Episode 29 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Emma McAllister,

an e-learning developer from Belfast.

Her specialist subject, Creation Records.

Next, Adam Barr, a PhD student from Manchester.

His subject, the astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Next in the black chair, Lee Holmes,

a property landlord from Middlesbrough.

His subject, The Hunger Games novels.

Richard Aubrey, a school chaplain from London, on Sir Isaac Newton.

And tonight's final contender, Frances Slack, a university

lecturer from Manchester on the films of William Goldman.

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

Five contenders tonight because this is a semifinal, of course.

So they each get less time to answer the questions.

90 seconds on their specialist subject and two minutes of

general knowledge, which means extra pressure,

but the prize is incalculable -

a very special glass bowl and the title of Mastermind Champion.

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

please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Creation Records in 90 seconds. Here we go.

What was The Jesus And Mary Chain's debut single,

released by Creation in 1984?

It was also the title of a 2010 documentary film about the label.

Upside Down.

In May 1993, the Creation co-founder Alan McGee saw Oasis

for the first time at which Glasgow club?

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.

According to McGee, which musician had strange clothes on

and looked like Henry VIII without the crown when they met?

Uh...pass.

My Bloody Valentine's second album was eventually released

in 1991 after several years in production at cost,

said to have almost bankrupted Creation. What was its title?

Loveless.

In '89, Creation moved from their original office in Clerkenwell Road

to which street in Hackney?

Westgate Street.

What was the first track on the Primal Scream album Screamadelica?

Movin' On Up.

In '92, Sony bought 49% of Creation for £2.5 million

although another indie label, founded by Derek Green in the 1980s,

had made a similar offer. What was its name?

China Records.

What was the name of McGee's own band whose releases included

the album Pass The Paintbrush, Honey?

Biff Bang Pow!

Creation set up three subsidiary labels in the '90s.

Rev-Ola and August were two.

What was the third, which was run by Chris Abbott?

Infonet.

What derogatory term was applied to some Creation bands,

including Ride and Slowdive, who were said to concentrate

on their guitar effects pedals instead of looking at the audience?

Shoegazers.

Which track from Bernard Butler's debut solo album People Move On

reached number 12 in the UK single chart in 1998?

-Pass.

-BEEP

Well, I can tell you now because the time is up.

Stay was the name of that one and your other pass,

that chap who had strange clothes on and looked like Henry VIII without

the crown, whatever that looks like, anyway, it was Kevin Rowland.

Yeah, there you go. Anyway, Emma, you have nine points.

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Johannes Kepler in 90 seconds. Here we go.

Kepler's first major work in astronomy was published

while he was working as a schoolteacher in Graz in the 1590s.

What was it called?

The Cosmic Mysteries.

The Cosmographic Mystery, The Mystery Of The Universe.

Kepler's first law states that the orbit of every planet is an ellipse

with the sun at one of the two what?

Foci.

What is the title of the novel started by Kepler in 1608

and published posthumously?

It's often considered an early work of science fiction.

The Dream.

To whom did Kepler write a letter in October 1597

in which he expressed pleasure that they agreed about Copernican cosmography?

Tycho Brahe.

Galileo. Kepler improved the early refracting telescopes by using two convex lenses.

In which book of 1611 did he describe his findings?

Dioptrice.

In 1600, Kepler arrived in Prague to work as an assistant to Tycho Brahe

and shortly afterwards was given the task of calculating

what planetary orbit?

Mars.

Kepler wrote a short treatise in 1611 for his friend, Wackher von Wackhenfels,

on the regular shape of what?

Snowflakes.

Kepler left Prague in 1612 to take up a teaching post in which city?

He was to stay there for nearly 15 years.

Linz.

Which star catalogue with planetary tables named

in memory of a holy Roman emperor was published by Kepler in 1627?

Rudolphine Tables.

In 1631, the French astronomer Pierre Gassendi observed what astronomical

event that Kepler had predicted in the Ruldophine Tables?

The transit of Mercury.

At which university did Kepler learn both Ptolemaic

and Copernican systems of planetary motion under the tutelage of Michael Maestlin?

That's...Tomblem?

-Tubingen.

-Ah.

You have scored, without any passes, Adam, nine points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Hunger Games in 90 seconds.

Katniss Everdeen lives with her family in the poorest area

of District 12 of the futuristic, dystopian country Panem

where the main occupation is coal mining.

What name is given to this area?

The Seam.

What is the name of the maniacally upbeat woman from the Capitol

who comes to the district for the annual reaping

when children are chosen as tributes to take part in the hunger games?

Effie Trinket.

Families are given tokens for grain and oil

if they add their children's names multiple times to each reaping.

What are these tokens called?

Tesserae.

The peacemakers, who enforce law and order in Panem,

are mostly recruited from which district?

District 2.

What does Plutarch Heavensbee fall into when Katniss shoots an arrow

towards the gamemakers during the training session

before the hunger games?

A punch bowl.

Whom does Peeta Mellark paint a picture of in his private session

with the gamemakers before the start of the Quarter Quell?

Rue.

What does Katniss tell the host of the hunger games,

Caesar Flickerman, has impressed her most in the Capitol?

The lamb stew.

Who was the original owner of the famous mockingjay brooch

that the mayor's daughter, Madge Undersee, gives to Katniss?

Maysilee Donner.

What seven words spoken by Katniss are left on the screen

at the end of the first propaganda film made in District 8?

"If you burn, we burn with you."

The other way around, "If we burn, you burn with us."

What is Darius, the peacekeeper, turned into as a punishment

after he intervenes during the public whipping of Gale Hawthorne?

An avox.

What name is given to the torture technique described

as a type of fear conditioning that is used on Peeta

after his capture at the end of the Quarter Quell?

Hijacking.

Is correct.

No passes, Lee. You have ten points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

And your occupation?

-Chosen subject?

-The life and works of Sir Isaac Newton.

Isaac Newton, 90 seconds. Here we go.

Who encouraged Newton to let the Royal Society publish the

first edition of Principia in 1687 and pay the publishing costs himself?

Halley.

In his book Opticks, Newton expounded his theory of light

which he said was made up of a stream of particles.

What's the theory called?

Corpuscles.

Yes, corpuscular theory.

What name did Newton give to the series of 31 questions

at the end of Opticks that were the boundaries of the physics of that time?

The elements.

Queries. What item that Newton said he had bought at Stourbridge Fair

did he use in an experiment to demonstrate

that white light was composed of many colours?

A windmill.

A prism. What household item did Newton slide into his eye socket,

between the eyeball and the bone, while he was studying optics?

A bodkin.

Newton's dispute with Leibniz about who was the first to develop the subject

now known as differential calculus arose

because he hadn't published much of his early work.

What term did Newton use for his method?

Fluxions.

Which company did Newton invest more than £20,000 in?

It collapsed in 1720 and he said of it,

"I can calculate the movement of the stars,

"but not the madness of men."

South Sea.

Most of the furniture in Newton's house in Jermyn Street was

in just one colour that Newton was obsessed with. What colour?

Brown.

Crimson. Newton remarked in a letter to his lifelong rival Robert Hooke,

"If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of..."?

Giants.

Newton was elected by the university senate

to represent Cambridge as an MP in 1689.

Which party did he side with in Parliament?

Whig.

Which government body appointed Newton as its warden in 1696

and master in 1699 after the death of Thomas Neale?

The Royal Mint.

The Royal Mint is correct.

No passes, Richard, you have eight points.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In 90 seconds, starting now.

For which 1969 film did Goldman win his first Oscar for Best Screenplay?

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

Who directed The Great Waldo Pepper and is also credited

with providing the story that formed the basis for Goldman's screenplay?

George Roy Hill.

In Maverick, what's the name of the paddle wheel boat

on which the All Rivers Poker Championship is held?

The St Louis.

The Lauren Belle. And who stars as Nick Wild,

a bodyguard and gambler in Las Vegas, in the 2015 film Wild Card?

Jason Statham.

In Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid,

what specific reason that causes Butch to roar with laughter

does Sundance give for not wanting to jump off

a high cliff into the rapids below?

He couldn't swim.

Who directed the '75 film The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin,

for which Goldman is credited as the screenwriter?

Bryan Forbes.

In The Princess Bride, the menacing creatures

found in the Fire Swamp are known as ROUSs.

What do those initials stand for?

Rodents Of Unusual Size.

In Marathon Man, what three-word question does Nazi war criminal and dentist

Szell repeatedly ask Babe while he tortures him with dental implements?

Is it safe?

In which '96 film, does Val Kilmer star as the bridge engineer

John Patterson who encounters man-eating lions while he's

working in Tsavo in East Africa?

The Ghost And The Darkness.

Which '99 film based on a novel by Nelson DeMille

has a screenplay by Goldman and Christopher Bertolini?

The General's Daughter.

In Misery, Buster suspects that Annie Wilkes is behind

the disappearance of Paul Sheldon

after he realises that something that Wilkes said is actually a line

from which of Sheldon's novels?

Misery's Trial.

Misery's Trial is exactly right.

No passes, Frances, ten points.

Well, a nice, close round there.

Let's have a look at all of the scores.

In fifth place, with eight points, Richard Aubrey.

Joint third place, nine points apiece,

Emma McAllister and Adam Barr.

Joint first place,

ten points apiece,

Lee Holmes and Frances Slack.

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.

If they are tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.

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

And...

you start the round with eight points, Richard,

with your knowledge of Isaac Newton.

Let's see how you do with general knowledge.

Two minutes, starting now.

What name is given to the traditional black pirate flag

that shows a skull and crossbones?

Jolly Roger.

In which country is sparkling wine produced by the Methode Champenoise

given the name Cava?

France.

Spain. Which tennis player, who was born in Denmark to Polish immigrant parents,

topped the end of season Women's Tennis Association rankings for 2010 and '11?

Muguruza.

Caroline Wozniacki.

Which American author used his experiences

in the First World War in his 1929 novel A Farewell To Arms?

Ernest Hemingway.

What's the usual minimum age at which a young person can be

legally employed in a part-time job in the UK?

The exceptions are in acting or modelling.

16.

13. Which port in coastal resort in Suffolk is the most easterly town in Britain?

Felixstowe.

Lowestoft. The term hafiz is used for a person who

has learned which holy book by heart?

The Koran.

In mainland Britain, what name is used for the person

who presides over a parliamentary election,

in a constituency supervises the count

and announces the total number of votes cast for each candidate?

Returning officer.

The 2007 film I'm Not There features six actors, including Cate Blanchett,

whose characters each embody a different aspect of the life and work

of which influential singer-songwriter?

Edith Piaf.

Bob Dylan. What collective name is given to a body or assembly

of judges or magistrates?

Bench.

Which American writer's first successful novel Tortilla Flat,

published in 1935, is a story of Mexican-Americans

living in California?

Steinbeck.

In 2011, who replaced Charlie Sheen

as the star of the sitcom Two And A Half Men,

playing the new character Walden Schmidt?

Ashton Kutcher.

For which song did Adele win the Best British Single Brit award

at the 2016 ceremony?

Hello.

What is the title of the Robert Heinlein novel

about a human called Valentine Michael Smith

who was born on Mars and raised by Martians,

but comes to Earth in early adulthood?

Frankenstein.

Stranger In A Strange Land.

Which country knocked England out of the 2016 UEFA European Championships

after a 2-1 win?

It's the smallest country ever to qualify for a major tournament,

population of only 330,000.

Oh, do I have to say this? Iceland.

JOHN LAUGHS

It pained you to say it, didn't it, but you're accurate,

it was Iceland and you have, Richard, 17 points.

And now, Emma again, please.

And...

you start out with nine points, Emma.

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

Two minutes. What is the meat filling in a BLT which also

has lettuce and tomato in it?

Bacon.

Which town and naval dockyard are close to the Forth Bridge?

Edinburgh.

Rosyth. Which American band had the last UK number one single of

the 2000s with Killing In The Name after an online campaign to stop

the X Factor winner getting the Christmas number one?

Rage Against The Machine.

In tennis, a bagel is a term for the loss of a set by what score?

Uh...pass.

Which fictional American family of the Depression era,

who were the title characters of a popular television series,

were based on the family Earl Hamner, Jr's

semi-autobiographical stories,

including his novel Spencer's mountain?

The Waltons.

Which of King Arthur's knights had a castle called Joyous Gard

that is said to have been in the North of England?

Lancelot.

Which capital city is served by Fryderyk Chopin International Airport?

The city is the composer's birthplace.

Warsaw.

Who was the last tsar of Russia? He was murdered with his family in July 1918.

Nicholas II.

Which small air-operated keyboard instrument was developed

in Paris in about 1842 by Alexandre Debain?

It is also known as the reed organ.

Uh...pass.

Which long-tailed monkey is found along rivers and in the

mangrove forests of Borneo and has a name that comes from its long,

fleshy nose that hangs down to the chin of the males?

Bonobo.

The proboscis. In America, what name for small deep-fried cornmeal dumplings

is said to come from the practice of feeding them to dogs

during a meal to keep them quiet?

Hash browns.

Hush puppies. The television comedy drama Orange Is The New Black,

originally based on a memoir by Piper Kerman and starring

Taylor Schilling, is set in what kind of institution?

Prison.

Which chemical element that was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband in 1898

was the first to be discovered by radio chemical analysis

and is named after her native country?

Palladium?

Polonium. Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2010

for the role of Leigh Anne Tuohy, who helps a traumatised homeless boy

to become a football star, in the film The Blind Side?

Sandra Bullock.

In golf, what's the nickname of the eighth hole at Royal Troon?

At 123 yards, it is the shortest

on any Open Championship course.

Birdie.

-Postage stamp.

-OK.

That small, air-operated keyboard instrument is called the

harmonium and a bagel is a term for a loss of the set by 6-0.

Emma, you have 17 points.

And now Adam again, please.

And you also start out with nine points, Adam.

And 17 seems to be the score to beat.

That's what they both got so far.

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

In which kitchen device is the food heated by high-frequency

electromagnetic waves?

Microwave.

Which sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the North Channel

and the St George's Channel?

The Irish Sea.

A bunyip, which is described as an amphibious bellowing creature,

is from which country's mythology?

Australia.

What was the name of the tax of 1/10 of the annual produce of land and labour

that was taken originally for the support of the church and the clergy?

Tithe.

The sulphur-crested is the best-known of which parrots

that are distinguished by their large feathered crests and powerful curved bills?

Cockatoo.

Which British actor and comedian stars in the title role

of the 2011 remake of the film Arthur?

Pass.

What do we call an item that the Americans call the billfold?

Wallet.

What Spanish word is used by English speakers for a Mexican-style

spicy relish made from tomatoes, onions, chillies and oil?

Salsa.

At the funeral service of the comedian who died, aged 85, in March 2016,

four candles were lit at the back of the altar, a reference to one of his

most popular television comedy sketches. Which comedian?

Ronnie Corbett.

Which country held its first Formula One Grand Prix in June 2016

when it hosted the Grand Prix of Europe?

Uh...pass.

The South Wales villages of New Quay and Laugharne are said to be the inspiration

for the village in a celebrated work by Dylan Thomas. Which work?

Along The Watchtower.

No, Under Milk Wood.

What name of Latin origin is given to the right of the first-born in a family,

especially a son to inherit property or succeed to a title

to the exclusion of others?

That's patrimony.

Primogeniture.

Which 2013 UK number one hit single by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis shares

its name with an alternative name for a charity shop?

Jumble sale.

Thrift shop. Which English car manufacturer made

the Sapphire series of luxury saloons from 1952 to 1960

when they ceased production?

Lotus.

Armstrong Sidley. What name that comes from the Greek for breastplate

is given to that part of the body between the neck and the abdomen

in humans and mammals?

Thorax.

The rice wine sake originated in which country?

Japan.

On children's television how was Granny Smith,

who used to defend the good people of Chiselton

against the likes of the Scunner Campbell, better known?

Pass.

Well, I can tell you because you are out of time. Super Gran.

Your other passes,

the Formula One Grand Prix in June 2016 was held in Azerbaijan.

And Russell Brand starred in the remake of Arthur.

You have now, Adam, 19 points.

And now, Lee again, please.

And you start with ten and the score to beat has gone up to 19.

So, let's see how you do with your general knowledge.

What are the magic words used to open the cave in the story of

Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves?

Abracadabra.

Open Sesame.

Which writer modelled his most famous character on Dr Joseph Bell,

a physician noted for his forensic skills under whom

he had studied medicine at Edinburgh University?

Conan Doyle.

Which range of limestone hills stretches about 50 miles northeast from Bath

towards Stratford-upon-Avon?

Cotswolds.

In the Bible, which Hebrew patriarch was the father of Benjamin and Joseph

by his second wife Rachel? He's also known as Israel.

Abraham.

Jacob. What operational name was given to the sustained aerial bombing of targets

in Iraq prior to the ground offensive in the first Gulf War?

Shock and awe.

Desert Storm. Who played the former policeman turned private investigator

Vincent Gallagher in the television drama series Vincent?

Pass.

Which antelope has a name that comes from the Afrikaans for to jump and goat?

Springbok.

In March 2016, a British national newspaper ceased print publication,

leaving only an online publication. Which paper?

The Independent.

What is the name of the NASA spacecraft that went into orbit around Jupiter

in July 2016?

Rosetta.

Juno. Whose chart-topping single Hips Don't Lie, featuring Wyclef Jean,

was the last track played on the final episode

of Top Of The Pops in July 2006?

Beyonce.

Shakira. What alcoholic drink is an ingredient of the Belgian beef and onion stew

known as a carbonnade?

Beer.

Which British super middleweight world champion nicknamed The Cobra ended

his professional boxing career in 2014

with a record of 33 wins and two losses?

The defeats were to Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward.

Joe Calzaghe.

No, Carl Froch.

The roles of which Brooklyn-born actress included Jane Austin

in Becoming Jane, the White Queen in Alice In Wonderland

and Fantine in Les Miserables?

Anne Hathaway.

Which word for destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

comes from the Greek words for whole and burnt?

Holocaust.

Which officer of state traditionally served as the head of the judiciary

and speaker of the House of Lords before the implementation

of the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005?

The Lord Chancellor.

Is correct. You had one pass.

Ray Winstone played the former policeman turned private eye

in Vincent.

You have a total, Lee, of 18 points.

And finally, Frances again, please.

And you also start out with ten and the score to beat is still 19

to get through to the grand final.

So let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge. Here we go.

The Paris Peace Accords, signed in January 1973, marked the end of

the American phase of which Asian war?

The Vietnam War.

What Irish dish similar to bubble and squeak consists of

cooked potatoes and cabbage mixed together and fried?

Colcannon.

Which national trail crosses the moorland plateau of Kinder Scout

at the southern end and the Cheviot Hills at its northern end?

The Pennine Way.

Who wrote the poem The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?

It first appeared in Lyrical Ballads and was published

in 1798 by the poet and William Wordsworth.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

What two-word Latin phrase meaning literally with living voice

is used for an oral examination?

Viva voce.

In Matthew's Gospel, the collection of teachings of Jesus

addressed to his disciples and listeners,

that includes the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayers,

is usually known by what name?

The Sermon On The Mount.

In 1903, Maurice Garin finished just under three hours ahead

of second-place Lucien Pothier to become the first winner

of which annual sporting event?

Pass.

The chart-topping song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

originally appeared on an album that spent four weeks at number one

in the UK album chart in 1975. Which album?

Queen.

A Night At The Opera. What part of the human hand is also known as the pollex?

The thumb.

The author who was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans

in September 1924 is better known by what name?

Pass.

The gentoo, which is thought to be able to move underwater faster than any other bird,

is the third largest species of which flightless bird?

Penguin.

In February 2010, a live edition of EastEnders was mainly concerned

with revealing the identity of the person who killed which character?

Jane Mitchell.

Archie Mitchell. Who became Trade And Industry Secretary in 1998?

He only held the position for five months before he was forced to resign

in controversial circumstances.

Pass.

Henry VIII has been suggested as the composer of the song about a faithless lady

that is twice mentioned in the Merry Wives Of Windsor. What song?

Greensleeves.

In September 1838, who rode out into raging seas to rescue

survivors from the wreck of the Forfarshire with her father,

a lighthouse keeper in the Farne Islands?

Grace Darling.

Is correct.

Your passes, I shall give you first.

Peter Mandelson became Trade And Industry Secretary and then had to

leave the job. Truman Capote was otherwise Truman Streckfus Persons.

Yeah, and that annual race in 1903 was the Tour de France.

And you have scored...

20 points.

Well, that was seriously close.

Let's have a look at all of the scores.

In joint fourth place, 17 points,

Emma McAllister and Richard Aubrey.

In third place, 18 points,

Lee Holmes.

Second place, 19 points, Adam Barr.

First place, she just got there,

20 points, Frances Slack.

Which means, of course, that Frances is tonight's winner.

And she goes through to the grand final. Congratulations to her.

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