Episode 4 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Colin Daffern.

He's an information officer from Salford.

His specialist subject - Benny Hill.

Next, Grace Carley, a film producer from London.

Her subject - the Mitford Sisters.

Lee Simpson, from Buckinghamshire,

answers questions on the Roman statesman, Cicero.

And Michael Page is a student from York and his subject -

the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.

APPLAUSE

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

Four more contenders put themselves to the test tonight in the hope that

they will be crowned the nation's Mastermind.

To get through to the next stage, of course,

they will be tested over two rounds.

First, two minutes on their specialist subject,

followed by two and a half minutes on general knowledge.

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

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Benny Hill in two minutes.

Here we go. With which comedian did Benny Hill appear as a double act

in Gaytime from 1948?

He also appeared alongside him in the television review show

Mud In Your Eyes.

-Reg Varney.

-Yes.

Which of Hill's characters,

who usually ended his sketches by saluting,

appears in the video of Anything She Does by Genesis?

-Fred Scuttle.

-Yes. What was the name of the English teacher

who would go on to become Speaker of the House of Commons,

who was instrumental in encouraging the young Hill

to pursue a career in entertainment?

-Horace King.

-Yes. Which role does Hill play

in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

-The Toymaker.

-Yep.

Hill reached number 12 in the UK singles chart in March 1961

with a single that had

Gather In The Mushrooms on one side,

and which song on the other?

-Transistor Radio.

-No, Pepys' Diary.

Light Up The Sky is a 1960 film

set in the Second World War that stars

Hill and which singer as his brother Eric?

-Tommy Steele.

-Yes.

Hill was the headline act and Tommy Cooper

had second billing of a Folies Bergere review

at London's Prince of Wales Theatre,

that ran from April London 1955. What was the review called?

Paris By Night.

Yes. In the film that accompanied Hill's number one single,

Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West,

who plays Two-Ton Ted from Teddington?

-Henry McGee.

-Hill appeared on the television series

Showcase in 1954 -

at one time impersonating Barbara Kelly,

Lady Isabel Barnett

and the other panellist of which popular programme?

-What's My Line?

-Yes.

Who did Hill play in the Rediffusion television production

of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1964?

-Bottom.

-Yep.

Which army Colonel,

who was in charge of force's entertainment

during the Second World War, went on to become Hill's agent?

-Richard Stone.

-Yes.

In 1984, Hill returned to the stage

for the first time since 1960

in a special tribute to a comedian

and television star who had just died. Who was it?

-Eric Morecambe.

-Yes. What was the name of the computer expert played

by Hill in the '69 film The Italian Job?

-Professor Simon Peach.

-Yes.

The associated television executive Lew Grade

tried to break into the American market in the late '60s

with a television series that included

two episodes featuring Hill.

What was the name of the series?

-Spotlight.

-Yep. Hill devised,

wrote and starred in a half hour silent film...

BEEP ..that featured Nicole Shelby

and Douglas Hill, and was broadcast in June 1970.

What was it called?

-Eddie In August.

-Eddie In August is correct.

No passes, Colin. You've scored 14 points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Mitford Sisters in two minutes.

The six Mitford sisters, Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity,

Jessica and Deborah were the daughters of David Lord Redesdale.

In 1950, Deborah, through her marriage,

became Duchess of where?

-Devonshire.

-What's the title of Nancy's

semiautobiographical novel,

published in 1945?

The characters are said to be based

on her family and friends.

The character of Uncle Matthew

is said to be based on her father.

-Love In A Cold Climate.

-The Pursuit Of Love.

What did Hitler present to Diana

when she married Oswald Mosley

in secret in Germany in 1936?

-A framed photograph.

-Yes, a signed photograph.

Unity greatly admired Hitler

and tried to kill herself on the day that

Britain and France declared war on Germany.

What was the date?

8th of September, 1939.

The 3rd September, '39.

Deborah's letter to Nancy on Boxing Day 1961

identifies the major political figure

whom they refer to as Fat Friend, or FF.

What was his name?

-John F Kennedy.

-Yes. Deborah's son, born in April 1944,

was called Peregrine and

given the middle names Andrew and Morny,

after Mornington Cannon, who was a champion in what sport?

Pass.

In 1940, Diana and Oswald Moseley

were imprisoned under an amendment to

the Emergency Powers Act

because they were part of a hostile organisation.

In which prison was Diana detained?

-Holloway.

-Yes. What is the name of the small island

in the Hebrides where their father lived

from 1938 and was passed to the sisters

on the death of their brother, Tom?

-Inch Kenneth.

-Yes. Pamela and her husband divorced

after he became bored with life in rural Ireland

and fell in love with Janetta Kee,

who would become the third of his six wives. What was his name?

-Derek Jackson.

-By what nickname was the Mitford

children's much-loved nanny,

Laura Dicks, usually known?

Blor.

Jessica met Bob Treuhaft,

who would become her second husband,

while she was working in Washington for the OPA.

What do those letters stand for?

Pass.

What was the name of the house

designed by David Lord Redesdale,

to which the family moved in the 1920s

after their original home, Asthall Manor, was sold?

Swinbrook.

Which poet proposed twice to Pamela

and was twice refused because,

as she later said, she was fond of him but not in love.

-John Betjeman.

-Yes.

How much was the Daily Express made to pay Deborah...

BEEP ..for compromising her prospects

of marriage, after it had published

a story saying that she had eloped,

rather than her sister Jessica?

-£1,000.

-£1,000 is exactly what it was.

You had two passes.

OPA stands for The Office Of Price Administration.

And Mornington Cannon and was a champion in horse racing.

There you go. You have scored, Grace, ten points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

Cicero in two minutes.

Here we go. The first century BC Roman writer, philosopher,

orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero,

took the third part of his name from the Latin word cicer.

What is literal meaning of that word?

-Chickpea.

-In which province did Cicero serve as quaesto?

While he was there, he found the lost grave of Archimedes.

-Sicily.

-What was the name of the teacher of rhetoric

whom Cicero sought out in Rhodes,

after he'd studied with him in Rome in 78 BC?

Apollonius Molon.

What Latin title was given to Cicero in recognition

of his role in the defeat of the conspiracy of

Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic?

Pater patriae.

Cicero announced the execution of the Catilinarian conspirators

to the Roman people

with what single Latin word meaning "they have lived"?

-Pass.

-What is the name of the young girl

who became Cicero's second wife later in his life

after he had divorced his first wife, Terentia?

-Publilia.

-When Cicero prosecuted the Sicilian governor Verres,

who spoke in the governor's defence?

He was seen as the best speaker in Rome before Cicero emerged.

-Hortensius.

-The speeches of which Greek orator

provided the name philippics that is usually applied

to Cicero's orations against Mark Anthony?

Demosthenes.

What was the name of the notorious politician

who declared Cicero an exile in 58 BC?

Clodius.

Which school friend carried on a correspondence with Cicero

that provides essential information about his character,

opinions and actions?

-Atticus.

-What is the title of the essay written

in the last year of his life in which Cicero

gave a reasoned and cautious defence of the right

to kill tyrants?

-The Laws.

-No, The Duties.

Which province in Asia Minor was allotted to Cicero

for his mandatory one year as governor?

-Cilicia.

-What was the name of the Centurion who,

in Plutarch's account, was reported to have

decapitated Cicero?

Herennius.

What Latin term was usually applied to someone who,

like Cicero, was the first member of his family

to enter politics?

New man.

No, novus homo.

Who is thought to have arranged Epistulae ad Familiares...

BEEP

..the posthumous collection of Cicero's letters to his friends?

He had accompanied Cicero during his time in Cilicia.

His secretary, Tiro.

Yes, you had just one pass.

That single Latin word meaning "they have lived" - vixerunt.

My pronunciation is probably rubbish.

You have scored, Lee, 12 points.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

In two minutes. Starting now.

The 1745 Jacobite rebellion was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to

claim the thrones of Scotland and England

for the exiled House of Stuart.

At which location on the shores of Loch Shiel

was the Royal Standard raised on 19 August?

-Glenfinnan.

-Charles sailed from France aboard Du Teillay

and was accompanied for part of the journey by another ship

that was forced to turn back after an encounter

with HMS Lion. What was the ship called?

Elizabeth.

At which battle on 17 January 1746

did the Jacobites claim victory over a government force

commanded by Henry Hawley?

-The Battle of Falkirk.

-Yes, Falkirk Muir.

In 1745, the Jacobites captured Edinburgh

without a shot being fired.

They gained access to the city through which of its gates?

St Mary's Gate.

No, Netherbow Port.

In August 1745, the British Government

offered a reward to any person who shall seize and

secure the eldest son of the Pretender.

What amount was the reward?

£30,000.

Which engraver was employed by Charles

to design a Jacobite currency?

-Pass.

-Which town was reportedly secured for the Jacobites

by just three people -

Sergeant Dixon, his mistress and a drummer?

Glasgow.

Manchester. What was the real name of the government agent

who used the alias Oliver Williams

and claimed to have influenced the Jacobites' decision

not to march on London?

-Pass.

-In August 1745, around a dozen men

commanded by Sergeant Molloy repelled a much larger

Jacobite force who were trying to capture which barracks?

Ruthven.

Which crossing of the River Trent is traditionally regarded

as the southernmost point reached by the Jacobites

during their invasion of England?

Derby.

Swarkestone. Who took command of the garrison at Carlisle

on October 1745, but was forced to surrender a few weeks later?

-Lord John Murray.

-No, Durand.

What was the name of Charles' lodgings in Derby?

In early December 1745, it hosted a council of war

at which Charles agreed to abandon his invasion of England?

Exeter House.

The decisive battle is usually referred to as Culloden,

although it's also known by what other name

from that of the stretch of moorland on which it was fought?

-Drumossie Moor.

-BEEP

What name... I've started, so I'll finish.

Did Charles assume when he disguised himself

as Flora MacDonald's maid

during his flight after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden?

-Betty Burke.

-Is correct.

Two passes, Michael.

Dudley Bradstreet was the real name of that government agent,

who used the alias Oliver Williams.

And the engraver employed by Charles to design Jacobite currency

was Robert Strange. You have scored eight points.

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Well, some high scores in the first round.

Let's have a look at all of them.

In fourth place with eight points - Michael Page.

Third place, ten points - Grace Carley.

Second place, 12 points - Lee Simpson.

First place, 14 points - Colin Daffern.

So it is the general knowledge round now.

If there's a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes is

taken into account and the contender with the

fewer passes is the winner.

If they're tied on passes as well, there will be a tie-break.

And the six highest scoring runners-up will also be able

to claim a place in the semifinal. So, plenty to play for.

Let's get on with it and ask Michael to join us again, please.

And...

..you start out with eight points, but plenty of time to catch up.

Two and a half minutes of general knowledge.

Here we go.

Which novel by Daphne du Maurier opens with the line,

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again?"

-Pass.

-Which nocturnal new world animal is distinguished

by its bushy ringtail and black mask-like patches

across the eyes?

Lemur.

Raccoon. What device that prevents an illegally parked car

from being moved is known to Americans as a Denver boot?

A...steering wheel lock.

It's a wheel clamp. The 1938 gangster film

that stars James Cagney and Pat O'Brien

is called Angels With Dirty...?

-Souls.

-Faces.

The A2 road runs largely along the route

of the Roman road Watling Street,

from London to a Channel port. Which port?

-Portsmouth.

-Dover.

Who labelled her husband's poor, working-class supporters

"los descamisados", or "the shirtless ones",

during a successful presidential campaign of 1945 to '46.

Pass.

What name was given to the neoclassical style of art,

interior design and women's fashion

that flourished in France during the reign of Napoleon I?

-Pass.

-Which Christmas delicacy,

said to be a reminder of the manger

in which the baby Jesus was laid,

originally contained meat but now contains fruit?

Mince pies?

In July 1987, the Tour de France was won by Stephen Roche,

who became the first cyclist

from which country to win the race?

Ireland.

A commercial traveller called Willy Loman

is the central character in which Arthur Miller play?

Death Of A Salesman.

What type of heavy, woollen coat

is named after a town near Antwerp in Belgium?

Pass.

Which branch of mathematics

that uses letters for unknown variables

takes its name from the Arabic for resetting?

Algebra.

The singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding

had a number two UK hit single with a cover version

of which Elton John song in 2010?

-Pass.

-Which major Hindu festival of light

is celebrated over a four- or five-day period,

beginning on the 15th day of the Hindu month of Ashvin?

Diwali.

The bulbous, dome-shaped characteristic of Russian churches

is named after what vegetable?

-Swede?

-Onion.

Which 2015 opera, set during the American Civil War,

is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Frazier?

The novel was also adapted into a 2003 film

starring Jude Law and Nicole Kidman.

Cold Mountain.

The Bosporus Straight connects the sea of Marmara

to which larger sea to the north-east?

The Black Sea.

In Peter Pan, what is the name of the captain

of the pirate ship Jolly Roger,

whose right hand was eaten by a crocodile?

Captain Hook.

Which Germanic language,

traditionally written in Hebrew characters,

was the language of the Jews... BEEP

..of Central and Eastern Europe?

-Yiddish.

-Is correct.

Five passes altogether.

Ellie Goulding had a number two hit single

with Your Song.

That coat named after a town in Belgium -

the duffle coat.

The name of that classical, or neoclassical art,

style of art, interior design, etc,

was the Empire style.

Eva Peron labelled her husband's poor working class

"los descamisados".

And Rebecca was the book by Daphne du Maurier

that started, "Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again."

You have now, Michael, a total of 17 points.

And now Grace again, please.

And you start out with ten points, Grace.

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

of general knowledge. Here we go.

Which businessmen started the mail order company Virgin Records

in 1969, at the age of 18?

Richard Branson.

In which Oscar-winning film starring Anthony Hopkins

has a closing scene with the lines,

"I do wish we could chat longer,

"but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."

The Silence Of The Lambs.

Which ex-servicemen's organisation

was founded by Earl Haig in 1921?

It's now famous for its Poppy Appeal.

-The British Legion.

-What name is given to glands

in the human and mammalian body that produce hormones

and secrete them into the bloodstream?

Pass.

Which singer topped the UK album charts with Loud,

and the singles charts

with What's My Name, featuring Drake, in 2011?

Pass.

Which fruit and ice cream dessert did the French chef Escoffier

name after an Australian opera singer?

Peach Melba.

The Jerusalem artichokes, also known as girasole,

is related to which tall, yellow-flowered plant?

Sunflower.

The computer programmer and internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson,

who died in 2016,

is credited with inventing

what means of personal communication in 1971?

E-mail.

Which town on the North Wales coast,

founded in 1283 by Edward I

as the site of one of his castles,

shares its name with the river on whose estuary it stands?

-Bangor.

-Conwy.

In which of the four styles used in competitive swimming

did the Britons David Wilkie, Adrian Moorhouse

and Duncan Goodew all win Olympic gold medals?

-Butterfly.

-Breaststroke.

Which three words begin the first chapter of Genesis

in the authorised version of the Bible?

"In the beginning."

Who composed the music for the ballet The Right of Spring?

The first performance in Paris in 1913

is said to have caused a riot.

-Prokofiev.

-Stravinsky.

In a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about a lost love

and a bird that disturbs the narrator,

the last word is "nevermore". Which poem?

The Raven.

Which future German Chancellor was appointed

as the Minister For Women in 1991 by Helmut Kohl?

Merkel.

In North America, the waistcoat of a three-piece suit

is usually called by what name?

It's used in Britain for a undergarment.

Vest.

By what nickname are England women's football team known?

Pass.

Which redheaded British singer-songwriter

founded his own record label called Gingerbread Man in 2015?

Ed Sheeran.

A statue of which comedian,

who died in 1993, was unveiled by his widow

in his hometown of Lytham St Annes in October 2008?

-Ernie Wise.

-Les Dawson.

By what name is the federation

of seven states on the Arabian peninsular known?

The largest of the states is Abu Dhabi?

The UAE.

Yes, the United Arab Emirates.

Which 2003 film comedy, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters,

has the tag line, "They dropped everything for a good cause?"

-BEEP

-Calendar Girls.

Calendar Girls is correct. You had three passes.

The England women's football team are the Lionesses.

Rihanna was that singer topped the charts with Loud and What's My Name?

And the glands that produce hormones and all that

are the endocrine glands.

Grace, you have a total of 23 points.

And now let's ask Lee to join us again, please.

And you start the round with 12 points.

23 is the score to beat,

and you have two and a half minutes of general knowledge questions

in which to do it, or not, as the case may be. Here we go.

On which Royal Navy ship was a mutiny of April 1789

led by Fletcher Christian against the tyrannical Captain Bligh?

The Bounty.

A leaf of which tree is featured

in the centre of the Canadian flag?

Maple.

Which British tennis player won three women's Grand Slam singles titles,

the US Open in '68, the Australian Open in '72 and Wimbledon in '77,

when she beat Betty Stove in the final?

-Virginia Wade.

-What is the medical name for the gullet,

the muscular tube through which food passes

from the pharynx to the stomach?

Oesophagus.

Which controversial black American leader was murdered

while he was addressing a meeting

of The Organisation Of Afro-American Unity

in New York in February 1965?

-Martin Luther King.

-Malcolm X.

Whitcomb L Judson's clasp locker,

which was exhibited at the Chicago World Fair of 1893,

was a forerunner of what type of fastener?

-Velcro.

-No, zip.

What Lancashire hill is traditionally climbed on Halloween

to commemorate a group of ten alleged witches

who were hanged in August 1612?

Pass.

Which English artist is said to have had himself

tied to the mast of the steamer

during a snowstorm to inspire him

for his 1842 work Snow Storm - Steamboat Off A Harbour's Mouth?

Turner.

Which song give Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie

a UK top ten hit in 1981?

It was later in '94 hit

for a Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey.

Pass.

Who was born at 2:40am on the 21st of April, 1926,

at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair,

the London home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore?

Pass.

Which British overseas territory

has been included in the South West of England constituency

for the purpose of European elections since 2004?

-The Scilly Isles?

-Gibraltar.

Which play do actors traditionally refer to

with titles such as "The Scottish Play",

because naming it is thought to be unlucky?

Macbeth.

Which double-cooked pastry,

sometimes called cream puff pastry,

is used for the casing of profiteroles and eclairs?

-Choux.

-Yes, choux pastry.

Who wrote the poem

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,

that is a son's address to his dying father?

Dylan Thomas.

Which Bedfordshire town is, according to local legend,

named after a robber called Dun or Dunning?

Dunstable.

Who presented the astronomy programme The Sky At Night

from its start in 1957 until 2013?

Patrick Moore.

Which close relative of the weasel is distinguished from it

by its larger size and black-tipped tail?

BEEP

-The beaver.

-The stoat. Yep.

You had three passes.

The person who was born at 2:40am in Bruton Street in Mayfair

was the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II.

That song that gave Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie their hits

was Endless Love.

And that hill in Lancashire that's climbed to commemorate

the hanging of those so-called witches was Pendle Hill.

A total, Lee, of 22 points.

And finally, Colin again, please.

And you start out with 14 points, Colin.

And the score is still...

The score to beat, that is, is still 23. So here we go.

Two and a half minutes, starting now.

Which cartoon series, first broadcast in 1960,

is set in the city of Bedrock in Cobblestone County?

Flintstones.

Which edible yeast extract

shares its name with a large French cooking pot?

Marmite.

The evil Daniel Quilp and the convivial Dick Swiveller,

a friend of the heroine's profligate brother, Fred Trent,

are characters in which Dickens novel?

-Great Expectations.

-The Old Curiosity Shop.

What instrument did Karen Carpenter play

in the duo that she formed with her brother, Richard?

-Drums.

-Which architectural feature

can be spiral, dog-legged, straight or circular?

-Spire.

-Staircase.

Which disease, characterised by severe inflammation of joints

in the body's extremities, especially the big toe,

is caused by the deposit of uric acid salts?

It was described by Lord Chesterfield

as "the distemper of gentlemen".

Gout.

Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker had a UK top ten hit in 1983

with Up Where We Belong,

the Oscar-winning theme song from which film?

An Officer And A Gentlemen.

What was the nationality of the explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering,

after whom the sea and the strait are named?

-Norwegian.

-Danish.

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan,

which is the home of AC and Inter Milan,

is also known by the name of the saint

who gave his name to the district it is in. Which saint?

-Francis.

-San Siro Stadium.

In Greek mythology,

the Minotaur had the body of the man

and the head of which creature?

-Bull.

-What name that comes from the Japanese for "harbour wave"

is given to a swiftly-travelling, destructive wave

caused, for example, by an underwater earthquake?

Tsunami.

Which pioneering astronaut was a pilot in the Korean War

and, in the 1970s, became Professor Of Aerospace Engineering

at Cincinnati University?

Armstrong.

What word for an overland expedition,

originally one for big game hunting in Africa,

comes from the Swahili for journey?

-Safari.

-Which science fiction author wrote the novel

The Man In The High Castle,

which is set in America in the 1960s

after a German and Japanese victory in the Second World War?

Philip K Dick.

Which Spanish princess was the first wife of Henry VIII

and mother of Mary I of England?

Catherine of Aragon.

Who was appointed as England's Rugby Union coach

in November 2015,

after they failed to get beyond the group stage of the World Cup?

-Phil Vickery.

-Eddie Jones.

Which islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

are home to a unique group of finches,

also known as Darwin's finches?

Galapagos.

Which Puccini opera,

first performed in Turin in 1896,

is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris?

-Turandot?

-La Boheme.

On which of the Great Lakes is the city of Green Bay?

It's known for its American football team.

-Erie.

-Michigan.

In chemistry, what word means

a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances

in a single liquid, solid or gaseous state?

It can also mean the answer to a problem.

-Compound.

-Solution.

BEEP The South Wales resort of Porthcawl

hosts an annual festival in September

dedicated to the memory of which legendary American singer

who died in 1977?

-Elvis Presley.

-It was indeed Elvis Presley.

Colin, you've done it. You've scored 27 points.

Close, but he did it.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 17 points - Michael Page.

Third place, 22 points - Lee Simpson.

Second place, 23 points - Grace Carley.

First place, 27 points - Colin Daffern.

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

and he goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

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