Episode 23 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Gerald Chong,

a block manager from London.

His specialist subject is Steve Jobs.

Next, Esther Lisk-Carew,

an operations coordinator from Manchester.

Her subject, the sci-fi television series Farscape.

Jonathan Frere is a retired army officer from Hampshire

and he'll be answering questions on the history of Hungary.

And Jim Longhurst is a tattooist from Manchester.

His specialist subject, black-metal music.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

And four contenders, each of them taking the first step on a journey

that they hope will end with them

being crowned the nation's Mastermind.

Standing in their way, two minutes of questions

on their specialist subject

and two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

And that's the tricky one

because they have no way of knowing what those questions will cover.

What we do know is that one of them

will get through to the semifinals tonight,

so let's find out who that will be. Our first contender, please.

Steve Jobs in two minutes, starting now.

The first Apple computers were put together

at the home of Steve Jobs' parents in which California city?

-Er, Palo Alto?

-Los Altos.

What was the name of the college in Portland, Oregon,

where Jobs dropped out in 1973 without graduating?

-Reed College.

-The first spreadsheet for a microcomputer

was initially only available on the Apple II and helped make it a bestseller,

especially among the business community. What was the program's name?

-VisiCalc.

-Jobs and Steve Wozniak formed the Apple computer company

with a third partner, who soon pulled out of the venture. What's his name?

-Ron Wayne.

-In May, 1991, Pixar and Disney agreed on a joint project,

after tense negotiations between Jobs and Disney's Jeffrey Katzenberg.

What film was the result?

-Toy Story.

-The advert in 1984 for the Macintosh computer

was shown across America in January of that year,

during Super Bowl XVIII. Who directed it?

-Ridley Scott.

-In May, 1985, the Apple CEO removed Jobs

as head of the Macintosh division and left him as board chairman

with no operational duties. Jobs soon left the company. What was the CEO's name?

-John Sculley.

-How much did Jobs pay for the rights

to Toshiba's tiny five-gigabyte disc drives that were an integral part of the iPod?

-15 million?

-10 million.

Which company accused Jobs of stealing the concept of the mouse

and graphical user interface that Apple first used on its Lisa computer?

He later justified such tactics by quoting Picasso's line that "Great artists steal".

-Xerox.

-In 1986, Jobs bought the computer graphics group

that became known as Pixar from which film producer and director?

-George Lucas.

-What name was given to Corning Incorporated's scratchproof glass

that Jobs insisted should be used on the iPhone instead of plastic?

-Gorilla Glass.

-Who did Jobs nominate as his successor as Apple's CEO

in August, 2011, when it was clear he was dying from cancer?

-Tim Cook.

-He had stood in for Jobs during previous absences while Jobs was ill.

-Tim Cook.

-A guide to meditation by the American spiritualist Baba Ram Dass,

also known as Richard Alpert, was particularly influential on Jobs' interest...

BEEP ..in Eastern religions. What is its title?

-Be Here Now.

-Is correct.

No passes, Gerald. You have scored 11 points.

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And our next contender, please.

Farscape in two minutes. Here we go.

At the beginning of the science fiction television series,

the American astronaut John Crichton's experimental space shuttle,

Farscape One, is transported through a wormhole into an unknown galaxy?

What's the name of the Leviathan spacecraft he finds himself aboard?

-Moya.

-Scorpius the Peacekeeper tortures Crichton in order to discover his identity,

memories and information about wormhole technology.

What is the name of the interrogation device that he uses?

-The Aurora Chair.

-Crichton's father, a former astronaut,

gives him a puzzle ring as a good luck charm before the Farscape One mission.

Who had originally given the ring to Crichton's father?

-Yuri Gagarin.

-What's the name of the drug that FeTor milks

from the glands of sentient beings on the pleasure planet LoMo?

-Pass.

-On which planet in the Uncharted Territories does D'Argo get into a bar fight

with Rinic Tolven, the son of the planet's autocratic ruler Rinic Pralanoth?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the Scarran emperor who holds Crichton prisoner

on his flagship in the Peacekeeper Wars Part 1? Crichton calls him Godzilla.

-Staleek.

-In his nephew Bobby's home video,

Crichton jokes that the worst aspect of living in deepest, darkest space

is the complete and utter lack of what?

-Chocolate.

-Toilet paper. What is the creature called that the crew land on

in search of food in Home Of The Remains?

A live one swallows the spaceship Talyn in Green Eyed Monster.

-Budong.

-In Meltdown, the spaceship Talyn is pulled towards a sun

by radiation pulses and the heat causes it to ooze a mist made up of a synaptic fluid

naturally occurring in its conduits. What is the fluid called?

-Nexin.

-Drexin.

What is the name of the Ilanic scientist who calls Crichton's visions of the future

a temporal dislocation caused by an exposure to a quantum singularity

in Back And Back And Back To The Future?

-Natala?

-Verell.

When Crichton and D'Argo tell each other personal things

to try to find out which of them is inhabited by an energy rider,

what does Crichton say was the name of his childhood dog?

-Pass.

-What creature do D'Argo and Chiana bring onto Moya

to hunt down any possible parasites, in the belief

that one may have been brought aboard in a food shipment, in Beware Of Dog?

-Vorc.

-Vorc is correct.

Yeah, now, you had three passes.

Hubble was the name of the childhood dog.

That planet in the Unchartered Territories and all that,

where he got into a bar fight, that was Kanvia.

And the name of the drug that FeTor milks

from the glands of sentient beings, God help us, is Freslin.

And I didn't understand a word of that!

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However, Esther, you've scored 6 points.

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And our next contender, please.

The history of Hungary in two minutes.

The Magyars invaded the central plain of the Danube River

in the late 9th century and established the country of Hungary.

What was the name of the chief who led the invasion

and founded the dynasty that ruled until 1301?

-Arpad.

-What was the name of the holy Roman emperor

who defeated the Hungarians in 955 at the Battle of Lechfeld,

which marked the end of Hungarian incursions into Western Europe?

-Otto.

-What was the original first name of King Stephen,

who was crowned in 1000 and canonised in 1083?

He was born a pagan but baptised and raised as a Christian.

-Vajk.

-In 1222, Andrew II signed a charter

that confirmed the rights and privileges of the nobility. What was it called?

-The Golden Bull.

-At which battle in April, 1241,

was the Hungarian army destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Europe?

-Er, Mohacs.

-No, Mohi.

Which royal house ruled Hungary for most of the 14th century,

after brief disputed reigns by the Premyslid dynasty and the House of Wittelsbach?

-The Angevins.

-Yes, House of Anjou.

In 1386, the widow of Louis the Great was involved in the murder of Charles of Durazzo,

who had ousted her daughter, Mary, from the Hungarian throne. What was the widow's name?

-Elizabeth.

-What common name is given to the mercenary military forces

that served during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus

in the second half of the 15th century?

-The Black Army.

-Who was the leader of the peasants' uprising of 1514,

which was put down by Janos Zapolya?

-Gyorgy Dozsa.

-Which treaty of 1699 ended Turkish control of Transylvania

and much of Hungary and recognised Hapsburg sovereignty over the country?

-Szatmar.

-Treaty of Karlowitz.

What name was given to the movement made up of armed anti-Hapsburg rebels

in Hungary between the 1670s and 1711?

-Kuruc.

-The Ottoman victory at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526 led to the partition of Hungary

for several centuries between the Ottoman Empire,

the Hapsburg monarchy and which principality?

-Transylvania.

-In 1841, Lajos Kossuth was appointed editor of a newspaper...

BEEP ..that supported social and political reform.

What was it called?

-Pesti Hirlap.

-That is correct.

No passes, Jonathan. You have scored 11 points.

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And our final contender, please.

Black metal in two minutes, starting now.

Black metal, a subgenre of heavy-metal music,

is associated with the occult. The genre is especially popular in Scandinavia,

but the term "black metal" is derived from the name of the second album

released by a British band in 1982. Which band?

-Venom.

-The Swiss band Celtic Frost was formed in 1984

by Tom Warrior and Martin Ain,

after the demise of their previous group. What was its name?

-Hellhammer.

-In 1992, a split album was released, featuring tracks

from the band Necromantia on one side and songs by Varathron on the other.

Both bands are from which country?

-Greece.

-Many black-metal acts wear distinctive black and white make-up.

What name is commonly given to this make-up?

-Corpsepaint.

-In the early 1990s, a wave of arson attacks on churches in Norway

was blamed on members of the black metal scene.

Which church in Bergen was the first to be burnt down in June, '92?

-Fantoft.

-What is the real name of Infernus, the guitarist of the Norwegian band Gorgoroth,

which he founded in the early '90s?

-Pass.

-Dimmu Borgir released an EP in 1996 called Devil's Path.

It includes two different cover versions of which Celtic Frost song?

-Circle Of The Tyrants.

-Nocturnal Fear. What was the title of the debut album,

released by the British band Cradle Of Filth in 1994?

It included the songs One Final Graven Kiss and To Eve The Art Of Witchcraft.

The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh.

Which band, led by Quorthon, avoided playing live

but released 12 albums between 1984 and 2003,

including Under The Sign Of The Black Mark, Twilight Of The Gods and Destroyer Of Worlds?

-Bathory.

-Varg Vikernes, also known as Count Grishnackh

was sentenced to 21 years in prison

for the murder of which member of the band Mayhem in August '93?

-Oystein Aarseth.

-What was the name of the Oslo record shop, opened by Euronymous,

which became a focal point of the black metal scene?

-Helvete.

-Abruptum's Morgan Hakansson was known as Evil.

What was the stage name of his bandmate Tony Sarkka?

-It.

-Bathory contributed two songs... BEEP

..to the 1984 compilation album Scandinavian Metal Attack.

One was The Return Of Darkness And Evil. What was the title of the other?

-Born For Burning.

-No, it was Sacrifice.

Right, well, I knew that(!) LAUGHTER

You had one pass. The real name of Infernus,

the guitarist of that band whose name I can't properly pronounce -

-Gorgoroth?

-Gorgoroth.

Right, well, anyway, his name was Roger Tiegs.

And you have scored, Jim, 10 points.

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Not the easiest pronunciations I've ever had.

However, some decent scores. Let's have a look at them.

In fourth place, Esther Lisk-Carew.

Third place, Jim Longhurst.

Joint first place, 11 points apiece,

Gerald Chong and Jonathan Frere.

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So, it's the general knowledge round now,

and if there is a tie at the end of it,

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 will be a tie-break.

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

The six highest-scoring runners-up will qualify.

So, let us get on with it and ask Esther to join us again, please.

And you chose one of those subjects

about which I confess to knowing absolutely nothing whatsoever.

You got 6 points, so let's see how you do with your general knowledge

and you have two and a half minutes.

You've got plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.

Which circus entertainers are known as "Joeys"

after the English performer Joseph Grimaldi?

-Pass.

-In which city were the 1904 summer Olympic Games held?

It was the first time they'd been held in an American city.

-New Orleans?

-St Louis. What is the surname of Edina and her daughter, Saffy,

in the television series Absolutely Fabulous?

-Pass.

-Which Impressionist painter's major works include

the Railway Bridge At Argenteuil and Gare St-Lazare, Paris?

-Auguste Renoir.

-Monet.

In which '95 animated film does Mel Gibson provide the voice of Captain John Smith?

-Pocahontas.

-What name, that comes from the French for "froth",

can mean a light sweet or savoury dish, made with cream, eggs and flavouring,

or the mass of bubbles on top of sparkling wine?

-Pass.

-How many basic positions of the feet are there in ballet?

-Four.

-Five. Which Lennon and McCartney song

has given Joe Cocker, Wet Wet Wet and Sam And Mark UK number one hits?

-Help.

-With A Little Help From My Friends.

Every specimen of a popular pet is believed to be descended

from a single litter captured at Aleppo in Syria in 1930. Which pet?

-Cat.

-Hamsters. Which Cunard liner that was in service from 1936 to '67

is now moored at Long Beach, California, where it serves as a museum and a hotel?

-Pass.

-What name for a branch of mathematics

comes from the Greek for "earth" and "measurement"?

-Terra...

-No, I can stop you there. Geometry.

The Allied invasion of a Mediterranean island

in July, 1943, was codenamed Operation Husky. Which island?

-Crete.

-Sicily. Lena Dunham is the writer of a television series

about the unglamorous lives of four young women in New York,

which she also stars in as Hannah Horvath. Which series?

-Girls.

-What prefix, that is typically used before an ecclesiastical rank

to denote pre-eminence, comes from the Greek for "first" or "chief"?

-Pontiff.

-Arch.

In which South American country did the samba originate

from an earlier dance, known as the maxixe?

-Argentina.

-Brazil. In which city did Jane Austen live from 1801 to 1806?

It provides the setting for the novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.

-Bath.

-Which violinist and conductor, who was born in the Netherlands in 1949,

created the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987?

-Pass.

-In 1977, what international prize was presented

to the Belfast housewives Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams

who founded the Community of Peace People organisation?

-BEEP

-The Turner Prize.

It was the Nobel Peace Prize.

You had five passes there, Esther.

Andre Rieu was the violinist and conductor.

It was the Queen Mary that they took off to California,

where they turned it into a hotel.

Mousse is the name that comes from the French for "froth"

and all of that. Monsoon is Edina and Saffy's surname.

And Joeys are otherwise known now as clowns.

-You have a total of 9 points.

-Thank you.

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And now Jim again, please.

And you start out with 10 points. Let's see how you do

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

Which Asian country's flag has a large red circle

that represents the rising sun on a white background?

-Japan.

-Which post-Impressionist painter died in 1890, two days after he shot himself?

-Van Gogh.

-What is the surname of the American tennis siblings Tracy and John,

who won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980?

-Pass.

-Audrey Tautou plays the title character in a 2009 biopic

about the early life of which French fashion designer?

-Er...pass.

-What is the official name of the annual speech

by the American President to a joint session of Congress, in which he outlines

his country's status and his proposed legislation for the forthcoming year?

-State of the Union.

-Which noble gas, with the atomic number 18,

has a name that comes from the Greek for "inactive"?

-Neon.

-Argon. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

was the breakthrough single for which band?

Beastie Boys.

What type of informal Italian restaurant takes its name from the Italian for "innkeeper"?

-Pizzeria.

-Trattoria. Which RAF wing commander was the leader

of the Dam Busters' raid of May, 1943?

-Pass.

-Which veteran British female journalist and television presenter

wrote the book Stop The Clocks: Thoughts On What I Leave Behind?

It was published in February, 2016.

-Pass.

-What is the more common name

for the misalignment of the eyes, also known as strabismus?

-Pass.

-The soft, round butterhead is a common type of which edible plant?

-Cabbage.

-Lettuce.

Which Scottish dramatist does Johnny Depp play in the 2004 film Finding Neverland?

-JM Barrie.

-In 1982, Italy's Antonio Cabrini

became the first player in a football World Cup final to miss what?

-Penalty.

-The first major live outside broadcast on British television

was the coronation procession of a king on 12th May, 1937. Which king?

-George V.

-VI.

Adulterous, Murderer's and Wife-hater are names given to various editions

of a book because of misprints. Which book?

-Pass.

-Which Balkan country's contentious name is formerly abbreviated to FYROM?

-Macedonia.

-Valentines Mansion in Ilford

and Harptree Court, a country house in Somerset, have both been used as locations

for the filming of which popular television cookery programme?

-Great British Bake Off.

-What is the main type of rock

that forms the North and South Downs in southern England?

-Granite.

-Chalk. What profession were both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

and W Somerset Maugham trained in before turning to literature?

-Journalism.

-Medicine. What is the name of the English autumn church festival

which celebrates the final gathering in of the crops?

-Harvest.

-Harvest Festival, yes. BEEP

You have six passes, Jim.

The Bible, believe it or not, is the book in which various editions

have those strange names - Adulterous, Murderer's, etc.

The more common name

for the misalignment of the eyes is a squint.

Joan Bakewell wrote Stop The Clocks, etc.

Guy Gibson commanded the Dam Busters.

-Audrey Tautou played Coco Chanel.

-Yeah.

And the surname of the American tennis siblings,

Tracy and John Austin.

You've got a total now, Jim, of 19 points.

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And now Gerald again, please.

And you start out with 11 points. 19 is the score to beat.

Let's see how you do. Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

Here we go.

In which city in Tennessee is the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum?

-Memphis.

-Nashville. The Talbot, whose name is used extensively

in heraldry and in pub names is a now extinct breed of which domestic animal?

-Dog.

-In which comedy series did Ricky Gervais play the struggling actor Andy Millman?

The various actors who made guest appearances included Robert De Niro and David Bowie.

-Extras.

-What was the largest and most influential

of the republics of the former Soviet Union?

-Russia.

-Which Liberal prime minister was born at 62 Rodney Street

in Liverpool on 29th December, 1809?

-Lloyd George.

-Gladstone.

By what name do English cricketers sometimes refer to the supposedly unlucky score of 111?

-Nelson.

-Which Swiss-born architect described a house as a "machine for living in"?

-Corbusier.

-The works of which playwright, who was born in Dublin in 1751,

include the comedies The Rivals and The School For Scandal?

-Pass.

-In the television series Red Dwarf,

which character's favourite meal was chicken vindaloo?

-Cat.

-Dave Lister. Who plays the title role

of the convicted criminal Henri Charriere in the 1973 film Papillon?

-Steve McQueen.

-Prince of Asturias is the principal title

held by the heir to the throne of which country?

-Pass.

-What type of trade is regulated by the international convention

known as CITES, according to the last two letters of its acronym?

-Endangered species.

-Ronnie Spector was the lead singer with an R&B group,

whose biggest UK hit was Be My Baby in 1963. Which group?

-Pass.

-Which male domestic fowl was adopted as the symbol of Pathe newsreels

when the company was first established in 1896?

-Chicken.

-Yes, a cockerel.

-What is a sky pilot, in the slang of the military services?

-Er...

-A priest.

-A chaplain, yes. Released in 1999, Episode I: The Phantom Menace

was the first of a trilogy of prequels to which series of films?

-Star Wars.

-Which 18th-century Venetian adventurer, who was famed for his amorous exploits,

was, as a young man, expelled from a seminary for serious misconduct?

-Casanova.

-Which band back Elvis Costello

on the track Oliver's Army and many of his other hits?

-Attractions.

-What is the name of the narrow neck of land

that connects central Greece to the Peloponnese?

-Isthmus of Corinth.

-Which film, stage and radio comedy team's original members

were Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo and Groucho?

-Marx Brothers.

-Which French fashion legend closed his couture house

when he retired in 2002?

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-Givenchy.

-Yves Saint Laurent.

But it's always worth taking a guess.

You had three passes. It was Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes.

That was the R&B group.

The Prince of Asturias is the principal title

held by the heir to the throne of Spain.

And Sheridan, The Rivals and The School For Scandal.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan. But, Gerald, you have scored 25 points.

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And finally, Jonathan again, please.

And you also start this round with 11 points,

with your knowledge of Hungary.

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

Two and a half minutes, starting now.

In which sea that is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean are Anglesey

and the Isle of Man the two principal islands?

-The North Sea.

-The Irish Sea. What is the more common name

for an intercalary or bissextile year that normally occurs every four years?

-Leap year.

-The documentary Don't Look Back provides a behind-the-scenes view

of an American singer-songwriter's 1965 tour of Britain. Who is he?

-Elvis Presley.

-Bob Dylan.

What name is given to a chemical or nuclear process that yields products

that initiate further processes of the same kind, as in a nuclear reactor?

-Catalyst.

-A chain reaction.

Which city served as the official capital of West Germany from 1949 to '91?

It remained the effective capital of the united Germany

until the completion of the move to Berlin.

-Bonn.

-Which close ally of Margaret Thatcher was a civil airline pilot

before he entered politics in 1970?

-Norman Tebbit.

-Which English breakfast dish of Indian origin

normally consists of a mixture of rice and smoked haddock with hard-boiled eggs?

-Kedgeree.

-What age do horses have to be to run in the Epsom Derby?

-Two.

-Three. On which financial institution's building in London

do bronze doors, designed by Sir Charles Wheeler, feature the constellations

Ursa Major and the Southern Cross, indicating the global nature of its operation?

-Lloyds.

-Bank of England. Which poet died of septicaemia

on a hospital ship off Skyros in April, 1915, and was buried on the island?

-Rupert Brooke.

-What title is held by the Scottish counterpart

of an English mayor in local government?

-Bergermast.

-Provost. Which village, east of York,

was the scene of a battle fought three weeks before the Battle of Hastings,

where Harold II defeated Harald Hardrada's Viking army?

-Stamford Bridge.

-The logo of which American film studio is a globe

with the studio's name across it?

-Universal.

-What word for fortune-telling by reading the lines on the palm

comes from the Greek word for "hand" and "divination"?

-Palmistry.

-Chiromancy. Which song has been a Christmas number one hit single

for both Harry Belafonte and Boney M?

-Little Donkey.

-Mary's Boy Child.

The birthplace of Shakespeare, which is now a museum to his early life,

is in Henley Street in which Warwickshire town?

-Stratford-on-Avon.

-What word, meaning a "saw" in Spanish,

describes a mountain range, rising in jagged peaks?

-Sierra.

-Which motorway is carried by the new Severn Bridge

that was opened in 1996? The M48 continues to use the original bridge.

-M4.

-Which river of southern Africa, that's named after a Dutch royal house,

rises in Lesotho and flows west for over 2,000 kilometres...

BEEP ..before entering the Atlantic Ocean?

-The Orange.

-The Orange River is correct.

No passes, Jonathan. You now have 22 points.

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

In fourth place, Esther Lisk-Carew.

Third place, Jim Longhurst.

Second place, Jonathan Frere.

First place, Gerald Chong.

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Which means, of course, that Gerald is tonight's winner

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

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