Episode 12 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Marcia Bull from Wiltshire.

Her specialist subject is the History of the City of Bath.

Next, Keith Nickless, a business development manager

from Tring on the band the Faces.

Paul Armstrong is a student from County Durham,

and he'll answer questions on Sophie Scholl

and the anti-Nazi group the White Rose.

And Adam Tumber is a management information analyst from Leeds.

His specialist subject, the racing driver Ayrton Senna.

Hello, and welcome to Mastermind

with me, John Humphrys.

After many hours of revision, four more contenders puts themselves to

the test tonight in the hope that they might be crowned the nation's

Mastermind eventually. All that work and they get just

two minutes on their own subject.

And then, the real killer -

two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

At stake tonight, a place in the semifinal.

So let's have our first contender, please.

And your name is?

Marcia Bull.

You occupation?

Retired.

And your specialist subject?

The History of the City of Bath.

City of Bath in two minutes, starting now.

The Roman name for Bath was Aquae Sulis, meaning waters of Sulis.

With which Roman deity was the Celtic goddess Sulis closely identified?

Minerva.

Yes. Under which King did the first phase of

post-Roman reconstruction take place in Bath in the late ninth century

with the reinforcement of its defences?

Edgar.

Alfred. What is the name of the Celtic prince who,

according to legend, was the founder of the city of Bath?

His statue overlooks the King's Bath.

Bladud.

Yes. Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Edgar the Peaceful

king of all England in Bath Abbey in 973?

Pass.

Which army officer who was sent to Bath in 1715

to quell a possible Jacobite uprising

went on to live in the city and become its MP?

He's famous for building military roads in the Highlands?

General Wade.

Yes. What is the name of the hill above Bath

that is the site of an Iron Age hillfort and village?

Pass.

In 1755, builders working for the second Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

found the eastern end of which complex archaeological site?

Pass.

In what year did the railway reach Bath when the line that linked

the city to Bristol went into service?

The whole route to London opened the following year.

1840.

Yes. The famous terrace in Bath built by John Wood, the Younger

between 1767-75 has former residents

including the Grand Old Duke of York

and the novelist and dramatist Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Which terrace?

The Royal Crescent.

Yes. Thomas Baldwin was the original architect

of the Grand Pump Room when work started on it in 1790,

but he was subsequently dismissed.

Which architect finished the building in 1795?

JM Brydon?

No, Palmer. In which terrace is there a plaque at number four

to commemorate that Jane Austen lived there from 1801 to 1805?

It's one of a number of places in Bath where she stayed with her family.

Sydney Terrace.

Sydney Place. What is the usual name given to the striking carving which

was probably the pediment above the Roman Temple?

It's now on view in the Roman Baths museum.

The Gorgon's Head.

Yes. In 1781, which astronomer and musician who lived at 19 New King Street

discovered a previously-unknown planet

that he called Georgium Sidus in honour of King George III?

BEEP

Herschel.

William Herschel is correct.

You had three passes.

In 1755, the builders found the

eastern end of the Roman Baths.

Little Salisbury Hill is the name of that hill above Bath

that is the site of an Iron Age hillfort.

And the Archbishop who crowned

Edgar the Peaceful was Dunstan.

And you have scored, Marcia, seven points.

Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Keith Nickless.

Your occupation?

I'm a business development manager.

And your chosen subject?

The Face, 1969-1975.

Faces in two minutes, here we go.

The Faces were a British rock band fronted by Rod Stewart.

Which song by the band reached number two in February '73

and gave them their highest-placed single in the UK?

It stayed in the charts for nine weeks.

Cindy Incidentally.

Yep. Which Radio 1 DJ became an early champion of the band?

They recorded several session tracks for his programme,

including Around The Plinth and Country Comfort in 1970?

John Peel.

Yeah. What's the name of the singer who joined the Faces

onstage at Dudley Zoo in 1970?

They were being jeered by the crowd,

but Stewart claimed the singer "turned the audience and saved us".

Robert Plant.

Yes. The other members of the Faces fooled around on Top Of The Pops

and kicked a football when they backed Stewart's performance

of which 1971 solo hit?

Maggie May.

Yes. Which track on the band's 1970 debut album First Step is a

reference to the fact that the bathroom in Ronnie Lane's

flat was extremely cold?

Stone.

Shake, Shudder, Shiver.

Which guitarist left the Faces in 1975

and joined the Rolling Stones to replace Mick Taylor?

He had played on the Stones' single It's Only Rock and Roll,

released in 1974.

Ron Wood.

Yes. In which mountain region of Pennsylvania did the Faces play

to 200,000 people in July '72 at a festival

that also featured Humble Pie and Emerson, Lake and Palmer?

Ponoco?

Pocono - nearly. The Pocono Mountains.

The Faces' tour of North America in 1970

began with a concert supporting the MC5

and Canned Heat at a venue in Toronto.

What was the venue called?

Boston Tea Party.

The Varsity Arena. Which former employee

of the Robert Stigwood Organisation, who was by then a Polydor employee,

became the Faces' first manager in 1969?

Billy Gaff.

Yep. What is the name of the Japanese musician formerly with Free

who replaced the bass player Ronnie Lane

when he left the Faces in 1973?

Tetsu Yamauchi.

Yep. Which American hotel chain banned the Faces from staying in

their hotels because of their bad behaviour?

They took to booking themselves in as Fleetwood Mac instead.

Holiday Inn.

Yes. A live album was released in 1974 that is considered to be

the Faces' final album, although it is jointly credited to Rod Stewart.

What's it called? BEEP

Live Coast To Coast - Overture And Beginners.

That's it. That is exactly it.

You have no passes, you have nine points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Paul Armstrong.

Your occupation?

Student.

And your chosen subject?

Sophie Scholl and The White Rose.

In two minutes, starting now.

The group known as the White Rose produced and distributed anti-Nazi

leaflets in Germany in the 1940s.

Several members were tried for treason.

They were led by students including Sophie Scholl from which university?

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat.

Yes, Munich University.

What was the name of the caretaker at Munich University who initially

detained Sophie Scholl and her brother, Hans,

when he realised they had distributed leaflets there?

Jacob Schmidt.

Yep. Which of the leaflets circulated by the White Rose

first contained details of the Nazi extermination of Jews in Poland?

Leaflet II?

Yes. Which senior member of the Gestapo

was originally assigned to investigate the leaflets and

interrogated Sophie after she and Hans

were arrested for distributing copies

of the final leaflet at the university?

Robert Mohr.

Yep. Sophie's cellmate before her trial was a woman who had been

imprisoned for her involvement with the Communist resistance.

What was her name?

Else Gebel?

Yes. Josef Sohngen, whose shop on the Maximilian Platz

was often visited by Hans Scholl and other members of the group, was later

sentenced to six months in prison

for failing to report seditious activity.

What type of shop did he run?

A bookshop?

Yes. Which young lawyer who observed the first White Rose trial helped

Robert Scholl submit a plea for clemency to the state attorney general

for the lives of his children and Christoph Probst?

Johan Sohngen?

No, Leo Samberger.

On the 22nd of February, 1943, Sophie and Hans Scholl,

and Christoph Probst, were found guilty of treason

and were executed by guillotine on the same day.

In which prison did their executions,

and later those of other White Rose members, take place?

Stadelheim.

Yes. Sophie realised that her brother Hans was the author of

the first White Rose leaflet when she found an essay on his desk

called The Lawgiving Of Lycurgus,

which was the source of a quotation in the leaflet.

Who was the author of the essay?

Pass.

In what profession did Sophie qualify at the Frobel Institute

after she left school in an attempt

to avoid the National Labour Service?

Kindergarten teacher?

Yes. What was the name of the Protestant chaplain at

Stadelheim Prison who read Bible passages

with Sophie and Hans...? BEEP

..and prayed with them shortly before their execution?

Karl Alt.

Is correct. Just one pass.

Friedrich Schiller was the source of that quotation.

You have scored nine points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Adam Tumber.

Your occupation?

I am a freelance MI analyst.

And your chosen subject?

Ayrton Senna.

Ayrton Senna in two minutes. Here we go.

The Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna

won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship three times

before he was killed in a crash at Imola in May '94.

What was his actual surname,

although he raced in Formula One under his mother's maiden name?

Da Silva.

Yes. At which circuit did Senna record his first victory

in a Formula Ford race in March '81?

Brands Hatch?

Yes. The '84 Monaco Grand Prix was held in heavy rain and was

controversially stopped by an ex-Formula One driver

as Senna was catching the leader, Alain Prost.

What was the ex-Formula One driver's name?

Jacky Ickx.

Yes. Senna took pole position for the 65th time at Imola in '94,

but was killed after he crashed into a wall at high speed

while he was leading the race. Which team was he driving for?

Williams.

Yes. In 1988, McLaren won every Grand Prix except for Monza,

where Senna was leading when he collided with a Williams driver

as he tried to lap him. What was the driver's name?

Jean-Louis Schlesser.

Yes. Which fellow Brazilian snubbed Senna when they first met

in Zolder in 1982?

He made derogatory comments about Senna's private life,

and dismissed him as a "Sao Paulo taxi driver."

Nelson Piquet.

Yes. Senna crashed during qualification for the '91 Mexican Grand Prix,

and his car finished upside down.

At which corner did he crash?

Peraltada.

Yes. What was the name of the president of the FIA,

whom Senna accused of favouring his fellow Frenchman, Alain Prost,

during the feud between the two drivers?

Jean-Marie Balestre.

Correct. At which circuit did Senna clinch the '88 World Drivers Championship?

It was also the scene of the title-deciding collisions between

Senna and Prost in '89 and 1990?

-Suzuka.

-Yes.

In '91, Senna finally won the Brazilian Grand Prix at the eighth

attempt, even though there was a technical problem with his gearbox,

so he had to drive the final laps of the race in which gear?

-Sixth.

-Yes.

What methods did Senna and the McLaren boss Ron Dennis use

to settle the deadlock during their contract negotiations in '88?

The result cost Senna one and a half million dollars.

-They tossed a coin.

-They did.

Which circuit staged the '93 European Grand Prix where,

on a wet track, Senna overtook four cars on the first lap and won

by over a minute after he lapped all but one of the other drivers?

BELL

Donington.

Donington is absolutely correct.

As were all your other answers.

You have no passes.

You have scored 12 points.

Well, that's the end of the first round and it's pretty close.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, seven points, Marcia Bull.

Joint second place, nine points apiece,

Keith Nickless and Paul Armstrong.

First place, 12 points, Adam Tumber.

So, it is round two now. General Knowledge.

And if there's 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 has to be a tie-break.

And it's possible for a runner-up to get through to the semifinal

as well, the six highest-scoring runners up will qualify.

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

And you start out with seven points,

with your knowledge of the City of Bath.

Plenty of time to catch up, because we have two and a half minutes

of general knowledge questions, starting now.

The Scottish flag is known as the Saltire, or the cross of which saint?

St Andrew.

Yes. The Beluga whale, that's found mainly in the coastal waters of the Arctic ocean

and adjacent seas, has an alternative name that comes from the

distinctive colouring of the fully grown adults. What name?

White whale?

Yes. In which 1963 film does Cliff Richard play Don,

a London bus mechanic who goes across Europe

with three friends in a double-decker?

Summer Holiday.

Yes. Which Italian dessert, an eggless custard served chilled and

delicately flavoured, has a name meaning "cooked cream"?

Zabaglione.

No, it's panna cotta. Which material that

was once widely used in the building industry,

but now banned, is mainly obtained from chrysotile,

a fibrous form of the mineral serpentine?

Asbestos.

Yes. By what name was the Visitors or Public Gallery

in the House of Commons formerly known?

Whispering Gallery.

The Strangers Gallery. Which Leonardo DiCaprio film, set in Thailand, features

the All Saints UK number one hit single Pure Shores on its soundtrack?

The Beach?

Yes. What word of German and French origin is a slang term

describing something ruined, broken or not functioning?

Pass.

In 2011, the Turner prize-winning ceramic artist Grayson Perry

toured Bavaria on a high-powered pink and blue motorcycle

with his childhood toy, Alan Measles.

What type of toy?

Teddy bear?

Yes. Croatia and Slovenia were among the constituent republics of

a country from 1945 to 1991.

Which country?

Yugoslavia.

Yes. Which Venetian-born adventurer

and confidence trickster, who died in 1798,

spent the last 12 years of his life working as librarian in Bohemia?

Pass.

In Greek mythology, what was left at the bottom of Pandora's box

after all the evils had escaped to afflict mankind?

Hope.

Yes. The International Date Line deviates round part of an American state

so that the whole state can have the same calendar day

as the rest of America. Which state?

Texas.

Alaska. What title in the English peerage ranks

immediately below that of a duke?

Marquis?

Yes. Which private eye, that was played by Tom Selleck

in a 1980s television series, has the forenames Thomas Sullivan?

Magnum.

Yes. About what achievement did President Richard Nixon

reportedly say in July 1969, "This is the greatest week

"in the history of the world since the Creation"?

Pass.

Which city is served by Orly

and Charles de Gaulle international airports?

Paris.

Yes. For what the initials LSE stand in the name of an educational

establishment that was founded in 1895?

London School of Economics.

Yes. In 1967, AK Chesterton, the cousin of the author GK Chesterton,

became the first chairman of a far-right British political party.

-Which party?

-19...?

Sorry?

-Pass.

-Tell me... Oh, OK.

Well, we'll take it as a pass,

cos I've got to tell you anyway, haven't I?

Because we're out of time. It was the National Front.

And your other passes...

Nixon waxed lyrical,

"Greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation,"

-it was man's first landing on the moon.

-Oh!

-The Venetian-born adventurer was Casanova.

-Oh.

That word of German and French origin,

-something ruined or broken or whatever, kaput.

-Oh, right.

There we are. You have 19 points.

Thank you.

And now, Keith again, please.

And you start out with nine points, Keith.

19, the score to beat as we speak.

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

Which square is the principal setting

for the television soap opera EastEnders?

Albert Square.

Yes. Which Greek Titan is often depicted with a globe on his shoulder?

Since the 16th century, he's shared his name with a book of maps.

Atlas.

Yes. Which British soldier and statesman's horse

was named Copenhagen and was given a funeral

with full military honours when it died in 1836?

Duke of Wellington?

Yes. What international sporting competition did Great Britain

win for the first time in 79 years in November 2015,

when Andy Murray beat the Belgian David Goffin?

Davis Cup.

Yes. In which American city are the permanent headquarters

of the International Monetary Fund?

Washington.

Yes. Mick Hucknall is the lead singer with a band

that formed in 1985 in Manchester. Which band?

Simply Red.

Yes. Which Chinese city gives its name to a dried and roasted duck dish

traditionally served with thin pancakes,

green onions and hoisin sauce?

Peking?

Yes. What name, related to the Latin for hood,

is used for the streamlined metal casing round an engine

such as in an aircraft or motor vehicle?

Capsule?

Cowling. The design of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in the 1660s

was one of the first major commissions of an architect

who was later appointed to rebuild a number of churches

after the Great Fire of London. Which architect?

Wren.

Yes. In which Commonwealth country were the writers

Margaret Atwood, Saul Bellow

and Lucy Maud Montgomery all born?

Canada.

Which city on the River Wye is famed as a cider-making centre

and has its own Nelson's Column on the site of the old castle?

Hereford.

In the 2016 film version of Dad's Army,

who plays the role of Captain Mainwaring?

Toby Jones.

The siblings Tom and Maggie Tulliver,

who live in the village of St Ogg's in Lincolnshire,

are the principal characters of

a semiautobiographical novel by George Eliot. Which novel?

The Mill On The Floss.

Of which so-called nut are there sweet and bitter types

that are produced by two trees in the genus Prunus

which are close relatives of the peach tree?

Almond.

Which poisonous, gaseous compound of hydrogen

has a characteristic smell of bad eggs

and is found in small quantities in natural gas?

-Sulphur.

-Hydrogen sulphide.

Who was executed by a swordsman in May 1536

after she was accused of adultery with, among others,

the young musician Mark Smeaton?

Anne Boleyn.

What type of missile was originally invented for the Austrian Navy

by the Lancashire-born engineer Robert Whitehead

at a marine engineering works in Fiume in 1866?

Torpedo.

Which television cartoon character

lives in a two-storey pineapple in Bikini Bottom,

a city deep under the sea,

and works at the Krusty Krab restaurant?

-SpongeBob SquarePants.

-Of course.

Which Labour Party leader served on the National Executive

of the Anti-Apartheid Movement... BEEP

..and was arrested in 1984

for protesting outside South Africa House?

-Jeremy Corbyn.

-It was indeed Jeremy Corbyn.

No passes, Keith. You have a total of 26 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Paul again, please.

And, Paul, you also start out with a score of nine,

but the score to beat has now gone up a little. It's 26.

So, let's see if you can do that with your general knowledge.

Here we go.

Which tragic couple are

the title characters of a Shakespeare play

in which they are secretly married

by the Franciscan Friar Laurence?

Romeo and Juliet.

What Latin phrase for a career resume

is generally abbreviated to the letters CV?

Curriculum vitae.

Of which large, herbivorous mammal

are the Indian, Javan and Sumatran the Asian species?

The other two species are native to Africa.

-Elephant.

-Rhinoceros.

Leigh-on-Sea in Essex is a Western district

of a larger seaside resort that is famed for its pier.

Which resort?

Brighton.

Southend. Which series of short television films

by Aardman Animations features animals of all sizes

talking about aspects of modern life?

Creature Comforts.

How is the French composer Emile Waldteufel's

well-known waltz with a wintry theme

entitled Les Patineurs usually translated into English?

Pass.

What is the southernmost of Spain's Mediterranean Costas?

It includes the resorts of Torremolinos and Marbella.

Pass.

Which American science-fiction author

wrote the original Dune series of novels?

Pass.

What Italian name is used for the annual variety of broccoli

that is traditionally harvested in the summer?

Pass.

Sir Peter Blake is one of the leading pioneers in Britain

of an art movement that uses objects such as soup cans

and other images of consumerism as subject matter.

Which movement?

Objectivism.

Pop Art. What is the name of the ageing film star

played by Gloria Swanson in the 1950 Billy Wilder film

Sunset Boulevard?

Pass.

Which American rock group had a top five hit in 2008

with the single Human featuring the lyrics,

"Are we human or are we dancers"?

The Killers.

Which shipping forecast sea area

includes both the Orkney and Shetland Islands?

-Dogger's End.

-Fair Isle.

The syrup cassis, that is a speciality of Dijon,

is made from which fruit?

-Apples.

-Blackcurrant.

What name is given to the process

that was discovered in 1839 by the inventor Charles Goodyear

whereby rubber is heated with sulphur

to improve its physical properties?

Vulcanisation.

Which football club's home ground

is sometimes known as Parkhead,

the name of the district of Glasgow where it's situated?

Celtic.

In July 1847, the United States issued

its first national adhesive postage stamp.

Which president was on the ten-cent stamp?

Washington.

Which 15th-century Dominican monk

who reorganised the Spanish Inquisition

is notorious for the zeal and cruelty

with which he carried out his duties? BEEP

-Pass.

-I can tell you because we're out of time.

It was Torquemada.

Yeah. Your passes.

Norma Desmond was the ageing film star in Gloria Swanson's film.

Calabrese is that sort of summer version of broccoli.

Frank Herbert wrote the original Dune series of novels.

Southernmost of Spain's Costas is the Costa Del Sol.

And that French composer's well-known waltz

was The Skater's Waltz.

Paul, you have a total of 16 points.

APPLAUSE

And, finally, Adam again, please.

And you start out with 12 points.

The score to beat is still 26.

Let's see if you can do that with your general knowledge starting now.

What is the title of the 1941 Disney film

that features Jim Crow and his friends

singing When I See An Elephant Fly?

Dumbo.

In which five-a-side indoor sport are the London Lions,

Sheffield Sharks, Bristol Flyers

and Manchester Giants among the leading British teams?

-Ice hockey.

-Basketball.

Which planet orbits the sun only once every 165 years?

It has only completed one orbit

since its discovery in 1846.

Neptune.

Which character is played by the late Frank Kelly

in the television comedy Father Ted?

He has a monosyllabic vocabulary

usually limited to, "Drink."

Father Jack.

By what childhood nickname was

President Lyndon B Johnson's wife Claudia generally known?

Lady Bird.

What term for someone only able to speak one language

comes from the Greek for single tongue?

Monoglot.

Which future party leader was first elected to Parliament

in a by-election in February 1989

when he retained Richmond, North Yorkshire

for the Conservatives?

William Hague.

What is the occupation of the meek and elderly Septimus Harding

according to the title of Anthony Trollope's 1855 novel?

-A parson.

-The warden.

Who wrote both the script and the musical score,

and also starred in the 1984 film

Give My Regards To Broad Street?

Pass.

Mary Richardson was part of a movement

that was responsible for the defacement

of Velazquez' Rokeby Venus

and other works of art in 1913 and 1914.

Which movement?

Pass.

On which motorway in northern England

are Burtonwood, Birch, Hartshead Moor

and Ferrybridge the four service stations?

M62.

What is the name of the spider who lives in a web

overlooking the barn of her friend Wilbur the pig

in EB White's children's novel that was first published in 1952?

Charlotte.

In which American state are the cities of Cleveland, Akron and Toledo?

Ohio.

Which shrine in Jerusalem stands on the site

where Abraham is believed to have been prepared

to sacrifice his son Isaac?

It's the oldest surviving Islamic monument.

Dome of the Rock.

Anne-Sophie Mutter, a former child prodigy

and a virtuoso performer on the violin,

was born in which country in 1963?

-Germany.

-West Germany, yeah.

What is the name of the O'Hara family's plantation

in the film Gone With The Wind?

Pass.

Black-headed and herring are species of sea birds

belonging to the family Laridae. Which birds?

-Gull.

-What name is given to the device

in an internal combustion engine

in which air is mixed with vaporised fuel

in the correct proportion?

Carburettor.

The holder of which office has his official summer residence

in the Palace of Castel Gandolfo

in the Lazio region of Italy? BEEP

-The Pope.

-The Pope is correct.

You had three passes.

The name of the O'Hara family's plantation was Tara.

The suffragettes, that was the movement we were looking for.

1913 and '14.

And the chap who wrote the script and the score

for Give My Regards To Broad Street was Paul McCartney.

You may have heard of him doing one or two other things, as well.

And your score is 26.

APPLAUSE

So, what a close contest. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, 16 points, Paul Armstrong.

Third place, 19 points, Marcia Bull.

Second place, with 26 points and three passes,

Adam Tumber.

First place, with 26 points and no passes,

Keith Nickless.

APPLAUSE

And that means that Keith Nickless is tonight's winner.

It shows how important it is not to pass.

And he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

Commiserations to Adam but, with a score of 26,

it's just possible that we will see him again in the semifinal.

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