Episode 17 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Ikenna Oguguo.

He's a personal assistant from East Dunbartonshire,

and he's answering questions on the Champions League.

Ian Jack is a university lecturer from the Wirral.

His specialist subject -

the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell.

Next, Cathy Elder, a community development advisor from Cardiff,

on Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh.

And Julian Aldridge, a geologist from Lancashire,

on the American television series, House Of Cards.

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

Four contenders each determined to do the best they can to get

through to the semifinals, and the pressure is real.

Just two minutes to rattle through their specialist subject,

two and a half minutes on the subject they haven't been able

to swot up on, general knowledge.

One of them may eventually walk away with the famous glass bowl

and the Mastermind title.

So let us ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is?

-Ikenna Oguguo.

-And your occupation?

-Personal assistant.

-And your chosen subject?

-UEFA Champions League from 1992 to date.

In two minutes, starting now.

In what city did Real Madrid win 4-1 against Juventus to become

the club champions of Europe for a record 12th time in June 2017?

Cardiff.

Who became the first player to score four goals in a Champions League semifinal

when Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2015 semifinal?

Robert Lewandowski.

By what score were Liverpool losing to AC Milan at half-time in the 2005 final?

They came back to win on penalties.

3-0.

Which team knocked out Manchester United at the quarterfinal stage in 1998,

and Manchester City in the Round Of 16 in 2017?

Pass.

Which was the only team that Blackburn Rovers beat when they played in the

Champions League in the '95-'96 season?

Rosenborg.

Who became the first person to be sent off in a Champions League final

when he fouled Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o in the 2006 final?

Jens Lehmann.

BATE Borisov, who first qualified for the group stages of the Champions League in 2008,

are the only side from which country to have achieved that feat?

Belarus.

Which Spanish team reached the Champions League final in both 2000 and 2001?

Valencia.

Who scored in the 95th minute when Barcelona came back from a 4-0 first leg defeat

to beat Paris St Germain 6-5 on aggregate in March 2017?

Pass.

Which Scottish midfielder became the first British player to win the Champions League

with a foreign club when he played for Borussia Dortmund in 1997?

Paul Lambert.

Which Cypriot team reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2012?

APOEL Nicosia.

Who was the coach of the Ajax side that beat AC Milan in the 1995 final,

but lost to Juventus the following year?

Louis van Gaal.

Who beat Xavi's record of 151 appearances in the Champions League proper

when he played in goal for Porto in a group match against Chelsea in September 2015?

Pass.

BEEP Who scored a hat-trick for Spurs

when his side lost 4-3 away to Internazionale

in a group stage match in October 2010?

-Gareth Bale.

-Is correct.

You got three passes, Ikenna.

The team that knocked out Manchester United and Manchester City

were AS Monaco.

The chap who scored in the 90th minute when Barcelona came back

from that 4-0 first leg defeat was Sergi Roberto.

And it was Casillas who beat Xavi's record of 151 appearances.

You have scored 11 points.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Ian Jack.

-Your occupation?

-University lecturer.

And your chosen subject?

The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell.

In two minutes, starting now.

In the first novel of the series set in Egypt by Lawrence Durrell,

Darley gives a lecture at the Atelier Des Beaux Arts in Alexandria on a poet

who came from the city. Which poet?

Cavafy.

What is the name of the artist who loses her right hand after Balthazar accidentally fires

a harpoon duelling a boating trip?

Clea.

In Justine, on which lake is Capodistria supposedly killed during an accident

at a duck shoot?

It is later revealed that he is alive and had faked his own death.

Mareotis.

What is the name of Darley's lover who tells Pursewarden that Nessim Hosnani

is the leader of an organisation that smuggles guns into Palestine?

Justine.

Melissa. In Justine, Nessim gets a dispensation from the patriarch of Alexandria

to build a small chapel dedicated to which saint at his summer palace?

St Arsenius.

What is the name of Nessim's secretary, who turns out to be an informer

for the British intelligence service?

Salim.

In Balthazar, the policeman and British spy Josh Scobie is killed while dressed as a

woman at the Alexandria docks by sailors from which Royal Navy ship?

HMS Milton.

What disease is said to have melted down what remained of

Leila Hosnani's once-celebrated beauty?

Conference smallpox.

In Mount Olive, Pursewarden claims he contributed articles to The Times under what pseudonym?

Er...

Agent Pycox?

Paralysis Agitans.

In Justine, what is the main occupation of the dwarf, Mnemjian, whom Darley describes

as The Memory Man, The Archive Of The City, and The City's Oracle?

Barber.

What is the title of the novel by Jacob Arnauti that Pursewarden describes as

a swashing study in the grand manor, nymphomania, and psychic impotence?

Moeurs.

What is the name of Scobie's green Amazonian parrot that nearly caused a riot

when it recited from the Koran in public?

Roma.

In Clea, what job does Nessim Hosnani do by special permission during the

Second World War at the Alexandria docks?

Ambulance driver.

In Justine, the Cabal hold their strict monthly meeting

at a building near which Roman landmark in Alexandria?

Pompey's Pillar.

In Clea, Josh Scobie has been listed as a saint...

BEEP ..in the Coptic church after his death.

The locals refer to him affectionately as El Scob,

but what is his official saint's name?

-El Yacoub.

-Yes, it is indeed.

And no passes. You've scored, Ian, 13 points.

Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Cathy Elder.

-Your occupation?

-Community development advisor.

-And your chosen subject?

-The life and times of Hatshepsut.

In two minutes, starting now.

Hatshepsut was a ruler of Egypt in the 15th century BC.

She was the oldest daughter of which pharoah?

Thutmosis I.

In which year of Hatshepsut's reign was the first confirmation that she had

assumed the title King of all Egypt?

Regnal Year VII.

What name that means "The soul of Re is truth," did she take as her throne name?

Maatkare.

Hatshepsut began a major rebuilding programme to repair the damage that had supposedly

been done by which invading Adriatic people?

The Hyksos.

For which lioness-headed goddess did she have a shrine created in the desert near Beni Hasan?

Pakhet.

What particular symbol of the male pharaoh's regalia did Hatshepsut adopt in

many of the depictions of her during her reign, as well as the kilt and headdress?

False beard.

Among the military expeditions of Hatshepsut's reign was a campaign to crush a revolt

in an area of southern Egypt that contains the kingdom of Kush.

Which region?

Nubia.

Hatshepsut was particularly fond of a former wet nurse who had looked after her in the palace

harem, and she commissioned a statue of herself as Queen sitting on the nurse's knee.

What was the nurse's name?

Sitre.

What is the name of the place high in the cliffs approximately a mile west of Deir el-Bahari

that she chose for her tomb?

KV20?

Wadi Sikkat Taka ez-Zeida, or something.

Of which dynasty did Hatshepsut become the fifth ruler during the period

known as the New Kingdom?

18th dynasty.

What is the name of the courtside barque shrine built during the reign of Hatshepsut

in the central court of the Temple of Amun at Karnak?

Chapelle Rouge.

What's the name of the stylised Cobra used as a symbol of divine authority

in ancient Egypt that was removed from much of her statuary after her death?

Wadjet?

Uraeus. To which African coastal region

did she send an expedition under the leadership of

her Chancellor, Neshi, that returned with living incense trees among many other goods?

Punt.

What is the name of her sister who died in infancy?

She is also known as Nefrubity.

Netisherie?

Akhbetneferu.

What was the name of her principal adviser who created a tomb for herself...

BEEP ..within the Royal mortuary complex at Deir el Bahri?

He was also tutor to the Royal Daughter, Neferure.

-Senmut.

-Is correct.

Phew!

Thanks for giving me all those pronunciations.

No passes.

You've scored 12 points.

Thank you.

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And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Julian Aldridge.

-Your occupation?

-Geologist.

-And your chosen subject?

-The US TV series, House Of Cards.

House Of Cards, in two minutes.

In the American television series House Of Cards, what is the name

of the major employment initiative that President Underwood launches

at the beginning of his administration?

AmWorks.

When Frank Underwood is unable to overhear a phone call made by the Republican

presidential nominee, Will Conway, he says that he wishes he was a former President

who had every nook and cranny bugged. Which President?

Nixon.

What gift does Frank leave in the Oval Office for President Walker,

accompanied by a card that reads, "This one doesn't have a loud mouth like me"?

A punching bag.

What's the name of the hurricane that threatens to strike the East Coast?

Frank has to ask Congress to divert billions of dollars

from AmWorks to cope with the potential disaster.

Faith.

In Series 1, Frank Underwood's wife, Claire, is forced to move her fundraising gala

from inside to outside a hotel in Washington because of a union dispute.

Which hotel?

Cotesworth.

There is a power cut just as Frank is about to deliver the opening pitch

of a baseball game at Camden Yards, the home ground of which team?

Baltimore Orioles.

What is the name of the internet search engine, owned by Ben Grant, that Will Conway

uses to get demographic information to help his campaign?

Pollyhop.

What is the name of the writer who Claire talks to while she gives blood?

She tells him that she reassesses her marriage every seven years.

Tom Yates.

What film does Frank Underwood's Chief of Staff, Doug Stamper, watch on television

with his brother rather than the Democratic candidates debate?

Double Indemnity.

Contagion. During which speech does Frank deliberately sabotage

Claire's proposed attempt to run for

Congress in Texas by publicly endorsing someone else?

The State Of The Union.

At which Washington Metro station is the journalist Zoe Barnes killed by a moving train?

Cathedral Heights.

What is the name of the university where Frank is addressing students

when Lucas Goodwin shoots him?

Maryland.

Hammond. What item does Claire give Frank a replica of

just before he enters the Oval Office

for the first time as President?

His class ring.

To which German city does Claire travel to attend the G7 summit while her husband...

BEEP ..has liver transplant surgery?

Frankfurt.

Brandenburg is the one.

You had no passes. You have scored 11 points.

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So, that's the end of a very close first round.

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In joint third place, 11 points apiece, Ikenna and Julian.

Second place, 12 points, Cathy.

First place, 13 points, Ian.

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And it is, of course, the general knowledge round now, and if there's

a tie at the end of it, then the number of passes taken into account,

and the person with the fewer passes is the winner.

And if they're tied on passes as well, there has to be a tie-break.

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

And you start this round, as we've just heard, with 11 points.

Two and a half minutes for the general knowledge questions,

coming up now.

A statue of which Hans Christian Andersen character is a popular attraction

in Copenhagen Harbour?

The Little Mermaid.

What common collective name is given to the two sets of bones, the maxillae and

the mandible, that form the framework of the mouth?

-The jaw.

-The jawbones, yeah.

In The Simpsons, what is the name of the bar where Homer enjoys Duff beer?

Moe's Tavern.

In which Grand Slam tennis championship do women compete for the silver trophy

known as the Venus Rosewater Dish?

That's Wimbledon.

Which hospital in Cambridge is named after a physician who left a legacy

to build one in the town for poor people?

Pass.

What is the title of the song by 2 Unlimited that finally ended Whitney Houston's ten weeks

at number one with I Will Always Love You?

No Limit.

Which writer's autobiographical memoir of boyhood in a secluded Cotswold Alley is called

Cider With Rosie?

Laurie Lee.

What name of Germanic origin is given to the underworld abode of the wicked after death?

Hades.

-Hell.

-Hell!

Bette Midler's Grammy award-winning song, Wind Beneath My Wings,

features in which 1989 film?

Mermaids.

Beaches. What is the name of the Spanish-born tenor

who made his Covent Garden debut as a baritone

at the age of 69, in the lead role in Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra in 2010?

Pass.

What traditional Japanese theatrical form has a name that means talent or skill?

Pass.

In which building was the Stone of Destiny ceremonially installed on St Andrew's Day

1996, on its permanent return to Scotland after 700 years?

Scone Palace?

Edinburgh Castle. In education,

what does the abbreviation PTA stand for?

Parent Teacher Association.

Which sea bird, a member of the auk family, has a name that apparently comes from

the French form of the name William?

Pass.

To which archipelago in the Mediterranean do the smaller islands Cabrera

and Dragonera belong?

Balearics.

The Butterhead Tom Thumb is a small fast-growing variety of what salad vegetable?

Lettuce.

The First Battle Of Bull Run of July 1861, also known as the first battle of Manassas,

was the first major encounter of which conflict?

The...

Pass.

Who was asked many times in a Newsnight interview in May 1997

whether he had threatened to overrule the prisons chief, Derek Lewis?

He evaded the question each time.

Michael Howard.

What name is given to the mark...

BEEP ..worn on the forehead by Hindus to indicate caste status,

sectarian affiliation, or simply as an ornament?

Bindi.

Yeah, or tika or tilaka or pottu.

You have five passes altogether.

It was the American Civil War in which they fought

The First Battle Of Ball Run. Guillemot is that sea bird,

that comes apparently from the French form of the name William.

That traditional Japanese theatrical form is Noh Theatre. N-O-H.

The name of the Spanish born tenor - Placido Domingo.

And the hospital in Cambridge named after the chap who left a legacy

to build one - Addenbrooke's.

You have scored a total of 22 points.

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-Thank you.

And now Julian again, please.

And you also start out with 11 points, Julian.

And the score to beat, as we've just heard, is 22.

So, here we go.

In which winter sport might competitors perform jumps

called lutz, loop, axel, and salchow?

Figure skating.

In which stretch of woodland at Heath in the south of England, now a national park,

did William the Conqueror create a royal hunting ground in 1079?

South Downs.

New Forest.

The 1980s television series The Colbys was a spin-off from which soap opera?

Dynasty.

The juice of what fruit is fermented to make perry, a drink similar to cider?

Pear.

What would that means farmer or countryman is used for the people of Dutch descent

who settled in South Africa?

Boer.

Who became the first American woman to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar

for Lost In Translation in 2004?

Sofia Coppola.

Which Norse God is also known as Wotan?

Odin.

What role was filled in the First World War and Second World War by Paul Nash?

Chief architect.

No, he was the official war artist.

Who's been officially credited by Oxford University press as the co-author with

William Shakespeare of the three Henry VI plays?

Marlowe.

What class of natural or synthetic substances composed of larger molecules

are made up of smaller units called monomers?

Polymers.

In the Royal Navy, the term Silent Service is used to describe which type of vessels?

Submarines.

Against whom did Anthony Meyer stand in a UK political party leadership election in 1989?

He won 33 votes out of 374.

SDP?

Margaret Thatcher.

The ancient city that the Greeks called Ilium after its legendary founder, Ilios,

is better known by what name?

Troy.

In which country is Lake Van the largest lake?

It's famous for its swimming cats that have amber or blue eyes.

Armenia.

Turkey. Which classic science-fiction novel

takes its title from the temperature at which its author,

Ray Bradbury, believed book paper catches fire?

Fahrenheit 451.

Allium cepa is the scientific name for a vegetable whose English name is

thought to come ultimately from the Latin for "one". Which vegetable?

Pepper?

Onion. What is the title of Madonna's UK number one album of 2000,

the title track of which also gave her a number one single?

Ray Of Light?

Music. In football, which manager succeeded Bill Shankly in 1974

and won six Division 1 titles

and three European Cups with Liverpool between 1976 and '83?

Kenny Dalglish?

Bob Paisley. Which member of the royal family was born

at Park House Sandringham on 1 July 1961?

-BEEP

-Prince Edward.

No, it was Diana, Princess of Wales.

You had no passes, Julian, but you also have 22 points.

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And now Cathy again, please.

And you start out with 12 points, Cathy.

22 still the score to beat.

Two and a half minutes on general knowledge, starting now.

Who has been the lead singer of the Rolling Stones

since the group was formed in the early '60s?

Mick Jagger.

Mashed swede, often referred to as bashed neeps, is traditionally served

as an accompaniment to what Scottish dish?

Haggis.

Which English King acquired the epithet "Unready," not because he was unprepared,

but because he was ill advised?

Ethelred.

In which sport's 2017 World Cup did Dave Ryding become the first Briton

to win a medal since Konrad Bartelski in 1981?

Ryder Cup?

Skiing. Which notorious Chicago gangster

has been played in films by Rod Steiger, Ben Gazzara,

and Robert De Niro?

Al Capone?

What was the name of the American free-market economist who, in the title of a book he

published in 1965 popularised the phrase, "There's no such thing as a free lunch"?

Milton Friedman.

What London street is traditionally associated with doctors

and private medical practices?

Harley Street.

Which disease, also called African trypanosomiasis, is transmitted to humans

by the bite of an infected tsetse fly?

Bilharzia?

Sleeping sickness. What the decimal monetary unit

was worth one pound, one shilling?

Florin?

The guinea. Who topped the UK singles charts

in 1986 with Chain Reaction?

Pass.

What is the name of the historic Scottish county that lies between the Firth of Forth

and the Firth of Tay? It is traditionally prefaced by the title The Kingdom Of...

Erm...

Pass.

What title did Pope Leo X bestow on Henry VIII in 1521 as a reward for his pamphlet

Declaration Of The Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther?

Defender Of The Faith.

What celebration forms the title of Harold Pinter's first full-length play,

which was made into a film that starred Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee and Andy Nicholls?

Pass.

Which of Aaron Copland's fanfares did he later

incorporate into his third symphony?

Scrim?

Fanfare For The Common Man. The appearance of which Thunderbirds puppet

was modelled on Sylvia Anderson,

the wife of the creator of the series?

She also provided the character's voice.

Lady Penelope?

What the name of the sweet sticky substance secreted by aphids and similar insects

that is particularly attractive to ants?

Pass.

Vancouver Island lies off the coast of which Canadian province?

Erm...

British Columbia.

William Timym's statue of a gorilla,

one of London Zoo's most famous residents,

was unveiled in 1982.

What was the gorilla called?

Guy.

Shelley's poem that begins, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird, thou never wert,"

is an ode to what bird?

Nightingale?

Skylark. Owen Smith, who was beaten...

BEEP ..by Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership contest,

entered Parliament for which constituency in 2010?

Lambeth.

Pontypridd.

You had four passes, Cathy.

Honeydew is the name of that sweet sticky substance

that ants particularly love.

The Birthday Party was Harold Pinter's play. Bet you knew that.

-Yeah.

-And Fife is the name of that historic Scottish county.

-Yeah.

-The Kingdom of Fife.

And Diana Ross, Chain Reaction.

You have a total of 22 points.

Thank you.

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And finally, Ian again, please.

And you start out, Ian, with 13 points,

and the score to beat is still 22 points.

So, let's see if you can break the logjam.

Here we go, two and a half minutes.

What distress signal is represented in international Morse code by three dots,

three dashes, and three dots?

SOS.

Who wrote the 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court,

which has been adapted for both the stage and the cinema?

Mark Twain.

According to the proverb, "imitation is the sincerest form of" what?

Flattery.

What name is usually given to the sixth Sunday of Lent?

It reflects the welcome Jesus received when he entered Jerusalem at the beginning

of the first Holy Week.

Palm Sunday?

A Yorkshire light is a type of what architectural feature?

A window?

On which sea do the Italian ports of Ancona, Bari and Brindisi lie?

It is an arm of the Mediterranean.

Adriatic.

For which 1986 film did Paul Newman finally win an Oscar for Best Actor?

It was a sequel to his earlier film, The Hustler.

Pass.

In Russian cuisine, solyanka and rassolnik are what type of dish?

Soup.

In diving, who followed up his bronze medal at the London Olympics in the

individual 10-metre platform event with a bronze at Rio in the

synchronised event with Dan Goodfellow?

Pass.

The building at Vauxhall Cross, whose nicknames include Ceausescu Towers and Legoland

because of its appearance, is the headquarters of which government body?

MI5?

Which animal has the scientific name ailuropoda melanoleuca,

that translates as "black and white cat-foot"?

Sloth?

Panda. What is the name of the pathologist created by the American crime novelist

Patricia Cornwell, who first appeared in the 1990 novel, Postmortem?

Pass.

What was the middle name of the English polar explorer Captain Robert Scott?

Francis?

Falcon. The gemstones Ruby and Sapphire are varieties of a naturally occurring

aluminium oxide mineral. Which mineral?

Carborundum?

No, corundum. What is the nickname of Edwin Eugene Aldrin,

the second man to set foot on the moon?

Buzz.

The Italian composer Paganini, who some thought to be in league with the devil,

was a virtuoso on which instrument?

Violin.

In Australian slang, "bluey" is a term for someone with what physical feature?

Glasses?

No, ginger hair. What was the name of the secret agent

played by Robert Vaughn in the television series

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?

Erm...

Pass.

What was the name of the trade union known as the TGWU that merged with Amicus

to form Unite the Union in 2007?

Transport and General Workers' Union.

Which musical instrument maker officially released the first mass-produced

solid body electric guitar in 1950?

BEEP Initially called the Esquire and the Broadcaster,

it was soon renamed the Telecaster.

Stratus?

-No, the Fender.

-Oh!

-Yeah.

You have four passes, Ian.

The name of the secret agent played by Robert Vaughn was Napoleon Solo.

-Of course.

-Kay Scarpetta was the hero

of that American crime novelist, Patricia Cornwell.

-Tom Daley was the diver.

-Of course he was.

And The Color Of Money was the film that Paul Newman

finally won his Oscar.

Ian, those four passes, you have 23 points.

Thank you.

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Well, how close was that?

Let's have a look at all the scores. It won't take long.

Joint second place, 22 points, Ikenna, Cathy, and Julian.

And in first place, 23 points, Ian.

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And that means that Ian is tonight's winner,

and he goes through to the semifinals. Congratulations to him.

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Thanks for watching. Goodbye.

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