Episode 19 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Sinead Jein,

a graduate from Essex.

Her specialist subject, EastEnders.

Next, Anne Wray, a retired optometrist from Leigh-on-Sea,

on the operas of Puccini.

Peter Bonnell is a senior curator from Derby,

and he'll be answering questions on the great Bill Shankly.

And Martin Lloyd is a charity administrator from the Wirral.

His specialist subject, the Battle Of Trafalgar.

APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

After many hours of revision, four more contenders put themselves

to the test tonight in the hope that they might be crowned

the nation's Mastermind.

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 questions.

At stake tonight, a place in the semifinals.

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

-And your name is?

-Sinead Jein.

-Your occupation?

-I'm a history graduate.

-And your chosen subject?

-EastEnders.

EastEnders, in two minutes, starting now.

Which character lied to her husband

about having only six months to live,

was served with divorce papers as a Christmas surprise,

and died in America of cirrhosis of the liver in April 2002?

Angie Watts.

What household implement did Little Mo use to fend off

her abusive husband, Trevor Morgan, in the Fowlers' kitchen

in December 2001?

She believed at the time she'd killed him with it.

An iron.

Who was the original producer of EastEnders?

She created the programme with script editor Tony Holland

at the request of the BBC?

Julia...Smith.

What rather un-festive gift did Suzy Branning put in

Sean Slater's Christmas cracker in December 2008?

-Pregnancy test.

-No, DNA or paternity results.

Which solicitor, who regularly represented the Mitchells

before he double-crossed them, did Sharon track down

and blackmail into helping her get revenge on Phil in 2014?

Pass.

On New Year's Eve 1998, as the clock chimed midnight,

Tiffany Mitchell was accidentally hit by a car

and killed outside the Queen Vic

as she tried to get her daughter,

Courtney, back from Grant.

Who was the driver of the car?

Frank Butcher.

Which actress and dancer, whose career spans

more than 40 years, won Best Newcomer

at the 2016 British Soap Awards

for her role as the feisty Carmel Kazemi?

Pass.

In a flashback episode broadcast in the 2015

EastEnders Live Week,

what object is hidden in a large bouquet

of white flowers that Vincent Hubbard has got

for Ronnie Mitchell?

She takes it and puts it in her handbag.

A gun.

Which character was convicted

of Saskia Duncan's manslaughter

in a shock verdict in October 1999,

although Steve Owen was the real culprit?

Pass.

Who was looking at a picture of her ultrasound scan

when a fairground slide collapsed on her

at the Bridge Street Market centenary fare in 2004?

-Slater, Lynne Slater.

-Yes, or Lynne Hobbs.

Which country does Peggy Mitchell go to

for Frank Butcher's funeral?

When she finds he's still alive, she scathingly says,

"I come all this way to bury you,

"you could at least have the common courtesy to be dead!"

-Spain?

-Yes.

BEEP

You had three passes.

Matthew Rose was the character convicted of

Saskia Duncan's manslaughter.

Bonnie Langford was the actress, more than 40 years,

won best newcomer et cetera.

And Marcus Christie was the solicitor who regularly

represented the Mitchell family before he double-crossed them.

It's a laugh-a-minute, EastEnders, isn't it!

LAUGHTER

Murder, manslaughter, mayhem.

Anyway, you've scored, Sinead, seven points.

-Thank you.

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And our next contender, please?

-And your name is?

-Anne Wray.

-Your occupation?

-I'm a retired optometrist.

And your chosen subject?

The life and operas of Giacomo Puccini.

Puccini's operas, in two minutes, starting now.

The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini is best known

for his operas including La Boheme and Tosca.

After seeing an opera by Verdi with a group of friends

in Pisa in 1876, Puccini commented,

"A musical window opened for me." Which opera?

Aida.

What Italian name is given to the set of three one-act operas

which were first performed at the Metropolitan Opera House

in New York in December 1918?

El Trittico.

In the opera Manon Lescaut,

for what offence is the title character arrested

as she and Des Grieux are about to flee the house

of her protector Geronte?

-Prostitution and theft.

-Yes, theft.

The plays Madame Butterfly and The Girl Of the Golden West

provided the basis for two of Puccini's operas.

Who wrote the original plays?

Belasco.

In Turandot, what is the title of

the Chinese folk tune associated throughout the opera

with the proud princess, and first sung by a chorus of boys?

Is it the Chinese national anthem?

No, it's Molihua, or the Jasmine Flower.

In her aria in the first act in La Boheme,

what does Mimi sing that her real name is?

Lucia.

Puccini was in Sicily researching for a new opera

and left to visit another country.

He was arrested there by the British authorities

on suspicion of being a spy because he was seen

photographing naval fortifications. Which country?

Pass.

What is the title of Puccini's first opera?

It's based on a Middle European fairytale

that was also the subject of a ballet by Adolphe Adam.

Le Villi.

In 1897, which opera company gave

the first English-language performance in Britain

of La Boheme?

Oh, Covent Garden?

Carl Rosa Company.

What was the name of Puccini's former piano pupil,

a married woman with whom he fell in love,

who joined him in Milan and gave birth to their son in 1886

and became his wife in 1904?

Elviro Gemignani.

What was the name of the banker's wife

whom Puccini first met in London

and who became his lifelong confidante and correspondent?

Sybil Seligman.

In Tosca, the sacristan of the church

of Sant'Andrea della Valle wrongly announces that

Napoleon's been defeated at which battle?

Marengo.

In Madame Butterfly, what is the name of

the American consul in Nagasaki who tries to warn Butterfly

that her husband, Pinkerton, has married

an American girl? BEEP

-Sharpless.

-It is indeed.

You had one pass.

He was arrested because and all that because they thought he was a spy,

it all happened in Malta.

-Ah.

-Anne, you have scored ten points.

Thank you.

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Our next contender, please?

-And your name is?

-Peter Bonnell.

-Your occupation?

-Senior curator.

-And your chosen subject?

-Bill Shankly.

Bill Shankly, in two minutes, here we go.

For which football league club did Bill Shankly make his league debut

as a player in 1932?

He returned to manage the club 17 years later.

Carlisle.

What honour did Shankly receive in June '74

after he was included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List?

OBE.

What was the name of the Preston North End trainer

who signed Shankly as a player for a fee of £500

and wages of £5 a week in July 1933?

Bill Scott.

Which Huddersfield manager appointed Shankly

as his assistant in December 1955, only to find himself

replaced as manager by Shankly less than a year later?

Andy Beattie.

Which player, whom Shankly promoted from the reserves,

scored Liverpool's first goal in European competition

in a 5-0 win at Reykjavik in August 1964?

-Roger Hunt?

-Gordon Wallace.

By what score did Liverpool lose at home to Cardiff City

in a league match on 19 December 1959

in Shankly's first match in charge of the club?

4-0.

Shankly started to dismantle the successful but ageing

'60s Liverpool team after an unexpected defeat

in an FA Cup quarterfinal

in February 1970 against which club?

Watford.

Shankly signed to play for which club while

he was stationed in Glasgow during the Second World War,

and won the wartime Summer Cup with them

in a final against Hibernian in 1945?

Partick Thistle.

What was the name of the first player Shankly bought

in his role as Liverpool manager?

He was signed for £8,000 from Motherwell in February 1960

but never played a first-team game for Liverpool?

-Gordon Milne?

-Sammy Reid.

Shankly decided to switch the Liverpool team from red shirts

and white shorts and socks, to playing in an all-red kit,

before a European tie with which opponents in November 1964?

-Inter Milan?

-Anderlecht.

Which club did Huddersfield Town lose to 7-6,

even though they were leading 5-1 at one stage,

and their opponents were down to ten men?

Charlton Athletic.

Which club did Liverpool beat over two legs in May 1973

to win the UEFA Cup, their first European title?

Borussia Monchengladbach.

What was the name of the Liverpool chairman

who signed Shankly as Liverpool manager

to replace Phil Taylor in December 1959?

TV Williams.

BEEP Yes, Tom Williams is correct.

No passes, Peter. You've also got ten points.

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And our final contender, please?

-And your name is?

-Martin Lloyd.

-Your occupation?

-Charity administrator.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Battle Of Trafalgar.

The Battle Of Trafalgar, in two minutes, starting now.

The Battle Of Trafalgar was fought on 21 October 1805,

and was the last major naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars.

In which port was the combined French and Spanish fleet

anchored immediately prior to the battle?

Cadiz.

Which French ship fired the first shot of the battle

at Royal Sovereign, the vessel at the head of

the British Leeward column?

The Fougueux.

Lieutenant Cumby reported the seamen on board

the HMS Bellerophon

chalked words on the barrels of their guns prior to battle.

What words?

-Death or victory.

-Yes, victory or death.

Who was the signal officer on board Victory

with whom Nelson discussed the best way to make the signal,

"England expects that every man will do his duty?"

John Pasco.

Which French woman escaped through a gun room port

from a blazing ship on which she had been

handing powder to the gunners?

She was rescued from the sea by the British.

Jeanette Carne.

Which British 64 gunner captained by Henry Digby

lost touch with the fleet the night before the battle,

but eventually joined the fight?

It exchanged fire with several enemy ships,

including the Intrepid.

Africa.

When the British attacked the combined fleet in two columns,

Nelson commanded the Weather column,

who come commanded the Lee column?

Collingwood.

The Royal Sovereign broke into the line of the combined fleet

to the rear of a Spanish flagship

and devastated her stern with a raking broadside.

What was the flagship's name?

Santa Ana.

A midshipman became generally regarded as

the man who shot the man who shot Nelson,

after he reportedly cleared the sharpshooters from

the rigging is of The Redoubtable. What was his name?

-Atcherley?

-No, Pollard.

Who was in command of the van of the Combined Fleet

that was detached by Nelson's manoeuvre of cutting the line?

He was criticised for not turning his ships quickly enough

and joining the fight?

-Dumanoir.

-Yes, Dumanoir le Pelley.

What was the last signal made by Nelson that was left flying

from the Victory's mainmast

until it was shot away in the battle?

"Engage the enemy more closely."

A sailor from Defiance swam with a cutlass between his teeth

and his tomahawk in his belt, boarded the French ship Aigle,

and fought his way single-handed to a poop deck.

Who was he?

Pass.

BEEP On British ships, which area

served as the action station

for the ship's surgeon during a battle?

It was the place to which Nelson was taken

after he was wounded, and where he died?

-The cockpit.

-Indeed it was.

You have one pass.

And that amazing sailor, he had his cutlass between his teeth,

tomahawk in his belt, et cetera. Anyway, he was James Spratt.

So there you go.

That one pass, Martin, you have 11 points.

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So, that is the end of a closely fought first round.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, seven points, Sinead Jein.

Joint second place, ten points apiece, Anne Wray and Peter Bonnell.

First place, 11 points, Martin Lloyd.

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It's the general knowledge round now, of course.

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 are tied on passes as well,

then there has to be a tie-break.

It is possible for a runner-up to get into the semifinal as well,

as the six highest scoring runners-up will qualify.

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

And you have seven points on the board

with your knowledge of EastEnders.

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

You get two-and-a-half minutes this time, starting now.

In which country does the Wilhelm Tell Express train run

from Lugano to Lucerne?

-Italy?

-Switzerland.

Which Olympian is the principal god of water and the sea

in Greek mythology?

Er... Pass.

Wattle and daub is an ancient method

of building construction.

Wattles are interwoven twigs and branches. What is daub?

-Er, thatching?

-Clay or mud.

Which English lawyer, scholar, author and statesman

wrote Utopia, one of the most important works

of European humanism, first published in 1516?

Thomas Moore.

What is Blackadder's first name

in the various television series that feature him?

-Richard?

-Edmund.

In which flagship that was formerly called Pelican

did Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe

between 1577 and 1580?

Can you repeat the question please?

In which flagship formerly called Pelican

did Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe

between 1577 and 1580?

Pass.

Which writer's unfinished novel, The Castle,

is the haunting tale of the hero, K's, relentless struggle

with an inscrutable authority?

It wasn't published until 1926.

Pass.

Which British band's first top-ten single was titled Yellow

and reached number four in the UK charts in 2000?

Coldplay.

What word for a schedule or list of items to be attended to

at a meeting comes from the Latin for "what is to be done"?

-List?

-Agenda.

Which American soprano of Greek heritage earned the name

La Divina for her performances

in the opera Norma and other works?

Pass.

Who published his first volume of memoirs

entitled So, Anyway in 2014?

It chronicles his life up to becoming a member

of the Monty Python team in 1969?

Er...

Pass.

What is the appropriate name of the Devon beauty spot

that is the site of the confluence of

the east and west Dart Rivers?

-Dartmoor.

-Dartmeet.

Which Welsh film actor played Brian Clough

in The Dammed United, David Frost in Frost Nixon,

and Tony Blair in the Queen?

Michael Sheen.

In which American state are the North Cascades,

Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks?

Er... Pass.

What name is given to the larva of that moth

that is bred in the ancient Chinese art of sericulture?

Er... Pass.

Which king and holy Roman emperor

was the son of Pepin The Short, the king of the Franks?

-Er, Charles V?

-Charlemagne. Charles I.

BEEP Which popular...

I've started so I'll finish.

..Glasgow shopping street runs for approximately a mile

from Buchanan Street in the east of Kelvingrove

and the museum and art galleries in the west?

-Er... King Street?

-It is Sauchiehall Street.

And you had seven passes.

Silkworm is the name of that lava.

Washington is where the North Cascades Parks and all that lot.

It was John Cleese who published his first volume of memoirs

entitled So, Anyway.

Maria Callas was the soprano. Franz Kafka wrote The Castle.

The Golden Hind was Francis Drake's flagship.

And that Olympian, the principal god of water and the sea, Poseidon.

-You've now got, Sinead, ten points.

-Thank you.

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And now, Anne, again, please?

And you start the round with ten points, Anne,

and you have two-and-half minutes of general knowledge to rack up more.

Here we go.

What Christian name was shared by three of the wives of Henry VIII?

Catherine.

Which chemical element has the symbol S?

Sulphur.

Which European capital was rebuilt in the 1850s and 1860s

under a vast redevelopment programme

led by Baron Haussman?

Paris.

What name is given to a steep-sided water-filled trench

surrounding a castle or fortified building?

Moat.

What completes the opening line of

Rupert Brookes' poem The Soldier?

"If I should die, think only this..."

"Of me."

Which French mime artist is the only person heard to speak

in Mel Brooks' silent movie? He says, "Non."

Pass.

In which novel by John Steinbeck are Adam Trask

and his twin sons Caleb and Aron central characters?

It takes its title from the Book Of Genesis,

chapter 4, verse 16.

The River Ran Out Of Eden.

-East of Eden.

-Oh.

Which Bristol firm, named after its Quaker founder,

made Britain's first commercially produced

chocolate Easter eggs in 1873 at their Union Street factory?

-Cadbury?

-Fry's.

What name is traditionally given to canal barges

that are usually about 70 feet long,

with a maximum width of seven feet,

enabling them to pass through

the smaller locks on Britain's canals?

Narrow boats.

Which television series based on a film of the same name

has Suicide Is Painless as its theme tune?

Pass.

The ink sacs of the squid and which other marine mollusc

are sources of the pigment sepia?

-Octopus?

-Cuttlefish.

Which Wiltshire town grew largely as a result of

the opening of the locomotive workshops

of the Great Western Railway in the 1840s?

Pass.

What word comes from the Latin word for "forsaken"

is used as an adjective to describe a deserted

or ruined building

but refers to an abandoned ship when used as a noun?

-Hulk?

-Derelict.

Which Scottish writer's novels include Ice Station Zebra,

The Guns Of Navarrone, and Where Eagles Dare,

which have all been made into popular films?

Alistair Maclean.

What was the name of the classic radio comedy series

that featured the characters Major Denis Bloodnok, Henry Crun

and Minnie Bannister, was broadcast by the BBC Home Service

from 1951 to 1960?

The Goons.

Which English classic horse race, first run in 1780,

is sometimes called the Blue Riband Of The Turf?

-Newmarket?

-The Derby.

Which group's only UK number one single

was Deeply Dippy in 1992?

Pass.

Which country has land borders with Norway and North Korea?

-China?

-Russia.

What is the colour of Lady Penelope's

six-wheeled Rolls-Royce in the television series Thunderbirds?

Pink.

Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch are characters

in which Shakespeare comedy?

Twelfth Night.

BEEP

Anne, you have four passes.

-That group with Deeply Dippy was Right Said Fred.

-Oh.

Swindon is the Wiltshire town with the locomotive workshops.

M*A*S*H was the television series based on the film of the same name.

And the French mime artist, Marcel Marceau.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

Anne, you've scored now a total of 20 points.

Thank you.

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And now Peter again, please?

And you also start with ten points, Peter.

And 20, as you have just heard,

is the score to beat if you're to get through to the semifinals.

Here we go. Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge starting now.

Baguettes, sourdough, focaccia and naan

are types of which foodstuff?

Bread.

In which sport are scoring shots worth two or three points

while free throws score one point?

-Rugby.

-Basketball.

Which Italian tenor, who became blind at the age of 12

because of a football accident sang,

I Just Called To Say I Love You

at a Grammy tribute concert to Stevie Wonder

in Los Angeles in 2015?

Erm, Bocelli?

What alternative name for a mobile phone

is commonly used in North America?

Cellphone.

Which Anglo-Saxon nobleman led the resistance

against the Normans on the Isle of Ely

until it was conquered by William I in 1071?

-Harold.

-Hereward.

Which is the smallest of the four main Balearic Islands?

Pass.

In the Bible, who was the only full brother of Benjamin,

the youngest of Jacob's 12 sons?

-Samuel.

-Joseph.

The novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

are set in a war-torn country that is the birthplace

of their writer Khaled Hosseini. Which country?

Afghanistan.

Which London park was the original location for

Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace,

designed and built to host the Great Exhibition of 1851?

-Sydenham?

-Hyde Park.

To which Greek wine is Aleppo pine resin added

as a preservative and for flavouring?

Pass.

What name for the large extinct ostrich-like birds

that once inhabited New Zealand

comes from a Polynesian word for fowl?

-Emu?

-Moa.

Who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for playing

Karen Blixen in Sydney Pollack's 1985 film Out Of Africa?

Meryl Streep.

Which Manchester band consisted of vocalist Heather Small,

backed by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Shovell?

M People.

What name that incorporates the Latin for "by itself"

is given to the character used in printing

to represent the word "and"?

Ampersand.

Which romantic poet did Lady Caroline Lamb describe

in her journal as "mad, bad and dangerous to know"?

Byron.

Of which county in the province of Munster

in the southwestern Ireland is Tralee the county town?

Pass.

What form of map did Emily Molineux make the first time

in England in 1592?

They are now mainly decorative,

but smaller versions were once used

as practical navigational aids onboard ships?

Pass.

Which Australian state became a separate colony in 1851,

was named after the reigning monarch of the time?

Victoria.

What name is given to an opening in chess in which

a player risks or sacrifices one or more pawns...

BEEP ..or a minor piece

to gain a positional advantage?

Pass.

I can tell you because you're out of time, it is gambit.

And you had five passes altogether.

That former map is a globe.

The county in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland

is County Kerry.

That Greek wine with the Aleppo pine resin added,

disgustingly, I'm sorry, added, is retsina.

And the smallest of the four main Balearic Islands is Formentera.

You have, Peter, 19 points.

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And finally Martin again, please?

And you start out with 11 points, Martin.

20 is still the score to beat.

Two-and-a-half minutes to try. Here we go.

The summit of which mountain in North Wales is the highest point

in England and Wales?

Snowdon.

Which popular house plant that has large, leathery,

glossy leaves gets its name from its milky sap

that can be dried and made into a low-grade elastic substance?

Rubber plant.

In football, what name is given to the rule adopted by FIFA

in 1993 in which the first goal scored in extra time

wins a match? It was abolished in 2004?

Golden goal.

Which Russian author's last play, entitled The Cherry Orchard,

was first performed in Moscow in January 1904

less than six months before its author's death?

Chekhov.

Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714,

was the last monarch of which royal house?

Stuart.

In 2001, the band created by the television series Pop Stars

released their first UK single Pure And Simple under what name?

Hear'Say.

Which South American country became the first outside Europe

to issue prepaid adhesive postage stamps on a national scale

in August 1843?

Brazil.

Ruth Rendell's 1964 debut novel From Doom With Death

was the first to feature which Detective Chief Inspector?

Wexford.

What word that comes from the Swiss-German dialect

is used for a "violent and sudden uprising".

It's particularly associated with Hitler's failed attempt

to seize power in 1923?

Putsch.

The Palk Strait and the Gulf Of Mannar separate India

from which island country?

-Madagascar.

-Sri Lanka.

Which comedian who was born in South Shields in 1975

won the Best Newcomer Award

at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival,

and has gone on to host her own television shows?

Pass.

What do the initials LBV stand for,

sometimes seen on bottles of port wine?

Pass.

Which Roman god was represented with two faces

looking in opposite directions, and is regarded as

the guardian of doorways and beginnings?

Janus.

What is the medical term for the voice box

in humans and other animals?

Larynx.

Who became the first person to renounce his title

shortly after the passage of the Peerages Act on 31 July 1963?

Pass.

Which American city has a baseball team known as the Cardinals

and an NHL ice hockey team named the Blues?

St Louis.

In which 1988 film did Phil Collins pay the title role

of one of the Great Train Robbers?

Pass.

What word completes the title of Saint Saens' Symphonic Poem

composed in 1874, Danse?

Pass.

Which fashion designer,

one of the leaders of French haute couture, was asked...

BEEP

"Where should a woman wear perfume?"

and replied, "Wherever she wants to be kissed?"

-Coco Chanel.

-Is correct, yep.

Five passes.

It was Danse Macabre.

The name of that 1998 film with Phil Collins was Buster.

Tony Benn was the first person to renounce his title.

LBV stands for "late bottled vintage".

And Sarah Millican won the Best Newcomer Award

at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe and went on to great things.

Martin, you have now a total of 24 points.

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So, we have a winner with a few points to spare.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place with ten points, Sinead Jein.

Third place, 19 points, Peter Bonnell.

Second place, 20 points, Anne Wray.

First place, 24 points, Martin Lloyd.

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Which means that Martin is tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

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Thanks for watching, goodbye.

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