Episode 30 Mastermind


Episode 30

Similar Content

Browse content similar to Episode 30. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

First in the spotlight tonight is Lawrence Cook,

0:00:250:00:28

an organic chemist from Lincolnshire.

0:00:280:00:30

His subject, the eccentric chess player Bobby Fischer.

0:00:300:00:33

Next, Neil Wright, a retired biomedical scientist

0:00:340:00:37

from the Wirral, and his subject, the Medieval nobleman Cesare Borgia.

0:00:370:00:41

Daniel Adler is an IT consultant from Farnham, and he'll be

0:00:420:00:45

answering questions on the Philip Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler.

0:00:450:00:49

Julie Aris, a service quality manager from East Sussex.

0:00:500:00:54

Her subject, the pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart.

0:00:540:00:58

And Cliff Challenger, charity manager from Bradford,

0:00:590:01:02

on British political history.

0:01:020:01:04

APPLAUSE

0:01:050:01:07

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys,

0:01:130:01:17

and at stake tonight is a place in the Grand Final.

0:01:170:01:19

It doesn't get any easier, of course,

0:01:190:01:22

and the great enemy, as always, is the clock. No time to think.

0:01:220:01:26

Just 90 seconds to test them on their specialist subjects

0:01:260:01:30

and two minutes on their general knowledge.

0:01:300:01:33

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

0:01:330:01:36

And your name is?

0:01:440:01:46

Your occupation?

0:01:460:01:49

Your chosen subject last time was heavyweight boxing.

0:01:490:01:51

Tonight it is...?

0:01:510:01:53

Bobby Fischer, the great chess player, in 90 seconds, starting now.

0:01:540:01:58

At what age did Fischer first become

0:01:580:02:00

Chess Champion of the United States?

0:02:000:02:02

-14.

-Which Hungarian scientist and emigre

0:02:020:02:04

may have been Fischer's real father,

0:02:040:02:05

though he's not named on the birth certificate?

0:02:050:02:08

Paul Nemenyi.

0:02:080:02:09

Fischer accused Russian players of fixing

0:02:090:02:11

the 1962 Curacao Candidates Tournament.

0:02:110:02:13

In which publication did he make that accusation?

0:02:130:02:16

Chess Life?

0:02:160:02:17

Sports Illustrated.

0:02:170:02:18

Soviet players had been World Champion since 1948,

0:02:180:02:21

but in '72 Fischer defeated a Soviet grandmaster

0:02:210:02:24

in Reykjavik to become World Champion.

0:02:240:02:26

-What was the Russian's name?

-Boris Spassky.

0:02:260:02:28

During the Spassky game, the Soviet delegation

0:02:280:02:31

asked that Fischer's chair and the lighting system

0:02:310:02:34

be investigated for sinister devices.

0:02:340:02:36

What was actually discovered by the search?

0:02:360:02:38

Two dead flies.

0:02:380:02:40

At which international tournament in 1959

0:02:400:02:42

did Fischer first defeat the Estonian Paul Keres?

0:02:420:02:44

It established his reputation with the Soviet grandmasters.

0:02:440:02:48

Erm...

0:02:480:02:49

Bled?

0:02:510:02:52

Zurich. Fischer failed to arrive on time

0:02:520:02:54

for his scheduled match with Spassky in Reykjavik in 1972.

0:02:540:02:58

Which statesman telephoned him twice

0:02:580:03:00

to try to save the match?

0:03:000:03:01

Henry Kissinger.

0:03:010:03:02

To which player did Fischer lose all four of his games

0:03:020:03:04

at the '59 World Championship Candidates Tournament?

0:03:040:03:08

-Mikhail Tal.

-When Fischer was 13, he defeated Donald Byrne

0:03:080:03:10

in what became known as "the Game of the Century".

0:03:100:03:13

On which number move did he checkmate him?

0:03:130:03:16

25.

0:03:160:03:17

41st. After the Spassky match, Fischer made few public appearances.

0:03:170:03:21

He was wrongly arrested in 1981 on suspicion of bank robbery.

0:03:210:03:24

What was the name of the pamphlet he published in response?

0:03:240:03:27

I Was Tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse.

0:03:270:03:29

-BEEP

-What opening was used...

0:03:290:03:30

I've started so I'll finish, what opening was used by Fischer

0:03:300:03:33

in his game against Botvinnik at the Varna Olympiad?

0:03:330:03:35

King's Indian defence.

0:03:370:03:39

No, the Grunfeld Defence.

0:03:390:03:41

No passes, Lawrence, you have seven points.

0:03:410:03:44

APPLAUSE

0:03:440:03:46

And our next contender, please.

0:03:520:03:54

And your name is?

0:04:020:04:04

Your occupation?

0:04:040:04:05

Your last subject was French wines of the Rhone Valley.

0:04:070:04:10

Tonight it is...?

0:04:100:04:11

Cesare Borgia in 90 seconds.

0:04:150:04:17

Cesare Borgia was made a cardinal in 1493 while he was still a teenager

0:04:170:04:21

by his father, Rodrigo Borgia, who was the Pope.

0:04:210:04:24

What was his father's papal name?

0:04:240:04:25

Alexander VI.

0:04:250:04:27

Yes, Cesare's mother was Rodrigo Borgia's most famous mistress.

0:04:270:04:30

What was her name?

0:04:300:04:31

Vanozza dei Cattanei.

0:04:310:04:32

After studying in Perugia in 1491, Cesare

0:04:320:04:35

was sent to study under the famous Milanese jurist, Filippo.

0:04:350:04:38

In which city?

0:04:380:04:40

Pisa.

0:04:400:04:41

Cesare was the principal inspiration for which

0:04:410:04:43

work by Machiavelli?

0:04:430:04:44

The Prince.

0:04:440:04:45

What was the name of his tutor,

0:04:450:04:47

who was later created a cardinal by Alexander VI?

0:04:470:04:50

-Don Vera.

-Yes.

0:04:500:04:51

Which sculptor, who was famous for breaking Michelangelo's nose,

0:04:510:04:55

enlisted in Cesare's army, although he later returned to

0:04:550:04:58

stone-cutting and created Henry VII's tomb in Westminster Abbey?

0:04:580:05:01

-Torreggiani?

-Yes.

0:05:020:05:03

What dukedom did the French King, Louis XII, give to Cesare

0:05:030:05:06

when he married the King of Navarre's sister, Charlotte?

0:05:060:05:09

The name of the dukedom was subsequently used

0:05:090:05:11

as a nickname for Cesare.

0:05:110:05:12

Valentinois.

0:05:120:05:14

Cesare was accused of abducting a woman in 1501

0:05:140:05:17

while she was on her way from Urbino to Venice to join her husband.

0:05:170:05:20

Who was she?

0:05:200:05:21

Dorotea Caraccciolo.

0:05:210:05:23

Yes, or Malatesta.

0:05:230:05:25

What name was usually given to the quasi-autonomous lords

0:05:250:05:29

who ruled many of the Papal States?

0:05:290:05:30

Alexander VI intended to unite those states

0:05:300:05:32

into a Duchy to be ruled by Cesare.

0:05:320:05:34

Vicars.

0:05:340:05:35

In late 1500, the despised Gandolfo Malatesta

0:05:350:05:38

surrendered his city-state to Cesare's rule. Which city was it?

0:05:380:05:41

Rimini.

0:05:410:05:42

After the election of his bitter enemy,

0:05:420:05:45

-Giuliano Della Rovere as Pope, Cesare lost power...

-BEEP

0:05:450:05:47

..and was eventually sent to Spain as a prisoner.

0:05:470:05:50

In which fortress in Valencia was he first kept

0:05:500:05:52

before being moved to Medina del Campo?

0:05:520:05:54

-Chinchilla.

-Is correct.

0:05:540:05:56

Perfect round, Neil, no passes, 11 points.

0:05:560:05:59

APPLAUSE

0:05:590:06:01

And our next contender, please.

0:06:080:06:09

And your name is?

0:06:140:06:16

Your occupation?

0:06:160:06:18

And your chosen subject in the first round was Puccini. Tonight it is?

0:06:180:06:22

Raymond Chandler's novels. 90 seconds, starting now.

0:06:250:06:27

Which of Chandler's novels, the third to feature

0:06:270:06:30

Los Angeles-based private detective Philip Marlowe,

0:06:300:06:32

ends with the line, "You and Kappa Blanca, I said"?

0:06:320:06:35

The High Window.

0:06:350:06:36

In The Lady In The Lake, what was the name of the lake

0:06:360:06:38

where the body assumed to be Muriel Chess is found?

0:06:380:06:40

Little Fawn Lake.

0:06:400:06:41

In Farewell, My Lovely,

0:06:410:06:43

what is the name of the murderous character who appears to Marlowe to be

0:06:430:06:46

"about as inconspicuous as tarantula on a slice of angel food"?

0:06:460:06:49

Moose Malloy.

0:06:490:06:50

What is the name of the woman said to have

0:06:500:06:52

"that fine, drawn, intense look that is sometimes erotic,

0:06:520:06:55

"sometimes sex-hungry and sometimes just the result of drastic dieting"?

0:06:550:06:59

-Mavis Weld.

-Linda Loring.

0:06:590:07:00

In Trouble Is My Business, as well as being a private investigator,

0:07:000:07:04

John D Arbogast is an examiner of what?

0:07:040:07:06

Documents.

0:07:060:07:07

Yes, questioned documents. Whom does Marlowe describe to Carmen Sternwood

0:07:070:07:10

in The Big Sleep as "a fellow I used to know around the pool room"?

0:07:100:07:13

-Doc Houserider.

-Peter Pan.

0:07:130:07:15

In The Long Goodbye, Terry Lennox defines his preferred drink as

0:07:150:07:18

"half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else." What's the drink?

0:07:180:07:21

A gimlet.

0:07:210:07:22

In The Little Sister, what does Marlowe point out to the police

0:07:220:07:25

on the body of a man known variously as Hix and Hambleton?

0:07:250:07:27

Once the object's removed, the police identify the body as Mileaway Marston.

0:07:270:07:31

A toupee.

0:07:310:07:32

On which street is the rooming house in Bay City

0:07:320:07:34

where Marlowe begins his search for Orrin Quest in The Little Sister?

0:07:340:07:37

Idaho Street.

0:07:370:07:38

In The Lady In The Lake,

0:07:380:07:39

who lives in the house directly across the street from Chris Lavery?

0:07:390:07:42

Dr L Elmore.

0:07:420:07:44

Yes, in The Long Goodbye, Marlowe reminds

0:07:440:07:46

Sewell Endicott that they had met on another case.

0:07:460:07:48

In which earlier novel does Endicott appear as a DA?

0:07:480:07:50

The Little Sister.

0:07:500:07:51

In The Lady In The Lake, the letters "HBD" are used in police slang.

0:07:510:07:54

What do they stand for?

0:07:540:07:56

Have no idea.

0:07:560:07:57

Had Been Drinking!

0:07:570:07:59

BEEP

0:07:590:08:00

It was worth a guess! No passes, Daniel, you have nine points.

0:08:010:08:05

APPLAUSE

0:08:050:08:07

And our next contender, please.

0:08:130:08:15

And your name is?

0:08:210:08:23

Your occupation?

0:08:230:08:25

In the last round, your specialist subject was

0:08:250:08:27

the Simon Serrailler novels of Susan Hill.

0:08:270:08:29

Tonight?

0:08:290:08:31

Amelia Earhart. In 90 seconds.

0:08:320:08:35

What was the type of plane in which the American aviator Amelia Earhart

0:08:350:08:38

became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in May, 1932?

0:08:380:08:41

Lockheed Vega.

0:08:410:08:43

In late December, 1920, her father, Edwin, paid for Amelia to be

0:08:430:08:46

taken on a short flight from an airfield in Los Angeles.

0:08:460:08:48

She later said it was from that moment that she knew she had to fly.

0:08:480:08:51

Which airfield?

0:08:510:08:53

Rogers Field.

0:08:530:08:54

In June 1928, Earhart became the first woman

0:08:540:08:56

to travel as a passenger on a transatlantic flight.

0:08:560:08:58

What's the title of the book she wrote about the experience?

0:08:580:09:01

20 Hours, 40 Minutes.

0:09:010:09:03

Earhart took her mother, Amy, on a road trip from Los Angeles

0:09:030:09:06

to Boston in 1924 in a car she called Yellow Peril.

0:09:060:09:09

What make of car was it?

0:09:090:09:10

-Kisler.

-No, Kissel Car.

0:09:100:09:12

Earhart became the Aviation Editor of Cosmopolitan in 1928.

0:09:120:09:15

She'd been offered the same post with another magazine

0:09:150:09:18

but the offer was withdrawn because she advertised cigarettes.

0:09:180:09:20

-Which magazine?

-McCall's.

0:09:200:09:22

In 1931, Earhart was elected the first president of which

0:09:220:09:25

organisation for women pilots? She helped found it in November, 1929.

0:09:250:09:29

-The Ninety-Nines.

-Yes.

0:09:290:09:30

How long was the course over which Earhart set a woman's world speed record

0:09:300:09:36

of 181.18 mph on 5th July, 1930?

0:09:360:09:38

-3 miles?

-3km.

0:09:390:09:41

Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Newman, disappeared

0:09:410:09:44

without trace on 2nd July, 1957, near an atoll in the South West Pacific Ocean,

0:09:440:09:48

many miles from their target destination. Which atoll?

0:09:480:09:52

-Howland Island.

-The Nukumanu Island.

0:09:520:09:55

In 1935, Earhart became the visiting faculty member

0:09:550:09:58

at which University in West Lafayette, Indiana,

0:09:580:10:00

as a counsellor on student women's careers?

0:10:000:10:02

-Purdue.

-Yes.

0:10:020:10:04

In her first attempt at a round-the-world flight in 1937,

0:10:040:10:07

who was Earhart's co-pilot for the first section

0:10:070:10:09

from Oakland to Honolulu on 17 March?

0:10:090:10:11

Paul Mantz.

0:10:110:10:13

Is correct.

0:10:130:10:14

No passes, Julie, you have seven points.

0:10:140:10:17

APPLAUSE

0:10:170:10:19

And our final contender, please.

0:10:250:10:27

And your name is?

0:10:340:10:36

Occupation?

0:10:360:10:38

Subject last time around was Benjamin Britten. Tonight it is...

0:10:380:10:42

In 90 seconds, starting now.

0:10:460:10:47

Who was Harold Wilson's private and political secretary,

0:10:470:10:50

a relationship which caused considerable speculation during his terms of office?

0:10:500:10:54

Lady Falkender.

0:10:540:10:55

Yes, Marcia Williams.

0:10:550:10:56

What measure, taken in November 1967,

0:10:560:10:58

caused Jim Callaghan to resign as Chancellor of the Exchequer?

0:10:580:11:01

-Devolution.

-No, devaluation.

0:11:010:11:03

In January 1979, during the so-called "Winter of Discontent",

0:11:030:11:07

Callaghan said, "I don't think other people in the world would share

0:11:070:11:10

"the view that there is mounting chaos."

0:11:100:11:11

How was that famously paraphrased in a Sun headline?

0:11:110:11:14

-"Crisis? What crisis?"

-Yes.

0:11:150:11:17

What event at the start of the Falklands War caused

0:11:170:11:19

Margaret Thatcher to tell the press to just "rejoice at that news

0:11:190:11:22

"and congratulate our forces and the Marines"?

0:11:220:11:24

The sinking of the Belgrano.

0:11:240:11:25

No, the recapture of South Georgia.

0:11:250:11:27

What nickname did Harold Wilson use for

0:11:270:11:29

the supporters of the free-market economic policies

0:11:290:11:32

outlined at a meeting of Conservative Party leaders in 1970?

0:11:320:11:35

-Selsdon Man.

-Yes.

0:11:350:11:36

In May '76, Michael Heseltine grabbed the Speaker's mace

0:11:360:11:38

when some Labour MPs started singing, after narrowly

0:11:380:11:41

winning a bill to nationalise the aircraft and shipbuilding industry.

0:11:410:11:44

What song where they singing?

0:11:440:11:46

The Red Flag.

0:11:460:11:47

The 1986 Green Paper, Paying For Local Government,

0:11:470:11:50

proposed a uniform business rate and the introduction of a measure

0:11:500:11:53

that contributed to Margaret Thatcher's downfall. What was it?

0:11:530:11:56

-The community charge.

-Or the poll tax.

0:11:560:11:58

Britain joined the European Economic Community in January 1973.

0:11:580:12:01

In which city had Ted Heath signed the Treaty of Accession

0:12:010:12:04

a year earlier?

0:12:040:12:05

-Paris?

-Brussels.

0:12:050:12:06

When the Conservative MP for Reigate, Sir George Gardiner,

0:12:060:12:09

was deselected in 1997, he defected to another party

0:12:090:12:12

and became their only MP. What was the party?

0:12:120:12:14

Pass.

0:12:140:12:16

At the Labour Party conference in October 1996...

0:12:160:12:18

BEEP

0:12:180:12:19

..what did Tony Blair say would be his three main priorities for government?

0:12:190:12:23

Education, education, education.

0:12:250:12:27

That's it. Just those three.

0:12:270:12:29

You had one pass. The party that Sir George Gardiner became the MP for...

0:12:290:12:35

-The Referendum Party?

-It was indeed.

0:12:350:12:38

But it's a bit late now, unfortunately.

0:12:380:12:40

However, Cliff, you have six points.

0:12:400:12:42

APPLAUSE

0:12:420:12:44

So, that's the end of the first round. Let's have a look at the scores.

0:12:510:12:56

In fifth place with six points, Cliff Challenger.

0:12:560:12:59

Joint third place with seven points apiece,

0:12:590:13:01

Lawrence Cook and Julie Aris.

0:13:010:13:03

In second place with nine points, Daniel Adler.

0:13:030:13:06

In the lead with 11 points, Neil Wright.

0:13:060:13:10

So, it is the general knowledge round now,

0:13:150:13:18

and if there is a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes

0:13:180:13:20

is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

0:13:200:13:24

And if they are tied on passes as well, we have to have a tie-break.

0:13:240:13:27

Let's get on with it and ask Cliff Challenger to join us again, please.

0:13:270:13:31

And you start out with six points,

0:13:310:13:35

with your knowledge of those political years.

0:13:350:13:38

Two minutes for general knowledge. Here we go.

0:13:380:13:40

What white, powdery substance produced by plants

0:13:400:13:43

during photosynthesis was traditionally mixed with water

0:13:430:13:45

to stiffen the collars and cuffs of men's shirts?

0:13:450:13:47

Starch.

0:13:470:13:48

Yes, what French term is used to describe food

0:13:480:13:51

that is wrapped in pastry before cooking?

0:13:510:13:53

Er, pass.

0:13:530:13:54

Which Sicilian-born composer wrote the music for the operas

0:13:540:13:58

Norma and La Sonnambula?

0:13:580:13:59

-Bellini.

-Yes.

0:13:590:14:00

Which American state is nicknamed the Lone Star State,

0:14:000:14:03

after the single star on the flag that it adopted

0:14:030:14:05

when it was a republic, prior to joining the union?

0:14:050:14:07

Texas.

0:14:070:14:08

St Kentigern, traditionally identified as the first

0:14:080:14:10

Bishop of Glasgow, is more commonly known by what name?

0:14:100:14:13

-St Mungo.

-Yes.

0:14:130:14:14

The best-known play by the Nobel prize-winning author

0:14:140:14:17

Luigi Pirandello is entitled Six Characters In Search Of...?

0:14:170:14:20

-An Author.

-Yes.

0:14:200:14:21

Which politician was first elected MP for Sheffield Brightside in 1987,

0:14:210:14:26

became Secretary of State for Education and Employment in '97?

0:14:260:14:29

-David Blunkett.

-Yes.

0:14:290:14:30

What name of Anglo-Saxon origin was given to the Roman road

0:14:300:14:33

that ran from Dover north-westward

0:14:330:14:35

via Canterbury, London and St Albans, to Wroxeter in Shropshire?

0:14:350:14:38

-Watling Street?

-Yes.

0:14:380:14:40

In 1968, which Irish actor, a notorious hell-raiser,

0:14:400:14:43

released the album A Tramp Shining,

0:14:430:14:44

which included the hit single, MacArthur Park?

0:14:440:14:47

Richard... Pass.

0:14:480:14:50

Which British beetle with a warlike name fires a burst of volatile

0:14:500:14:53

and corrosive liquid when it is approached by predators?

0:14:530:14:57

Pass.

0:14:570:14:58

What is the middle name of the English writer, Edmund C Bentley?

0:14:580:15:01

It has become a generic term for the short, humorous,

0:15:010:15:04

biographical verse form that he invented.

0:15:040:15:06

-Clerihew.

-Yes.

0:15:060:15:07

Which country did the Olympic gold medallists

0:15:070:15:09

Paavo Nurmi and Lasse Viren represent?

0:15:090:15:11

-Finland.

-Yes.

0:15:110:15:12

Which songwriter does Cary Grant portray in the '46 film, Night And Day?

0:15:120:15:16

-Cole Porter.

-Yes.

0:15:160:15:17

What was the name of the long running Radio Four programme

0:15:170:15:20

that was first broadcast in 1947 under the title, How Does Your Garden Grow?

0:15:200:15:24

-Gardeners' Question Time.

-Yes.

0:15:240:15:26

A cousin of Oliver Cromwell was convicted by the Court of the Exchequer

0:15:260:15:28

in 1638 for his refusal to pay Ship Money.

0:15:280:15:31

It was a levy collected by King Charles I. What was his name?

0:15:310:15:34

Pass.

0:15:340:15:35

According to the opening of the novel, 1984,

0:15:350:15:38

what were the clocks striking on a bright, cold day in April?

0:15:380:15:40

13. BEEP

0:15:400:15:41

What name is given to air-dried strips of meat,

0:15:410:15:44

pounded to a powder and mixed with melted fat and buried?

0:15:440:15:47

It comes from a Cree Indian word meaning "grease".

0:15:470:15:49

Biltong.

0:15:490:15:50

I'd have thought that, too. No, it's pemmican. Yeah.

0:15:500:15:53

Four passes, Cliff. John Hampden was that cousin of Oliver Cromwell.

0:15:540:16:00

The bombardier beetle has that rather disgusting habit.

0:16:000:16:03

Richard Harris. You got the Richard bit. I know, I know. Anyway.

0:16:030:16:06

He was the hell-raising actor.

0:16:060:16:08

And the French term for food wrapped in pastry before cooking, en croute.

0:16:080:16:13

But you've done well. You've got up to 18 points.

0:16:130:16:16

APPLAUSE

0:16:160:16:17

And now, Lawrence again, please.

0:16:230:16:26

You start out with seven points,

0:16:290:16:31

with your knowledge of Bobby Fischer.

0:16:310:16:33

18 at the moment is the score to beat.

0:16:330:16:35

So here we go with your general knowledge. Two minutes.

0:16:350:16:38

The gadget man in the James Bond films

0:16:380:16:40

played by Desmond Llewellyn and Ben Whishaw

0:16:400:16:42

is better known by what letter of the alphabet?

0:16:420:16:44

Q.

0:16:440:16:45

What is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria?

0:16:450:16:48

Melbourne.

0:16:490:16:50

The crab eater that, despite its name, feeds largely on krill,

0:16:500:16:53

is a species of what marine mammal?

0:16:530:16:55

-Prawn?

-No, a seal.

0:16:570:16:58

In 2013, who became the second footballer to be named

0:16:580:17:01

the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year,

0:17:010:17:03

as well as the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year

0:17:030:17:07

in the same season?

0:17:070:17:08

Gareth Bale.

0:17:080:17:09

Which New York skyscraper, commissioned by the founder of

0:17:090:17:11

a motor manufacturing company, was briefly the world's tallest building

0:17:110:17:14

until it was overtaken by the Empire State Building in 1931?

0:17:140:17:17

-The Chrysler Building.

-Yes.

0:17:170:17:19

In Greek mythology, Urania was the muse of which of the sciences?

0:17:190:17:24

-Chemistry.

-Astronomy.

0:17:260:17:28

Who wrote and illustrated the children's books,

0:17:280:17:30

Fungus The Bogeyman and The Snowman?

0:17:300:17:32

-Briggs.

-Yes.

0:17:330:17:34

Which negatively-charged particles are a basic constituent of the atom?

0:17:340:17:38

Their arrangement around the nucleus is

0:17:380:17:39

responsible for the chemical properties of matter.

0:17:390:17:42

-Electrons.

-Yes.

0:17:420:17:43

In Doctor Who, which actress

0:17:430:17:45

and comedienne played the Doctor's companion, Donna Noble?

0:17:450:17:48

Oh, it's...

0:17:490:17:52

-Catherine Tate.

-Yes.

0:17:520:17:53

At which summit in Dumfries & Galloway

0:17:530:17:55

do both the West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow

0:17:550:17:58

and the A74(M) motorway reach their highest point?

0:17:580:18:02

-Gretna?

-Beattock Summit.

0:18:020:18:04

In April 2013, who set a record for the most consecutive weeks

0:18:040:18:07

in the UK top ten for a debut album, when Our Version Of Events

0:18:070:18:12

overtook the 62 weeks spent by the Beatles' Please Please Me?

0:18:120:18:16

Adele?

0:18:160:18:17

Emeli Sande.

0:18:170:18:18

Idi Amin was the President of which country from 1971-79?

0:18:180:18:22

Uganda.

0:18:220:18:23

What name for the northernmost of the world's oceans

0:18:230:18:26

comes from the Greek word for "bear"?

0:18:260:18:27

Arctic Ocean.

0:18:270:18:29

Yes. Which Shakespeare play was banned from 1788-1820

0:18:290:18:32

because the mental state of the title character was too similar

0:18:320:18:35

to the madness of King George III?

0:18:350:18:37

King Lear.

0:18:370:18:38

BEEP

0:18:380:18:39

What is the name of the Belgian who was elected

0:18:390:18:41

President of the International Olympic Committee in July 2001,

0:18:410:18:45

in succession to Juan Antonio Samaranch?

0:18:450:18:47

-Jacques Rogge?

-Is correct.

0:18:470:18:49

And that one mattered, because, no passes,

0:18:490:18:52

and you have reached 18 points.

0:18:520:18:55

Thank you.

0:18:550:18:56

APPLAUSE

0:18:560:18:57

And now, Julie again, please.

0:19:040:19:06

And you also start out with seven points, with your knowledge

0:19:090:19:12

of Amelia Earhart. It is 18, the score to beat so far.

0:19:120:19:15

Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.

0:19:150:19:18

On what river does Dorlcote Mill stand in the title of the novel by George Eliot?

0:19:180:19:21

-Floss.

-Yes.

0:19:210:19:23

Which French designer introduced the Little Black Dress in the 1920s?

0:19:230:19:26

Chanel.

0:19:260:19:27

Which port, famous for its kippers,

0:19:270:19:28

stands at the end of the West Highland Railway,

0:19:280:19:31

and is the terminus of ferry services to Skye and other Hebridean islands?

0:19:310:19:34

-Arbroath?

-Mallaig.

0:19:340:19:35

Who was the American President at the outbreak of the Korean War?

0:19:350:19:39

Hoover?

0:19:390:19:40

Truman. Which 18th-century writer and clergyman's last novel

0:19:400:19:43

is called A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy?

0:19:430:19:46

He died not long after it was published, in 1768.

0:19:460:19:48

Pass.

0:19:480:19:49

What was the name of the ballet dancer who played

0:19:490:19:52

the title role in Ken Russell's '77 film, Valentino?

0:19:520:19:55

Nureyev.

0:19:550:19:56

What type of xylophone, of African origin, is mentioned

0:19:560:19:59

in the first line of Dean Martin's 1950s hit, Sway?

0:19:590:20:02

Pass.

0:20:020:20:03

Which English king was responsible for the building of many castles in Wales

0:20:030:20:06

including those at Harlech, Conwy and Caernarfon?

0:20:060:20:09

Edward III.

0:20:090:20:10

What anarchic radio show, billed as "a radio custard pie",

0:20:100:20:13

teamed the future Goodies Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden

0:20:130:20:15

and Tim Brooke-Taylor with John Cleese?

0:20:150:20:17

Pass.

0:20:170:20:19

The name of which British shore bird comes from its habit

0:20:190:20:21

of flipping over pebbles and other debris in search of insects,

0:20:210:20:24

molluscs and other food?

0:20:240:20:25

Turnstone.

0:20:250:20:26

155 Norman Road in Leytonstone, East London

0:20:260:20:29

was the childhood home of a sportsman

0:20:290:20:31

who announced his retirement in May 2013. What's his name?

0:20:310:20:34

Pass.

0:20:340:20:35

What is the common name of the ethical principle

0:20:350:20:37

exemplified by Jesus's injunction

0:20:370:20:39

to do unto others as you would have them do unto you?

0:20:390:20:42

The Golden Rule.

0:20:420:20:44

Which 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett

0:20:440:20:46

is set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962,

0:20:460:20:49

and tells the story of the black maid, Aibileen,

0:20:490:20:51

and her white employer, Miss Skeeter?

0:20:510:20:55

Pass.

0:20:550:20:56

In which arm of the Atlantic Ocean

0:20:560:20:57

off the West African coast does the Greenwich Meridian cross the Equator?

0:20:570:21:01

Pass.

0:21:010:21:02

What word that originally denoted a small French coin

0:21:020:21:05

is now used as a unit of weight

0:21:050:21:06

measuring the fineness of silk and man-made fibres?

0:21:060:21:10

Denier.

0:21:100:21:11

The Sword In The Stone, first published in 1938,

0:21:110:21:13

was the first of a quartet of novels by TH White

0:21:130:21:16

based on Arthurian legend

0:21:160:21:17

-and later made into an animated film by Disney.

-BEEP

0:21:170:21:20

What's the quartet called?

0:21:200:21:22

-King Arthur.

-Well, it might have been.

0:21:270:21:29

No, it was The Once And Future King.

0:21:290:21:32

You had six passes.

0:21:320:21:34

The Gulf of Guinea is where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the Equator.

0:21:340:21:38

The Help was that 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett.

0:21:380:21:42

That sportsman -

0:21:420:21:44

no reason you should have known his name - was David Beckham.

0:21:440:21:47

The anarchic radio show - I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again.

0:21:470:21:51

Marimba is the type of xylophone mentioned in Dean Martin's hit Sway,

0:21:510:21:56

and Laurence Sterne wrote A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy.

0:21:560:22:00

So, six passes, Julie - a total of 14 points.

0:22:000:22:04

APPLAUSE

0:22:040:22:05

And now, Daniel Adler again, please.

0:22:120:22:15

And you start out with 9 points with your knowledge

0:22:150:22:19

of the great Marlowe novels.

0:22:190:22:21

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

0:22:210:22:23

and 18 is still the score to beat, so here we go. Two minutes.

0:22:230:22:28

What word, meaning to pass the winter in a dormant state,

0:22:280:22:30

is used for animals that sleep through it

0:22:300:22:32

with their metabolism greatly slowed down?

0:22:320:22:34

Hibernate.

0:22:340:22:35

The 2005 novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup formed the basis of

0:22:350:22:38

which 2008 Oscar-winning film directed by Danny Boyle?

0:22:380:22:41

Slumdog Millionaire.

0:22:410:22:43

Which religious leader attacked

0:22:430:22:44

the Catholic rulers of England, France and Scotland

0:22:440:22:47

with his 1558 work entitled

0:22:470:22:48

The First Blast Of The Trumpet Against The Monstrous Regiment Of Women?

0:22:480:22:52

-Martin Luther.

-John Knox.

0:22:520:22:54

The name of which side dish comes from an abbreviation

0:22:540:22:56

of the Dutch for "cabbage salad"?

0:22:560:22:58

Coleslaw.

0:22:580:23:00

Which British singer

0:23:000:23:01

released the album Atlantic Crossing in 1975

0:23:010:23:03

after he decided to move to America?

0:23:030:23:05

Rod Stewart.

0:23:050:23:06

What is the name of the Latin poet who wrote the line

0:23:060:23:08

"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"

0:23:080:23:11

in Book Three of his Odes?

0:23:110:23:12

Horace.

0:23:120:23:14

The great spotted, the lesser spotted and the green

0:23:140:23:16

are species of which bird that probes for insects in tree bark?

0:23:160:23:19

-Grebe?

-Woodpecker.

0:23:190:23:21

Setanta, also known as Cu Chulainn, meaning "the Hound of Cullan",

0:23:210:23:24

is a hero in the mythology of which European country?

0:23:240:23:28

-Scandinavia.

-Ireland.

0:23:280:23:29

Which play, adapted from the 2003 novel by Mark Haddon,

0:23:290:23:32

won seven Olivier Awards at the 2013 ceremony?

0:23:320:23:35

Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night.

0:23:350:23:38

BWV numbers are the standard catalogue numbers

0:23:380:23:40

of which composer's works?

0:23:400:23:41

The catalogue was established by the German musicologist Wolfgang Schmieder.

0:23:410:23:45

JS Bach.

0:23:450:23:46

What is the name of the Anglo-Norman family

0:23:460:23:48

that King Robert I of Scotland belonged to?

0:23:480:23:50

It gives him the title he's best known by.

0:23:500:23:52

Bruce.

0:23:520:23:53

The Tatra Mountains, part of the Carpathians,

0:23:530:23:55

form the border between Poland and which country to the south?

0:23:550:23:58

-Czechoslovakia.

-Slovakia.

0:23:580:24:00

The first British branch of a social and educational organisation

0:24:000:24:03

founded in Canada in 1897 opened in Anglesey in 1915.

0:24:030:24:07

What's the organisation called?

0:24:070:24:09

The Women's Institute.

0:24:090:24:10

Michael Scott, the insensitive office manager played by Steve Carell,

0:24:100:24:13

is the American equivalent of which sitcom character

0:24:130:24:16

made famous in Britain by Ricky Gervais?

0:24:160:24:18

David Brent.

0:24:180:24:19

The seaside resort of Southsea is a suburb of which city?

0:24:190:24:21

Portsmouth.

0:24:210:24:23

What species of edible mollusc takes its name

0:24:230:24:25

from its long, straight, sharp-edged shell?

0:24:250:24:27

-Razor clam.

-Yes, the razor shell or razor fish.

0:24:270:24:29

BEEP

0:24:290:24:31

No passes, but you've now got 21 points.

0:24:310:24:34

APPLAUSE

0:24:340:24:35

And finally, Neil Wright again, please.

0:24:420:24:45

And you start out with 11 points with your knowledge of Cesare Borgia.

0:24:490:24:53

21 is the score to beat if you want to get a place in the Grand Final,

0:24:530:24:57

so let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.

0:24:570:25:00

What word for a dead-end street or close

0:25:000:25:02

comes from the French for the bottom of the bag?

0:25:020:25:04

-Cul-de-sac.

-Which band topped the UK singles charts

0:25:040:25:07

for the first time in 1964 with It's All Over Now?

0:25:070:25:11

Rolling Stones.

0:25:110:25:12

Who became only the third woman to train a Grand National winner

0:25:120:25:15

when Auroras Encore won the 2013 race?

0:25:150:25:18

Pass.

0:25:180:25:20

The edible nut of what tree is sometimes known as the filbert,

0:25:200:25:23

because it ripens around 20th August,

0:25:230:25:25

the feast day of St Philibert?

0:25:250:25:27

-Hazel.

-What is the title of the ballad

0:25:270:25:29

composed by Arthur Sullivan on the death of his brother Fred

0:25:290:25:32

to lyrics by Adelaide Procter?

0:25:320:25:33

It begins, "Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease."

0:25:330:25:37

In Search Of A Lost Chord?

0:25:370:25:39

Which actor, better known for his gangster roles,

0:25:390:25:41

won his only Oscar for the role of the song and dance man

0:25:410:25:44

George M Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy?

0:25:440:25:46

-Pass.

-The Aln, the Coquet and the Rede

0:25:490:25:52

are rivers in which Northern English county?

0:25:520:25:54

Northumberland.

0:25:570:25:58

Guy Burgess was one of the two British double agents

0:25:580:26:01

who vanished in 1951

0:26:010:26:02

and later reappeared in the Soviet Union. Who was the other?

0:26:020:26:05

-Maclean.

-What word, used in ornithology

0:26:050:26:07

to describe birds that perch, is derived from the Latin for sparrow?

0:26:070:26:11

Passerine.

0:26:110:26:13

Under what pseudonym did Herman Cyril McNeile create characters

0:26:130:26:16

including the tough British agent, Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond,

0:26:160:26:19

and the private investigator Ronald Standish?

0:26:190:26:21

-Saki?

-Sapper.

0:26:210:26:23

Which French monk, who died in 1115,

0:26:230:26:25

is considered one of the chief protagonists

0:26:250:26:27

in the launching of the First Crusade?

0:26:270:26:29

-Pass.

-In June 2013,

0:26:310:26:33

a meeting of G8 leaders took place

0:26:330:26:35

in a town in Northern Ireland. What's the town?

0:26:350:26:37

-Pass.

-At which university did Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury

0:26:390:26:44

establish a creative writing course in the early 1970s?

0:26:440:26:47

Its alumni include Rose Tremain, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan.

0:26:470:26:50

-East Anglia.

-Which island in the Caribbean,

0:26:500:26:52

as part of the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta,

0:26:520:26:55

is a popular holiday destination, also known as the Isle of Pearls?

0:26:550:26:59

-Pass.

-The 1834 painting...

-BEEP

0:26:590:27:01

..Rain, Steam And Speed,

0:27:010:27:03

subtitled The Great Western Railway, is now in the National Gallery.

0:27:030:27:06

What's the name of the painter?

0:27:060:27:08

-Turner.

-Turner is correct.

0:27:080:27:10

You had five passes. That island of the Caribbean, Margarita Island.

0:27:100:27:15

Enniskillen is where the G8 leaders met.

0:27:150:27:18

Peter the Hermit was the French monk who died in 1115.

0:27:180:27:22

And you'll be cross with yourself about this,

0:27:220:27:24

it was Jimmy Cagney. Yeah, Jimmy Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy.

0:27:240:27:28

And Sue Smith was the woman trainer.

0:27:280:27:30

Only the third woman to train a Grand National winner.

0:27:300:27:32

Neil, 20 points.

0:27:320:27:35

GROANING AND APPLAUSE

0:27:350:27:37

It's a cruel game. Let's have a look at all the scores.

0:27:470:27:50

In fifth place with 14 points, Julie Aris.

0:27:500:27:53

Joint third place, 18 points apiece, Lawrence Cook and Cliff Challenger.

0:27:530:27:58

Second place, 20 points, Neil Wright.

0:27:580:28:00

First place, 21 points, Daniel Adler.

0:28:000:28:04

APPLAUSE

0:28:040:28:08

Which means, of course, that Daniel is tonight's winner

0:28:140:28:16

and he goes through to the Grand Final. Congratulations to him.

0:28:160:28:20

If you would like to be a contender on the next series,

0:28:200:28:23

do go to our website.

0:28:230:28:24

And you can follow us on Twitter.

0:28:270:28:30

And do join us again next time for more Mastermind.

0:28:300:28:33

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

0:28:330:28:35

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS