Episode 13 Mastermind

The first contender to brave the black chair tonight is Gary Maggs.

He's a business transformation consultant from Salisbury

and his specialist subject, Queen.

Next, Rod Allday, a retired quantity surveyor from Cornwall.

He's answering questions on the artist Dame Laura Knight.

Emma Harris is an Assistant Director of Studies

from East Sussex.

Her specialist subject, the businesswoman Anita Roddick.

And, finally, Tony Richardson, a teacher from Newcastle on Tyne.

His subject, Don Revie.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight, four people who consider themselves experts -

at least on their specialist subjects.

But when we get to the General Knowledge round,

nobody is an expert,

for the very simple reason that nobody knows what to expect.

What we DO know is that one of the four

will go through to the semifinals tonight

and will be in with a chance of becoming Mastermind champion.

So, let's find out who that will be

and ask our first contender to join us, please.

Queen in two minutes, starting now.

Which Queen single had an accompanying video based on footage

from the 1927 film Metropolis and includes the lyrics

"You had your time, you had the power

"You've yet to have your finest hour"?

-Radio Ga Ga.

-What was the first of the six songs

the band performed at Live Aid at Wembley in July 1985?

-Somebody To Love.

-Bohemian Rhapsody.

For which single does the video feature John Deacon wearing a court jester's hat,

Roger Taylor with a kettle on his head, Brian May with a giant beak

and Freddie Mercury dressed in a suit and white gloves?

-Show Must Go On.

-I'm Going Slightly Mad.

In October, 1975, the DJ Kenny Everett got an advance copy of Bohemian Rhapsody

and repeatedly played it one weekend before it was officially released as a single.

For which radio station was he working at the time?

-Capital.

-The controversial video for the single Bicycle Race

shows a large group of naked women cycling round which London greyhound track?

-Harringay.

-Wimbledon.

Queen's first two albums were called Queen and Queen II.

What is the name of their third album, released in 1974,

that reached number two in the UK charts?

Sheer Heart Attack.

What was the name given to band's final tour in 1986 that culminated

in their last live performance with Freddie Mercury at Knebworth on 9th August?

-Pass.

-Queen's first appearance on Top Of The Pops in February '74,

with the single Seven Seas of Rhye, was as a last-minute substitute

for which other performer, whose promotional film was not available?

-David Bowie.

-Several Queen tracks, including the title song

on their album A Kind Of Magic, feature on the soundtrack of which 1986 fantasy film?

-Highlander.

-Which Queen song was their first

to enter the top 20 in the US singles charts?

It reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

-Bohemian Rhapsody.

-Killer Queen.

In October, 1984, Queen had to cancel some of their scheduled 12 concerts

at a resort in South Africa because Freddie had throat nodules. Which resort?

-Sun City.

-What is the English subtitle of the song Teo Torriatte

on the 1976 album A Day At The Races?

BUZZER

-Wings Of Love?

-No, it was Let Us Cling Together.

One pass, Gary.

Magic Tour was the name given to their final tour in 1986.

-You have scored 6 points.

-Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

Dame Laura Knight in two minutes. Here we go.

The painter Dame Laura Knight was born Laura Johnson

in Derbyshire in 1877.

How old was she when she was enrolled at the Nottingham School of Art?

She was reputedly the youngest pupil they'd ever had.

-13.

-What's the title of Knight's first painting to be accepted

for exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1903? It sold for £20.

Mother and Child.

Knight became the first female full member of the Royal Academy in 1936.

Two years later, she had to mediate in a row over the Academy's rejection

of a portrait by Percy Wyndham Lewis of which poet?

-TS Eliot.

-In 1913, Knight challenged the artistic conventions of the day

when she portrayed herself painting a female nude. Which friend was the model?

-Ella Naper.

-What's the title of the 1911 painting

featuring the dancer Dolly Snell on the beach at Newlyn,

which was sold to the National Gallery of Canada for £400?

The Green Feather.

In the 1930s, Knight worked with a well-known ceramics designer

on a spectacular dinner service set called Circus. Which designer?

-Clarice Cliff.

-In 1929, at which hospital in Baltimore, Maryland,

did Knight make studies of black women and children in the segregated wards,

while her husband worked on various portrait commissions?

Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital.

Who was the chairman of the War Artists Advisory Committee,

who commissioned Knight to illustrate the war effort in factories and elsewhere?

-Kenneth Clark.

-When Knight painted a series of works of gypsies

at the Epsom race meetings in the mid-'30s,

she set up a makeshift studio in a car. What make of car?

-A Rolls-Royce.

-One of Knight's favourite models for her portrayal of gypsies

was a deaf-mute woman called Freedom Smith. By what biblical name did Knight refer to her?

-Beulah.

-Which ballet company, founded and run by Sergei Diaghilev,

became the inspiration for many of Knight's paintings of dancers?

The Ballets Russes.

Knight's last commission as a war artist was in January, 1946,

when she went abroad to cover a major international event. What event?

The Nuremberg Trial.

Which London gallery exhibited and sold several paintings

by both Laura and Harold Knight from 1906... BUZZER

..after the gallery's dealer, Ernest Brown, had been much impressed by their work?

-Leicester Galleries.

-Is correct.

As was every other answer.

You had no passes, you got them all right. 13 points.

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And our next contender, please.

Anita Roddick in two minutes. Here we go.

In which town did Anita Roddick open the first Body Shop in 1976?

She painted the interior dark green to cover up damp patches on the walls.

-Brighton.

-Roddick trained at Newton Park College in Bath for which profession?

She ultimately rejected it as a career because she couldn't settle

and travelled on the hippy trail to Australia and Africa instead.

-Teaching.

-In what year did The Body Shop go public,

with a flotation on the unlisted securities market?

Anita and Gordon Roddick became millionaires as a result.

-1991.

-1984.

-Ah.

What name was given to the generously proportioned doll

that appeared in the '97 advertising campaign, along with the words,

"There are three billion women who don't look like supermodels and only eight who do"?

-Pass.

-Who was the director of Friends of the Earth in the late '80s,

with whom Roddick and The Body Shop collaborated on awareness campaigns

about acid rain and the ozone layer?

Um... Pass.

In which seaside town were the headquarters of The Body Shop established?

It was the same town in which Roddick was born in 1942.

-Littlehampton.

-What was the name of the cafe run by Roddick's parents

in a converted chapel in Littlehampton?

-Clifton Cafe.

-Which organisation did Roddick and The Body Shop collaborate with

in 1986 in a major campaign to save the whale?

-Greenpeace.

-What was the name of the Romanian village

where Roddick visited three orphanages in May, 1990?

She was so appalled by what she saw that she set up

the Romanian Relief Drive to improve conditions there.

I don't remember. Pass.

In which American city did Anita Perella marry Gordon Roddick in 1970

with the encouraging words from the registrar,

"Don't worry, sweetheart, if you stay three weeks, you can get divorced"?

-Las Vegas.

-Reno.

What was the name of the restaurant that Anita and Gordon opened in Littlehampton

in the early '70s that initially offered Italian-style health food?

The business only took off when they turned it into an American-style diner.

-Paddington's restaurant.

-What is the name of the factory

that the Roddicks set up in Easterhouse in Glasgow in 1988

with the aim of generating employment and funding community projects in the area?

-Soapworks.

-Which American outdoor clothing company... BUZZER

..does Roddick cite in her autobiographical works as one of the leaders

in the socially responsible business movement and a consistent source of inspiration?

Oh...

-Um, pass.

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

-Patagonia.

-Ah.

-And your other passes.

-The name of that Romanian village was Halaucesti.

-Oh, OK.

The chap who was director of Friends of the Earth

in the late '80s was Jonathon Porritt.

And the name given to that generously proportioned doll

-was Ruby.

-Ah.

-You scored, Emma, 7 points.

-Thank you.

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And our final contender, please.

Don Revie in two minutes, starting now.

From which club in his home town of Middlesbrough

did Revie join his first professional club, Leicester City, in 1944?

Middlesbrough Swifts.

In '61, which junior director and future chairman appointed Revie

manager of Leeds United, even though Sam Bolton was chairman at the time?

-Harry Reynolds.

-Who was the manager of Bury in '62 who, many years later,

alleged that Revie had offered him £500 to throw a game?

Bob Stokoe.

Which team did Leeds play in their final league game of the '71-'72 season?

Leeds lost and it cost them the Championship

and Revie was later accused of offering them bribes.

-Wolves.

-What was the name of Revie's manager at Leicester City between 1946 and '49?

Revie married his niece, Elsie.

-Johnny Duncan.

-While he was at Manchester City,

the club adopted a new style of play, known as the Revie Plan,

based around Revie as a deep-lying centre forward in imitation of which national team?

-Hungary.

-For what reported fee did Revie join Leeds United from Sunderland

in November, '58?

-£15,000.

-£14,000.

Which midfielder did Leeds sign from Everton in March, '62?

His arrival was seen as instrumental in Leeds' rise under Revie.

-Bobby Collins.

-Revie played in the Leicester City team which beat Portsmouth

in the '49 FA Cup semifinal, but missed the final against Wolves

because of a serious injury to what part of his body?

-His nose.

-In '61, Revie abandoned Leeds United's blue and gold colours

in favour of an all-white strip in a deliberate attempt to imitate which European club?

-Real Madrid.

-Which ground hosted the 1970 FA Cup final replay,

when Revie's Leeds United were beaten by Chelsea after extra time?

-Old Trafford.

-Who scored Leeds' goal in the 1-1 draw in the home leg

of the 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final?

It meant Leeds won the competition on the away goals rule,

as the first leg had finished 2-2.

-Allan Clarke.

-Which member of his team did Revie recommend

as his successor as manager of Leeds,

after he announced that he was leaving the club for the England post?

The job was given to Brian Clough instead.

-Johnny Giles.

-Is correct. BUZZER

And that's your time up.

And you had no passes either, Tony. You have scored 12 points.

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Some good scoring in that first round.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 6 points, Gary Maggs.

Third place, 7 points, Emma Harris.

Second place, 12 points, Tony Richardson.

In first place, 13 points, Rod Allday.

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So, it is the general knowledge round now,

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 will 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 Gary to join us again, please.

And...you now have two and a half minutes

of general knowledge questions to catch up

and overtake the rest of the group. Here we go.

Two and a half minutes, starting now.

What is the name of the canal in Central America

that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

-Panama.

-The musical Sunny Afternoon tells of the early lives

and career of members of which band?

-Kinks.

-Which former star of Baywatch and Knight Rider

plays a fictionalised version of himself

in the television comedy documentary Hoff The Record?

-Pass.

-What is the title of Milton's sequel to Paradise Lost,

that was published four years later?

Paradise Regained.

Which British political party was founded in 1925 by Saunders Lewis, among others?

He went on to become its second president in 1926.

-Fabians.

-Plaid Cymru.

Which American comedian, who died in September, 2014,

once said she wanted Meryl Streep at her funeral crying in five different accents?

-Pass.

-Who wrote The Little Drummer Girl, that was first published in 1983?

It's about a young actress involved in the world of Middle Eastern espionage and terrorism.

-John Le Carre.

-In what 2014 film, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt,

does an ineffectual army officer find himself

caught in a time loop in a war with an alien race?

-Pass.

-Which former member of the Monty Python team

wrote and sang the theme song for the television series One Foot In The Grave?

Eric Idle.

The alpaca, guanaco and vicuna are close relatives of another South American mammal

that is a member of the camel family. Which mammal?

-Llama.

-Which picturesque fishing port in North Yorkshire

is particularly associated with the production of jewellery

made from the locally sourced semiprecious stone jet?

-Bridlington.

-Whitby.

With which Bangles hit from 1989

did Atomic Kitten top the UK singles chart in August, 2001?

-Eternal Flame.

-Which war was ended by the Peace of Vereeniging,

signed on 31st May, 1902?

The...Russo...

No, the Second Boer War.

Which 18th century American statesman and scientist

is credited with inventing, among other things,

the lightning rod, bifocal spectacles and a wood-burning stove?

-Um, Edison.

-Benjamin Franklin.

What is the name of the trophy awarded to the man of the match

in the rugby league Challenge Cup final? It was introduced in 1946 in memory

of the New Zealand-born player and administrator who was killed in a road accident.

I know, but I can't remember. Pass.

In which German city is the Festspielhaus or Festival Theatre,

whose foundation stone was laid in 1872,

the year the composer Richard Wagner settled there?

-Munich.

-Bayreuth.

In which religion does the noble eight-fold path lead,

ultimately, to nirvana? BUZZER

-Go on, take a guess.

-Hinduism.

-Ah, well, it might have been.

It's Buddhism. There you go.

You had four passes.

The Lance Todd Trophy - that was that rugby trophy.

The Edge Of Tomorrow was the Tom Cruise film.

Joan Rivers was the genius who says she wanted Meryl Streep

-at her funeral crying in five different accents.

-Mm-hmm.

And you'll be cross with yourself about this one.

That former star, Hoff The Record -

-David Hasselhoff.

-Mmm, of course.

You now have, Gary, 13 points.

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And now Emma again, please.

And, Emma, you start out with 7 points.

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

Two and a half minutes, as I say, starting now.

How many railway stations are there in the original game of Monopoly?

-Four.

-Which 2015 film, that's directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson

and stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, is based on a novel by EL James?

-Fifty Shades Of Grey.

-Holly Valance, who topped the UK charts in May, 2002,

with Kiss Kiss, played Flick Scully in which Australian soap opera?

-Neighbours.

-What is the common name of the tree

whose alternative English names include the may and the may blossom?

-Pass.

-Which veteran Britpop band returned to the top of the album charts

in May, 2015, with their sixth UK number one album, The Magic Whip?

I'll guess Blur.

By what nickname was the 16th century Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti generally known?

It means "little cloth dyer" and is a reference to the occupation of his father.

-Pass.

-Which threesome that were created by Alexandre Dumas

have the motto, "All for one and one for all"?

-The Three Musketeers.

-What percentage of the votes cast in a given constituency

must the candidate in a general election receive

to avoid losing his or her deposit? It was reduced from 12.5% in 1985.

-10?

-5. Whose acting roles include the teenage thug

Pinkie Brown in Brighton Rock and the owner of the theme park in Jurassic Park?

-Richard Attenborough.

-To which Spanish football club

was Gary Neville appointed as head coach in December, 2015? He was sacked in March, 2016.

-Er, Atletico Madrid?

-Valencia.

What is the name of the rebellious 16-year-old hero

of JD Salinger's novel The Catcher In The Rye?

-Um, I do know, but... Pass.

-We'll take it as a pass.

What species of animal was Amalthea,

who suckled the infant Zeus on Mount Ida in Greek mythology?

-Er, pass.

-What is the name of the residence

of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

that's also used by the royal family when they visit?

-Um, Stormont?

-Hillsborough.

The feast day of an archangel who was the patron saint

of soldiers, police officers and grocers is on 29th September. Which archangel?

-Gabriel?

-Michael.

The model and actress Edie Sedgwick, who died, aged 28, in 1971,

was the muse and inspiration for an artist

during the height of the pop art movement in the '60s. Which artist?

-Andy Warhol.

-What's the name of the organisation that's responsible for lighthouses

and other aids to maritime navigation

in the waters of England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar?

-Um, pass.

-Which vitamin is produced in the body

by the action of ultraviolet radiation on the skin?

-Vitamin D.

-What word can mean... BUZZER

..a musical instrument or a tall narrow wine glass?

-Flute.

-Is correct. You had five passes, Emma.

-Trinity House were the lighthouse people.

-Ah.

I bet it was Gibraltar that threw you. Anyway, there we are.

Amalthea, in that bit of Greek mythology, was a goat, a nanny goat.

-Ah.

-The name of that rebellious, wonderful 16-year-old

was Holden Caulfield.

That Venetian painter had the nickname Tintoretto.

-And the may and the may blossom are also the common hawthorn tree.

-Ah.

You have a total, Emma, of 16 points.

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And now Tony again, please.

You start out with 12 points,

so the score to beat at the moment is 16,

and you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge

in which to do it. Here we go.

Which country did Britain fight against in the Falklands conflict?

-Argentina.

-In AA Milne's poem,

with whom did Christopher Robin go down to Buckingham Palace?

-Winnie-the-Pooh.

-Alice.

Which 1978 Alan Parker film is based on the true story of Billy Hayes,

an American college student incarcerated in a Turkish prison on drug smuggling charges?

-Midnight Express.

-Which noisy bird, which form huge flocks

and often roosts in cities, has the Latin name Sturnus vulgaris?

-Starling.

-Which Yorkshireman scored his 100th first-class century

in a test match against Australia at Headingley in 1977?

-Geoff Boycott.

-What nickname did the men of the British 7th Armoured Division adopt

during the North Africa campaign in the Second World War?

It was based on the animal later depicted on their shoulder flash.

-Desert rats.

-In 2016, a veteran Coronation Street character,

played by William Roache, started dating Audrey Roberts. Which character?

-Ken Barlow.

-What preposition, meaning "in relation to" or "regarding",

comes from the French for "face to face"?

-Vis-a-vis.

-Of which island group is the island of Ibiza the third largest?

-Balearics.

-Which Scottish pop band's first hit single, Keep On Dancing,

reached number nine in the UK charts in 1971?

-KC And The Sunshine Band.

-Bay City Rollers.

What was the name of Hitler's chief architect,

who was tasked with transforming Berlin to Germania,

the gleaming capital of the future greater German world empire?

-Speer.

-Who served as president of the National Union of Mineworkers

from 1982 to 2002 and led them into a strike in 1984?

-Scargill.

-Which poet was named

after his paternal grandfather, known as Sir Bysshe?

-John Betjeman.

-Percy Bysshe Shelley.

What name is given to the water-soluble carbohydrate substances

that occur particularly in fruit and are used to make jams and jelly set?

-Fructose.

-Pectins.

Which American city, the largest in Louisiana,

was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

-New Orleans.

-Which Finnish composer's first major orchestral work

was the Kullervo Symphony for voices and orchestra, that was first performed in 1892?

Sibelius.

Which ancient city lay near the banks of the River Scamander in north-western Anatolia?

-Ephesus.

-Troy. What is the first line of the 23rd Psalm,

whose metrical version is often sung to the tune Crimond?

-"The Lord is my shepherd."

-Which stretch of water was crossed by a ferry service

between South and North Queensferry before the opening of a road bridge

in 1964 that was the longest suspension bridge in Europe at the time?

-Firth of Forth.

-Which... BUZZER

..aristocratic private detective, created by Dorothy L Sayers,

marries the mystery writer Harriet Vane in the novel Busman's Honeymoon?

-Lord Peter Wimsey.

-Is correct.

Tony, no passes. You now have a total of 27 points.

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And, finally, Rod again, please.

-And the barrier has suddenly got a great deal higher.

-Yeah.

You've now got 27 points to beat

if you're to get through to the semifinals.

Let's see how you do with your two and a half minutes

of general knowledge, starting now.

What name is given to the watery part of the coagulated milk

that remains after the removal of the curds in cheesemaking?

-Whey.

-What position in the royal household did Marion Crawford hold?

She wrote the book The Little Princesses

about the childhood of the Queen and Princess Margaret.

-Governess.

-Yeah, or nanny. Which rank in the British army

is equivalent to the naval rank of commodore and the RAF rank of air commodore?

-Major.

-Brigadier.

The hallux is the anatomical name for which part of the human foot?

-The heel.

-The big toe.

What is the superhero name of Helen Parr in the animated film The Incredibles?

She's the mother of Violet, Dash and Jack Jack

and can stretch herself to extraordinary lengths.

-Elastic Lady.

-No, Elastigirl.

The Wailers, formed in Kingston, Jamaica,

are associated with which famous singer?

-Bob Marley.

-The Strega Prize, that was first awarded in 1947,

is the most prestigious literary prize in which European country?

-Italy.

-According to Ogden Nash's short poem,

which insect did God in his wisdom make and then forget to tell us why?

-Wasp.

-The fly. The Oasis album that topped the UK charts in March, 2000,

takes its title from an Isaac Newton quotation. What is it?

-Definitely Maybe.

-Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants.

Which American became Wimbledon Men's Singles Champion

by beating Ken Rosewall in '74 and John McEnroe in '82?

He lost three finals in between, once to Arthur Ashe, twice to Bjorn Borg.

-McEnroe.

-Connors. The painter Manet's last major work shows a woman

standing behind a table on which there are, among other items,

two bottles of beer with their distinctive red triangle labels.

Its title is The Bar At...?

-Folies-Bergere.

-Which island republic is at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula?

-Singapore.

-In 1965, who became the first leader of the Conservative party

to be chosen by a ballot of his fellow MPs?

Previously, the leader had been selected by senior figures in the party.

-Edward Heath.

-Edward Gibbon's famous six-volume work, published between 1776 and '88,

charted the history of the climb and fall of which empire?

-The Roman Empire.

-Which very large working dog,

that takes its name from the Canadian island in the area where it was developed,

has a water-resistant coat and webbed feet?

-Newfoundland.

-In which television soap did Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston

play the husband and wife Bobby and Sheila Grant?

-The Royle Family.

-Brookside. The fleet of some 130 ships that was sent out in 1588

to fulfil the enterprise of England and restore a Catholic monarch

is generally known by what name?

-Spanish Armada.

-Cochise and Geronimo were leaders

of a Native American tribe that inhabited

the south-western states. Which tribe? BUZZER

-Apache?

-It was indeed. And you have no passes

but didn't quite make it. 24 points.

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So, we have a clear winner. Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, with 13 points, Gary Maggs.

Third place, 16 points, Emma Harris.

Second place, 24 points, Rod Allday.

First place, with 27 points, Tony Richardson.

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Which means that Tony is tonight's winner

and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.

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