Episode 3 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Les Morrell,

a retired company director from Norwich.

His specialist subject - the late, great Bobby Moore.

Next, Jeremy Renals, a college tutor from Northamptonshire.

He'll be answering questions on the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

Chris Grandison,

a hospital administrator from Coventry, will be answering

questions on the television series Our Friends In The North.

And Susan Sworn, a London Blue Badge Guide from Wimbledon,

her subject - Richard The Lionheart.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight, four contenders will face the first

hurdle in pursuit of the Mastermind title,

and, of course, take possession of the famous

and rather beautiful glass bowl.

The rules are simple enough - two minutes on their specialist

subject and then two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

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

-And your name is?

-Les Morrell.

-Your occupation?

-Retired company director.

-And your specialist subject?

-Bobby Moore.

Bobby Moore in two minutes, starting now.

Moore made his England debut in May 1962,

just before the World Cup in Chile against which country?

Peru.

Who described Bobby Moore as, "The heartbeat of the team.

"A cool, calculating footballer I could trust with my life."?

Ramsey.

Moore spent most of his career with West Ham

and later played for Fulham.

He shared one of his middle names with which other London team?

Chelsea.

In the '72 League Cup semifinal second replay against Stoke City,

an injury to West Ham's goalkeeper led to Moore taking over in goal

and saving a penalty, although Stoke scored from the rebound.

Who was the injured goalkeeper?

Bobby Ferguson.

In the 1966 World Cup final, Moore was fouled and took the free

kick from which Geoff Hurst headed England's equaliser.

Which German player had fouled him?

Overath.

In which year did Moore captain the first West Ham team

to win the FA Cup, as well as being voted footballer of the year?

'64.

What was the name of the dancehall

where Moore first met Tina, whom he married in 1962?

Ilford Palais.

The '70 World Cup match against Brazil is often

regarded as Moore's finest, particularly for his tackle

on a player who scored seven goals in the tournament. Which player?

Jairzinho.

Shortly before the 1970 World Cup, Moore was accused of

stealing a bracelet from a gift shop in a Bogota hotel.

What was the name of the hotel?

Tequendama.

In which city did Moore beat Bobby Charlton's

record of 106 caps in a friendly against Italy in '73?

Turin.

Moore appeared alongside Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and many

famous footballers, including Pele, in the film Escape To Victory.

What was the name of Moore's character?

Terry...

Pass.

Tina and Bobby had two children - a daughter Roberta

and a son who was given what first name,

which was Tina's maiden name?

Dean.

Which team did Moore play for in

the North American Soccer League in the summer of '76?

San Antonio Thunder.

Who was Moore's roommate during the '66 World Cup?

Greaves.

What shirt number, worn by Moore for most of his professional career,

was retired by West Ham in 2008?

-Six.

-A week before his death in February '93...

BEEP

I've started, so I'll finish.

..Moore made his final visit to Wembley to commentate on an

international between England and which team?

San Marino.

Is correct.

You had just one pass

and that was only half a question cos you got half of it right.

Terry Brady.

You knew it all along - it was Terry Brady.

Nevertheless, Les, you have a total of 15 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Jeremy Renals.

-Your occupation?

-College tutor.

And your chosen subject?

The short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

And there were a lot of them.

Edgar Allan Poe short stories in two minutes.

Poe's considered the creator of the genre of detective fiction

with his 1841 story The Murders In The Rue Morgue.

What is the name of the detective in the story?

C Auguste Dupin.

What animals gnaw through the strap with which the narrator's

bound in The Pit And The Pendulum,

just as the razor-sharp pendulum touches his chest?

-Rats.

-What's the name of Bobby's uncle who's asked to give the date when

Bobby can marry his daughter Kate and replies,

"When three Sundays come together in a week."?

Grand Uncle Rumbuncle.

Rumgudgeon.

At the beginning of The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall,

a hot-air balloon made of newspapers descends over which city?

Rotterdam.

In The Cask of Amontillado,

Montresor takes revenge on his Italian friend by luring him

into his wine vaults and entombing him alive.

What's the Italian's name?

Fortunato.

In The Purloined Letter,

Minister D has another occupation which the prefect describes as,

"Only one removed from a fool." What is it?

-Poet.

-In The Fall Of The House Of Usher,

on what instrument does Roderick Usher play rhapsodies

such as The Haunted Palace?

Lute.

Guitar. What does Hop-Frog the jester persuade the king

and his courtiers to dress up as for the masquerade?

Orang-utans.

In The Tell-Tale Heart,

what feature of the old man does the narrator hate so much he kills him?

His one eye.

Yes, his evil eye.

In The Thousand-And-Second Tale, Scheherazade promises to

finish one of the stories from Arabian Nights. Which one?

-Sinbad The Sailor.

-In William Wilson,

the narrator kills his alter-ego in the palazzo of a Neapolitan duke.

Which duke?

Di Broglio.

What is the name of the ship on which Cornelius Wyatt sails from

Charleston for New York with his family and a mysterious oblong box?

The Independence.

The creature made from wine bottles and kegs who claims

he is the angel responsible for accidents is The Angel of...?

The Odd.

The guide in A Descent into the Maelstrom shows the narrator

the great whirlpool from the top of what mountain?

Helseggen, the Cloudy.

The narrator of The Black Cat kills his pet.

The cat he replaces it with has a white

patch on its chest that is gradually

revealed to be an image of what?

-The gallows.

-In Some Words With A Mummy,

-before the narrator goes to bed he eats a large quantity...

-BEEP

..of a cheese dish washed down with brown stout.

What is the dish?

Welsh rarebit.

It is indeed.

Jeremy, no passes, 14 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Chris Grandison.

-And your occupation?

-Hospital administrator.

And your specialist subject?

Our Friends In The North television series.

Our Friends In The North television series.

The series is based on four friends from Newcastle over a 30-year period.

In the first episode, Mary gives Nicky a gift that turns out to be

relevant to his career two decades later - what is it?

Camera.

What's the name of the Labour MP who Nicky writes speeches for,

who announces he'll retire amid stories of corruption?

-Arthur Watson.

-In 1964,

Geordie Peacock, played by Daniel Craig,

has made a girl pregnant and is expected to marry her,

but he runs away to London. Who is she?

-Beniston.

-Margaret Beniston.

In 1970, what is the name of the chief constable who leads

an enquiry into criminal activities in the Metropolitan Police force?

-Roy Johnson.

-What's the name of the tribute band that

performs during the opening night of the floating nightclub Terry's Bar?

Artificial Animals.

Which hit song plays over the end credits of the episode 1984,

which deals with the miners' strike?

Two Tribes.

Mary and Tosker's son is a police officer

and agrees to give evidence at the trial of the Roddy brothers.

What's his name?

Anthony.

By the episode 1970,

Nicky has joined an anarchist group that machine-guns the outside

walls of a London embassy. Which country's embassy?

Spanish.

At which Soho club does Geordie first meet Benny Barrett,

played by Malcolm McDowell?

King Club.

Who plays Les, a talent agent who watches Tosker sing at his

parents' pub and offers the advice, "Don't give up the day job."?

Pass.

In 1974, Mary and Tosker row about money

and the amount of time she spends on the Labour Party

and studying for a degree in what subject?

Law.

Tosker leads a choir to sing a hymn

at the funeral of Mary's brother. What hymn?

Faith Of Our Fathers.

In 1987, what prison sentence is Geordie given for arson with

intent to endanger life, after he sets fire to his mattress?

Life.

What is the name of the MP Eddie Wells'

American parliamentary researcher in 1987,

who is in fact working for the PR firm Colin Butler Communications?

Francine Volker.

In 1979, Tosker's drinking and womanising leads to him

missing his daughter playing in a final of which sport?

-Netball.

-Claud Seabrook,

the senior Conservative MP who goes on to become chairman...

BEEP

..of Edwards Overseas Construction Services, is played by which actor?

Julian Fellowes.

Is correct. One pass.

"Don't give up your day job,"

was the advice offered by one Bobby Knutt.

-You've scored 15 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Susan Sworn.

-Your occupation?

-London Blue Badge Guide.

-And your specialist subject?

-Richard The Lionheart.

Richard The Lionheart in two minutes.

Richard I of England, commonly known as Richard The Lionheart,

was born on the 8th of September 1157

at which palace also known as The King's House?

Beaumont Palace.

When he was 14, Richard became the ruler of a duchy that had

become part of the Angevin Empire after his mother married the future

King Henry II. Which duchy?

Aquitaine.

Richard established his reputation as a military commander

in 1179 by capturing a fortress on the bank of the River Charente.

What was its name?

-Taillebourg.

-On his way to the Holy Land in 1191,

Richard exchanged gifts with King Tancred of Sicily,

who gave him 19 ships.

According to Richard, the gift he presented in return was...?

Excalibur.

Where was Richard put on trial by Emperor Henry VI at Easter 1193?

Speyer.

While Richard was still in captivity in 1193, who did

he select as the next Archbishop Of Canterbury?

Hubert Walter.

To raise money for his crusade, Richard formally acknowledged

Scotland's independence in September 1189,

in return for 10,000 marks. What was the treaty called?

Quitclaim Of Canterbury.

What was the name of the self-proclaimed

Emperor Of Cyprus who surrendered to Richard on condition

he would not be put in irons?

Richard agreed and instead had him bound in silver chains.

Isaac Komnenos.

The re-building of a castle by Richard provided

a pretext for his brother Henry to oppose him.

Which castle?

Clairvaux.

With which of Saladin's brothers did Richard conduct

negotiations in the Holy Land?

Safadin.

Richard never reached Jerusalem, but in 1192,

he established a camp in which place,

only a dozen miles away?

Beit Nuba.

Richard died whilst besieging a castle in 1199,

when he was fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt. Which castle?

Chalus-Chabrol.

In which abbey was Richard's body interred beside that of his father?

Fontevraud.

Who was commander who served Richard

for many years and helped capture the Bishop Of Beauvais in 1197?

Mercadier.

Richard's army defeated Saladin's at a battle

on the 7th of September 1191, during the march from Acre to Jaffa.

Which battle?

Arsuf.

Which castle on the River Seine was built

in only two years, between 1196 and 1198?

Richard boasted that he could defend

it even if its walls were made of butter.

Chateau Gaillard.

Richard was betrothed to the sister of King Philip of France,

but ended the engagement. What was her name?

Alys.

Yes. What an extraordinary round!

You had no passes.

You've got...this is most unusual in the first round, 17 points.

APPLAUSE

Well, a remarkably high-scoring round altogether.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, 14 points - a high score in itself - Jeremy Renals.

Joint second place, 15 points apiece,

Les Morrell and Chris Grandison.

First place, with that remarkable 17 points, Susan Sworn.

So it is the general knowledge round

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

which seems entirely possible, then the number of passes is

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

And if they're tied on passes as well,

there'll have to be a tie-break.

The six highest-scoring runners up, incidentally,

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

so plenty to play for.

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

And you start out with 14 points.

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

Here we go - two and a half minutes this time.

What bird did Picasso feature on his poster for the first

International Peace Congress, held in Paris in 1949?

-A dove.

-The name of what condiment

and cooking ingredient comes from the French for "sour wine"?

Vinegar.

Who became one of Britain's best-know war reporters

when she covered conflicts around

the world as the BBC's chief news correspondent from 1989 to 2003?

Kate Adie.

The boto, or pink dolphin, is a native of the upper

Madeira River, the Orinoco, and which other river?

The Amazon.

What term for a second crop of grass after the first has been mown

or harvested has come to mean the state of affairs

following a significant event, especially on that is destructive?

Pass.

Who wrote the novel The Black Arrow, set during the Wars of the Roses

and first published as a single volume in 1888?

Pass.

Which American president, who served from 1977 to '81,

was born in Plains, Georgia, the son of a peanut farmer and warehouser?

Jimmy Carter.

Which 1971 film starring Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach

is based on a novel by Thomas Mann

and features excerpts from two of Mahler's symphonies?

The Silence.

Death In Venice.

What name that comes from the old English word for drill or bore

is given to the striking limestone arch near Lulworth Cove in Dorset?

Durdle Door.

In 1980, which England all-rounder became the first cricketer to

score a century and take ten wickets in a test match?

Ian Botham.

The Motown singer Mary Wells, who died in '92,

had a UK top 20 hit in 1964 and again in '72 with the same song.

What was the song?

All Of My Love.

My Guy.

The name of which West African country, whose capital is Yaounde,

comes from the Portuguese for "river of prawns"?

Cameroon.

Who was killed by the future King David, using a stone and his sling,

according to the first book of Samuel?

Goliath.

Bursa and Edirne were the capital cities of which empire

until the capital was moved to Constantinople?

Ottoman.

What laboratory at Cambridge University was

opened in 1874 under the direction of James Clark Maxwell and named

after the university's chancellor, the Duke Of Devonshire?

Cavendish.

Which celebrated soprano made her final

appearance as Tosca at Covent Garden in July 1965?

Dame Margot Fonteyn.

Maria Callas. Robert Harris' 2013 novel An Officer And A Spy

is about an historic miscarriage of justice in late 19th-century France,

seen through the eyes of a whistle-blower Colonel Georges Picquart.

What is the historical case called?

Pass.

The name of which black sea bird comes from the

Latin for "sea raven" or "sea crow"?

Gannet.

Cormorant.

Which islet, that is the southernmost point of Ireland,

was known as the Teardrop of Ireland

cos it was the last place many emigrants

saw as they sailed for America?

Tralee.

It was Fastnet.

The Fastnet Rock.

You had three passes.

The Dreyfus Affair was Georges Picquart and all of that.

Chap who wrote The Black Arrow was Robert Louis Stevenson.

And the "aftermath" is the word for that second crop of grass.

You have, Jeremy, 25 points.

APPLAUSE

And, now, Les Morrell again, please.

You have 15 points in this very high-scoring game.

25 is now the score to beat. Let's see if you can do it.

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge - here we go.

Which entrepreneur launched the ZX80, the UK's first

mass-market home computer in 1980, and the C5 electric vehicle?

Sinclair.

What word that originally meant the reach of the outstretched arms

is used for a unit of depth of water?

-Fathom.

-In Hindu religious philosophy,

which system of disciplines to free the body from the limitations

of the flesh and attain union with the Supreme Being,

has become associated in the West with exercises to promote

physical and mental well-being?

Cetic.

Yoga.

What expression describing disorderly haste is also

the name of a fairground amusement with a spiral slide?

Helter skelter.

Which 1896 HG Wells novel is about a naturalist who gets

stranded on an island where a mad scientist is trying to

humanise animals by surgery?

The Island of Doctor Moreau.

Which rugby league club based in Perpignan,

beat Wigan Warriors on their Super League debut in 2006?

Dragons.

The finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII is

a version of what patriotic song with words by AC Benson?

Land Of Hope And Glory.

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1995 for her role as the nun

Sister Helen Prejean, in Dead Man Walking?

Susan Sarandon.

What treaty of March 1918 between Soviet Russia

and the Central Powers ended Russian involvement in the First World War?

Brest-Litovsk.

The 17th-century physician Franciscus Sylvius is said to have

invented gin when he redistilled spirits with berries in

an attempt to create a diuretic medicine.

What plant were the berries from?

Cotton.

Juniper. Which lake which lies to the east of the Caspian Sea

was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water?

Its volume has been drastically reduced by irrigation.

Sea of Asov.

The Aral Sea. What is the name of the veteran TV radio

and television quizmaster and presenter,

who had his first television success

as the straight man to Arthur Haynes and later Benny Hill?

Pass.

Which tree-dwelling mammals, native to Central and South America,

are known for the slowness of their movement,

have families named two-toed and three-toed?

-Sloth.

-In which fictional town is Ruth Rendell's Reg Wexford based?

It was initially inspired by the West Sussex town of Midhurst.

Maidstone.

Kingsmarkham.

Which painter and Dominican friar was born Guido di Pietro around

1400 and was described as, "Not an artist but an inspired saint."?

Giotto.

Fra Angelico.

What term for the state of tension between the rival power

blocks after the Second World War did the American political

commentator Walter Lippmann help popularise in the title

of his book, published in 1947?

Balance of power.

The Cold War. Which American rock group of the late '60s

and early '70s consisted of John Fogerty on lead vocals, his brother

Tom on guitar, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford?

Loving Spoonful.

Creedence Clearwater.

BEEP

One pass, Les, and you'll be ever so cross

when I tell you the name of that veteran quizmaster...

Nicholas Parsons.

-Oh...

-I know. And the problem is, it leaves you with 24 points.

APPLAUSE

And, now, Chris again, please.

And you also got 15 points to start with

and the score to beat is still 25.

So, here we go - two and a half minutes.

In November 1972 Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky to become

the first American-born world champion in which game?

-Chess.

-The rich, creamy milk produced by Jersey

and Guernsey cows is sold in bottles capped with a top of what colour?

-Gold.

-Which London art gallery was established in 1856 to

display paintings of those persons who are most honourably

commemorated in British history as warriors, statesmen, in arts,

literature or science?

National Portrait Gallery.

The Falabella is one of the smallest breeds of which animal?

It was bred in the Argentinian Pampas

and reaches a height of only about 30 inches.

Horse.

An award-winning museum in the port of Fraserburgh is dedicated to

lenses, prisms and other artefacts

from which particular type of building?

There's an example of it nearby at Kinnaird Head.

Lighthouses.

Which hit song by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles featured the line,

"But don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression."?

Tears Of A Clown.

What term for a crucial or definitive examination

comes from a method of assessing the purity of gold?

Assay.

No. The acid test.

What is the title of the 2005 film based on the life of the

heavyweight boxing champion James J Braddock, that stars Russell Crowe?

The Champ.

Cinderella Man. Who wrote Manfred,

the dramatic Gothic poem that inspired

Tchaikovsky's symphony of that name, which was composed in 1885?

Disraeli.

Byron. Which Roman emperor was

murdered at the Palatine Games in 41AD

and was succeeded by his uncle Claudius?

Nero.

Caligula. In Islamic tradition,

Balqis is the name of which

legendary queen who also appears in the Bible?

Queen Of Sheba.

In which TV series did Nicholas Lyndhurst play

Peter Chapman, a quiet electronics lecturer recruited by MI5 to help

inept spies adapt to new technology?

As Time Goes By.

The Piglet Files.

In 1920, Britain gained administrative

control of the East African colony of Tanganyika

from which other European state?

Germany.

What general term, meaning "bizarre" in French,

is used for music composed from roughly between 1600 and 1750,

spanning the period between Monteverdi and Handel?

Baroque.

Which chemical element with the symbol HO

comes from Latinised name for Stockholm?

Holmium.

Who wrote the music The Rocky Horror Show

and appeared as the butler Riff Raff in the film version?

Richard...Jones.

O'Brien.

Who declined the offer of the poet laureateship after

the death of John Betjeman in 1984?

The post was later filled by his biographer Andrew Motion.

Larkin.

What earldom was held by John Stuart?

BEEP

He became Britain's first Scots-born Prime Minister in 1762.

Roseberry.

It was the Third Earl Of Bute.

No passes, Chris, 26 points.

APPLAUSE

Finally, Susan Sworn again, please.

And, well, you start out with 17 points,

but 26 is now the score to beat.

Here we go - two and a half minutes, starting now.

What word that originally meant a sheet for writing on

is used for a small, flat hand-held computer with a touch-screen?

Tablet.

In the Roman calendar, what is the day

that marked the middle of the month,

falling on the 13th in some months and the 15th in others?

The ides.

The former Royal Yacht Britannia, decommissioned in 1997,

is now moored permanently at which port in Edinburgh?

Glasgow.

Leith. What term for an for an exceptional work of art originally

referred to a work produced by a craftsman on completing

his apprenticeship in order to achieve promotion...?

"Chedove."

Masterpiece. What screen name was used by the actor

and singer Leonard Franklin Slye?

He appeared in over 80 cowboy films between 1938 and '52.

John Wayne.

Roy Rodgers. In Tibetan Buddhism,

what title is usually held by the second-highest spiritual leader?

The current holder, appointed by the Chinese,

is not recognised by followers of the Dalai Lama.

-Pass.

-The first book of The Austen Project, that aims to

reinterpret Jane Austen's books was

a reworking of Sense And Sensibility,

published in 2014. Who wrote it?

-Pass.

-What term is used in

mathematics to describe a positive

whole number that's only

divisible by itself and the number one.

-Prime number.

-Which English singer-songwriter won

the Best British Female Solo Artist award at the 2014 Brits?

Adele.

Ellie Goulding.

The Osier, a shrubby tree whose twigs are often used in basket making,

is a member of which genus of trees?

Oak.

Willow. Which American city has a

baseball team named the Red Sox,

an ice hockey team named the Bruins and a basketball team named the Celtics?

Boston.

Which former grammar school boy and Balliol College organ scholar

was Prime Minister between 1970 and 1974?

Edward Heath.

What name is given to the hour-long musical performances

broadcast daily on Radio 3 from 1pm to 2pm?

Eh...Music Hour.

The Lunchtime Concert.

Which songbird is poetically known as the "Philomel"?

The name is an illusion to the myth of the maiden Philomela's

transformation into that bird.

Nightingale.

What collective name, first used by

Frederick Boas in 1896, is given to Shakespeare's plays

such as All's Well That Ends Well, Measure For Measure

and Troilus and Cressida,

cos they are too dark to be regarded as comedies?

Eh...the folio.

Problem plays.

A pibroch is a type of music, generally ceremonial

in character written for and played on which Scottish instrument?

Bagpipe.

What faith that teaches the essential unity of all religions

and of humanity itself was founded in Iran in 1863 by Mirza Hussein Ali?

Humanism.

Bahia. In which Northern city was the 1997 film The Full Monty set?

Oh...!

I know this! Pass.

The name of what butter substitute is based on the Greek for "pearl"?

BEEP

Erm...

Margarine.

Yes. Correct.

Three passes, Susan.

And you'll hate it when I tell you.

That Northern city - you know it was Sheffield.

Of course it was.

Joanna Trollope wrote the other version of Sense And Sensibility.

And it's The Panchen Lama as opposed to the Dalai Lama

who's the second-highest spiritual leader.

25 points.

APPLAUSE

Well...

What a contest - doesn't get much closer than that, does it?

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 24 points - good score - Les Morrell.

Joint second place, 25 points apiece, Jeremy Renals

and Susan Sworn.

First place, 26 points - one point in it, Chris Grandison.

APPLAUSE

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

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

Commiserations to Jeremy and Susan,

but with their score, 25, just possible that we will see them

again in the semifinals.

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