Episode 16 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Darren Smith.

He is a primary school teacher from Cambridgeshire and his specialist

subject is The Vicar of Dibley.

Next, Andrew Gregory. A company director from York.

His subject, the novels of George Orwell.

Hugh Williams is a retired schoolteacher from Hampshire.

And he's answering questions on Roman coinage.

And Brian Chesney, a retired librarian from Worcestershire.

His specialist subject, Harold Wilson.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Four contenders are waiting to take their place in the black chair.

They have all spent weeks preparing for the two minutes of questions

on their specialist subjects and perhaps longer worrying

about what may or may not be in the 2.5 minutes of general knowledge.

Tonight's winner will go through to the semifinals of course

and move a step closer to the famous glass bowl and the Mastermind title.

Let us ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is?

-Darren Smith.

-Your occupation?

-Primary school teacher.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Vicar Of Dibley.

The Vicar Of Dibley in two minutes starting now.

In the first episode, Geraldine Granger played by Dawn French

becomes the new vicar in the village of Dibley. What is the name of the church?

St Barnabas.

Which regular character usually starts whatever

he is going to say with the words, no, no, no, no.

Jim Trott.

Frank looks in the book of minutes to find out what had been depicted

on the great north window before it was broken during the storm.

What biblical story was on the window?

Noah's ark.

In the episode Community Spirit,

Geraldine promises to find a big star to open the autumn fair

to improve on the previous year's takings.

Who arrives at the vicarage on the day of the fair

and is persuaded to open it?

Kylie Minogue.

What household item does Geraldine cut up

and use as a dog collar in the final episode of the first series?

A washing-up liquid bottle.

In the episode Winter, what role does David Horton have

in the nativity play. He is described by Geraldine as cruel and jealous?

Herod.

In The Christmas Lunch Incident, Alice the verger gives Geraldine

a present of the authorised biography of which pop group?

The Spice Girls.

What does Geraldine change about her appearance after

she meets David Horton's brother Simon

because he says that is what he likes in a woman?

-She dyes her hair blonde.

-She does.

At the end of the autumn fair, Geraldine announces

the takings without the bid for Letitia Cropley's orange cake.

What flavour of icing was the cake topped with?

Branston pickle.

Which actor's picture hangs on the wall of the vicarage next to

one of Jesus in the season's specials.

He appears in Geraldine's dream to interrupt her wedding to

David Horton and as a result she turns down David's actual

marriage proposal?

Sean Bean.

In the episode Summer, the villagers chain themselves to the church

in protest against plans to evacuate Dibley and turn it into what?

A reservoir.

What does the farmer Owen Newitt give up for Lent in the episode, The Easter Bunny?

Swearing.

When Harry Kennedy asks Geraldine to marry him, she mistakenly believes

she is being asked to officiate at his wedding to which other woman?

His sister.

What is the title of the first book assigned to members of Dibley's book club?

It proves unsuccessful after no-one bothers to read it.

-White Teeth.

-No, On Beauty. BEEP

An original painting by which artist is

taken down from the Hortons' living room when Alice redecorates?

It is later inadvertently given to Geraldine to

celebrate 10 years in Dibley?

-Stubbs.

-George Stubbs.

Shame about that White Teeth, On Beauty.

It could have been either, couldn't it? But there we are.

Anyway, you have still got 14 points.

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And the next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Andrew Gregory.

-Your occupation?

-Company director.

-And your chosen subject?

-The novels of George Orwell.

George Orwell in two minutes.

Orwell's novel 1984 opens with the line, "It was a bright cold

-"day in April and the clocks were striking..."

-13.

In Animal Farm, what type of bird is Moses who claims all animals

go to Sugarcandy Mountain when they die?

A raven.

In Coming Up For Air, George Bowling is near Charing Cross

when he sees a poster announcing that a wedding has been postponed.

-Whose wedding?

-King Zog of Albania.

The title character of A Clergyman's Daughter is the only

child of the rector of St Athelstan's in Knype Hill in Suffolk.

What is her name?

-Ellen Hare.

-No, Dorothy Hare.

In Keep The Aspidistra Flying,

what is the title of Gordon Comstock's volume of poetry

which showed exceptional promise, according to The Times literary supplement?

Mice.

In Burmese Days, what feature of Flory's face stretches in a ragged

crescent down his left cheek from the eye to the corner of the mouth?

Birthmark.

What is the name of George Bowling's elder brother, who stole

£8 from the till in his parents shop and was never heard of again?

Joe.

The three main slogans of the party that rules Oceania

are written in giant letters on the side of the Ministry of Truth.

The first two are "War is Peace" and "Freedom is Slavery".

What is the third?

Ignorance is Strength.

The flag of Animal Farm is raised on Sunday mornings

and is made from the green tablecloth on which Snowball

has painted a hoof and what other symbol?

A horn.

Whom does Elizabeth Lackersteen marry at the end of Burmese Days?

Macgregor.

In A Clergyman's Daughter, Dorothy Hare wakes up on a London

street unable to remember how she had got there or who she is.

Which street?

Pass.

In 1984, Ampleforth admits he may have committed thought crime

while rewriting the poems of Kipling into an ideologically

the acceptable form because he kept what word?

The word God.

What is the name of the prize boar who encourages the other

animals to overthrow the human race?

Old Major.

What is the name of the company that Gordon Comstock

works for before he gets a job at McKechnie's book shop?

Orwell describes it as one of those publicity firms which have

sprung up everywhere since the war,

the fungi that sprout from a decaying capitalism?

The New Albion.

The New Albion publicity company is exactly right.

And your pass, in A Clergyman's Daughter,

Dorothy Hare wakes up on New Kent Road.

You have, Andrew, 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Hugh Williams.

-Your occupation?

-Retired schoolmaster.

-And your chosen subject?

Roman coinage in Britain AD41 to AD402.

In two minutes starting now.

The figure of Britannia was first depicted on

Roman coins circulated in Britain in the reign of which Emperor?

-Hadrian.

-Between 330 and 348AD, large numbers of Roman coins were

minted in a German city, the imperial capital of the western provinces. Which city?

Trier.

By what name, meaning "made of silver", is a coin of just over 3g weight known?

It was minted as part of Diocletian's currency reforms.

-Siliqua.

-Argenteus.

A brass sestertius, issued during the reign of Nero, showed

the doors of a temple closed to indicate there were no wars

anywhere in the Roman Empire at that time. Which temple?

Janus.

What is the name of the cloth thrown down to start a chariot race

that was depicted on the obverse of some Roman coins?

Pass.

The letters RSR were included on some of the coins

produced by Carausius around 286AD. They are thought to

refer to a quotation from which Roman poet?

Virgil.

Coins marked 20 or 21 had approximately what

percentage of silver content following the currency

reforms of the Emperor Aurelian?

5%.

Which Roman goddess was the favourite deity of the Emperor Domitian

and is frequently depicted on silver coins minted during his reign?

Pass.

What name is given to the spring near Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall?

Many votive offerings of coins have been found there.

Coventina spring.

Which demigod, with whom the Emperor Commodus particularly associated himself,

was depicted on some of the coinage produced during his reign?

Hercules.

What name was given to London on the coins

minted there during the brief reign of the usurper Magnus Maximus?

Augusta.

In which French city did Magnentius open a mint with the mint mark

AMB during his reign in the mid-fourth century AD?

-Ambianum.

-Yes, or Amiens.

Which emperor who permitted freedom of worship throughout the

Empire in 313AD was the last for whom posthumous coinage was issued?

-Constantius.

-Constantine, yes.

In what country was the Tarraco mint that struck coinage

during the period of the civil wars and later during the reign of Vespasian?

-Spain.

-Spain is correct. You had two passes.

That Roman goddess, the favourite deity of Domitian, was Minerva.

And the name of the cloth thrown down to start a chariot race

was the mappa.

Two passes, you now have a total of 11 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Brian Chesney.

-Your occupation?

-Retired librarian.

-And your chosen subject?

-Harold Wilson.

-Harold Wilson in two minutes.

Wilson was Prime Minister in two separate terms for the Labour Party.

Which constituency did he unexpectedly win

when he first stood for Parliament in 1945,

when an independent candidate split the Conservative vote?

Ormskirk.

Who beat Wilson when they both stood for the deputy leadership

of the Labour Party in November 1962?

-Brown.

-What disease did Wilson contract from contaminated

milk during a Scout camping trip in 1930?

It resulted in a long spell in hospital.

Typhoid.

Who owned the firm that made the Gannex raincoat

favoured by Wilson?

He was controversially given a knighthood in Wilson's

Resignation Honours list in '76.

Kagan.

In which town did Wilson give his White Heat Of Technology

speech on 1 October 1963?

Scarborough.

On what island in the Scillies did the Wilsons own a holiday home

that Mary Wilson helped pay for with the royalties from her first book of poems?

St Mary's.

What prestigious prize did Wilson win at Oxford University

for an essay entitled The State And The Railways In Great Britain, 1823-63?

The Gladstone Memorial Prize.

From which village in Yorkshire did Wilson take his title

when he was appointed a life peer?

-Rievaulx.

-What was the name of the Soviet Trade Minister

and later Deputy Prime Minister with whom Wilson developed

a friendly relationship from 1947 while in Attlee's government?

-Mikoyan.

-Which Labour Minister for the Arts had the prime

responsibility for setting up the Open University.

Wilson regarded it as one of his government's greatest achievements?

Jennie Lee.

What was the common name of the proposed

agreement between the TUC and any future Labour Government

based on a document called Economic Policy And The Cost Of Living?

Social contract.

Which newly created constituency

did Wilson narrowly win in the 1950 general election?

Huyton.

In October 1964, Wilson appointed the General Secretary

of the Transport And General Workers Union, Frank Cousins, to what post?

Ministry of Technology.

What is the title of Wilson's book, published in 1945, which argued

for the nationalisation of the coal industry?

A New Deal For Coal.

What infamous three-word term did Wilson use for Swiss bankers...

BEEP ..and other international financiers who speculated

when the pound sterling was under pressure. He first used

it in the House of Commons in November 1956?

Gnomes of Zurich.

That is exactly right. So, for that matter, were all your other answers.

All 15 of them. Brian, 15 points.

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Some high scores there. Let's have a look at all of them.

In fourth place, 11 points, Hugh.

Third place, 12 points, Andrew.

Second place, 14 points, Darren.

First place, 15 points, Brian.

APPLAUSE

It is the general knowledge round now and if there is 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,

and if they are tied on passes as well, there'll be a tie-break.

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

And you start out with 11 points.

Hugh, 2.5 minutes for General Knowledge questions. Here we go.

What is the popular name relating to an animal

for the small glass reflectors that are set in a frame in the road surface

that indicate traffic lanes?

-Cat's-eye.

-Senlac Hill is regarded as the site

of which pivotal battle of English history in October 1066?

Battle of Hastings.

The cakewalk, jitterbug and turkey trot are all types of what?

-Dance.

-In Christian tradition, St Luke is credited with the authorship

of the Third Gospel and which other book of the New Testament?

Pass.

The tag line of what 1993 Robin Williams film was

"she makes dinner, she does windows, she reads bedtime stories,

"she is a blessing in disguise"?

Mrs Doubtfire.

Which member of the beet family, popular in Mediterranean cuisine,

has types called Swiss, rainbow and ruby?

Radish?

Chard. What is the capital and largest town of the island of Barbados?

Barbados is Kingston.

Bridgetown.

What colour is the cartoon dog Huckleberry Hound?

Blue.

Which carnivorous plant has a botanical name that loosely

translates as Aphrodite's mousetrap?

Venus flytrap.

The Zarzuela Palace is the residence of the monarchs of which European country?

-Liechtenstein.

-Spain.

The title of which novel by Joseph Heller, first published

in 1961, has come into everyday language to mean a no-win situation?

Catch-22.

Which Olympic champion learned her skills as a boxer

when her mother took her as a 12-year-old

to Burmantofts Boxing Club in her home city of Leeds?

Pass.

The central and southern area of the Peak District in Derbyshire

is known as the White Peak because of a rock that gives local

structures a whitish appearance. What rock?

Pass.

What is the name of the English singer and songwriter

who reached number two in the UK singles chart in 2015

with Hold Back The River?

Pass.

What general term is applied in physics

to substances that block or slow

the flow of electricity or heat?

-Resistance.

-Insulators.

What is the subject of the poem in which Robert Burns

addresses "the Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race"?

-Haggis.

-Yes.

In music, what Italian term is used for

a brief orchestral piece performed

between the scenes of an opera,

often to denote the passing of time?

Intermezzo.

Which famous French Impressionist painter,

who lived from 1840 to 1926

had the first names Oscar-Claude?

Monet.

The ashes of which poet, dramatist and critic

are buried at St Michael's Church

in East Coker in Somerset? The name of the village

is the title of one of his four quartets.

-BEEP

-Pass.

It's TS Eliot.

And the other pass is James Bay, was that English singer

who reached number two.

And limestone is the rock, hence the white appearance.

Nicola Adams was the Olympic champion boxer.

-And Luke wrote the Third Gospel, and the Acts of the Apostles.

-Right.

-You now have a total, Hugh, of 21 points.

-Thank you.

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And now, Andrew again, please.

And you start out with 12 points, Andrew.

And you know what the score to beat is at the moment. So, here we go.

Two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge, starting now.

What French word is normally used for

a simple coffee-maker that consists of a jug

with a plunger to push the grounds to the bottom,

before the coffee is served?

-Cafetiere.

-Who is the former Speaker of the House of Commons

who was a member of the dance troupe The Tiller Girls

in her early life?

-Betty Boothroyd.

-The Barents, the Beaufort and the White

are among the marginal seas of which ocean?

The Arctic Ocean.

What name is given to an airy crisp confection

of beaten egg whites and sugar

often filled with cream?

A meringue.

The 893-metre-high mountain Cadair Idris

is in the southern part of which National Park?

-The Brecon Beacons.

-Snowdonia.

On what day of the week did The Cure say, "I'm in love",

in their 1992 UK top 10 hit?

Friday.

What is the surname of the teacher at Hogwarts

after whom the species of crab Harryplax severus

was named in January 2017?

Snape.

In Norse and German mythology, what type of creature

was Audumbla? She give nourishment to

the first being on Earth, the giant Ymir?

A cow.

Who resigned as England's Test cricket captain

in February 2017, after a record 59 matches in charge?

Alastair Cook.

What name is given to the part of the White House that houses

the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room?

The West Wing.

Which character in literature described his becalmed vessel

as being "as idle as painted ship upon a painted ocean"?

Pass.

What name is given to the process in which heat is

transferred by the movement of a gas or liquid?

Convection.

In the 1970s, the pop entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren opened a shop

in the King's Road Chelsea with which fashion designer?

Vivienne Westwood.

In the second series of the BBC's

adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays,

The Hollow Crown, which actor portrayed Richard III?

-David Tennant?

-Benedict Cumberbatch.

What portmanteau name is given to the edge

of a piece of woven material

finished in a way that prevents fraying?

Pass.

Which German composer, whose name was adopted by a popular singer of

the 1960s, wrote the music

for the 1893 opera Hansel and Gretel?

Pass.

What is the name of the lock in south-west London that marks

the usual tidal limit of the River Thames?

-The Thames Barrier.

-Teddington Lock.

Which former cast member of Saturday Night Live

starred in The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer?

Adam Sandler.

In what part of the body are

the navicular, cuboid and cuneiform bones?

-The wrist.

-The foot.

Which former Prime Minister of Pakistan was the first

female leader of a Muslim country in modern history?

She was murdered... BEEP

..in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007.

-Benazir Bhutto.

-Is correct.

You had three passes.

That German composer, whose name was adopted later, was

Engelbert Humperdinck.

Selvedge is the portmanteau name

given to the edge of a piece of woven material.

No? Nor me.

"As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean", The Ancient Mariner.

You have, Andrew, a total of 25 points.

APPLAUSE

And now, Darren again, please.

And Darren, you start out with 14 points.

And 25 is now the score to beat.

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

Who plays the irritable hotel owner Basil Fawlty in the television

series Fawlty Towers?

John Cleese.

In Treasure Island, what sign does Blind Pew hand to Billy Bones that

causes him to have a heart attack and die of terror?

-Press-ganging...

-Black Spot.

Which northern city's Anglican cathedral is the largest in Britain

and the fifth largest in the world?

-Salisbury.

-Liverpool.

From which European language does the word "sauna" come?

-Sweden.

-Finnish.

What is the English name of the prominent geographical feature

formerly known as Jabal Tariq, or Mount Tariq?

Gibraltar.

Which Handel oratorio was first performed in a music hall

near the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin on 13th April 1742?

Messiah.

Which Radio 2 presenter took over from Kate Thornton

as the presenter of the television talent show The X Factor in 2007?

Dermot O'Leary.

Which Asian country gives its name to a hard enamel-like varnish used

to give a glossy, usually black, ornamental finish to metal objects?

-China.

-Japan.

Farina dolce is the Italian term for flour made from what nut?

-Almond.

-Chestnut.

Who performed some of her biggest hits including Just Dance,

Poker Face and Born This Way

in the Super Bowl half-time show in February 2017?

Lady Gaga.

What fictional newspaper magnate dies in his mansion Xanadu

with the word "Rosebud" on his lips?

It is later revealed to be the name of a sledge he owned as a child.

Oh, I can't remember... Orson Welles played him, can't remember.

Citizen Kane, yes.

Which American golfer was given the nickname Golden Bear?

He dominated the game from the 1960s to the '80s.

Jack Nicklaus.

In agriculture and gardening,

what general term is used for wild plants that are

in direct competition with cultivated vegetation?

-Herbivorous plants.

-Weeds.

-Oh!

Which radioactive metallic element was once widely

used in luminous paint such as that used on watch dials?

Sorry, can you repeat the question?

Which radioactive metallic element was once widely

used in luminous paint such as that used on watch dials?

-Uranium?

-Radium.

In which country did the Whisky Rebellion take place in 1794

over an attempt to impose a tax on the drink?

-Ireland?

-America.

In the New Testament, which of the Apostles is believed to have

written "for the love of money is the root of all evil"?

-Paul.

-What armoured vehicle got its name because the workers

at the Lincoln firm of William Foster and Company that built the first ones

were told they were building water carriers for Mesopotamia?

Tanks.

Which Greek goddess is depicted in the pre-Christian statue

The Winged Victory of Samothrace,

prominently on display at the Louvre?

Nike.

What alternative word for a county...

BEEP ..was an administrative area in Anglo-Saxon England?

-Shire.

-Is correct. No passes, Darren.

You got 24 points.

And finally, Brian again, please.

And...

you start out with your 15 points, and the score to beat is still 25.

Let's see if you can do it,

move into the next round, the semifinals. Here we go.

What is the name of the large square in the centre of Moscow

listed in 1990 by Unesco as a World Heritage Site?

Red Square.

Which Dutch painter moved to Paris in 1886 to live

with his brother Theo, an art dealer?

-Van Gogh.

-In mathematics, what name is given to a line that touches

a curve at a particular point, but does not intersect it?

-Tangent.

-What was the name of the guitar-playing rabbit

in the children's television programme The Magic Roundabout?

-Brian.

-Dylan.

Which former MP was Environment Secretary from 2006

and Foreign Secretary from 2007 until the fall

of the Labour Government in 2010?

David Miliband.

Which steam engine was the first to reach

an authenticated speed of 100mph in 1934?

It made its return to the rails in February 2016,

with a run from King's Cross to York.

Flying Scotsman.

Which French gold coin was first struck in 1640?

After the revolution, it was renamed the Napoleon and was worth 20 francs.

-The Louis.

-With what word do all four Gospels of the New Testament

conclude in the Authorised Version of the Bible?

-End.

-Amen.

In tennis, who achieved an Open Era record,

23rd Grand Slam singles title, when she won the Australian

open for the seventh time in January 2017?

Serena Williams.

What is the title of Charles Dickens' last novel?

It was unfinished at his death in 1870.

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.

The savanna and the smaller forest

are the two African species of which large mammal?

-Antelope?

-Elephant.

How many gallons of beer are there in a measure called a firkin,

equal to a quarter of a barrel?

-Four?

-Nine.

The underground railway systems in German-speaking cities

such as Berlin and Vienna are generally known by what abbreviated name?

U-Bahn.

Which garden tool shares its name with the object that

a croupier uses to draw in money?

Rake.

Which Oscar-winning actress's last role was as an angel

called Hap in Steven Spielberg's 1989 film Always?

-Katharine Hepburn?

-Audrey Hepburn.

The M73 motorway bypasses which Scottish city on its eastern side?

Glasgow.

What is the name of the Bootle-born '60s pop singer

who was backed by a Manchester band called The Dakotas?

Billy J Kramer.

Pyrophobia is a fear of what?

-Fire.

-How many of the eight planets in the solar system

are known as inferior planets,

because in geocentric astronomy,

they were thought to be below the Sun?

-Two.

-This Was A Man, first published in 2016,

is the seventh and last of which series of novels by Jeffrey Archer?

Pass.

Which famous artist's nose

did the Florentine sculptor Pietro Torrigiano...

BEEP ..break in a fit of jealousy?

Torrigiano is reckoned to have brought the Renaissance to England

after he was forced to leave Italy.

-Michelangelo?

-Yes, absolutely.

You had one pass, Brian.

The series of novels by Jeffrey Archer was The Clifton Chronicles.

But you have a total now of 30 points.

A most impressive score, there.

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

Fourth place, Hugh.

Third place, Darren.

Second place, Andrew.

First place, Brian.

Handshake, yeah.

So, Brian is tonight's clear winner and goes through to the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

Commiserations to Andrew, but with a score of 25,

it's possible that we shall see him again in the semifinal.

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