Episode 6 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Andy Crane,

a retired business analyst from Putney.

His subject - the Olympic Games.

Next, Jack Young from Kilmarnock

and his subject - the legendary Duke Ellington.

Louise Broadbent is an IT analyst from Portsmouth

and she'll be answering questions on Hammer films.

And Andrew Teale, an office worker from Bolton.

His subject - the 18th-century soldier

General James Wolfe.

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight's contenders will each make

that short but daunting walk to the black chair

where they will answer two minutes of questions

on their specialist subject

and then 2.5 minutes on general knowledge.

The winner will go through to the next round

and take a step nearer to being crowned the nation's Mastermind.

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

-And your name?

-Andy Crane.

-Your occupation?

-Retired business analyst.

-And your chosen subject?

-Summer Olympics 1992-2012.

The Olympics in two minutes starting now.

Which athlete retained his 100m and 200m titles

at the London Olympics in 2012?

-Usain Bolt.

-At the '92 Barcelona Games,

the basketball tournament was open to players from the NBA.

What nickname was commonly given to the American squad?

Dream Team.

Which gymnastic discipline was introduced

at the 2000 Games in Sydney?

Irina Karavaeva and Alexander Moskalenko

were the first two gold medallists.

Trampoline.

Who was awarded an Olympic record score

for his final dive as he won gold

in the 10m platform event in Beijing in 2008?

-Duha.

-Matthew Mitcham.

In what cycling event did Bradley Wiggins win

a bronze medal in Sydney,

a silver medal in Athens and a gold medal in Beijing?

-Pursuit.

-Yes, the 4,000m team pursuit.

Softball was included at four Games

before being dropped from the programme.

America won three gold medals between '96 and 2004.

Which country defeated them in the final in 2008?

Japan.

Which athletics event was won by Keshorn Walcott

from Trinidad and Tobago at London 2012?

Javelin.

Which event was added to the women's athletics

programme in 2008,

when, for the first time, men and women competed

at an equal number of running events?

3,000m steeplechase.

Who won gold in the women's double sculls at London 2012

after collecting silver medals at the three previous Games?

Um...

No, pass.

In which swimming event at Athens

did Michael Phelps collect the first of his 18 gold medals?

He went on to win a record 22 Olympic medals in total.

-200m intermediate medley.

-No, 400m individual medley.

Which athlete broke his own world record

by over a third of a second

in the final of the men's 200m in Atlanta?

Um, Johnson.

Who was Andy Murray's first round opponent

in the men's singles at London 2012?

Pass.

Which country won its first Olympic medal

when Rohullah Nikpai secured bronze in tae kwon do...

BEEP

..in 2008?

Um...

-Um...

-Take a guess. You're out of time.

-Yeah, Morocco.

-No, it...

-Well, actually...no. No, Afghanistan.

-No.

Quite a way away, I suppose.

Two passes.

Andy Murray's first round opponent was Wawrinka - Stan Wawrinka.

And that woman who won the double sculls 2012 -

-the gold - Kath Grainger.

-Yes.

Andy, you have eight points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-Jack Young.

-Your occupation?

-Retired finance clerk.

-And your specialist subject?

-Life and music of Duke Ellington.

Duke Ellington, the great.

Jazz composer and band leader Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington

is known as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century.

-In which city was he born in 1899?

-Washington DC.

Which famous composition named after an express service that went through Harlem

became the band's signature tune from the early '40s onwards?

Take The A Train.

Ellington called one of his early pieces

the Soda Fountain Rag because, as a teenager,

he served sodas at which cafe in Washington?

Poodle Dog.

Which member of Ellington's band was with him for 47 years

and also became his personal driver?

Harry Carney.

What was the title of Ellington's stage musical

supporting the American Civil Rights Movement

that opened in Los Angeles in 1941?

Pass.

What was the maiden name of Ellington's childhood sweetheart Edna

whom he married when he was 19?

Pass.

Ellington never divorced Edna, but he had various lovers

including the showgirl Bea Ellis,

who was commonly known by what other forename?

Evie.

For which '59 film did Ellington write

his first complete full-length film score?

He made a brief appearance in the film as Pie-Eye.

Anatomy Of A Murder.

Ellington's orchestra was bolstered in the early '40s

when he hired a young bass player

and a full-time tenor sax player.

They named the band after the two musicians.

What was it called?

The Blanton-Webster Band.

What was the name of the music publishing company

Ellington founded in the early '40s?

It was managed by his sister

and had a large music catalogue at the time of his death?

Pass.

When Ellington's band appeared

at the Newport Jazz Festival in '56,

the saxophonist Paul Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo

on which two-part composition?

Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue.

In '57, Ellington and his collaborator Billy Strayhorn

composed Such Sweet Thunder.

Which movement from the suite takes its title

from the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet?

Star-Crossed Lovers.

Who awarded him the Medal of Freedom

and played Happy Birthday on the piano

when Ellington celebrated his 70th birthday at the White House?

-Was that Nixon?

-It was.

What was the title of the trio album

that Ellington recorded with Charlie Mingus and Max Roach in 1962?

Money Jungle.

For which label did Ellington record a number of albums,

including Afro-Bossa, when his contract...

BEEP

..with Columbia expired in 1962?

-RCA Victor.

-No, Reprise Records.

You had three passes.

It was the Tempo Music publishing company

that he founded in the early '40s.

Thompson was the maiden name of Edna, his childhood sweetheart.

And Jump For Joy was the title of his stage musical

supporting the American Civil Rights Movement.

Jack, you have 11 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-Louise Broadbent.

-Your occupation?

-IT analyst.

-And your chosen subject?

-Hammer films 1958-1974.

Hammer films in two minutes. Here we go.

Which actor's many roles in Hammer films

included Dr Van Helsing, Baron Frankenstein,

Sherlock Holmes and the Sheriff of Nottingham?

Peter Cushing.

What spin-off of a popular sitcom was made

for less than £100,000,

but became one of Hammer's most profitable productions?

On The Buses.

Which character in Dr Jekyll And Sister Hyde

asks the so-called Mrs Hyde how her brother Henry is,

prompting her to reply, "He hasn't been himself of late"?

Um, pass.

What black comedy did Bette Davis make

for the company in 1967,

following the success of her first Hammer film The Nanny?

The Anniversary.

In Frankenstein Created Woman,

how long does Frankenstein spend dead in the deepfreeze

without his soul leaving his body?

-A week.

-One hour.

In the film She, which actress dubbed the lines of Ayesha

played by Ursula Andress?

Pass.

What is the name of the cat who witnesses a murder

in the '61 film The Shadow Of The Cat,

which was released as part of a double bill

with The Curse Of The Werewolf?

Tabitha.

What is the name of the Hungarian-born director

of the '71 film Hands Of The Ripper,

in which a psychoanalyst tries to cure

Jack the Ripper's daughter

of her homicidal impulses?

Peter Sasdy.

How is the escaped murderer, Selden, related to

the housekeeper, Mrs Barrymore,

in The Hound Of The Baskervilles?

He's her brother.

In Further Up The Creek,

Hammer's sequel to the '58 Peter Sellers comedy,

Frankie Howerd and David Tomlinson play

crew members of which ship?

Pass.

In a review of what gory 1958 Hammer production

did the critic Harold Conway warn,

"One step further and the licence permitted

"by the censor's X certificate will be dangerously abused"?

Dracula.

What novel by HL Lawrence was adapted

for the '61 film The Damned?

Children Of Light.

Which '67 Hammer film is about a mysterious object

discovered by workmen at the fictional Hobbs End

London Underground station?

It's a spacecraft.

-No, it's Quatermass And The Pit.

-Oh.

Who composed the scores for over 20 Hammer films,

including The Curse Of Frankenstein,

The Devil Rides Out and, most famously, Dracula?

-James Benard.

-In The Gorgon, what is the name of the castle...

BEEP

..in the village of Vandorf where the monster has come to live?

-Pass.

-Well, I can tell you cos time's up.

Borski is the name of it.

And your other passes.

In Further Up The Creek, the ship is the Aristotle.

In the film She, it was Nikki van der Zyl

who dubbed the lines of Ayesha.

And it was Howard Spencer

who asked Mrs Hyde how her brother Henry was.

Louise, you have scored nine points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is...?

-Andrew Teale.

-Occupation?

-Office worker.

-Chosen subject?

-General James Wolfe.

General James Wolfe in two minutes. Here we go.

James Wolfe was an officer who led the British Army

to a major victory over the French in the Seven Years' War

at a battle of 1759, during which he was killed.

Which battle?

The Plains of Abraham.

What was the name of the house in Westerham that

Wolfe's family were renting when he was born in 1727?

-Sperry's House.

-Spiers.

What firing method developed by the Prussian army

did Wolfe champion instead of the platoon firing system

that was in general use by the English army?

Alternate fire.

To whom did Wolfe act as aide-de-camp

during the Jacobite Rebellion, including at Culloden?

Hawley.

Which promontory overlooking Louisbourg Harbour

did Wolfe secure with a detachment of picked men?

The Lighthouse.

Following the capture of Louisbourg,

Wolfe was sent to destroy the fishing industry

around a peninsula in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Which peninsula?

Gaspe.

Wolfe was thrown from his horse after he was shot

in a battle of June, 1743,

during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Which battle?

Dettingen.

Wolfe established his camp at the mouth of a tributary

of the Saint Lawrence River at the siege of Quebec

on the 10th of July, 1759.

Which tributary?

The Montmorency.

In April, 1755,

Wolfe was overlooked for the appointment

of colonel of the 20th Foot.

Who was given the job?

Honeywood.

In September 1757,

Wolfe took part in a failed expedition

against a seaport that was a primary target

on the Atlantic coast of France.

What was the seaport?

Rochefort.

In which barracks at the head of Loch Lomond

was Wolfe stationed during the second half of 1746?

-Inversnaid.

-It was.

Wolfe's friendship with an English naval officer

was described by Horace Walpole

as like the union of a canon and gunpowder.

Who was the officer?

-Walt.

-No. Howe.

At what point on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River

did Wolfe land his troops in the early hours

of the 13th of September, 1759,

prior to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?

L'Anse-au-Foulon.

Wolfe argued with his parents over his romantic relationship

with the niece of Sir John Mordaunt.

What was her name?

Lawson.

Into which colonel's Regiment of Foot

was Wolfe exchanged as an ensign in March, 1742,

after serving as a volunteer under his father?

-Duroure.

-Which of his brigadiers...

BEEP

I've started, so I'll finish.

..did Wolfe send with around 1,200 men

along the Saint Lawrence to attack French shipping,

raid villages and burn stores?

Murray.

Murray is correct.

No passes, Andrew. You have 14 points.

APPLAUSE

So, that's the end of the first round.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, with eight points, Andy Crane.

Third place, nine points, Louise Broadbent.

Second place, 11 points, Jack Young.

First place, a hefty 14 points, Andrew Teale.

Round 2 now - the general knowledge round -

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

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 will be a tie-break.

And by the way, the six highest-scoring runners-up

will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal.

So, plenty to play for.

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

And just as a reminder,

you've scored eight points with your knowledge of the Olympic Games.

Big subject, that. Let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

You get 2.5 minutes for this round, of course. Here we go.

On which long-running radio show devised

by Roy Plomley in 1941

do celebrities choose their eight favourite records?

Desert Island Discs.

Who wrote the play The Crucible

based on the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692?

Pass.

Which British ocean liner was bought by

a Chinese shipping magnate

who moved it to Hong Kong where it sank in January 1972

after catching fire?

Queen Elizabeth.

Which Caribbean island is traditionally divided

into three counties named Middlesex, Surrey and Cornwall?

Jamaica.

What features on the human face are called the supercilia?

The term is the source of the word 'supercilious'.

The eyebrows.

What name did the linguistic psychologist

Charles Kay Ogden give to the simplified form of English

comprising a limited vocabulary of 850 words

that he intended for use as an international language?

-Esperanto.

-Basic English.

Of which prime minister did Queen Victoria reportedly remark,

"He speaks to me as if I was a public meeting?"

-Disraeli.

-Gladstone.

In 1978, the Welshman Leighton Rees

beat England's John Lowe

in the final to become the first professional

world champion in which sport?

Darts.

What term coined by the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot

is used for an object whose parts at infinitely

many levels of magnification

appear geometrically similar to the whole?

Examples from nature include coastlines and mountain ranges.

-Isohydric.

-Fractal.

Which Motown singer was backed by the Vandellas,

whose original line-up included Annette Beard

and Rosalind Ashford?

Martha Reeves.

Which day during Holy Week has a name

that means 'commandment'

and refers to Jesus's challenge to his disciples

to love one another as he had loved them?

Maundy Thursday.

Who stars as Freddie Quelle, a troubled Navy veteran,

alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman

in the 2012 film The Master?

-Um, John Smith.

-No, Joaquin Phoenix.

What name is given to the thoroughfare

that links Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse?

The Royal Mile.

Which American contemporary composer

wrote the operas Nixon In China and

The Death of Klinghoffer?

-Glass.

-Adams.

What term for the practice of sending e-mails

claiming to be from a legitimate enterprise

to obtain financial or other confidential information

refers to the seemingly innocent messages used as bait?

-Spam.

-Fishing.

A sketch in the television programme The Frost Report

featured John Cleese as upper-class,

Ronnie Barker as middle-class.

-Who was working-class?

-Ronnie Corbett.

The film of yeast known as the flor

that forms on the surface of the liquid

during the fermentation process

is particularly associated

with the drier styles of what fortified wine?

Um, port.

BEEP

No. It was sherry.

Thought there might be a clue in the 'drier'.

Anyway, one pass.

The chap who wrote The Crucible based on the Salem witchcraft

-trials - Arthur Miller.

-Yeah.

Yeah, which you knew, of course. That's the way it goes.

-Andy, you now have a total of 17 points.

-OK.

APPLAUSE

And now Louise again, please.

And you start off with nine points

with your knowledge of the Hammer films.

And as we speak, 17 is the score to beat.

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

2.5 minutes starting now.

Which British Olympic ice dancers

received an unprecedented nine sixes

at Sarajevo in 1984?

Torvill and Dean.

What's the common name for the red, orange or brown

hydrated oxide that is formed on the surface of iron

when it is exposed to air and moisture?

Red rust.

Who topped the UK singles charts

for the fourth time in 1992 with I Will Always Love You?

Whitney Houston.

What landmark on the Leeds Liverpool Canal,

originally a jetty for the unloading of coal from barges,

was made famous by George Orwell and George Formby?

Wigan Pier.

In which television series did Cybill Shepherd

play a former fashion model who runs a detective agency

managed by a cocky young private eye

played by Bruce Willis?

Moonlighting.

According to Homer's Iliad,

which king of Greek mythology

had 50 sons, including Hector and Paris?

Priam.

In the Rocky films starring Sylvester Stallone,

what is the title character's surname?

-Marcello.

-No, Balboa.

The maned wolf, the giant river otter, the tapir,

the giant anteater and the jaguar

are the species that have been chosen

to represent which continent's big five mammals?

South America.

Which 17th-century poet wrote To Althea, From Prison,

which includes the lines,

"Stone walls do not a prison make,

"nor iron bars a cage"?

-John Donne.

-Richard Lovelace.

What term is used in art

for a sculpture that depicts

the upper part of a person's body?

Bust.

What word of Polynesian origin for something forbidden

was introduced in English by Captain Cook?

It was originally used for something put aside

for a king or priest

and forbidden to ordinary people.

Taboo.

Which grape grown mainly in Central Italy and used

in the wines Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

has a name said to be derived from a Latin phrase

meaning 'blood of Jupiter'?

Pass.

Which family are known by the American Secret Service

code names of Renegade, Renaissance, Radiance and Rosebud?

-Kennedys.

-The Obama family.

In the comic opera by Rossini,

which character introduces himself with the aria Largo Al Factotum?

The barber of Seville.

Figaro, yes, or barber of Seville.

In physics, what quantity, usually denoted by the letter M,

can be defined as the quantity of matter in a body?

Mass.

What English name is given to the immature shoots

of legumes widely used in Chinese and Oriental cuisine?

Bean sprouts.

In which West Yorkshire town did a meeting take place

in the George Hotel in 1895

that saw the formation of the Northern Union,

which later evolved into the Rugby League?

-Wigan.

-Huddersfield.

Who wrote the novels The Young Lions

and Rich Man, Poor Man,

on which a successful television series was based?

-Jeffrey Archer.

-No, Irwin Shaw.

Which small South American country...

BEEP

..was granted independence in 1828

by a treaty that created a buffer state

between Portuguese and Spanish interests?

-Chile.

-Close. Uruguay.

You had one pass.

That grape that was used for Chianti etc -

the Sangiovese.

You have, Louise, 21 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Jack Young again, please.

And you start out with 11 points from the first round.

Let's see how you do in the general knowledge round.

21 is the score to beat as we speak.

Here we go. 2.5 minutes.

"To be or not to be, that is the question"

is part of a famous soliloquy

spoken by the title character in which Shakespeare play?

Hamlet.

Britain's first commercial example of what form

of energy generation was opened at Delabole

in North Cornwall in 1991?

-Wave energy.

-No, wind farm.

Which British artist's series called The Pharmaceutical Paintings

are also known as the spot paintings?

Pass.

The Han and the Tang were two ancient dynasties

that ruled in which country?

China.

Which American rock'n'roll singer's first UK chart entry

was Summertime Blues? It made the top 20 in 1958.

Eddie Cochran.

What word that originally meant the management of a household

has become a synonym for farming or agriculture?

Pass.

Which children's author wrote the novel Matilda

about a gifted five-year-old girl sent by uncaring parents

to Cruchem Hall School,

run by the evil headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull?

Roald Dahl.

In which sport does the Canadian-born Wayne Gretzky

hold the record for most career assists,

most career goals with 894, as well as most career points?

-American football.

-Ice hockey.

What term is used in biology for the waves

of muscular contraction that propel food contents

along a mammal's alimentary canal?

Pass.

Copra is the dried kernel of the fruit of which palm?

It yields a valuable oil

that is used in cooking and cosmetics.

-Olive.

-Coconut.

To which islands was the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless

controversially deployed on her maiden mission in 2012?

Falklands.

Which town near Paris gave its name to a school

of 16th century artists

associated with the court of Francis I

and known for the elegance and decorative flair of their work?

-Versailles.

-Fontainebleau.

Which television detectives,

played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber,

worked for Scotland Yard's covert SI 10 division,

whose boss was the loudmouth Liverpudlian Gordon Spikings?

Dempsey and Makepeace.

What term is used in cookery for the process

of using a liquid such as stock or wine

to loosen and dissolve the residues left behind in a pan

after meat has been browned?

-Steeping.

-Deglazing.

Which ancient Indian religion

was founded in the sixth century BC

on the tradition of ahimsa,

or nonviolence to any living things?

One of its most important festivals is called Paryushana.

-Hinduism.

-Jainism.

Who composed the music for the opera Tristan Und Isolde,

first performed in 1865?

Wagner.

Which 1981 film describes the struggles and achievements

of the British athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell

at the 1924 Paris Olympics?

Chariots Of Fire.

What two-letter abbreviation is generally used

for the ounce in imperial weight measure?

-Oz.

-Which American singer...

BEEP

..considered by many to be one of the greatest

white blues rock singers made the album Pearl

that was released posthumously in 1971?

-I'll just say Chuck Berry.

-It was Janis Joplin.

You had three passes.

That term for the muscular contraction

that propels food along the alimentary canal is peristalsis.

I know.

The word originally meaning management of a household,

synonym for farming - husbandry.

And it was Damien Hirst who did the spot paintings,

if you can call them that, but I didn't say that!

-LAUGHTER

-Three passes, Jack.

-You now have a total of 20 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Andrew Teale again, please.

And you start out with a total of 14 points.

So, 21 still the score to beat.

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

In gardening, what term is specifically used

for the clipping of evergreen plants

such as box or yew into artificial shapes?

Topiary.

Which television comedy series named after

the average family size

centred on the Porters - Bill and Ben

and their teenage children, Jenny and David?

2point4 Children.

What word that comes from the term 'picture element'

is used in technology for the individual points

that make up a digital image?

Pixel.

Which Leicestershire town was the destination

of Thomas Cook's first excursion in 1841

is also the home of a university

whose alumni include Lord Coe and Paula Radcliffe?

Loughborough.

What violent whirlwind, whose name comes from the Spanish for 'thunderstorm',

is also known as a twister in America?

-Chinook.

-Tornado.

How are the 19th-century agricultural labourers

George and James Loveless, Thomas and John Standfield,

James Brine and James Hammett collectively known?

Tolpuddle Martyrs.

The 2005 film Hoodwinked! is a reimagined version

of which fairy story?

-Hansel And Gretel.

-Little Red Riding Hood.

Which 20th-century European dictator

was known as El Caudillo, meaning 'the leader'?

Franco.

The pearmain, known to have been cultivated in Norfolk

since the 13th century,

is the oldest recorded English variety of what fruit?

Apple.

Founded in New York in 1936,

the association known by the initials AAA

was established by a group of painters and sculptors

to promote what type of nonrepresentational art?

Pass.

Whose album Swings Both Ways, released in November, 2013,

became the 1,000th UK number one album?

Pass.

Mrs Rachel Arbuthnot is the title character

of which play by Oscar Wilde?

Pass.

On which island is the 12th-century Carisbrooke Castle,

where Charles I was held prisoner for a year?

Isle of Wight.

The biblical book that mourns the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians

is not thought to be by the prophet Jeremiah,

although his name does appear in its full title.

What's it called?

Lamentations.

The Veliki Slap in Croatia and Slap Savica in Slovenia

are examples of what geographical features?

-Islands.

-Waterfalls.

Which class of animals include snakes and turtles?

Its name originally meant a creeping or crawling animal.

Reptiles.

What one-word term for a small flag indicating

the nationality of a ship

is commonly used in a name

for the flag of the United Kingdom?

-Ensign.

-Jack.

What was the name of the English-born Canadian humanist

whose early works include Literary Lapses and Nonsense Novels

and who was professor of economics and political science

at McGill University from 1908 to 1936?

-Galbraith.

-Leacock.

Which one-act opera by Mascagni

is usually performed as a double bill

with Leoncavallo's Pagliacci?

Pass.

BEEP

Well, I can tell you cos you're out of time, it's Cavalleria Rusticana.

Four passes.

A Woman Of No Importance is the book

in which Mrs Rachel Arbuthnot appears. Oscar Wilde.

Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways. That was his album.

And abstract art is what the three As were all about.

Andrew, 24 points.

APPLAUSE

So, a clear winner at the end of it. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, 17 points, Andy Crane.

Third place, 20 points, Jack Young.

Second place, 21 points, Louise Broadbent.

First place, 24 points, Andrew Teale.

Which means, of course, that Andrew Teale is tonight's winner

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

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