Episode 11 Mastermind

The first contender to brave the black chair tonight is

Janet Jackson, a designer from Lancashire.

Her subject, Formula One Grand Prix circuits.

Next, Philip Dubois, a data analyst from Cambridgeshire.

He's answering questions on Oliver Cromwell.

Pamela Culley is a charity worker from Preston.

Her specialist subject, Simon Brett's Charles Paris novels.

And David Pickering, a factory worker from Kinloss

on the pioneering designer Filippo Brunelleschi.

APPLAUSE

Hello,

and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Four more contenders all ready for the black chair ordeal.

They've been able to do plenty of revising

for their specialist subjects,

for which to get two minutes, of course,

but not for the general knowledge questions.

Two and a half minutes of them.

The contenders have no idea what's coming.

The winner will go through to the next round,

and will be on course to become the next Mastermind.

So, let's have our first contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Grand Prix Circuits in two minutes, starting now. Which country

hosted the first Formula One race to be held at night

at its Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2008?

China.

Singapore. At which circuit in 1998 did a major pile-up occur near the

La Source hairpin when David Coulthard

lost control of his McLaren during the first lap?

Spa.

Yep. In 1957, Stirling Moss, driving a Vanwall,

achieved an historic home win when he became the first Briton

to win the British Grand Prix at which circuit?

Silverstone.

Aintree. Who was the renowned Dutch designer of motor racing circuits

whose tracks include those at Suzuka in Japan and Jarama in Spain?

He died after a car crash in 1995.

Pass.

Which British venue in the Midlands staged its only Formula One

Championship race when it hosted the 1993 European Grand Prix?

The race was won by Ayrton Senna in poor conditions.

Donington Park.

Yes. The Yas Marina Circuit, built on a man-made island,

is the venue for which day-night Grand Prix first held in 2009?

Abu Dhabi.

Yep. In which circuit did James Hunt finish third in

a dramatic finale to clinch the 1976 World Championship after

Niki Lauda withdrew because of dangerous conditions?

Interlagos.

Fuji. Who became the youngest winner of a Formula One race when

he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix

at the Circuit de Catalunya aged 18?

Max Verstappen.

Yes. Which circuit has a layout based on the shape

of the Chinese symbol meaning above or ascend that is

the first character in the city's name?

Shanghai.

Yes. On which circuit did Lewis Hamilton overtake Timo Glock in the

last lap of the final race of the 2008 season to come fifth

and win his first World Championship?

Interlagos.

Yep. Who won the 1959 World Championship at Sebring

after his car ran out of fuel and he pushed it over the finish line

to take fourth place?

Fangio?

Jack Brabham.

The bend Antony Noghes, named after the founder of the first Grand Prix

held at the track, is near the finish line of which famous circuit?

Le Mans?

No, Monte Carlo.

Silverstone hosted the first Formula One World Championship race...

BEEP ..in May 1950 when Alfa Romeos took the first three places.

Giuseppe Farina came first, Luigi Fangioli second,

with which British driver in third place?

Jim Clark?

No, it was Reg Parnell.

No, I'd never heard of them either.

Anyway, one pass.

The renowned Dutch designer of motor racing circuits I wanted

was John Hugenholtz. There we are.

You have scored, Janet, six points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Oliver Cromwell in two minutes, here we go.

Which constituency did Cromwell represent as an MP

in the short and long parliaments between 1640 and '49?

Cambridge.

Yep. Cromwell set up a new nominated assembly after

he dissolved the rump parliament in 1653.

It became known by a nickname derived from that of

a radical preacher who was one of its members. What was the nickname?

Barebones.

Yes. Members of which religion were encouraged to return to

Britain by Cromwell in 1657, 350 years after they had been

banished by an edict of King Edward I?

Judaism?

Yes. In which part of Westminster Hall was Cromwell sworn in as the

Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland in December 1653?

Great Hall?

No, Court of Chancery. What was the name of the army commander who fought at

Marston Moor and Naseby and became Cromwell's son-in-law when

he married his eldest daughter, Bridget, in 1646?

Henry Ireton.

Yes. Cromwell's army defeated a much larger Scottish force

at Preston in 1648.

What name was given to this pro-royalist Scottish army

because of an agreement made with Charles I?

The Hamiltons?

The Engagers.

Cromwell lead two military victories on 3rd September

in successive years - Dunbar in 1650 and which other battle in 1651?

Worcester.

Yep. What was the name of the female prophet,

a member of the dissenting Fifth Monarchist movement,

who was highly critical of Cromwell's government during his time as Lord Protector?

Pass.

Cromwell commanded the right flank of the cavalry in the

parliamentarian New Model Army

at a decisive battle of the first civil war in June 1645.

Which battle?

Gainsborough?

Naseby. Cromwell invaded Ireland in August 1649.

Within two months, he'd besieged and sacked Drogheda and which other port?

Wexford.

Yep. Cromwell's was the third signature on the death warrant of Charles I.

The first signatory was a lawyer who was the president of the High Court

of Justice which tried the king.

What was his name?

Thomas Fairfax?

John Bradshaw.

After the execution of Charles I,

there was a revolt by parliamentarian soldiers who sympathised

with the radical group known as the Levellers.

At which turned near Banbury

did Cromwell and General Fairfax

finally defeat the rebels?

Oxford.

Burford. In which...? BEEP

Started, so I'll finish.

In which London building did a wood-and-wax effigy of

Cromwell lie in state on public view for several weeks after his

death before his funeral at Westminster Abbey?

St Paul's.

No, it was Somerset House.

And you had one pass.

The name of the female prophet was Anna Trapnell.

Yeah.

You have, Philip, six points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

Charles Paris, the whisky-soaked actor-turned-detective

has more success solving murders than he does in his acting career.

What's the name of his long-suffering wife from whom he separated?

Frances.

Yep. The passage of poetry recited by Paris in the Dead Side of the Mic

that begins, "I am tired of tears and laughter"

is by which real poet, the subject of a radio documentary in the novel?

Swinburne.

Yes. What is the name of Paris' incompetent agent who routinely

fails to find Paris any meaningful work?

Maurice Skellern.

What is the name of the singularly revolting aged Yorkshire terrier

that belongs to the sitcom star Aurelia Howarth in Situation Tragedy?

It's later poisoned by its owner in a bid to cover up a string of murders.

Cocky.

Yes. Which of the novels begins with an epigraph from William Hazlitt's

On Actors and Acting, in which he declares that actors

"uncertain of the future make sure of the present moment"?

Pass.

What is the full name of the production company that is

known in the novels by the initials WET and is responsible for

programmes that include the game show If The Cap Fits

and the sitcom the Strutters.

West End Television.

Yes. On what Road in West London is Paris' dingy bedsit,

notable for its generous cover of dust over every surface?

Hereford Road.

Yes. In Not Dead, Only Resting,

stage-struck autograph hunters in search of famous actors are advised

not to go to the stage doors of West End theatres.

Where are they more likely to encounter their idols?

Pass.

In Sicken and So Die,

a production of Twelfth Night is to be staged at the

Elizabethan mansion Chailey Ferrars is part of what nine-day festival?

Great Wensham Festival.

Yes. What is the name of the obnoxiously colourful veteran

stage actor who, in a plot that echoes Macbeth,

is murdered by the barman, Norman Phipps?

Warnock Belvedere.

Yes. To what sporting venue does Paris take his wife Frances in

Corporate Bodies?

He spends too much time drinking in the hospitality tent to watch

any of the sport.

Wimbledon.

Yes. What is the title of the gritty modern play that, according to

Herbie Inchbald in Murder in the Title, is "going to raise a few eyebrows in

"Rutland Spa?"

Shove It.

Yes. What poison stolen from the set of the documentary called

Method in Their Murders kills the game show host...? BEEP

..Barrett Doran in Dead Giveaway?

He was not the intended victim.

Cyanide.

Is correct.

Two passes, Pamela.

You can find those actors not at the stage door,

but in unemployment offices, apparently.

And the novel beginning with the epigraph from Hazlitt was

Not Dead, Only Resting.

You have scored, though, 11 points. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

Brunelleschi was a pioneering Italian architect

and engineer of the Renaissance.

In which city did he mainly work,

most famously on the dome of the Cathedral?

Florence.

Which ship was built by Brunelleschi to transport marble to Florence along the Arno River?

It sank on its maiden voyage,

costing him 1,000 florins because the marble wasn't recovered.

Il Badalone.

Brunelleschi started on the plans for

a church with 38 side chapels in 1434, although the first

pillars weren't delivered until ten days before his death in 1446.

Which church?

San Lorenzo. Santo Spirito.

Brunelleschi lost a competition to decorate the bronze doors of the baptistery of San Giovanni

to his long-term rival, Lorenzo Ghiberti.

What was the required biblical subject of the design?

The sacrifice of Isaac.

According to Vasari, for which church in Florence did Brunelleschi invent

the machinery for the mystery play to celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation?

Santa Trinita. San Felice.

Although he had limited experience of hydraulic engineering,

Brunelleschi was asked in 1450 to assist in a war by building a dam and flooding which city?

Unfortunately, he flooded the Florentine camp instead.

Luca.

The dome of Florence Cathedral,

still the largest ever masonry dome,

was constructed using a zigzag pattern of bricks that countered the tendency

of the masonry to fall inwards. What is that pattern called?

Herringbone.

Brunelleschi's biographer describes a visit to Rome in the early 1400s to survey

the city's ruins with a friend who himself became a renowned sculptor. Which friend?

Donatello.

Which Pope consecrated Florence Cathedral on 25th March, 1436?

Eugenius IV.

Brunelleschi used a mirror with his painting of the baptistery of San Giovanni

to demonstrate the geometrical method of which artistic technique?

Linear perspective.

Which family paid for the old sacristy at San Lorenzo and used it for their family tombs?

Medicis.

Brunelleschi invented a mechanism that allowed an ox to raise or lower a heavy load,

that enabled fast and efficient hoisting without the need for the ox

to be turned around. What was this innovation?

Rota magna.

No, it was reversible gearing. BEEP

Which Florentine architect wrote The Life of Brunelleschi and also The Fat Woodworker,

the tale of an elaborate and cruel joke played

by Brunelleschi and his friends on a local woodcarver?

Manetti. Is correct.

No passes, David, you have ten points.

APPLAUSE

So, that is the first round done and dusted.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In joint third place, six points apiece,

Janet Jackson and Philip Dubois.

Second place, ten points, David Pickering.

First place, 11 points, Pamela Culley.

And it's Round 2, obviously, now. General knowledge.

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-break,

and it's possible for a runner-up to get to the semifinal as well -

the six highest scoring runners-up will qualify.

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

And you have six points,

but you now have two and a half minutes on general knowledge

to roar away. Let's see how you do. Here we go, starting now.

According to its title, Little Jimmy Osmond's 1972

chart-topping Long Haired Lover came from which city?

Liverpool.

Which actor, who died in 2012,

starred as the ruthless JR Ewing in the television series Dallas?

Larry Hagman.

Which present-day capital city was built on the site

of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?

Mexico City.

What word of 19th-century origin is used to describe a widespread

heavy snowfall, generally accompanied by strong winds?

Blizzard.

Which tennis player, who won Wimbledon three times,

was born in Stockport in 1909, the son of a Labour member of Parliament?

Fred Perry.

Who plays the murderer Norman Bates

in the 1960 Hitchcock classic film Psycho?

Pass.

The former Sugarcubes singer Bjork was born in which Nordic country?

Iceland.

Which English-born Australian novelist's 1954 autobiography, Slide Rule,

tells of his career as an aeronautical engineer?

Pass.

What name is given to the rhythmical expansion of the arteries

as blood is propelled through them by each heartbeat?

It is especially felt in arteries near the surface,

such as in the wrist or neck.

Pulse.

In which English county are the renowned beauty spot of

Lulworth Cove and the nearby natural rock arch Durdle Door?

Dorset.

Which camel, found in Central Asia,

has two back humps, where the Arabian

or dromedary has only one?

Bactrian.

The memorial fountain that was opened by the Queen

in Hyde Park in July 2004 is dedicated to whom?

Princess Diana.

What structure do Australians affectionately refer to as

the Coathanger, because of its arch-based design?

Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, set in Japan,

has the alternative title The Town of Titipu?

The Mikado.

Which trade union, formed in 1922 from the amalgamation of

a number of unions, was at one time one of the largest in the world?

In 2007, it merged with Amicus to form Unite.

GMB.

No, Transport and General.

Who created the newspaper magnate Lord Copper,

the proprietor of the Daily Beast,

in his 1938 novel Scoop?

Pass.

In which city do the Spanish Steps lead up from the Piazza di Spagna

to the church of Trinita dei Monti?

Rome.

Southern Comfort is Bourbon

flavoured with oranges and which other fruit?

Lemon.

Peaches. Which striker was Jimmy Greaves' partner

in the football magazine programmes the pair presented

on television between 1985 and '92?

Pass.

In Greek mythology, what was the name of

the creatures of the wild that were part man and part beast...

BEEPING ..and who were closely associated

with the god Dionysus?

Their Roman equivalents were the fauns.

Minotaur?

No, the satyrs.

You had four passes altogether. Ian St John partnered Jimmy Greaves.

Evelyn Waugh wrote Scoop.

Nevil Shute was that novelist whose autobiography tells of

his career as an aeronautical engineer.

And Anthony Perkins played Norman Bates in Psycho.

But, Janet, you rocketed up, you got 19 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, Philip again, please.

And, Philip, you also have six points at this stage.

19 is now the score to beat.

In two and a half minutes of general knowledge, here we go.

Shore, hermit and spider are all common species of which crustacean?

Crab.

Which Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor and architect's

only surviving signature can be seen on the sash of the Madonna

on his Pieta in St Peter's in Rome?

Leonardo da Vinci.

Michelangelo. Which Asian island city is sometimes known as the Lion City,

from the Sanskrit origin of its name?

Pass.

What were the names of the two Edinburgh body snatchers of

the 1820s, whose activities resulted in the passing of

the 1832 Anatomy Act that regulated the supply of corpses?

Pass.

What structure was moved to its present location at the edge of

London's Hyde Park in 1851, close to the site of the old Tyburn gallows?

Marble Arch.

Who wrote the novel Midnight's Children,

which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1981?

Salman Rushdie.

What term for going through an intimidating experience

has its origins in the military punishment of receiving blows

while passing between rows of men wielding sticks?

Pass.

Which Christian martyr and saint was beheaded after the spiked wheel

on which she was to have been executed miraculously broke?

Joan of Arc.

St Catherine. Which British film director was nominated for an Oscar

for Brief Encounter in 1947

and for his last film, A Passage to India, in '85?

Mike Leigh.

David Lean. What part of the body does Bell's palsy affect the muscles of

because of a dysfunction of the nerves controlling them?

The feet.

The face. Which hardy flowering shrub, related to the rhododendron,

has a name that comes from the Greek for "dry"

because of the soil it flourishes in?

Hyacinth.

Azalea. Which pop singer replaced Sir Tom Jones

as a coach on the BBC talent show The Voice in 2015?

Boy George.

Which British mountaineer reached the summit of Everest

at his fourth try in 1985 at the age of 50?

Chris Bonington.

Although they were once colourful and lavishly decorated,

all Venetian gondolas have been painted the same colour since 1562,

when a law was passed to prevent ostentatious displays of wealth. What colour?

Black.

Which Rugby Super League club moved into

their new home ground, Langtry Park, in February 2012,

after they left their Knowsley Road Stadium

where they had played from 1890 to 2010?

St Helens.

Which lexicographer wrote his only novel, Rasselas, originally published

as The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale,

during the evenings of a single week in 1759 to pay his mother's funeral expenses?

Samuel Johnson.

Which American state has 55 electors, the greatest number in

the electoral college that chooses the President following an election?

California.

What Italian name is given to a puree

of sieved raw plum tomatoes...

BEEPING ..which can now be bought ready-made from supermarkets?

Panotta?

Close - passata.

Three passes.

"Running the gauntlet" is that term for an intimidating experience.

Burke and Hare were the body snatchers.

And Singapore is sometimes known as the Lion City,

from the Sanskrit origin of its name.

You have, Philip, 15 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, David again, please.

And you start out with ten points, David.

19 is still the score to beat,

so you have two and a half minutes in which to do it, or not.

In the nursery rhyme,

where did the old woman live who had so many children, she didn't know what to do?

Shoe.

In which resort on the Lincolnshire coast did Billy Butlin open

his first holiday camp on Easter Saturday in 1936?

Skegness.

Which actor, who died in 2015, played the creature in The Curse of Frankenstein

and Kharis, the Mummy, in the classic Hammer horror films?

Bela Lugosi?

Christopher Lee. Which biblical king of Israel

married the Phoenician princess Jezebel?

David.

Ahab. What name for a room or cupboard used as

a store for food originally referred to a place to keep meat?

Larder.

Which BBC Television sporting award programme

is often referred to by the acronym SPOTY?

Sports Personality of the Year.

Which actor and comedian, best known for playing a television detective and as

a regular panellist on QI, has written an autobiography called

My Favourite People and Me, 1978-88?

Jonathan Davies.

Alan Davies. Which romantic novel opens with the sentence,

"1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord,

"the solitary neighbour I shall be troubled with"?

Emma.

Wuthering Heights. Glass snakes are a group of legless reptiles

that resemble snakes, but are actually a genus of another reptile

that gives them their alternative name. What reptile?

Salamanders.

Lizard. In which 1875 opera by Bizet does the heroine throw a flower to Don Jose

before returning to work in a cigarette factory?

Carmen.

Which Soviet leader was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize?

Gorbachev.

The American government department known by the initials DHS

was created in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks

to protect the country against further such attacks.

What do the letters stand for?

Department of Homeland Security.

What word, meaning to pickle or to marinade and cook in spiced wine or vinegar,

can also mean to drench with water?

Um, drizzle?

Souse. Which President of Chile, who was the country's first socialist leader,

died after he was overthrown in a military coup in September 1973?

Allende.

The 1523 portrait of Erasmus seated at his desk

and the 1527 portrait of Sir Thomas More are among the early works of

a German-born painter who later moved to Britain. Who was he?

Holbein.

Who was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing title for

refusing to be drafted into the American Army in 1967?

Muhammad Ali.

Which imperial unit of land measurement has a name that may

have referred to the area of land a team of oxen could plough in a day?

Acre.

The chemical element with the atomic number 35 and chemical symbol Br

has a name that comes from the Greek for "stench". Which element?

Bromine.

Yes, is correct.

You got there just in time, too, didn't you?

No passes, David. You have 22 points.

APPLAUSE

And finally, Pamela again, please.

And you have 11 points to start,

and you have 22 points to beat. Let's see if you can do it

with your two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

Who created the character James Bond

when he appeared in his 1953 novel, Casino Royale?

Ian Fleming.

In which Middle Eastern country is the ancient city of Petra, described in

a poem by John William Burgon as "a rose red city, half as old as time"?

Jordan.

When the artist Giotto was asked by the Pope's envoy

to provide a sample of his best work,

what perfect shape is he said to have drawn freehand to demonstrate his ability?

Pass.

Which magician, who died in 2016, presented the television quiz shows

Odd One Out, Every Second Counts and Wipeout?

Paul Daniels.

Who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic

in 1927 in his plane the Spirit of St Louis?

Charles Lindbergh.

What name, from the Greek for "above the tongue",

is given to the flap of cartilage that covers

the opening leading into the larynx during swallowing?

Epiglottis.

Which prolific writer of detective stories wrote

a series of romance novels including Absent in the Spring

and The Burden, under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?

Pass.

In which South American country was the Israeli pianist

and conductor Daniel Barenboim born in 1942?

Brazil.

Argentina. What name is usually given to the pastime of pulling faces,

the World Championships of which are held in the village of Egremont in Cumbria?

Gurning.

Which large, seal-like marine mammal with long tusks

has a scientific name that roughly translates from Latin as "tooth-walking seahorse"?

Walrus.

Which king abdicated in September 1399 after

he was captured by the Earl of Northumberland's army at Conwy?

Pass.

Which 1853 novel by Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell is based on her

upbringing in the genteel town of Knutsford in Cheshire?

Cranford.

Who plays the outlaw and smuggler Han Solo in the film Star Wars and its sequels?

Harrison Ford.

Which London-born photographer discovered and first brought

the model Jean Shrimpton to the public eye during the '60s?

David Bailey.

What name is usually given to a cocktail of vodka and tomato juice,

often seasoned with Worcestershire sauce, pepper and salt?

Bloody Mary.

What French term that literally means "foot on the ground"

is used for a flat, house or other lodging for secondary or occasional use?

Pied-a-terre.

In 1985, the American athlete Willie Banks set

a world record of 17.97 metres that stood for ten years in which field event?

Triple jump.

What island was the birthplace of the nurse Mary Seacole,

she went to the Crimea at her own expense to tend the wounded

after she was rejected by the War Office without interview?

Jamaica.

How long should a period of quarantine last,

according to the Italian origin of the word?

40 days.

Who had a number three UK hit in 1977...

BEEPING ..with Evergreen, the love theme

from the film A Star Is Born, that she also co-starred in?

Barbra Streisand.

Is correct. Three passes.

Richard II was the king who abdicated after

he was captured by the Earl of Northumberland's army.

Agatha Christie was the writer of Absent in the Spring and The Burden.

And Giotto drew a perfect circle. How about that?

Pamela, you got 27 points.

APPLAUSE

So, no question about the winner!

Let's have a look at all of those scores.

In fourth place with 15 points, Philip Dubois.

Third place, 19 points, Janet Jackson.

Second place, 22 points, David Pickering.

First place, 27 points, Pamela Culley.

Which means, of course, that Pamela is tonight's winner.

She goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to her.

And if you would like to be a contender in the next series,

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