Episode 6 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is

Helen Lippell, a taxonomy consultant from Leytonstone.

Her specialist subject is the American band REM.

Richard Gill is a business improvement manager

from Stourbridge.

He's answering questions on the presidency of Harry S Truman.

Next in the black chair,

James Horton, a student from Manchester,

on the history of the World Cup.

And tonight's final contender,

Daniel Adler, an IT consultant from Farnham,

who's answering questions on the Danish drama series Borgen.

APPLAUSE

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

Tonight, four contenders will answer two minutes of questions

on their specialist subject.

And that, of course, is the one they have chosen,

so no excuses there.

And then, two-and-a-half minutes on general knowledge,

with no idea what's coming.

The winner will take a step closer to owning this fine glass bowl,

and the coveted title of the nation's Mastermind.

So, let's have our first contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

REM, in two minutes. Here we go.

In which city in Georgia did REM's four founding members

play their first gig at a friend's birthday party in April 1980?

Athens.

What is the title of the final studio album that they

recorded for IRS Records

before they signed a multi-million dollar deal

with Warner Brothers?

Document.

Which producer, who'd worked with artists,

such as Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson,

produced REM's third studio album,

Fables Of The Reconstruction?

Joe Boyd.

The song Let Me In, on the band's '94 album, Monster,

was the vocalist Michael Stipe's tribute to a musician who died

in April that year. Who was he?

Kurt Cobain.

At which studio in Memphis, Tennessee,

did the band record songs for their '88 album Green?

Erm...

Ardent?

The title of the band's '86 album, Lifes Rich Pageant,

was taken from a film

starring Peter Sellers, as Inspector Clouseau.

What is the film called?

A Shot In The Dark.

Which of the founding members left the band in '97,

a year after the release of the album New Adventures In Hi-fi?

Bill Berry.

The album Athens Andover was a collaboration

between members of REM and a British band

who'd been one of their major influences. Which one?

The Troggs.

Which song on the '84 album Reckoning features a distinctive

percussion sound created by the producer, Mitch Easter,

lying on the floor and banging a chair leg with a metal pipe?

Pretty Persuasion?

Time After Time.

According to Stipe, the title of one of the band's albums

is one of the easiest words in the English-language to say.

Which album?

Murmur.

What is the title of the '87 collection of B-sides and rarities

that includes cover versions of the Velvet Underground songs

There She Goes Again and Femme Fatale?

Dead Letter Office.

Which song from the soundtrack of the Andy Kaufman biopic,

Man On The Moon, was later released as a single

and reached the UK Top 10 in 2000?

The Great Beyond.

Which female singer provided vocals

for the single E-Bow The Letter

and also for Blue from the band's final studio album,

Collapse Into Now?

Patti Smith.

In 2001, the band played at a concert

to celebrate South African Freedom Day

which was attended by Nelson Mandela.

Which London landmark was the venue?

BEEP Trafalgar Square.

Is correct.

No passes, Helen. You scored 13 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Harry S Truman in two minutes...

Truman became president of the United States on the death

of Franklin D Roosevelt in '45

and won the election in November 1948.

But the early editions of the Chicago Tribune the next day

led with the headline that he had lost

to which Republican opponent?

Thomas Dewey.

Which new country was recognised by Truman

11 minutes after it declared itself an independent state

on the 14th of May 1948?

Israel.

In June 1950, Truman announced that American troops

would support South Korea after the North Korean army

crossed which parallel?

The 38th.

Who was Truman's running mate

when he won the presidential election in 1948?

Alben Barkley.

Truman decided not to seek re-election in 1952, but his name

was entered on the ballot in the primary of which state?

Iowa.

New Hampshire. Truman met Stalin and Churchill in July '45

to decide how to administer Germany

after the end of the war in Europe.

The meeting was held at Potsdam, near which major city?

Berlin.

Truman did not attend the funeral of King George VI

in February 1950, but sent his Secretary of State instead.

What was his name?

Dean Acheson.

The so-called Truman Doctrine was set out

in a speech to Congress on 12th March 1947,

when the president sought financial support for Greece

and which other country?

Turkey.

When he became president, Truman retained Roosevelt's cabinet,

but in July '45 he appointed Fred M Vincent to what position?

Chief Justice?

No, Secretary of the Treasury.

What's the name of the President's guesthouse where Truman

was living when an attempt to murder him was made

in November 1950?

Blair House.

What did Chief Justice Harlan Stone incorrectly say

the S in Truman's middle name stood for

when he presided at Truman's '45 inauguration?

Ship.

In 1951, Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his duties

as commander of the Allied forces

during the Korean War and replaced with whom?

Matthew Ridgway.

What was the name of the Soviet Foreign Minister who visited

the White House shortly after the Second World War

to meet President Truman?

Mosolov?

No, Molotov.

In August 1948, a former senior State Department official

was named as a communist sympathiser at a meeting

of the House Committee on Un-American Activities

and was later convicted of perjury in 1950. Who was he?

Alger Hiss.

What was the name of the Attorney General...

BEEP ..whom Truman forced to resign

in April '52, after he refused to cooperate

in a corruption investigation?

Louis Johnson.

Howard McGrath.

No passes, Richard. You've scored 11 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

World Cup in two minutes. Here we go.

In the '94 World Cup, Gabriel Batistuta scored a hat-trick

in Argentina's 4-0 victory against Greece.

Who scored the other goal?

Er...Ariel Ortega?

Maradona. Which team were knocked out in the second round

by Brazil at the '98, 2010 and 2014 tournaments?

Chile.

England's first match at the 2014 finals was a 2-1 defeat

to Italy in which Amazonian city?

Manaus.

Which Uruguayan player was sent off for a handball

in the last minute of their 2010 quarterfinal against Ghana?

He later claimed, "The hand of God now belongs to me."

Luis Suarez.

What was the name of the Dutch goalkeeper who was replaced

by Tim Krul in the last seconds of extra time

in their 2014 quarterfinal against Costa Rica?

Jasper Cillessen.

In 1982, against West Germany,

which Italian became the first player to miss a penalty

in a World Cup final?

Antonio Cabrini.

Which country won a match at the World Cup for the first time in '94,

having failed to do so in five previous tournaments?

Bulgaria. They went on to reach the semifinals.

Bulgaria.

Is correct. In the 1990 semifinal against West Germany,

who took England's last penalty in the shoot-out?

He needed to score to keep England in the tournament,

but kicked the ball high over the crossbar.

Chris Waddle.

Which African country beat Argentina 1-0 in the opening match

of the 1990 World Cup,

even though two of their players were sent off?

Cameroon.

In the 2010 final, 12 players were booked

and another was sent off after he received two yellow cards.

Which English official refereed the match?

Howard Webb.

What is the surname of Cesare, who coached Italy in 1998,

and his son, Paolo, who captained the team?

Maldini.

Who was Scotland's manager at the '86 finals,

where they finished bottom of their group?

Alex Ferguson.

Which French player was carried off in the '82 semifinal,

after he was knocked unconscious

by the German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher?

Patrick Battiston.

In 2002, which country beat Sweden in the second round,

before losing to Turkey in the quarterfinals?

Both matches were decided by a golden goal.

Senegal.

Which German midfielder played his 25th and last World Cup game

in a 3-0 quarterfinal defeat by Croatia in 1998?

BEEP

Lothar Matthaus.

Is correct.

No passes, James. You have 14 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your specialist subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

The Danish drama series Borgen stars Sidse Babett Knudsen

as a politician who becomes

Denmark's first female prime minister.

What's the politician's name?

Birgitte Nyborg.

What name did Birgitte and her colleagues choose

for the political party that she forms

after she leaves the Moderates?

The New Democrats.

What was the name of Prime Minister Lars Hesselboe's

chief adviser, who is having an affair with the TV1 journalist

Katrine Fonsmark, and dies from a heart attack in the first episode?

Ole Dahl.

At the beginning of the second series,

Birgitte is on an official visit to Danish troops overseas.

In which country are they stationed?

Afghanistan.

Which political party's headquarters

are discovered to have been bugged by Special Branch

in the episode See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil?

Solidarity.

What is the name of the official residence where Birgitte stays

when she is having problems in her marriage?

Marienborg.

Katrine Fonsmark is told by her secret military source

to use a code word at the end of her news broadcast

if she needs to talk to him.

What is the code word?

Snow.

What is the profession

of Birgitte's English boyfriend, Jeremy Welsh?

He's an architect.

When Birgitte has to go to the hospital every day for

radiotherapy sessions, where did she tell her children she is going?

The gym.

A series two episode focuses on the appointment of

a new Danish commissioner for the European Union.

According to the episode title,

in which city can no-one hear you scream?

Brussels.

Birgitte's New Democrats win enough seats in

the general election to give them significant power

in the coalition negotiations. How many seats do they win?

13.

What is the name of Birgitte's driver, who is transferred to

another ministry after she spends the night with him?

Kim.

In the episode 100 Days, it is revealed that illegally detained

American CIA prisoners have been transported

through an airbase in Greenland. Which base?

Thule.

What is the three-word name of the government's package

of welfare, education and environmental reforms,

which they announce with the symbolic planting of a tree?

Our Common Future.

The Labour Party leader Michael Laugesen is forced

to stand down after his xenophobic e-mails

are leaked to the press. Of which tabloid newspaper

does he subsequently become editor-in-chief?

Express.

A quotation by an... BEEPS

..Italian Renaissance political philosopher

appears at the start of the first episode and reads...

"A prince should have no other aim or thought

"but war and its organisation and discipline."

Who was the philosopher?

Machiavelli.

It was indeed Machiavelli.

No passes, 16 points.

APPLAUSE Ta.

Well, a very high-scoring round there.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place, 11 points, Richard Gill.

Third place, 13 points, Helen Lippell.

Second place, 14 points, James Haughton.

First place, a whacking 16 points...

Daniel Adler.

APPLAUSE

So, it is the general knowledge round now

and that'll sort out the front-runners from the also-rans.

If their scores are tied at the end of this round,

then the number of passes will be taken into account,

and the person with the fewer passes will be the winner.

If they can't be separated on passes as well,

then there will have to be a tie-break.

And, remember, the six highest-scoring runners-up

will also be able to claim a place in the semifinal,

so, lots to play for.

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

And you've got 11 points on the board, Richard.

You have two-and-a-half minutes to put many more points on the board,

with your general knowledge. Here we go.

What do golfers traditionally shout to warn people in front

when they play a shot in their direction?

Fore.

In 1961, Rosemarie Frankland who was born in Wales,

became the first British winner of which beauty contest?

Miss World.

What word, meaning "madly violent", comes from the name

given to Norse warriors who worked themselves

into a frenzied fury for battle?

Berserk.

The Parliament Act of 1911 that was passed by Asquith's

Liberal government limited the power of which body?

House of Lords.

Which former town that is now a city was bypassed

by the first stretch of motorway to be opened in Britain in 1958?

Pass.

Who was the lead singer with the pop group The Four Seasons?

He also had several solo hits.

Frankie Valli.

Of what fibrous protein, also found in human hair and nails,

is the horn of the rhinoceros composed?

Pass.

In architecture, what name for the lower part

of an internal wall, that is specially decorated or panelled,

comes from the Italian for a die or cube?

Dada.

What sweets were invented in about 1909

by Charles Gordon Maynard?

In spite of their name, they contain no alcohol.

But their manufacture was still initially opposed

by his strictly teetotal father?

Wine Gums.

In the Gospels, what was the profession of St Matthew,

who is also called Levi?

Tax collector.

On which Radio 4 programme, hosted by Nicholas Parsons,

do the panellists have to talk on a specified subject

for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation?

Just A Minute.

In which sea is the Swedish island of Gotland,

whose main town, Visby, is a UNESCO World Heritage site?

The Baltic?

What bird, noted for its thieving habits, is the subject

of an opera by Rossini that was first performed

at La Scala in Milan in 1817?

Magpie.

What is the name of the Booker Prize-winning Irish author

whose novels include Dead Man Talking,

a Star called Henry, and The Snapper?

Patrick Kelly?

Roddy Doyle.

The ABO system, formulated in about 1901,

was the earliest system of classification

of what in the human body?

Bones? Blood groups.

Which comedy actor co-stars with Richard Pryor

in the films Stir Crazy and Silver Streak?

Gene Wilder. Yes.

Samuel Coleridge claimed he couldn't remember the end of one of his poems

and left it uncompleted because he was interrupted by "a person from Porlock"

while he was writing it. Which poem?

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?

Kubla Khan. What is the nationality of the former Formula One World

Motor Racing Champions Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet?

Brazilian. Yes. The covered canal bridge in Venice

between the Doge's Palace and the city's prisons is known by what name?

Rialto? Bridge Of Sighs.

Which American talk show host featured in the title of the satirical modern opera

written by Richard Thomas and the comedian Stuart Lee?

Jerry Springer. Yes.

What is the only even prime number?

BEEP Two. Yeah. Exactly.

Two passes. Keratin is that fibrous protein

and the town - well, town then, city now -

that was bypassed by the motorway, Preston.

Of course.

You have scored a total now, though, Richard, of 26 points.

Thank you.

And now, Helen again, please.

And you start out, Helen, with 13 points.

26, as you have just heard, is the score to beat,

with your general knowledge in two and a half minutes.

In which country does the Suez Canal run north to south across the isthmus of Suez?

Egypt? Which English king was described by Sir Thomas More as being "little of stature,

"ill-featured of limbs, crook-backed"?

Richard III? Yes.

Ellis Peters' medieval detective, Brother Cadfael,

is a Benedictine monk at which abbey?

Pass.

What is the common name for the disease Variola, which was declared

to have been eradicated in 1918?

Smallpox? The British version of a fashion magazine celebrated its centenary

with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in February 2016. Which magazine?

Pass. On which items of emergency equipment are the colours on the labels

red for water, blue for dry powder, cream for foam, yellow for wet chemicals

and black for carbon dioxide?

Fire extinguisher.

The village of Drumnadrochit in Scotland is a focal point for tourist interest in which creature?

Loch Ness Monster?

What word for an unbroken vista

of the region surrounding an observer comes from the Greek for "all" and "view"?

Panopticon? Panorama.

Of which plant is Origanum vulgare the scientific name of the wild species?

Cultivated species of it are commonly sold as oregano.

Pass. Which series of action films features the American cops Riggs and Murtaugh,

played by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover?

Pass. What is the nature of a business that is a member of ABTA,

according to the last two letters of the acronym?

Travel agent. Which British rock group,

whose members included Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend,

recorded the 1973 top three album, Quadrophenia?

The Who. What is the equivalent in America and Canada of 999,

the telephone number for the emergency services?

911. The name of the country that gained independence in 1947

is composed of letters from the names of territories

including Punjab and Kashmir. Which country?

Pakistan. The first official Poet Laureate was appointed by Charles II in 1668.

Who was he?

Pass. Which comic strip character was born at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm

and had siblings, Spike, Olaf, Andy, Marbles and Belle, and a friend called Woodstock?

Snoopy. What fruit completes the title of Prokofiev's 1921 opera The Love For Three...

Pass. Which London club is the only one in English league football with Rangers in its name?

Queens Park. The Ballad Of Jed Clampett, performed by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs,

was the theme for which American television series?

Bonanza?

The Beverly Hillbillies.

Whose scientific theory was based on his observations serving as an unpaid naturalist...?

BEEP ..on the voyage of HMS Beagle?

Charles Darwin. Is correct.

You have six passes, Helen.

Oranges, that is The Love For Three Oranges.

John Dryden was the first official Poet Laureate.

Lethal Weapon was that series of action films with Riggs and Murtaugh, etc.

That herb commonly sold as oregano is marjoram.

Vogue was the magazine that celebrated its centenary with an exhibition

at the National Portrait Gallery,

and Brother Cadfael was in Shrewsbury Abbey.

You have a total of 25 points.

APPLAUSE

And now James again, please.

And, James, you start out with 14 points

with the history of the World Cup. 26 is still the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it with your general knowledge.

For what trophy do England and Australia compete in Test Match cricket?

The Ashes. Which organs of the body are affected by bronchitis and pneumonia?

Lungs. The Oscar-winning song Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

comes from a '69 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

What film? Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

Which international humanitarian agency has won the Nobel Peace Prize

on three occasions - in 1917, '44 and '63?

The Red Cross.

By what popular name is the perennial aromatic herb of the genus Nepeta

known because of a particular household pet's attraction to it?

Basil. No, catmint or catnip.

What term for a point of constriction is applied

to a junction or section of a road where traffic is often held up?

Roadblock. Bottleneck.

Which Cambridge museum is named after the viscount

who bequeathed his works of art and library to the university in 1816

as well as the funds to house them?

Fitzwilliam.

What name is given to the boundary of a geometric figure,

such as a circle, where its length is equal to 2 pi x radius?

Circumference. Which celebrated military leader died aged 32

in Babylon in 323 BC after he became ill following a banquet?

Alexander The Great.

What is the title of David Bowie's album released in January 2016

that became a posthumous number one in both the UK and America?

Lazarus. Black Star.

In which TV comedy did Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson

star as the obnoxious flatmates Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler?

Bottom.

In Greek myth, who had a dog called Argos who was the only one

to recognise him when he returned from the Trojan Wars?

Odysseus. Which mild and salty semihard cheese of Cypriot origin

made from goat's or ewe's milk is often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly?

Feta. No, halloumi.

During the First World War, artist Norman Wilkinson devised a bizarre dazzle camouflage

paint scheme to hide what?

Soldiers? Ships.

Which station was replaced by St Pancras

as the London terminus of Eurostar trains in November 2007?

Paddington? Waterloo.

"Big Ger" Cafferty and the up-and-coming Daryl Christie

are gang bosses who feature in the novels of which Scottish crime writer?

Ian Rankin.

Which character did John Cleese base on the hotelier Donald Sinclair,

who he described as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met"?

Basil Fawlty. What is the name of the orphan created by Johanna Spyri

who goes to live in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather in a herdsman's hut?

Pollyanna. Heidi. Which country, a former Portuguese colony,

is Namibia's northern neighbour on the Atlantic Ocean?

Angola. Which player reached six Embassy World Championship

snooker finals between 1984... BEEP

..and '94 and lost them all?

He lost to John Parrott, Steve Davis, and four times to Stephen Hendry.

Jimmy White. Is correct.

And that one really mattered because you have no passes and a score of 27 points.

And finally, Daniel again, please.

And you start out, Daniel,

with a perfect score of 16 and 27 is the score to beat.

So let's see if you can repeat your earlier triumph.

Two and a half minutes. Here we go.

Bulgur, or burghul, used in the Middle Eastern salad tabbouleh

is prepared from which cereal?

Wheat. Which Scottish city launched the Miles Better campaign in 1983

in an attempt to improve its image?

Its logo was Mr Happy.

Glasgow. Which television series first shown in the mid-1980s

focused on the lives of the members of Blue Watch at Blackwall Fire Station?

The Bill. London's Burning.

What do plants such as the pitcher plant and the sundew feed on?

Insects. The flag of a Mediterranean island country consists of two

olive branches underneath a dark yellow map on a white background

and was adopted in 1960 when the island became independent from Britain. What is it?

Cyprus. What was the name of the English king born in 968 AD

who was given the nickname The Unready?

Ethelred. Which word for a formal agreement between states,

such as a trade arrangement, comes from the Latin verb tractare, meaning "to manage"?

Treaty. A film about the Boston Globe newspaper's exposure of a child abuse scandal

and cover-up in the local Catholic archdiocese won Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars.

What is the film called?

Philomena. Spotlight.

Who wrote the book A God In Ruins?

The first writer to win a Costa category prize three times

when it won the novel award in January 2016?

Hilary Mantel. Kate Atkinson.

Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi

were the original vocalist and guitarist with which heavy metal band?

Black Sabbath. Which controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov

is subtitled The Confession Of A White Widowed Male?

Lolita. Which motor racing circuit, on the site of a former airfield in Northamptonshire,

opened in 1948?

Silverstone.

Polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE,

which resists attack from nearly all chemicals and has a slippery surface

is better known by what name?

Teflon. Which school of architecture and design which existed in Germany

from 1913 to '33, had a name that means "House of building"?

Bauhaus. According to the Bible,

how long did the Israelites wander in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land?

40 years. Which Labour politician was first elected as MP for Hull East in 1970?

He left the Commons in 2010.

John Prescott. What title did Sir Edward Elgar take

from Shakespeare's Othello for the orchestral marches that he composed between 1901 and 1930?

Pomp and Circumstance. The name of which people, famed as mountain guides,

who live on the slopes of the Himalayas comes from the Tibetan for "Easterner"?

Sherpa. Who played cleaner Doris Luke in Crossroads before donning wrinkled stockings

for the role of Nora Batty in Last Of The Summer Wine?

Thora Hird. Kathy Staff.

BEEP And you're out of time,

which is just as well at the rate you were scoring there.

No passes.

You scored 31 points!

APPLAUSE

Well, no doubt about the winner.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In fourth place with 25 points, itself a high score, Helen Lippell.

Third place with 26 points - Richard Gill.

Second place with 27 points - James Haughton.

First place, 31 points - Daniel Adler.

So at the risk of stating the obvious,

Daniel is tonight's winner and goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

Commiserations, maybe, to James.

But with his score of 27 it's entirely possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.

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