Episode 28 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Colin Daffern,

a performance information manager from Salford

and his specialist subject,

Alan Bennett.

Next, Tony Richardson, a teacher from Newcastle on the band Cream.

Gerald Chong is a block manager from London,

he's answering questions on the novels of Dan Brown.

Ian Fennell, a software developer from Kidderminster

on the great conductor Herbert von Karajan.

And Lynn Edwards, a psychiatric nurse from Bangor.

Her subject - Queen Mary, the wife of George V.

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Hello and welcome to Mastermind.

It's a semifinal tonight, of course,

which means five contenders instead of the usual four

and slightly less time for them to answer questions.

They get 90 seconds on their specialist subject

and two minutes on general knowledge,

and a place in the grand final awaits the winner

with the promise of the Mastermind title held out before them.

So who will claim that place?

Let's find out and ask our first contender to join us please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

Which show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960

launched Bennett's career as a writer and performer,

along with Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook?

Beyond The Fringe.

Yep. In The Lady In The Van, what is the name of the woman

who lives on Alan Bennett's drive for 15 years?

Miss Shepherd.

Yes. Before he won a scholarship to Oxford University,

Bennett attended a Russian course as an officer cadet on national service

at a joint services school for linguists.

In which city?

Cambridge.

Yep. Which of his works has a play within a play in which Edward VII is

described as, "Cosseted and indeed corseted from a very early age"?

40 Years On.

Yeah. What is the name of the character in Bennett's play

Kafka's Dick who also appears in the role of God?

Kafka's father.

Herman K.

In which Talking Heads monologue does Mother say,

"Graham's quite refined. He often has a dry sherry"?

A Chip In The Sugar.

Yes. Bennett refused an honorary doctorate from

Oxford University because the Chair of Language and Communications

was funded by and named after which media mogul?

Rupert Murdoch.

Yes. The news of a death cheers up Guy Burgess in the opening scene

of An Englishman Abroad - whose death?

Uh... Jack Buchanan?

Nope, Stalin.

In Getting On, which character says,

"Sometimes I think St Francis of Assisi was barking up the wrong tree.

"Of course it's the dog's fault"?

Pass.

Which 1960s television sketch show written by and starring Bennett

introduced a gentrifying couple in Camden Town, the Stringalongs?

On The Margin.

Yeah. In Soldiering On, what is the name of the character who says,

"My big passion now is the telly box..." BEEP

"..and I'm not a discerning viewer"?

Muriel.

Muriel. It was, indeed, Muriel. A great character.

Uh, your single pass, the character who said,

"Sometimes I think St Francis of Assisi..." etc, etc,

was George Oliver.

One pass, Colin, you have eight points.

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And our next contender please...

And your name is?

Your occupation?

Chosen subject?

Cream, the band Cream in 90 seconds. Here we go.

The 1960s supergroup Cream consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker

and Jack Bruce, what was the title of their first UK single?

It was released on the Reaction label in October 1966.

Wrapping Paper.

Yes. What was the name of the club in Manchester

where Cream played their first gig on 29 July '66?

-Twisted Wheel.

-Yep.

Who became the band's manager and signed them up to his

Reaction Records label shortly after the band had formed

with the initial aim of THE Cream?

Robert Stigwood.

Yes. Which Cream song was specially commissioned as the theme

for the 1968 film The Savage Seven?

Anyone For Tennis.

Yes. In which street in Mayfair where the so-called Spot Studios

founded as Ryemuse Studios

where Cream recorded their second single I Feel Free?

Pass.

Who was the poet and lyricist with whom Jack Bruce wrote several Cream songs,

including I Feel Free and White Room?

Pete Brown.

Yeah. What was the name of the Australian-born artist

who designed the album covers for both Disraeli Gears and Wheels Of Fire?

Martin Sharp.

Yes. Which track on Cream's '69 album Goodbye

did Eric Clapton co-write with George Harrison?

Badge.

Yeah. In '93, Cream briefly reunited

to perform three songs at their inauguration

into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

At which Los Angeles hotel was that event held?

Century Plaza.

Yes. What is the two-word title of the song which begins,

"A mother was washing her baby one night

"The youngest of ten and a delicate mite"?

Mother's Lament.

Yes. Cream's legendary farewell concert before their original break-up

was filmed for the BBC at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 November 1968,

who was the director?

Tony Palmer.

Yes. On which label,

a division of Atlantic Records... BEEP

..were Cream's recordings released in the United States

during the band's years together in the '60s?

Atco.

Is correct.

And you had just one pass...

The street in Mayfair where Cream recorded their second single

was South Molton Street.

You have scored, Tony, 11 points.

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And our next contender please...

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The novels of Dan Brown. Here we go.

Which of Dan Brown's novels is the first to feature

Professor Robert Langdon of Harvard University?

Angels And Demons.

Yep. In The Da Vinci Code, Jacques Sauniere leaves a clue that reads,

"O, Draconian devil! Oh, lame saint!"

It's an anagram that refers to which work of art?

Um, Mona Lisa.

Yes. In The Lost Symbol, what is the name of the field of research that

Katherine Solomon specialises in?

Noetic sciences.

Yes. What is the title of the television programme that's presented by

the oceanographer Michael Tolland in Deception Point?

Amazing Oceans?

Amazing Seas.

Dr Elizabeth Sinskey tests Langdon when they first meet

by incorrectly saying that the amulet she wears is a caduceus,

what does she later say it actually depicts?

Two snakes.

The rod of Asclepius.

In Digital Fortress, what is the name of the former

National Security Agency employee who claims to have created

an unbreakable algorithm that threatens the Agency's security?

-UNCERTAIN:

-Ensei Tankado.

Yes, Ensei Tankado.

In Deception Point a fake meteorite is discovered buried deep

under which ice shelf in northern Canada?

Milne Shelf.

Yep. In Inferno, Langdon refers to a poem that an artist wrote

about Dante in which he says,

"Ne'er walked the earth a greater man than he."

Who was the artist?

Botticelli?

Michelangelo. When Silas kills Jacques Sauniere and the three senechaux,

they all tell him the same lie about the location of the keystone.

In which church do they say it is hidden?

St Sulpice.

Yes. In The Lost Symbol, Peter Solomon's son is sent to prison

in which country for smuggling cocaine?

Turkey.

Yes. In Angels And Demons,

who calls Langdon to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research...

BEEP ..to help locate a missing canister?

Maximilian Kohler.

Is correct.

You have no passes, Gerald,

you have scored eight points.

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And our next contender please...

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Herbert von Karajan in 90 seconds...

Which city made the conductor Herbert von Karajan

an honorary citizen in 1968, 60 years after he was born there?

Salzburg.

Yes. What name meaning "season" is given to the Italian organisational

system for presenting opera that Karajan preferred to the usual repertory system?

Stagione.

Yes. Which of Karajan's music teachers at the Mozarteum conservatory in Salzburg,

whom Karajan said directed him towards conducting,

described him as a born commando with a strong sense of his own importance?

Paumgartner.

Yes. Which British orchestra, founded by Walter Legge in the '40s,

did Karajan lead for a time?

The Philadelphia.

Philharmonia.

Karajan made his first recording in 1938 of the Magic Flute Overture

conducting which orchestra?

The Berlin State Opera Orchestra.

Yes. Which annual festival of opera and classical music

did he found in '67?

The Berlin East...

No, the Salzburg Easter Festival.

In 1929 he was appointed to his first conducting post

as capellmeister with the Stadttheater in which German city?

Ulm.

Yes. What was the name of Karajan's production film company

set up in 1982?

Telemondial.

Yes. Karajan said that pressure was put on him to join the Nazi party

while he was working as the music director for the state theatre

in which city in 1935?

Aachen.

Yes. Karajan fell out with the Berlin Philharmonic when they rejected

his appointment of a female clarinettist in 1982.

Who was she?

Sabine Meyer.

Yes. In 1988, to mark Karajan's 80th birthday,

Deutsche Grammophon issued a boxed set of 25 CDs

of his recordings made between 1938 and '43...

BEEP ..on which label?

Columbia.

-No, it was Polydor.

-Oh!

Ah! Uh, however, Ian, no passes and you have also eight points.

Thanks.

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And our final contender please...

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Queen Mary in 90 seconds. Here we go.

Mary of Teck married the future King George V in 1893 and later became Queen.

She had previously been betrothed his older brother, who died in 1892.

What was his name?

Victor Albert.

Albert Victor, yes.

Mary was born in England to a German nobleman and his wife,

a granddaughter of George III, but when she was a teenager,

the family went abroad to reduce their cost of living.

Which city did they move to?

Florence.

Yes. What event was Queen Mary referring to when she remarked,

"Well, Ms Baldwin, this is a pretty kettle of fish!"?

Abdication.

Yes. What name was given to the Queen's fund that Mary set up in 1914

to help provide employment for women left without a job

because of the First World War?

Needlework Guild?

Work For Women.

What name was given to the lavish ceremony in Delhi, in 1911,

in which George and Mary were given a 101-gun salute

and proclaimed Emperor and Empress of India?

Delhi Durbar.

Yes. Who drew the plans for Queen Mary's Dolls' House?

It was designed to show how a British king and queen lived

in the early 20th century.

Lutyens.

Yes. In November 1934, Mary's son, Prince George, Duke of Kent,

married which Greek princess?

Marina.

Yes. In 1931 when a government crisis forced the king to return to London

on the same day that he arrived at Balmoral, Mary said,

"I will not be left..." what?

"Here."

"Sitting on a mountain."

What was the name of Mary's younger son who had epilepsy

and lived with a nanny on the Sandringham Estate?

John.

Yes. Which house did she live in from 1903 till 1910?

She moved back there after George's death.

Marlborough.

Yes. What was the name of Queen Mary's Woman of the Bedchamber who

was appointed in 1923 and remained... BEEP

..until the Queen's death in 1953?

Tattrie?

It was Lady Helen Cynthia Colville to be exact.

No passes, Lynn, you also have eight points.

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Well, what a close round that was. Let's have a look at all the scores.

In joint second place, eight points apiece,

Colin Daffern, Gerald Chong,

Ian Fennell and Lynn Edwards.

And, in first place, he broke the mould, he got 11 points,

Tony Richardson.

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So, it's the general knowledge round now, and if there's a tie at the

end of it, which there very well might be, 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.

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

And, uh...

You were the one who sort of set the pattern, really, with eight points.

-LAUGHING:

-Yeah.

-The pattern that many others followed, but all but one.

Anyway, you start this round with eight points, you have two minutes

in order to race ahead of the field with your general knowledge,

or not, as the case may be.

Here we go. Two minutes, starting now.

The coins and banknotes of a currency entered general circulation

in 12 countries on 1 January 2002, which currency?

Euro.

Yeah. The plantain, which is usually eaten boiled or fried, is closely

related to one of the world's most widely eaten fruits, which one?

Banana.

Yes. Which 2007 film is a sequel to Danny Boyle's 2002 film,

28 Days Later?

28 Hours Later.

28 Weeks Later!

What word from the Italian for "little boy" is given to

a chubby, naked child, often with wings,

found in paintings from the Renaissance onwards?

Cherub.

No, putti.

Which so-called anti-fascist protective barrier was erected in 1961?

Berlin Wall.

Yeah. Cadbury Castle in Somerset is one of the reputed sites

of which place in Arthurian legend?

Camelot.

Yep. Who failed to score in his 15 appearances for Swansea City

during the 2015-2016 season, but scored Portugal's winner

in their 1-0 victory in the 2016 European Championships final?

Ronaldo.

No, it was Eder.

Under what name did the American blues guitarist and singer

McKinley Morganfield perform?

Muddy Waters.

Yes. Which small island that's a Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean

is famous for its mysterious giant stone statues?

Easter Island.

Yes. What word that comes from the French for a "dancing girl"

is used for a younger man paid by an older woman to be her escort?

Gigolo.

Yep. The Goliath bird-eater,

which has a leg span of up to 28cm and is found in

the coastal rainforests of South America,

is the largest species of which creature?

Spider.

Yes. What do the initials "OC" stand for in the title of the American soap,

The OC, that ended in 2007?

Orange County.

Yes. Which planet made a transit across the sun on 9 May 2016

that was visible from most of the Earth?

The next ones will be in 2019 and 2032.

Venus.

Mercury. Who wrote about James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree,

who took great care of his mother, though he was only three?

Hilaire Belloc.

AA Milne.

In bricklaying, bricks that have been made to expose their ends are

known as headers, what name's given to bricks laid to expose their size?

BEEP

Footers.

-No... It's stretchers.

-Ah!

Uh, no passes, Colin, you've now gone up to 17 points.

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And, now, Gerald again, please.

And another one with eight points.

And the score to beat at the moment is 17. Let's see if you can do it.

Here we go, two minutes of general knowledge.

What soft, mild, white Italian cheese, originally made from

buffalo milk, is much used as a topping for pizzas?

Mozzarella.

Yep. Jeff Koons' Puppy, a stainless-steel statue of a West Highland terrier

covered in bedding plants, stands outside which museum in Bilbao?

Guggenheim.

Yes. Which influential American singer-songwriter's album Doo-Wops & Hooligans

topped the UK charts in both January 2011 and 2012?

Madonna?

Bruno Mars. Which British naval commander was buried in the crypt

at St Paul's Cathedral on 9 January 1806 in a coffin made from

the main mast of the French ship L'Orient?

Nelson?

Yes. In Western musical notation, what sign lowers the pitch of a certain note

or notes by a semitone when placed in a key signature?

B?

Yes, it's known as a flat. Which word, now generally used to mean paralysed by fear,

actually means "turned to stone"?

Petrified.

Yes. The correctional facility near the village of Ossining in New York state

became known to American criminals by what name?

Sing Sing?

Yep. In a 2016 film, Taron Egerton portrays a British ski jumper

who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

Which ski jumper?

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

Yes. Which method of scoring is worth one point in rugby league

and three points in rugby union?

Touch back?

Drop goal. Which living organism is used in the manufacture of beer and wine

to produce alcohol and in bread-making to produce carbon dioxide?

Yeast.

Yes. Thanatosis is a defence mechanism adopted by a number of animals,

such as the possum.

What does this involve?

Playing dead?

Play dead, yes, feigning death.

Which 2016 television series whose creators include

Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger stars Bobby Cannavale

as Richie Finestra, a record executive in 1970s New York?

Singles.

Vinyl.

Which American playwright was born in Mississippi in 1911 and grew up in Missouri,

but took another state as the name by which he is best known?

-Tennessee Williams.

-BEEP

Yes, Tennessee Williams is correct.

You got there just in time. No passes, Gerald.

You have scored 18 points.

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And now Ian again please.

And another eight-pointer and the score to beat now is 18

instead of 17.

So, let's see if you can do it. Here we go.

In which Judy Garland film do the Munchkins sing the song,

"Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead"?

The Wizard Of Oz.

Yes. What word can mean a device for removing dust or smoke from the air

that is breathed in, and in photography, a screen put in front of a lens

to alter colour effects?

Diffuser.

Filter. Which comic strip hero of the 1950s was called the

"Pilot of the Future"?

Dan Dare.

Yes. Who wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's music for the stage musical

West Side Story that was later turned into a film?

Uh... Pass.

The historic region of Mesopotamia constitutes much of Syria and

the greater part of which other modern-day country?

Iraq.

Yes. Which former British Royal Marine instructor travelled to the world's

remotest places to experience the cultures of the people that lived there

in the television series Tribe?

Bear Grylls?

Bruce Parry.

Which Cornish-born chemist discovered the elements

sodium and potassium in 1807 when he isolated them from their compounds?

Humphry Davy?

Yes. In the Gospel of John,

what name is shared by a woman of Magdala who is the first person

to see the risen Christ and a woman of Bethany who anointed his feet?

Mary.

Yes. Which moderate to dark yellowish brown pigment takes its name

from the Italian for "shadow"?

Umber.

Umber, yes.

The philosopher Aristotle was appointed as the tutor to one of the sons of Philip II

of Macedon in about 342 BC, what was the son's name?

Alexander.

Yes. Which Sheffield golfer became only the second Englishman

to win the US Masters when he won at Augusta in April 2016?

Justin Rose?

No, Danny Willett.

What French name was originally applied to a soup or broth

made by slowly cooking meat for a long time,

but is now used more loosely to refer to any meat or fish-based clear soup?

Consomme.

Yes. The 2014 film Love & Mercy

is a biopic of which leading member of the Beach Boys?

In the film, he's played in the 1960s by Paul Dano and in the 1980s by John Cusack.

Brian Wilson.

Yes. The unusual features of a flightless bird that is found in New Zealand

include nostrils at the tip of its bill rather than the base.

Which bird?

Emu.

A kiwi. What reality television show did Dr Leah Totton win...

BEEP ..in 2013?

It enabled her to open her first business in January 2014.

Celebrity Big Brother?

-The Apprentice.

-OK.

Well, I know! Um...

-One pass, Ian. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics.

-Yeah, yeah...

-Exactly. That one pass, Ian... 17 points.

-Right, thank you.

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And now Lynn again, please...

And you are the last of our eight-pointers, Lynn.

And 18 is still the score to beat.

So, here we go, two minutes of general knowledge.

Blue, coal, marsh and willow are all species of which British bird?

Tit.

Yep. Spartacus led a revolt against Rome that ended with his death in 71 BC.

Before the revolt, he was enslaved and trained to compete as what?

Gladiator.

Yes. In Chinese cuisine, what name's usually given to the small dumplings

with the savoury fillings served alone or in soup?

Dim sum?

Won ton or hun tun.

With which song did Sandie Shaw win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967?

Puppet On A String.

Yes. In which religion is the spring festival of Holi celebrated

during the month of Falgun?

Hindu.

Yes. Which classic 1973 British horror film was remade in 2006 with

Nicolas Cage in a role based on the one originally played by Edward Woodward?

The Wicker Man.

Yes. In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale,

what is the name of one of the heroines,

the daughter of Hermione and Leontes?

Perdita?

Yes. Which German interjection meaning "your health"

is commonly said to a person who's just sneezed?

Gesundheit.

Yes. There are two poles at each of the extremities of the Earth's surface,

one is the fixed geographic pole, what is the other, whose position varies?

Magnetic pole?

Yes. The two species of a particular rodent that are native to the

high Andes and have long been hunted for their dense, soft,

silvery fur are named the long-tailed and short-tailed.

What rodent?

Capybara.

Chinchilla. Elgar's 1899 Opus 36 Variations On An Original Theme

is more usually known by what title?

Enigma Variations?

Yes. Jacob's Ladder is a steep flight of 274 steps up the side of

which geographical feature in Somerset?

Cheddar Gorge.

Yes. Which duo were voted the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year in 1984,

the year of one of their greatest sporting triumphs?

Torvill and Dean.

Yes. What is the capital of the Baltic Republic of Lithuania?

Vaduz.

Vilnius. Which reporter who gained recognition during the Falklands War

has written the books Catastrophe: Europe Goes To War 1914

and The Secret War: Spies, Codes And Guerrillas '39-'45?

John Humphrys.

Max Hastings.

What is the name of the so-called man-cub,

a boy who is raised by wolves and taught the law of the jungle

by a bear in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book?

Mowgli.

Yep. Which member of Captain Scott's polar expedition walked out

of the tent... BEEP

..in March 1912, saying, "I'm just going outside. I may be some time"?

Laurence Titus Oates.

Yes, Captain Oates.

-Uh, Lynn, no passes, 21 points.

-Thank you.

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And finally, Tony, again, please.

And, uh... You start out with 11 points, so you have an advantage,

but the score has crept up and you've now got to beat 21.

So, let's see if you can do it, and if you do, you will be in the final.

Here we go.

Which Scots Gaelic word is used for a lake or

a narrow inlet of the sea in the Scottish Highlands?

Firth?

Loch. Which American soul singer's name formed the title of

a Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor UK number one hit single in 2015?

Pass.

Which religious reformer who had been a monk

married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in 1525?

Martin Luther.

Yes. The tail meat of the Dublin Bay prawn or Norway lobster is

usually known by what Italian name when it appears on a British menu?

Langoustine.

Scampi. Which decorative craftwork creates patterns by looping yarn or thread

with a hook rather than a needle?

It takes its name from the French for "little hook".

Macrame?

Crochet. Which imperial unit of length is equal to 0.3048m?

-A foot.

-Yes.

The male of which relatively common small bird of prey is often seen

hovering with its tail fanned and

a speckled chestnut-brown upper part and a blueish-grey head and tail?

Kestrel?

Yes. The father of which Beatrix Potter character

had been baked in Mrs McGregor's pie?

Peter Rabbit.

Yes. What completes the Bertrand Russell quote,

"War does not determine who is right, only who is..."?

"Wrong"?

"Left".

Which British actor's film roles include the villain Bane in

the 2012 Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises and

the spy Ricki Tarr in the 2011 film version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

Sean Bean.

Tom Hardy.

A Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that premiered at the Savoy Theatre in 1889

is about the search for the rightful heir to the kingdom of Barataria.

What is its title?

Pass.

Which George Orwell novel was rejected by TS Eliot

on behalf of Faber & Faber on the grounds that what was needed

was not more communism, but more public-spirited pigs?

Animal Farm.

Yes. Which of the apostles is credited with taking the gospel as far as

southern India, where he died in 53 AD?

Paul.

Thomas. Who plays the amateur detective Jessica Fletcher in the

television series Murder She Wrote?

Pass.

The twin brothers Adam... BEEP

..and Simon Yates from Bury are prominent

competitors in which sport?

Swimming.

No, cycling.

-You've got, um, three passes. Angela Lansbury...

-Of course.

..plays the amateur detective Jessica Fletcher in

Murder She Wrote.

The Gondoliers was the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.

And Marvin Gaye was that American soul singer.

Yep, I know! Anyway, Tony, you have a total of 16 points.

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Well, there we are, we have a clear winner after all of that.

Let's have a look at all those scores.

In fifth place, 16 points, Tony Richardson.

Joint third place, 17 points apiece, Colin Daffern and Ian Fennell.

Second place, 18 points, Gerald Chong.

First place, 21 points, Lynn Edwards.

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Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Which means, of course,

that Lynn is tonight's winner and she goes through to the final.

Congratulations to her.

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Thanks for watching, goodbye.

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