novel The Dogs Of War

is about an attempted coup by British mercenaries

in an African country?

Frederick Forsyth.

Which architect, who became a Roman Catholic in 1835,

designed many buildings of the Catholic Revival,

including St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham

and St George's Cathedral in Southwark?

Gilbert Scott.

Pugin.

Which red wine, famously hurried to London in the '70s and '80s,

is officially released for sale on the third Thursday in November

and should be drunk within a few months?

-Beaujolais.

-Yes, Beaujolais Nouveau.

What word that comes from the Greek for "image breaker"

was used to describe those who opposed the use

of sacred pictures and statues in the early church?

Iconoclasts.

Which publishing house,

known for championing feminist causes and authors,

was launched in 1973 by Carmen Callil?

Virago.

Which town in Australia's Northern Territory

was originally known as Stuart but was renamed in 1933

after a nearby waterhole was discovered

during the construction of an overland telegraph line?

Alice Springs.

What is the title of composer Richard Addinsell's best known work,

written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight?

Warsaw Concerto.

Which sea fish get their name

from their practice of catching smaller fish

by dangling a lure, part of their dorsal fin,

in front of their mouths?

Angler fish.

Which country formed the Triple Alliance

with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1882

which lasted until WWI?

Turkey.

Italy. Who was the British novelist and playwright

who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932?

He's best remembered for the Forsyte Saga.

John Galsworthy.

Correct. No passes.

A very strong round there. You've gone up to 20 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Chloe again, please.

And you begin with nine points with your English history knowledge.

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

20 is the score to beat, as we speak. Here we go.

German firm Steiff is famous for manufacturing which soft toy?

Teddy bears.

In 1938, the Government Code and Cipher School moved from London

to the former estate of financier Herbert Samuel-Leon

in Buckinghamshire. What is it called?

Bletchingly.

Bletchley Park.

Which small, elaborate cakes, usually served at the end of a meal,

get their name from the French for "little oven?"

Petits fours.

In which tale by Hans Christian Andersen

does a little girl, Gerda, rescue her playmate Kai

from the icily beautiful but cruel title character?

Snow Queen?

Who stars as the frequently underestimated detective

Christopher Foyle in the TV series Foyle's War?

Michael Kitchen.

Which Stephen Sondheim musical, set in Sweden in around 1900,

is loosely based on an Ingmar Bergman film?

Chorus Line?

A Little Night Music.

On which Atlantic island is embroidery a major handicraft?

It's said to have been introduced in the 1850s

by Elizabeth Phelps,

the daughter of an English wine shipper.

St Helena?

Madeira. Who won the Wimbledon women singles title

a record nine times between 1978-90?

Um...

Pass.

In 1976, which future founder member of the SDP

was appointed President of the European Commission?

Oh. Um...

Pass.

Which Welsh-born painter who settled in France in 1904

was the lover of Auguste Rodin?

-John?

-Yes, Gwen John.

What pen name did the writer born Hector Hugh Munro take?

It was the name of the Minister of Wine in Edward Fitzgerald's

translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Saki?

In which county is the village of Tolpuddle,

home of six agricultural workers

who were transported to Australia in the 1830s

after swearing secret oaths when they formed a trade union?

Wiltshire.

Dorset. For which 1981 film

did Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn

win the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress?

On Golden Pond.

What term...

OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER

..coined by Paracelsus

and now often used for a slender, graceful woman,

originally referred to a race of mythical spirits

supposed to inhabit the air?

Hm...sylph?

-Yes.

-Ah!

LAUGHTER

Always worth a guess.

-Two passes, Chloe - it was Roy Jenkins who became...

-Oh!

-I got the wrong...

-Often happens.

And that Wimbledon women singles champion, Martina Navratilova.

-You have a total now, Chloe, of 17 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Now Ron Wood again, please.

And you begin with ten points, with your knowledge of Tutankhamen.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge.

20 is still the score to beat. Here we go.

Which English banknote was first issued by the Treasury

in 1914 and ceased to be legal tender

in November 1970 after being replaced by the 50 pence piece?

Ten shillings.

Cetshwayo was the king of which people?

He ruled from 1872 until 1879.

Zulus.

What must a Welsh rarebit be topped with

to make it a buck rarebit?

Worcester sauce.

Poached egg.

Which Canadian actor starred in a short-lived TV series

based on the TekWar science fiction novels

he co-wrote with Ron Goulart?

Pass.

Which American soldier and statesman,

who won the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize,

introduced an aid plan for European reconstruction

after WWII?

Marshall.

What bird, along with the much rarer firecrest,

is Britain's smallest bird?

It's around 9cm long.

Goldcrest.

Which English prose narrative,

about the knights of the Round Table,

was written by Sir Thomas Malory while in prison in about 1470?

Morte D'Arthur.

Which singer, whose only completed studio album, Grace,

has sold 2 million copies worldwide,

drowned in the Mississippi in 1997

at the age of 30?

-Pass.

-In the House of Commons,

the two red lines in front of the opposing front benches

are traditionally supposed to be what distance apart?

No member is allowed to cross the lines while speaking.

Two swords' lengths.

Which word of Greek origin

is used for someone who speaks or writes many languages?

Polyglot.

In which future Canadian province were there two big gold rushes,

one in 1858 on the Fraser river

and the other in 1862 in the Cariboo district,

over 30 years before the Klondike gold rush?

Yukon.

British Columbia.

Who became Sebastian Vettel's partner

in the Red Bull F1 Grand Prix team in 2009?

They had a spectacular falling out in March 2013.

Pass.

Which historic county got its name

because it was the territory of the South Saxons?

Sussex.

Which '69 Western, directed by Sam Peckinpah

and starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine

was criticised for its slow motion screen violence?

Pass.

In classical mythology,

two mountains are named as the home of the Muses

in different traditions. One is Mount Helicon, what is the other?

Olympus?

-Parnassus. Which...

-OUT-OF-TIME BUZZER

Just started - which foreign city's opera house

was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon?

Australia, Sydney.

Yep, Sydney is correct.

Four passes - that '69 Western was The Wild Bunch.

Mark Webber fell out with Sebastian Vettel.

Jeff Buckley was the singer

and William Shatner was the Canadian actor.

There you go - Ron, a total of 19.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Rae Donaldson again, please.

You started with 11 points,

with your knowledge of the artist Joseph Cornell.

20 points is still the score to beat.

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

Which actor, who played David Addison Jr in Moonlighting,

went on to star as maverick action hero John McClane

in the Die Hard films?

Bruce Willis.

What name, from the Latin for "to fry"

is usually given to a piece of banana,

apple or meat dipped in thick batter and fried?

Pass.

The ruler of which small island state in the Persian Gulf

changed his title from emir to king in 2002

following a referendum in which the people voted

to become a constitutional monarchy?

Oman?

Bahrain. Which French actor and playwright

was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622?

He died after collapsing on stage in 1673.

Moliere.

In February 2013,

which club became the first from the fourth tier of English football

to reach a major Wembley final?

Pass.

What was the maiden name of sisters Nicole and Natalie

from the group All Saints?

It was also the name of the duo they formed.

Appleton.

The common species of which American songbird

has a Latin name meaning "the many-tongued mimic"

because of its ability to imitate the song of other birds?

Myna bird?

The mockingbird.

Which Roman defensive line runs for come of its length

along a craggy ridge called The Whin Sill?

Hadrian's Wall.

The French National Assembly

meets in a palace completed in 1728

and seized during the French Revolution.

What is it called?

The Elysee.

The Bourbon. Which 1974 film

was the first sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar?

Pass.

Which Japanese violinist and teacher

gave his name to the method he devised for teaching music?

Suzuki.

What is the name of the former lawyer

whose first work of non-fiction,

The Innocent Man, published in 2006,

was about small town justice in America that goes terribly wrong?

Grisham?

The god Manannan, a master of shape-shifting,

is said to have given his name to an island in the Irish Sea...

The Isle of Man.

Which pop artist created the cover of The Beatles' album

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

and the Oasis album Stop The Clocks?

Peter Blake.

In the TV sitcom Men Behaving Badly,

which comedian was replaced by Neil Morrissey

as Martin Clunes' male co-star

after the first series?

I've no idea.

We'll take that as a pass.

I can tell you now, the answer to it is Harry Enfield.

Your other passes -

The Godfather Part II was the film that won a Best Picture Oscar.

Bradford City became the first from the fourth tier of English football

to reach a major Wembley final.

And if you fry something like banana, apple or whatever,

it's called a fritter.

Rae, you have a total of 19 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, that was a tense one.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fifth place, with 14 points,

Richard Chaney.

Fourth place, 17 points, Chloe Stone.

Joint second place, 19 apiece,

Ron Wood and Rae Donaldson.

In the lead - he just held on -

20 points, Roderick Cromar.

APPLAUSE

So, Roderick is tonight's winner.

And he goes through to the grand final - congratulations to him.

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