Episode 5 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Howard Davies, a diamond merchant from Barnet.

His subject is Bob Dylan.

Next, Janet Parfitt, a writer from Bath, her subject - Sitting Bull.

Jon Jacob, a solicitor from Buckinghamshire, will be answering questions on Sir Arthur Sullivan.

And Andrew Teale, an officer worker from Bolton, his subject - Henry I.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight, four more contenders will put their knowledge to the test

and take the first step towards the grand final where they could win this lovely glass bowl

and, far more importantly, the title of Mastermind.

They will answer two minutes of questions on their specialist subject

and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge, so let's ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes, starting now. In 1965, Bob Dylan "went electric"

and was booed by many of his fans at which folk festival?

-Newport.

-Which 1965 Dylan single begins, "You got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend,

"when I was down, you just stood there grinning"?

-Positively 4th Street.

-Dylan's early appearance at a club in Greenwich Village with The Greenbriar Boys

was reviewed by the journalist Robert Shelton. Name the club.

-Gerde's Folk City.

-On which Dylan album cover is he pictured walking in the West Village, New York,

with his girlfriend Suze Rotolo?

-Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

-Two Old Testament books are mentioned in Jokerman. Leviticus and which other?

-Deuteronomy.

-Dylan was unhappy with the test pressing of the Blood On The Tracks album

and he insisted on going into a Minneapolis studio to re-record parts of it. Name the studio.

-Pass.

-On the double album Blonde On Blonde, recorded in Nashville in 1966,

which track takes up the fourth side of the album and is over 11 minutes long?

-Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands.

-In 1978, Bob Dylan embarked on a world tour that started in Japan.

What was the title of the double live album recorded at the Tokyo shows during the tour?

-Bob Dylan At Budokan.

-What was the venue for Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

which featured Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder in '92?

-Madison Square Garden.

-With which playwright did Dylan co-write the song Brownsville Girl,

included on the '86 Knocked Out Loaded album?

-Sam Shepard.

-Two weeks after the '69 Woodstock Festival near his home,

Dylan headlined a festival for which he had signed a contract stating

it would be his only festival appearance that summer. Which festival?

-Isle of Wight.

-One of Dylan's first bands was formed with friends from a Jewish summer camp -

Larry Kegan and Howard Rutman. What were they called?

-The Jokers.

-Which folk singer, diagnosed with Huntington's chorea,

did Dylan visit a few days after arriving in New York for the first time in 1961?

-Woody Guthrie.

-Which Ivy League university awarded Dylan an honorary doctorate in 1970?

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-The Principal said, "His music remains the authentic expression

"of the disturbed and concerned conscience of Young America."

-Princeton.

-Is correct.

You had one pass.

It was the Sound 80 Studios where he re-recorded parts of Blood On The Tracks.

You have scored, Howard, 13 points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. Sitting Bull was a spiritual leader of a Native North American tribe

and inspired them at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

He was born into a family of which division of the Lakota people?

-Hunkpapa.

-In May 1883, to which reservation was Sitting Bull and his family sent

after his confinement at Fort Randall following his involvement in the Little Bighorn massacre?

-Pass.

-What nickname was given by the Native North Americans

to Sitting Bull's chief military adversary Nelson Miles because of his winter outfit?

-Bearskin.

-The Man With The Bear Coat. What ritual dance made the participants believe

that their tribal way of life would be restored and the white man would disappear?

It gave the authorities the pretext to arrest Sitting Bull as a suspected leader of the movement.

-Ghost Dance.

-Sitting Bull agreed to a Treaty of 1868

that granted his people the right to hunt in the Black Hills,

later limited when gold was discovered there. What was its name?

-Papa Saha.

-Fort Laramie.

Which photographer from Bismarck took the first known photographic portrait of Sitting Bull in 1881?

-Pass.

-Who was the Indian agent at the Standing Rock Reservation

whose attempts to civilise Sitting Bull led to a difficult relationship between the two?

-James McLaughlin.

-While performing the Sun Dance, Sitting Bull had a vision that inspired his people

to fight at Little Bighorn. In the vision, he saw soldiers and horses as numerous as which creatures?

-Locusts.

-Yes, or grasshoppers. Which of Sitting Bull's sons, then only 14 years old,

was killed during the attempt to arrest Sitting Bull in December 1890?

-Crow's Foot.

-What was the title of the first stage show organised by Alvaren Allen,

depicting life from the plains where Sitting Bull appeared with various other Native North Americans?

-Pass.

-Name the Inspector of the Mounted Police nicknamed Long Lance by the Sioux

with whom Sitting Bull became friends while he was in Canada,

hoping to find a safe haven from the US Army.

-James Walsh.

-In which city...

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-..was the last public performance of the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show

with Sitting Bull in full tribal dress?

-Montreal.

-No, St Louis. You had three passes.

The title of that first stage show was Sitting Bull Combination.

Orlando S Goff was the photographer

and the reservation where he went after his confinement at Fort Randall

was the Standing Rock Reservation.

-You scored 6 points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. Sullivan is best known for his partnership with Sir William Gilbert

and was a leading figure in Victorian classical music.

Who was the Master of the Chapel Royal who encouraged the young Sullivan to compose?

-Helmore.

-What was the title of Sullivan's first oratorio?

It was performed in 1869 at Worcester Cathedral as part of the Three Choirs Festival.

-The Martyr Of Antioch.

-The Prodigal Son. Who was the manager of the Gaiety Theatre

who persuaded Gilbert and Sullivan to collaborate with each other? The result was the operetta Thespis.

-Hollingshead.

-Which new academic institution invited Sullivan to be its first Principal

when it opened next to the Albert Hall in 1876? He held the post for five years.

National Training School for Music.

Sullivan composed the tune for Onward, Christian Soldiers. Name the melody.

-St Gertrude.

-Sullivan composed two ballet scores. The first, L'Ile Enchantee, was written in 1864.

What was the title of the second that he completed in 1897?

-Victoria And Merrie England.

-Name the American woman, referred to as Fanny in his correspondence,

Sullivan's companion and lover who accompanied him on his foreign travels.

-Mrs Ronalds.

-Sullivan collapsed at the final curtain of the premiere of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,

having conducted the performance while he was seriously ill?

-Princess Ida.

-Which song, with words by Adelaide Procter,

was written by Sullivan after his brother's early death and became a popular ballad?

-The Lost Chord.

-Who wrote the libretto for Sullivan's last comic opera, The Rose Of Persia,

that opened at the Savoy Theatre in November 1899?

-Basil Hood.

-At what venue did Sullivan's Irish Symphony in E receive its premiere

under the conductorship of August Manns on the 10th of March, 1866?

-Crystal Palace.

-Which writer collaborated with Sullivan on the cantata The Golden Legend,

having adapted the original poem by Longfellow?

-Pass.

-Which Prime Minister wrote to Sullivan, telling him he enjoyed Iolanthe

and later offered him a knighthood?

-Gladstone.

-Who was the Italian operatic composer whom Sullivan met in Paris in 1862...

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-..and persuaded to play music for The Tempest which Sullivan wrote?

-Rossini.

-Correct. You had one pass.

The writer who collaborated with him on The Golden Legend was Joseph Bennett.

-You have scored, Jon, 12 points.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Two minutes. In which town in North Yorkshire is Henry said to have been born in the late 1060s?

-Selby.

-Where in Normandy did the decisive battle take place

between Henry and his brother Robert Curthose in 1106

which resulted in the imprisonment of Robert and Henry becoming Duke of Normandy and King of England?

-Tinchebray.

-Which Bishop officiated at Henry's coronation as King of England on August 5th, 1100,

just after Henry's brother William Rufus had been killed while hunting?

-Bishop of London.

-What nickname was applied to Henry by later writers

in the belief that he was more literate than other monarchs?

-Beauclerc.

-Bishop Serlo altered the appearance of Henry and his magnates

during a sermon preached at Carentan in 1105 in which he accused them of looking effeminate.

How did he alter their appearance?

-He cut their hair.

-In 1118, Henry was hit on the head with a stone while besieging a garrison.

He escaped serious injury only because of his helmet. Name the garrison.

-Pass.

-Name the King of Scots who commanded some of the troops that Henry sent into Wales in 1114

in an attempt to impress his authority on the Welsh princes.

-Alexander.

-Henry and Robert agreed a treaty in 1101

by which Henry was recognised as the King of England. Where in Hampshire did this take place?

-Alton.

-From which port was the White Ship leaving on November 25th, 1120,

when it struck a rock and capsized, resulting in the death of Henry's only legitimate son, William?

-Barfleur.

-Whom did Henry use as an envoy to the Pope in 1103 during the Investiture Controversy?

He later became Bishop of Exeter.

-William Warelwast.

-What was the name of the teenage bride whom Henry married in January 1121,

following the death of his first wife in 1118?

-Adeliza of Louvain.

-To which shrine did Henry promise to make a pilgrimage

after surviving a near shipwreck crossing the Channel in 1131?

He also swore not to collect the Danegeld tax for seven years.

-Bury St Edmunds.

-In late 1124, Henry ordered Bishop Roger of Salisbury

to castrate and cut off the right hands of corrupt members of which profession?

-BEEP Coiners.

-Yes, coiners or minters.

You had one pass.

He was hit on the head while besieging a garrison at L'Aigle.

You have scored, Andrew, 12 points as well.

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A close-run thing there. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, Janet Parfitt.

Joint second place, Jon Jacob and Andrew Teale.

In the lead, just, Howard Davies.

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So, it is the general knowledge round now.

If there's a tie at the end of it, the number of passes is taken into account

and the contender with the fewer passes wins. If they're tied on passes too, there is a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners-up in the heats will also claim a place in the semi-final,

so, plenty to play for.

Let's ask Janet to join us again if she would, please.

You have six points with your knowledge of Sitting Bull.

We now have two and a half minutes for the general knowledge round.

The kimono, whose name means "a thing to be worn", is the national dress of which country?

-Japan.

-Which poet and librarian spent his working life in Hull and is commemorated by sculptures of toads?

-Larkin.

-What is the fourth planet of the solar system in order of distance from the Sun?

-Mars.

-Which mythic Greek hero, raised by a centaur,

led the crew of the Argo in pursuit of the Golden Fleece?

-Jason.

-Legal steps to reduce the tax one pays are called tax avoidance. What are illegal steps called?

-Pass.

-Who starred as policeman DC "Dangerous" Davies in the 2003 TV series The Last Detective?

-Pass.

-Which composer, born in Votkinsk in the Western Urals in 1840, studied law in St Petersburg

before his full-time musical career?

-Tchaikovsky?

-Yes. Which long, wide loaf takes its name from the Italian for slipper because of its shape?

-Focaccia?

-Ciabatta. The Lammergeier is a bird notable for its ability to break open animal bones

by dropping them on rocks. What bird sub-family does it belong to?

-Vulture?

-Yes. Which dramatist wrote in To The Memory of Shakespeare,

"He was not of an age, but for all time"?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the canal in central Greece that links the Ionian and Aegean seas?

-Pass.

-Which 19th-century naturalist was the grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood?

-Darwin.

-In 2012, which American golf club admitted female members for the first time in its 80-year history?

Condoleezza Rice was one of the first to join.

-Augusta?

-Yes. Who was nicknamed the Little Corporal after his victory at the Battle of Lodi in May, 1796?

-Napoleon.

-In philosophy, which ethical doctrine, similar to Epicureanism,

asserts that the pursuit of sensual pleasure is the chief good in life?

-Hedonism.

-Wet Wet Wet's version of the song Love Is All Around is from which 1994 Hugh Grant film?

-Four Weddings and a Funeral?

-Yes. Who was the first Prime Minister of India, from 1947 to 1964?

-Nehru.

-The work of which American poet, who died in 1962, is often characterised

by its unconventional punctuation and absence of capital letters?

-ee cummings.

-The Belgian city of Bruges is particularly associated with which textile?

-Lace.

-What was the occupation of a person known colloquially as a Jack Tar?

-Sailor.

-Which historian, born in Alexandria in 1917,

-wrote a trilogy starting with...

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..The Age of Revolution and ending with The Age of Empire?

-Eric Hobsbawm.

-Correct. Four passes.

It's the Corinth Canal in central Greece, Ben Jonson wrote about Shakespeare,

"not of an age, but for all time,"

Peter Davison starred as DC "Dangerous" Davies

and tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion is not.

-Janet, four passes, you have scored 22 points.

-Thank you.

And now Jon Jacob again, please.

And you begin this round with 12 points with your knowledge of Arthur Sullivan.

22 is, as we now know, the score to beat. 2½ minutes to do it in.

The epitaph on a gravestone in Highgate Cemetery says, "Workers of all lands unite."

Whose grave does it mark?

-Karl Marx.

-Which 1968 Steve McQueen film includes a classic car chase through San Francisco?

-Bullitt.

-Lee Kuan Yew was Prime Minister of which Commonwealth island country

from 1959 until he resigned in 1990?

-Singapore.

-What did the sausage firm owned by Thomas Wall start making in the '20s

to combat the fall in sausage sales during the summer?

-Ice cream.

-Which deer was introduced to Britain from China by the Duke of Bedford in about 1900?

-Muntjac.

-Which '60s folk rock harmony group had their biggest UK hits with Monday Monday

and Dedicated To The One I Love?

-Mamas and the Papas.

-What term for an irregular shaped pearl

is also used alongside rococo for the florid European art

prevalent from the early-17th century to the mid-18th?

-Baroque.

-Which horse-racing organisation was formed in 1750

at the Star and Garter coffee house in Pall Mall?

-Jockey Club.

-Which mountain range in New South Wales gets its name

-from the colour of the light created in the atmosphere by droplets of oil from eucalyptus trees?

-Pass.

Who named his sequence of 12 novels A Dance To The Music Of Time?

-Powell.

-Anthony Powell, yes. In which TV series did Sgt Joe Friday ask for, "Just the facts, ma'am"?

-Dragnet.

-Which vegetable, a staple of the British diet, originated in the Andes

and was introduced around 1600?

-Potato.

-What term for a person who adds to distress while offering sympathy

comes from the biblical figures Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar?

-Job's comforter.

-In which Rossini opera are the heroine's stepsisters called Clorinda and Tisbe?

The plot of the opera is also used in a pantomime.

-La Cenerentola.

-Yes, or Cinderella.

-Which work by George Orwell begins, "The first sound of the morning was the clumping of..."

-1984?

The Road To Wigan Pier. What, on an Ordnance Survey map, is indicated by two crossed swords and a date?

-Site of a battle.

-Which comic strip superhero is known as the Caped Crusader?

-Batman.

-The Bell Harry Tower, so called for a single bell called Harry in a cage on the roof,

is part of which English cathedral?

-Winchester.

-Canterbury. Who first used antiseptics in medicine when he soaked instruments in carbolic acid?

-Lister.

-On what instrument was the composer Franz Liszt a virtuoso performer?

-Piano.

-Which east coast resort...

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..first advertised itself as "So bracing" on a railway poster in 1908?

-Skegness?

-Correct. One pass. It's the Blue Mountains that have that lovely colour.

You've scored in total, Jon, 30 points.

And now Andrew again, please.

And you also begin your round with 12 points with your knowledge of Henry I.

30 is now the score to beat. Here we go. 2½ minutes.

Who became the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year after he won the Tour de France and Olympic gold?

-Bradley Wiggins.

-In a GK Chesterton poem, which animal has its finest hour carrying Christ on Palm Sunday?

-Donkey.

-Which Flemish painter settled in England in 1632 to become chief Court Painter to Charles I,

who knighted him soon after?

-Van Dyck.

-What did the initials ARP stand for on the Home Front during the Second World War?

-Air Raid Protection.

-Yes, or Precautions. Which Harry Potter star appeared in Blackadder as Dr Johnson

-and portrayed the famous scholar as a pompous bully?

-Pass.

Which South American country takes its name from the Latin for silver?

-Argentina.

-The title of the novel The Kraken Wakes refers to a poem by Tennyson. Who wrote the novel?

-John Wyndham.

-The so-called Blubbering Cabinet of 1894 got its name because its members shed tears

-at the resignation of which Prime Minister?

-Salisbury?

Gladstone. Which Middle Eastern dish consists of deep-fried balls of highly-spiced ground chickpeas?

-Pass.

-In music, what name from the Italian word meaning "tail"

is given to the concluding passage of a work?

-Coda.

-In February 2013, which Welsh National Park became only the fifth place in the world to be given

International Dark Sky Reserve status for its star-gazing quality?

-Brecon Beacons.

-In American law, the law requiring a police officer to inform a suspect of their rights

comes from a 1966 case. What is the rule called?

-Miranda.

-What was the first James Bond film, released in 1962?

-Dr No.

-Which author created Horatio Hornblower who, in a series of novels and short stories,

rises to Admiral of the Fleet?

-Pass.

-Which market town on the River Swale in Yorkshire has a castle dating back to 1071,

and one of England's oldest theatres?

-Richmond.

-What type of dog, originally for poaching and hunting,

is a cross between a greyhound or whippet and a working dog?

-Labrador.

-Lurcher. Which war broke out in June, 1950, and concluded with an armistice in July, 1953?

-Korean War.

-Which London-based symphony orchestra known as the RPO

was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1946?

-Royal Philharmonic.

-Who was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, 800?

-Charlemagne.

-TSV 1860 Munich is one of Munich's major football clubs. Which is the other?

-Bayern Munich.

-Which Oscar-winning...

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..actor married Arthur Miller's daughter Rebecca in 1996

after meeting her on the film version of The Crucible?

-I don't know.

-I can tell you. Daniel Day-Lewis is the answer.

You had three other passes. CS Forester created - you did know that - Horatio Hornblower,

falafel is that dish, deep-fried balls,

and Robbie Coltrane was the Harry Potter star.

So those four passes, Andrew. You now have a total of 27 points.

And, finally, Howard Davies again, please.

And you begin with 13 points with your knowledge of Bob Dylan.

And the score to beat still is 30. So let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.

What is the sparkling Spanish wine made by the "methode champenoise"?

-Cava.

-Which artist became famous in the 1960s for paintings of soup cans and soft drinks bottles?

-Warhol.

-Which film about hunting Bin Laden gets its title from a military term for half past midnight?

-Zero Dark Thirty.

-What word for a brief evocative description can also mean a small illustration

-found as a frontispiece or tailpiece of a book?

-Pass.

Much of the planning for a major crime of 1963 was carried out at the Star Tavern in Belgravia.

By what name is this crime known?

-Great Train Robbery.

-Which Manchester group had their first UK Top 10 hit with Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now?

-The Smiths.

-Who broke the record of 18 Olympic medals when he won a gold

in the 4x200 metres freestyle swimming relay in London?

-Phelps.

-The term for which group of radical writers of the 1950s

was supposedly taken from the title of Leslie Paul's 1951 autobiography?

-The Beats.

-Angry Young Men. In which English county are the Quantock Hills?

-Somerset.

-In America, what title is given to the Cabinet member who is Head of the Dept of Justice?

-Pass.

-The terms "hob" and "jill" refer to the male and female of which relative of the weasel?

-Ferret.

-The United Society of Believers of Christ's Second Appearing was a Quaker branch

founded in the 18th century. What name was give to its members because of their ecstatic trembling?

-Shakers?

-Yes. Which former Children's Laureate wrote the book War Horse, filmed by Steven Spielberg?

-Michael Morpurgo.

-Of which country was Fulgencio Batista the President from 1940-44 and 1954-58,

when he was overthrown?

-Cuba.

-Which lobbying organisation founded in 1965 claims that it is "the Voice of Business"?

-The CBI.

-What was the number of the last Apollo space mission to land men on the Moon?

-18.

-17. Which opera house opened on 3rd of August, 1778,

with a performance of Antonio Salieri's L'Europa Riconosciuta?

-La Fenice.

-La Scala. What name for a natural hot water spring comes from the Icelandic for "to gush"?

-Geyser.

-What was the codename for the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk during WWII?

-Pass.

-Which actor and broadcaster presented a 2012 TV series in which he was dubbed Gadget Man?

-Pass.

-What name for the island that divides the Niagara Falls

comes from the animals kept there in the 1770s by John Stedman, in charge of transport on the Niagara River?

-BEEP Bear Island?

-No, it could have been, but it was Goat Island.

And you had four passes. Stephen Fry was the Gadget Man from that television series,

the codename for Dunkirk was Operation Dynamo,

the Attorney General in the United States heads the Justice Department

and vignette, that brief description that can mean a small illustration.

Howard, a total of 26 points.

Well, that was a high-scoring round again. Let's look at all the scores.

Fourth place, Janet Parfitt.

Third place, Howard Davies.

Second place, Andrew Teale.

First place, 30 points, Jon Jacob.

Which means that Jon Jacob is tonight's winner and he goes through to the semi-finals. Congratulations.

Commiserations to Andrew Teale, but with a score of 27 it's entirely possible that we'll see him again.

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