Episode 25 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Richard Tring,

an administrator from Kent.

He's answering questions on Brian Clough.

Next, Stephen Porter, a teacher from Liverpool

on the films of Paul Verhoeven.

Dave Barker is a civilian police employee from Wakefield.

His specialist subject is the band ELO, the Electric Light Orchestra.

John Savage is a salesman from Polmont.

His subject, the Easter Rising.

And Rachael Neiman, a student from Manchester.

Her specialist subject, the American humorist David Sedaris.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Five contenders tonight,

and that's because this is a semifinal,

which means there's one last hurdle to clear before the grand final

and the chance to become the nation's Mastermind.

Slightly different timings -

a minute and a half on their specialist subject

and then two minutes of general knowledge.

So, let's get on with this

and ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Brian Clough in a minute and a half. Here we go.

Against which country did Clough make

his international debut for England in October 1959?

It was one of only two full England caps he received.

-Wales.

-Known for his wit,

when he was asked about his success, Clough replied,

"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business, but I was in the top...?"

-One.

-Which club was Clough playing against

when he tore a cruciate ligament in his knee on Boxing Day '62,

effectively ending his playing career?

-Bury.

-Which player first discovered at Hartlepools United

did Clough take with him to Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest?

-John McGovern.

-To which Mediterranean island did Clough

take his Nottingham Forest players for training

prior to their second European cup win in May 1980?

Majorca.

Which team in the Cleveland League

did Clough play for as a teenager with three of his brothers?

He joined Middlesbrough as an amateur in '51.

Great Broughton.

When Don Revie unexpectedly resigned,

Clough was interviewed for the England manager's job

in December '77. Who got it?

Ron Greenwood.

In the final of which minor competition did

Clough's Derby County beat the Scottish league team Airdrieonians

2-1 on aggregate in April '72?

Texaco Cup.

In which city is the Chase Hotel where Clough met Peter Taylor

to try to persuade him to leave his job managing Burton Albion

and join him at Hartlepools United?

Sunderland.

York. Clough was fined £500 and given a three-month touchline ban

in February '89 for striking spectators

while he was managing Nottingham Forest.

Which team were Forest playing in the League Cup quarterfinal?

QPR.

With the money he received for his 44 days in charge of Leeds United...

BEEP ..Clough was able to pay off his mortgage.

He bought a new house in which Derbyshire village?

Quarndon.

Quarndon is correct.

No passes, Richard. You have scored 10 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Paul Verhoeven in 90 seconds.

The films of Paul Verhoeven include Basic Instinct,

which opens with the murder of Johnny Boz who's killed with which implement

that's seen under the bed at the end of the film?

-Ice pick.

-Which actor appears in several of Verhoeven's films

including as Hugo in Katie Tippel, Erik Lanshof in Soldier of Orange

and Gerrit Witkamp in Spetters?

-Rutger Hauer.

-In Business Is Business,

Nell Muller leaves her abusive boyfriend Sjaak to be with Bob de Vries.

In which city does de Vries live?

The Hague.

Eindhoven. What's the name of the gorilla successfully brought back

from an induced state of invisibility in Hollow Man?

This leads to Sebastian becoming the human subject of the next experiment.

-Isabelle.

-In RoboCop, what is the name of the new city

that's due to be built and policed by enforcement drones

to replace Detroit after it is demolished?

Delta City.

In The Fourth Man, after watching some old home videos, Gerard discovers

that Christine has had three previous husbands, all of whom died.

Which one was apparently eaten by a lion?

Erm, Gerritt.

In Showgirls, Nomi takes over Cristal Connor's role

in which lavish production at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas

after she has injured Cristal by pushing her down a staircase?

-Goddess.

-Which Dutch cinematographer,

who directed films such as Twister and Speed,

worked on many of Verhoeven's many early films

and was director of photography on Basic Instinct?

-Jan de Bont.

-What is the name of the Omni Consumer Products executive

who was killed by the prototype ED-209 when a boardroom demonstration

of its capabilities goes badly wrong in RoboCop?

Mr Kinney.

In Black Book, what is the hobby of Ludwig Muntze... BEEP

..that allows the Dutch resistance fighter Rachel Stein

to get close to him and so infiltrate Gestapo headquarters?

Stamp collecting.

Stamp collecting is correct.

No passes.

You, Stephen, have scored 9 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, here we go.

The English rock band Electric Light Orchestra,

or ELO, were formed in Birmingham in 1970.

Under what name were the band making albums and touring

when they decided to change their name to ELO?

The Move.

With which progressive EMI label did ELO sign

their first record contract in 1970?

Harvest.

Under what title was ELO's self-titled debut album

first released in America by United Artists in 1972?

No Answer.

The band's second album, ELO 2, released in 1973

contains a cover of which Chuck Berry song?

-Roll Over Beethoven.

-Which ELO musician would pretend on stage

to play The Dying Swan on his cello

using an orange on the neck instead of his fingers?

He later started performing it on an exploding cello.

-Mike Edwards.

-Which fashion photographer took the cover shot

for ELO's 1973 album On the Third Day

in which all the band members are seen exposing their navels?

Avedon.

What was the name of the 1978 tour that featured a giant spaceship?

The opening concert in Britain was

in front of members of the royal family at Wembley Arena.

The Big Night.

Yes, or Out of the Blue. At which studio was the

Out of the Blue album recorded in Germany in 1977?

Musicland.

On which "appalling" ELO song did Bev Bevan refuse to play drums?

It resulted in Roy Wood filling in and playing instead?

The Battle of Marston Moor.

Which ELO album collected silver, gold or platinum awards

in several countries, and entered the UK Charts at number one

when it was released in June '79?

Discovery.

When Roy Wood and Bill Hunt left the band to form Wizzard,

which cellist did they take with them? BEEP

He later returned to ELO.

Hugh McDowell.

Is correct. Dave, no passes. Perfect score. 11 points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

Padraig Pearse read the proclamation declaring Ireland's independence

on Easter Monday 1916 outside which building

that the Republicans made their headquarters?

The GPO.

Many of the rifles used by the Republicans had been

landed at Howth two years earlier on the Asgard,

a yacht belonging to which English-born Irish Nationalist author?

Childers.

What was the name of the Republican Commandant of Dublin's First Battalion,

was stationed in the Four Courts area of Dublin?

Eamonn Ceannt.

No, Daly. Eamon de Valera, the Commandant of the Third Battalion,

made his headquarters during the Rising at which bakery

on the corner of Grand Canal Street?

-Boland's Mill.

-What was the name of the Brigadier General

who commanded the British troops at the Curragh?

Lowe.

From which building, owned by the strike-breaker William Martin Murphy,

did the Republicans fly the Starry Plough flag?

-The Imperial Hotel.

-On the Wednesday following the Rising,

which British gunboat sailed up the Liffey shelling Republican positions?

The Helga.

In which County Meath town was an attack made on Royal Irish Constabulary barracks

in the only large-scale fighting outside Dublin?

Ashbourne.

The Republican surrender to the British forces on 29th April 1916

was delivered under the protection of a white flag by a nurse

who was a member of the Irish Republican women's paramilitary organisation.

What was her name?

-Elizabeth O'Farrell

-All of signatories to the Proclamation of Independence

were executed after they surrendered. How many signatories were there?

Seven.

Which Republican leader was executed by a firing squad

on the 12th May 1916 while he was tied to a chair... BEEP

..because he'd been badly wounded during the Rising?

James Connolly.

Is correct.

-No passes, John. 10 points.

-Thank you.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

David Sedaris in a minute and a half. Here we go.

David Sedaris is an American humorist and essayist.

In his Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist, he mentions which sister

whose early artwork was much better received than his own?

-Gretchen.

-In the short story Possession,

whose house does Sedaris fall in love with while in Amsterdam?

Anne Frank.

In Attaboy, a member of the public makes a citizen's arrest

of a young boy on a street in New York. What's the boy caught defacing?

Mailbox.

What type of shop did Sedaris's Greek grandmother have that made him

look forward to filling up a pillowcase with her

merchandise at the end of each visit?

Newsstand.

Or sweet shop. In which short story does

Sedaris worry about a boil on his tail bone? His boyfriend, Hugh,

lances it for him, earning him the nickname Sir Lance-a-Lot?

-Old Faithful.

-Who are the neighbours who always trying to outdo

Beth and her husband in Christmas Means Giving

by trying to appear more charitable and wealthy?

-Er, Beth and... No.

-No.

-Pass.

In the story Us and Them, what form of entertainment

does Sedaris's neighbour Mr Tomkey not believe in,

a view the other neighbours feel is unfair on his wife and children?

-Television.

-When Sedaris is on an airport layover in Denver,

he hears what name called over the tannoy

and finds is hard to imagine why anyone would give their child that name?

Adolf, Adolf Hitler.

In Chipped Beef, what is the name of the church that the family attends?

One of its tenets is to keep money well maintained and clean?

Church of the....Unicorn.

No, the Cathedral of the Sparkling Nature.

In Jesus Shaves, which religious holiday does

Sedaris's French class try to explain?

A Moroccan student admits to never having heard of it.

Easter.

Who is the allegedly long-lost daughter... BEEP

..who joins the Dunbar family from Vietnam at Halloween

and disrupts proceedings by wearing a bikini to the Thanksgiving dinner.

Khe Sahn.

Yes. You had one pass, Rachael.

Those neighbours who were always trying to outdo Beth and her husband

were the Cottinghams, otherwise Doug and Nancy Cottingham.

But you've scored 9 points.

So, that is the end of a brilliantly close first round.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In joint fourth place, 9 points apiece,

Stephen Porter and Rachael Neiman.

Joint second place, 10 points apiece,

Richard Tring and John Savage.

First place, just, one-point lead,

Dave Barker with 11 points.

So, 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 are tied on passes as well,

there has to be a tie-breaker.

So, let's get on with it and ask Stephen to join us again, please.

And you start this round with 9 points

with your knowledge of Paul Verhoeven, Stephen.

Here we go. You get two minutes now for your general knowledge.

In which Scottish city does the Royal Mile run

between the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Castle Esplanade?

-Edinburgh.

-A Lancashire hotpot is topped with a layer which vegetables

that become brown and crisp in the oven?

-Potatoes.

-What is the name of a cross with a loop at the top

that was the symbol of eternal life in Ancient Egypt?

Pass.

Which line of latitude forms much of the boundary

in the west between America and Canada?

Erm... Pass.

What term historically applies to two types of crime,

the high form indicating betrayal of one's country or sovereign?

-Treason.

-Which novel by Gillian Flynn

about a man who's the main suspect when his wife disappears

has been made into a film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike?

Gone Girl.

The upper-case form of which Greek letter is used to symbolise

the SI unit of electrical resistance, the ohm?

Omega.

Which actor, who was knighted in 1983 and died in '95,

played King Lear on the stage

and narrated the adventures of Paddington Bear on TV?

-Michael Hordern.

-By what name of Canadian French origin

is the North American reindeer known?

Caribou.

In August 1984, Joan Benoit of America became the first winner

of which Women's Olympic athletics event?

Marathon.

Which toy, originally known as a spring-end hopping stilt,

was patented by Hans Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall in 1920?

Pogo Stick.

Who wrote the piano work for four hands Mother Goose or Ma Mere l'Oye?

It was later orchestrated and produced as a ballet.

Mozart.

Ravel. Which Irish group topped the UK Album Charts for the tenth time

in March 2009 with No Line On The Horizon?

U2.

What is the name of the Spanish king who succeeded to the throne

on the abdication of his father Juan Carlos in June 2014?

Pass.

Which prominent left-wing politician stood down as MP for Chesterfield

at the 2001 General Election to "devote more time to politics"?

Tony Benn.

What word can mean either a subsidiary section of a book or other publication,

or, in biology, a short extension from the surface of any organ?

-BEEP

-Extension?

Appendix is the correct answer to that.

You had three passes, Stephen.

Felipe VI was that Spanish King,

the line of latitude between American and Canada,

the 49th parallel,

-and that cross with a loop at the top is the ankh.

-Ankh.

Yeah, absolutely. Stephen, three passes.

You've now got a total of 20 points.

And now Rachael again, please.

And, Rachael, you have 9 points as well,

so let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

Two minutes, and the score to beat, as it stands, is 20 points.

Here we go.

Which basic incendiary weapon named after a Soviet foreign minister

consists of a bottle filled with flammable liquid?

-Molotov cocktail.

-What fruit was Hercules required to steal from

the Garden of the Hesperides as one of his 12 labours?

Apple.

Who took over as interim leader of the Labour Party

when Ed Miliband resigned following the 2015 General Election?

Harriet Harman.

Which planet is the Bringer of Jollity

in Holst's suite The Planets?

Jupiter.

Which TV comedy featured a spoof episode of University Challenge

in which Footlights College played Scumbag College?

-The Young Ones.

-Which 19th-century American author wrote

the short horror story The Pit and the Pendulum,

which was made into a 1961 film starring Vincent Price and Barbara Steele?

Edgar Allan Poe.

Which historic town, now a suburb of Birmingham,

had the title Royal attached to its name by decree of Henry VIII in 1528?

Edgbaston.

Sutton Coldfield. The synthetic element with the atomic number 99

first identified in 1952 is named after which scientist?

Einstein.

The lead singer of the band The Killers

had his second solo UK number-one album in May 2015

with The Desired Effect. What's his name?

Brandon Flowers.

In which American State is the Grand Canyon?

Arizona.

The name of which region in north-eastern France is given to a quiche

filled with beaten eggs, fresh cream and bacon?

Lorraine.

Which hymn that became an anthem of the American civil rights movement

was written by John Newton, a slave trader whose conversion to Christianity

began after his ship survived an Atlantic storm in 1748.

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

Amazing Grace. Which female German tennis player

held all four Grand Slam Singles titles at the same time in 1988?

Serena Williams was the next woman to achieve it.

-Steffi Graf.

-Who wrote the 1966 book In Cold Blood -

an account of a multiple murder committed in Kansas

and an early example of the New Journalism genre

that combines fact with fiction?

-Truman Capote.

-Which country was ruled by King John IV?

His daughter, Catherine of Braganza, became Charles II's wife.

Austria.

Portugal. Which English architect worked for Sir Christopher Wren

and is remembered for his Baroque churches... BEEP

in London and Westminster, in particular Christ Church, Spitalfields?

Nash.

No, Hawksmoor.

No passes, Rachael, but you have scored 21 points.

And now Richard again, please.

And you start out with 10 points, Richard,

with your knowledge of Brian Clough.

21 is now the score to beat,

and you have two minutes in which to do it. Here we go.

Which stretch of water was first swum by a man in 1875

and by a woman in 1926?

English Channel.

Which celebrated highwayman reputedly worked as a butcher but turned to crime when

he became involved with a gang of deer-stealers in Epping forest?

Dick Turpin.

Which city became the political capital of the Swiss Confederation in 1848?

-Bern.

-What name is given to the highest part of

a horse's back, between its shoulder blades?

-Withers.

-The Duke of Mantua sings La Donna E Mobile

in which opera by Verdi that is based on a play by Victor Hugo?

Les Miserables.

Rigoletto.

In 2015, Touker Suleyman, Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins

joined the panel of experts on which TV reality show presented by Evan Davis?

Dragons' Den.

What Latin word for unless appears in the term for a provisional decree,

especially in divorce proceedings, which will later be made absolute

unless cause is shown why it should not?

Nisi.

In 2015, who became the first golfer since Tiger Woods in 2002

to win back-to-back US Masters and US Open championships?

Jordan Spieth.

According to his Second Epistle to the Corinthians,

Paul escaped his persecutors by being let down from

a window in a basket when he was in which city?

Tarsus.

Damascus. What simple mechanisms that are used to amplify physical force

are split into three types depending on

the relative positions of the effort, load and fulcrum?

Pivot.

Levers. At the end of the WWII, who became Premier

and then later President of Yugoslavia?

Tito.

The first volume of which actor's autobiography published in 1972

was called The Moon's A Balloon?

David Niven.

Which actress won a Golden Globe

and was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar

for the role of Queen Victoria in the '97 film Mrs Brown?

-Judi Dench.

-The name of which Portuguese wine

that literally means green wine is derived from the tradition of drinking it

while it's young and not from its colour?

Vinho Verde.

By what name has the former University College of North Staffordshire

been known since 1962?

Birkbeck.

Keele. The songs When Daffodils Begin To Peer,

Lawn As White As Driven Snow... BEEP

and Jog On, Jog On, The Footpath Way

are sung by Autolycus in which of Shakespeare's plays?

Timon Of Athens.

No, The Winter's Tale.

-Never heard of it.

-LAUGHTER

Richard, no passes.

21 points.

And now John again, please.

And you also start out with 10 points,

John, in this incredibly close contest.

21, the score to beat now.

Two minutes. Here we go.

What name is given to the injury to the head, neck or spine

caused by being thrown forcefully forward or back,

often as the result of a motor accident?

Concussion.

Whiplash. Which children's character first appeared on TV in 1950?

He lived in a picnic basket and was friends with Teddy and Looby Loo?

-Andy Pandy.

-Which former Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper

became a full-time artist when he retired from cricket in 2004?

He now has his own gallery in Chipping Sodbury.

Michael Atherton.

Jack Russell. In theatre, what term is used for a comment

made by an actor directly to the audience unheard by the others on stage?

-Aside.

-The name of which island of the West Indies

means rich port in Spanish?

-Puerto Rico.

-In May 1915, a German submarine sank which

Cunard liner, with the loss of over 1,000 lives,

contributing to the eventual entry of America into the First World War.

Lusitania.

Whose first book entitled Puckoon

is a satire about a fictitious village in Ireland,

arbitrarily partitioned between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic

by the Boundary Commission in 1924?

Spike Milligan.

Camelopard is an archaic term for which animal?

Hare.

Giraffe. According to the traditional definition,

all acids contain what chemical element?

Hydrogen.

In which sport did Anita Lonsbrough win Olympic and Commonwealth gold medals?

In 1962, she became the first woman to be voted

BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Swimming.

What is the nationality of the pop groups

Ace of Base, Roxette and The Cardigans?

Swedish.

The name of which fire-breathing monster of Greek mythology

has become a byword for a wild fancy

or any unreal creature of the imagination?

Hydra.

Chimera. Which region of Romania did Bram Stoker make the home of Count Dracula,

although Stoker himself never visited the country?

-Transylvania.

-What name meaning perfect love in French

is given to the lilac-coloured, Curacao-based liqueur

flavoured with flower petals, usually rose or violet,

and vanilla pods and almonds?

Aniseed.

Parfait D'amour. On which instrument did Julian Bream

collaborate with the British tenor Peter Pears

in performances of songs by John Dowland and other Elizabethan composers?

-Cello.

-BEEP

It was actually the lute.

John, you have scored a total of 19 points.

And finally, Dave Barker again, please.

And...you start out with that extra 1 point.

You have 11 points as we start. 21 is still the score to beat.

Here we go. Two minutes of general knowledge.

Which widely spoken modern European language

is sometimes called Castilian or Castellano?

Spanish.

What creature does Alice follow down a hole

in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

-White Rabbit.

-Which place of entertainment takes its name

ultimately from the Greek for motion?

Cinema.

Which constellation whose five brightest stars

form a prominent letter W in the sky

is named after the mother of Andromeda?

Ariadne.

Cassiopeia. By what name from the Roman general and statesman

who established it is the calendar introduced in 46 BC known?

Gregorian.

The Julian.

Which port stands on the north bank of the estuary of the River Seine?

Le Havre.

Since 1992, how many points are awarded for a try in Rugby Union?

-Five.

-What drink, a mixture of stout and champagne,

is said to have been invented by the steward at Brooks's Club in 1861

to mark the death of Prince Albert?

Buck's Fizz.

Black Velvet. Which 2001 film and its sequels

were based on a book by the cartoonist William Steig

about an antisocial green ogre?

Shrek.

Which sculptor won the 1994 Turner Prize

for a collection of his work that included Field For The British Isles,

a collection of some 40,000 clay figurines

made by people from St Helens in Merseyside?

Antony Gormley.

Which ancient religion's present-day form is based on the teachings of Mahavira,

who was born in India in about 599 BC?

Taoism.

Jainism. What is the name of the French national heroine

who's also known as La Pucelle d'Orleans?

Joan Of Arc.

Which British bird, sometimes called the screech owl,

doesn't hoot but has a piercing shriek

that has led it to be regarded as a bird of ill omen?

Shrike.

The barn owl. Who worked as an assistant to

the American Vogue Editor Anna Wintour for almost a year

before writing her first bestselling novel The Devil Wears Prada?

Candace Bushnell.

Lauren Weisberger.

In which TV comedy series did the main character

frequently utter his frustrated catchphrase, "I don't believe it!"?

One Foot In The Grave.

Which political opponent did Benjamin Disraeli BEEP

describe as "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity"?

Gladstone.

Is correct.

Dave, no passes...21 points.

All right. So, let's have a look at all of the scores.

In fifth place, 19 points, John Savage.

Fourth place, 20 points, Stephen Porter.

Third place, 21 points and one pass, Rachael Neiman.

Joint first place, 21 points apiece and no passes,

Richard Tring and Dave Barker.

APPLAUSE

So, that means we have a tie-break.

Now, what happens is that

I'll read the same five questions to each of those two contenders

and the one with the highest score is going to win, obviously.

We are not against the clock this time.

So, let me ask Dave to leave the studio, if he would,

and Richard to come to the chair again, please.

Right, Richard.

So, five tie-break questions for you,

and I won't give you the score at the end of it for obvious reasons.

So, here we go.

What colloquialism for a state of uproar or total disorder

was originally a word for a butcher's slaughterhouse?

Carnage.

Which motor scooter took its name from a river and a district of Milan

where it was made by the firm Innocenti?

Vespa.

Whom did Rachael Riley replace as the resident numbers expert

on the Channel 4 game show Countdown in 2009?

Carol Vorderman.

Which Russian novelist died at a railway station in 1910

after catching pneumonia?

Tolstoy.

What familiar name for a private in the British Army

came from its use in official specimen forms dating back to 1815?

Tommy Atkins.

Richard, thank you for that. You'll get your score in a moment.

APPLAUSE

And now Dave again, please.

And, obviously, you were outside the studio -

you did not hear those questions - or answers for that matter.

You get five of them starting now.

What colloquialism for a state of uproar or total disorder

was originally a word for a butcher's slaughterhouse?

-Bedlam.

-Which motor scooter

took its name from a river and a district of Milan

where it was made by the firm Innocenti?

Vespa.

Whom did Rachael Riley replace as the residents numbers expert

on the Channel 4 game show Countdown in 2009?

Carol Vorderman.

Which Russian novelist died at a railway station in 1910

after catching pneumonia?

Nabokov.

What familiar name for a private in the British Army

came from its use in official specimen forms dating back to 1815?

Tommy Atkins.

And you'll get your score in just a moment, Dave. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

So, at the end of that tie-break, we do have a winner.

Dave Parker scored 2 points, making a total of 23

and giving him second place,

but, with 3 points, making a total of 24,

tonight's winner, Richard Tring.

APPLAUSE

Which means that Richard goes through to the grand final.

Congratulations to him.

Please join us next time for more Mastermind.

Thanks for watching. Goodbye.