Episode 20 Mastermind

Our first contender in the black chair tonight is Ben Holmes,

a customer service advisor from Salford.

He's answering questions on Doctor Who.

Kevin Howell is a delivery driver from Kent.

His specialist subject - Concorde, the plane.

Next, Tony McConnell, an e-learning software developer from Omagh,

on the band The Clash.

And Diane Hardman, a retired teacher from Gloucestershire

on the Elizabethan statesman Sir Francis Walsingham.

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

Four contenders as always, all of them

probably wondering exactly why they ever said they wanted to do this.

It's not so much the questions themselves

but the pressure under which they have to answer them.

The clock rules. Two minutes on their chosen subject,

two and a half minutes on general knowledge and no real time to think.

So, let us put them to the test

and ask our first contender to join us, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

Dr Who reappeared on BBC television in 2005 after

a gap of almost 19 years.

Who played the Doctor in the first new series?

Christopher Eccleston.

What two-word phrase occurs repeatedly throughout

the episodes of series one

and is the title of the penultimate episode?

-Bad Wolf.

-In the episode Daleks In Manhattan,

the TARDIS lands next to a New York landmark

in November 1930. Which landmark?

-Statue of Liberty.

-Who plays the waitress

Astrid Peth who works with the Doctor to help prevent the

interstellar liner Titanic from crashing into the Earth

in the Christmas special Voyage Of The Dammed?

-Kylie Minogue.

-In Human Nature the Doctor takes on

the persona of John Smith, a teacher at a boys' school

in 1913. He gives the boys lesson at the start

of the episode. What battle is it about?

Waterloo.

Which diamond plays a crucial part

in the series two episode Tooth And Claw?

-Koh-i-Noor.

-With what weapon does the Doctor fight

Robin Hood on a narrow bridge across a stream in the episode

Robot Of Sherwood?

A spoon.

Who played the Doctor's companion Amy Pond

when Matt Smith became the 11th Doctor?

Karen Gillan.

What is the name of the creature who searches the universe

for the Doctor on behalf of Davros,

the creator of the Daleks, who is dying?

Colony Sarff.

In a series seven episode, what's the name of the town

in the American West where the TARDIS

accidentally lands in the 19th century?

Mercy.

Under what ancient monument do the Doctor and Amy Pond

discover the Pandorica,

a fabled prison that holds

the most feared thing in all the universe?

-Stonehenge.

-What is the title of the series four episode

in which the Doctor and his companion, Donna,

find themselves at a dinner party

where one of the guests is Agatha Christie?

The Unicorn And The Wasp.

Which character welcomes the newly dead

to the promised land throughout series eight?

She is later revealed to be a female incarnation

of the Doctor's old adversary, the Master.

-Missy.

-What is the name of the paradox

that the Doctor explains to the audience

by referring to the question of Beethoven's existence

in the series nine episode Before The Flood?

-The Bootstrap Paradox.

-Yes.

The Doctor and his companions wake up from amnesia

into various reality television and game shows.

In which show does Rose Tyler appear where those eliminated

are apparently disintegrated by the Anne Droid?

-The Weakest Link.

-Is correct.

You have them all right, no passes.

-You've scored, Ben, 15 points.

-Thank you.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

In two minutes, starting now.

Which French aircraft manufacturer formed a consortium with BAC

in 1962 to develop the supersonic

passenger airplane Concorde?

Sud Aviation.

In 1967 the Minister of Technology announced

that Concorde would be spelt with an E at the end,

because it represented "Excellence, England, Europe and Entente".

Who was he?

Tony Benn.

How many of the 20 Concordes that were built in Britain

and France between 1965 and 1979 entered commercial service?

-16.

-14.

Concorde was initially refused permission

to fly to the United States because of concerns over noise.

To which American airport did it eventually fly in May 1976?

Washington, Dulles.

What name is given to the type of curve used in the design

of the slender delta wing of Concorde

that was developed by Dietrich Kuchemann?

Ogee curve.

The crash of a Concorde near Paris in 2000

was caused by the explosion of a tyre that was punctured

by a metallic strip that had fallen from a DC-10.

Which airline owned the DC-10?

-Continental.

-From 1979 to 1980, the route from London to Bahrain

was extended to which city state?

Singapore.

Who was the pilot of the maiden flight of the Concorde

001 prototype from Toulouse in March 1969?

-Andre Turcat.

-There was an interior refit of the

British Airways Concordes after the 2000 Paris crash.

Which famous designer carried this out in partnership

with the company Factory Design?

-Conran.

-Yes, Terence Conran.

What Tupolev supersonic plane was known as Concordski

because of its similarity in appearance to Concorde?

-Tu-144.

-One of the popular charter flights was the Christmas flight

to a city in Finland that's the official home of Santa Claus.

What city?

-Pass.

-Concorde had accidents in 1989, '92 and 2003

that involved the break up in flight of what part of the aircraft?

-The fin.

-Yes, the rudder.

The final flight of a Concorde took place in November 2003

from Heathrow to an airfield that was also the site

where the British Concordes were assembled. Which airfield?

Filton.

The Queen's first flight in Concorde was in 1977.

From what Caribbean island did she fly?

-Barbados.

-Is correct. You had just one pass.

The official home of Santa Claus is Rovaniemi.

Ah, I didn't know that either. But there you go, we do now.

You have scored, Kevin, 12 points.

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And our next contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Clash in two minutes. Here we go.

Which classic Clash song opens with the line

"Now the King told the boogie men you have to let that raga drop"?

Combat Rock.

Rock The Casbah.

The band signed a worldwide deal in January 1977

with a £100,000 advance against royalties

with which major record label?

CBS.

The pink and green lettering of the cover artwork

for their '79 album London Calling

was inspired by another artist's debut album. Which artist?

Elvis Presley.

Which band was Joe Strummer a member of when he was

approached by the manager Bernie Rhodes

and invited to join The Clash?

The Hundred And Oners.

What was the name of the Vietnam war veteran for whom

the band played a benefit concert

in Cleveland, Ohio, in February 1979?

-Pass.

-Which American producer known for his work with

Blue Oyster Cult completed the production of The Clash's

second album Give 'Em Enough Rope?

Sandy Pearlman.

What was the name of the New York club where the band

had a residency for over two weeks in May-June 1981?

-Bond's.

-The band recorded their 1977 top 40 single

Complete Control with which reggae producer?

Lee "Scratch" Perry.

On which 1981 album by Mick Jones's then-girlfriend Ellen Foley

did The Clash play on all the backing tracks

and provide several songs?

The Spirit Of St Louis.

What is the title of the last studio album to feature

the classic Clash line-up of Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon?

It was released in 1982.

Combat Rock.

In May 1982, Topper Headon left the band officially because of

a difference of political direction.

Which former member of the band replaced him?

Terry Chimes.

Which music journalist wrote in an early review

in the NME in 1976 "The Clash are the kind of garage band

"who should be speedily returned to their garage,

"preferably with the motor running"?

Charles Shaar Murray.

What is the title of the track that opens side one

of their 1980 triple album "Sandinista!"?

-Know Your Rights.

-The Magnificent Seven.

Joe Strummer was arrested in May 1980 after he hit

an unruly member of the audience over the head

with his guitar in which city?

-Edinburgh.

-It was Hamburg.

You have one pass, Tony.

The name of that Vietnam war veteran for whom the band

played a benefit concert was Larry McIntyre.

You have scored 10 points.

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And our final contender, please.

And your name is?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

Francis Walsingham in two minutes. Here we go.

Sir Francis was the Principal Secretary

to Queen Elizabeth I. His Protestant sympathies

were greatly strengthened while he was a student

at which university?

-Cambridge.

-Walsingham chose to live on the Continent

rather than risk potential religious persecution at home

during the reign of which monarch?

-Mary Tudor.

-By what nickname was Walsingham's assistant

Thomas Norton known because of his supposed enthusiasm

for the use of a particular instrument of torture?

-The Rackmaster.

-Which palace in Surrey gave its name

to the treaty that Walsingham and others

negotiated with the Dutch in 1585?

-Nonsuch.

-What was the name of the document that was devised

by William Cecil and Walsingham in 1584?

Its signatories threatened Mary Queen of Scots

and anyone else implicated with death if Elizabeth was killed.

Bond of Association.

Walsingham exposed the Babington Plot

in which Thomas Babington and his friends tried to

free Mary and kill Elizabeth I.

Who was sent to kill Elizabeth?

Um...Savage. John Savage.

Walsingham married twice, each time to widows.

What was the forename of his second wife

whom he married in 1566?

Ursula St Barbe.

Which treaty between England and Scotland was negotiated

by Walsingham and his associates in 1586

as a defensive alliance that safeguarded

the Protestant religion in both states?

Berwick.

Which English Vice Admiral praised Walsingham

with the words, "You have fought more with your pen

"than many have in our English Navy fought with their enemies"?

Henry Seymour.

In which city did Walsingham witness the slaughter

of Protestant Huguenots in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre?

Paris.

What was the particular skill of Thomas Phelippes,

one of Walsingham's assistants?

It was instrumental in the downfall of Mary Queen of Scots.

Code breaker.

Whose name was given to the Spanish plot to invade England

in 1584? It was investigated by Walsingham and led to

the execution of the principal conspirator.

-Babington.

-Throckmorton.

What was the former title of the Duke of Anjou,

the younger brother of the French King Henry III,

whom Elizabeth I was keen to marry?

The union was blocked by Walsingham.

Alencon.

In which cathedral was Walsingham buried in 1590?

-St Paul's.

-It was indeed, the Old St Paul's Cathedral.

No passes, Diane. You have 13 points.

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

Let's have a look at all the scores.

In 4th place, 10 points - Tony McConnell.

3rd place, 12 points - Kevin Howell.

2nd place, 13 points - Diane Hardman.

1st place, 15 points - Ben Holmes.

So, it is the General Knowledge round now

and if there's a tie at the end of it then the number of passes

is taken into account and the person with the fewer passes is the winner,

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

so let us get on with it and ask Tony to join us again, please.

You start this round, Tony, with 10 points.

Two and a half minutes, of course for General Knowledge,

so plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.

Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a ram?

Aries.

Which island lying 90 miles off the Florida coast

is the largest island in the Caribbean?

Cuba.

Who headed the nine man team of Chicago law officers

known as the Untouchables formed specifically

to investigate and harass Al Capone?

Eliot Ness.

What is the title of the 2016 film

directed by Justin Lin in which Captain Kirk and his crew

are marooned on a distant planet

when The Enterprise is destroyed?

Star Trek Dark Star.

No, Star Trek Beyond.

Who was the first of the three kings who ruled England in 1066?

The other two were Harold II and William I.

Edward III.

Edward The Confessor.

What word for a dinner jacket

comes from the name of the once-fashionable

country club in New York where it was first worn?

-Tuxedo.

-Yes.

Which bird, in whose guise Zeus seduced Leda,

is featured in Salvador Dali's 1949 painting Leda Atomica?

-Albatross.

-Swan.

What is the name of the Dutch darts player who is sometimes

known by his initials MVG?

Pass.

In which Benjamin Britten opera,

based on a story by Henry James is a country house haunted

by the ghost of two former servants,

Peter Quint and Miss Jessel?

-The Outsiders.

-The Turn Of The Screw.

What name is given to the layer of fat around the bodies

of marine animals such as seals and whales?

Blubber.

What is the name of the former political party leader

who married Glenys Parry in 1967?

Their son Stephen became a Labour MP in 2015.

Neil Kinnock.

In February 1991, which television cartoon family

topped the UK singles charts with Do The Bartman?

The Simpsons.

What natural lake, the largest in Wales,

is the home of a fabled monster called Teggie,

n affectionate form of the lake's Welsh name Llyn Tegid?

-Snowdon.

-Bala.

What region in South America, now part of Guyana,

gave its name to a type of yellowish brown sugar

that originated there?

Erm...Madeira.

Demerara.

Which actor, writer and presenter played

the Sheriff of Nottingham

in the 2006 BBC version of Robin Hood?

Pass.

What extravagant creations made by her son David was

Gertrude Shilling famous for wearing at Ascot?

Hats.

What name from the Latin for "to open" is given to the

opening of a camera lens that allows light to pass through?

Aperture.

In which 18th-century political satire do the Big-Endians

argue with the LitleEndians

about which end of a boiled egg to break open?

Gulliver Travels.

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Which present-day Essex town was the capital

of the pre-Roman king Cunobelinus

who has been identified with Shakespeare's Cymbeline?

Erm...

-Woking.

-Colchester.

You had two passes, Tony.

Keith Allen played the Sheriff of Nottingham,

and very villainously he did it, too,

and that Dutch darts player was Michael van Gerwen.

So, there you go. You have scored 20 points.

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Now, Kevin, again, please.

Kevin, you start this round with 12 points

and, as you have just seen, 20 is the score to beat as we speak.

Two and a half minutes, here we go.

What sugary liquid produced in plants

was also the name of the drink of the gods

-in classical mythology?

-Nectar.

The Shepherd's Crown, first published in 2015,

is the 41st and last book in which fantasy series?

Discworld.

In April 1964, a children's programme was the first show

to be broadcast on BBC Two after a power cut cancelled

the opening night's gala performance.

What was the children's programme?

Playschool.

Norfolk Black and Bronze are popular breeds

of which table bird?

Turkey.

The Hostmen were a merchant guild in Newcastle upon Tyne

who controlled the selling and shipping of a commodity

particularly associated with the city.

-What commodity?

-Pass.

Who replaced Paul Jones as the lead singer

with Manfred Mann in 1966?

Pass.

The Red Queen by Anne Perkins

is a 2003 biography of which former Labour MP?

Pass.

Which country built the Metaxas Line

as a defensive fortification along its border with Bulgaria?

-Romania.

-Greece.

Which city in North Island, New Zealand was founded in 1840

and named after the earldom of George Eden,

the British First Lord of the Admiralty?

-Auckland.

-Yes.

Which inert gas has a boiling point

and freezing point that are lower than any other known substance?

-Argon.

-Helium.

What name is usually given to a piece of stone carved with

a contrasting raised design, specially a head in profile,

in a piece of jewellery?

-Cameo.

-Which town in southeastern Norway hosted

the 1994 Winter Olympics?

Pass.

What is the name of the dish containing thin sheets of pasta

layered with a meat sauce or savoury mixture topped

with a cheese sauce and baked in the oven?

-Lasagne.

-Yes.

What word for someone who looks after people,

animals or buildings, comes from the old French for "guardian"?

-Curator.

-Warden.

The surname of one of the Apostles in the Bible is

thought to come from the Hebrew for man of Kerioth,

a town in ancient Judea.

An alternative is that it comes

from the Latin for murderer or dagger man.

Who was the apostle?

Don't know.

Judas Iscariot.

What type of public right of way is shown by a series of green

dots on a 1 to 25,000 Ordnance Survey map

and by a series of red dots on a 1 to 50,000 map?

-Bridle way.

-Footpath.

What is the nationality of Antonio Guterres, who succeeded

Ban Ki-Moon as UN Secretary General in January 2017?

-Spanish.

-Portuguese.

Who was the legendary king of the Onondaga tribe

of American Indians whose fictionalised story

is the subject of a poem by Longfellow?

Hiawatha.

Hiawatha is correct.

You had four passes, Kevin.

Judas Iscariot was that apostle thought to come from

"man of Kerioth", but we're not sure about that.

The town in southeastern Norway that hosted the Winter Olympics

was Lillehammer. The Red Queen was Barbara Castle.

And Mike d'Abo replaced Paul Jones as the lead singer

with Manfred Mann.

You also have a total now of 20 points.

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Now Diane again, please.

You start with 13 points, Diane.

The score to beat is still 20 if you're to get through

to the semifinals. So, here we go.

A cardiologist specialises in the study

-and treatment of diseases of what organ?

-Heart.

What Italian word that means "cool" describes a method of painting

with water colours on damp plaster?

-Freddo.

-Fresco.

Their First Assignment and Back In Training are the second

and third in a series of seven comedy films

released between 1984 and 1994 - which series?

Pass.

Of the four Gospels, which is the shortest

and considered by many biblical scholars

to have been written first?

-Luke.

-Mark.

Which dog, the largest of the terriers, is named after

the Yorkshire river valley in whose

area it was originally bred.

-Airedale.

-Airedale is correct.

The seismograph was designed to detect

and record the intensity of what natural phenomenon?

-Earthquake.

-What is the name of

the Labour Leader who told the 1960

party conference that he and his allies

would "fight and fight again to save the party we love"?

-Aneurin Bevan.

-Gaitskell.

Who composed the music for the best-known version of the opera

La Boheme, first performed in 1896?

Puccini.

Kevin Simm, a former member of the chart-topping pop group

Liberty X, was the winner of the 2016 series

of which TV singing contests?

-The X-Factor.

-The Voice.

During which battle of the Crimean War

did the charge of the Light Brigade take place?

-Balaclava.

-Yes.

What is the name of the Bucharest-born tennis player

who was beaten twice in Wimbledon men's singles finals

and was known for his on-court histrionics?

Nastase.

Blutwurst, meaning blood sausage,

is the German equivalent of a traditional English dish

particularly associated with the Manchester area. What dish?

Black pudding.

Which county has a border with Northumberland to the

North, Cumbria to the West, North Yorkshire to the south

and has the North Sea to the East?

-Northumberland.

-Durham.

In bingo, trombones is a popular call for which number?

-Erm, 88.

-76.

-Oh!

Which architect is credited alongside Robert Hook

with designing the monument erected to commemorate

the Great Fire of London?

Wren.

What is the surname of the television family

who live in a high-rise block of council flats

called Nelson Mandela House in Peckham?

Trotter.

In poetry, what name is given to a stanza of four lines

usually rhyming alternately?

-A verse.

-Quatrain.

-Oh.

The Parent Agency and The Person Controller,

published in 2014 and 2015 respectively,

are books for children by a comedian and novelist known

for his partnership with Frank Skinner. What is his name?

-Baddiel.

-Yes, David Baddiel.

Which satellite, launched on 10th July, 1962, provided

the first transatlantic feed of live television

pictures as well as telephone calls and faxes?

Telstar.

Which Swiss town that overlooks Lake Geneva...

BEEPING ..has hosted an annual jazz and music festival since 1967?

-Lucerne.

-Montreux.

You had one pass, Diane.

Their First Assignment and Back In Training

were the second and third in the series The Police Academy.

You have scored, however, a total now of 24 points.

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Finally, Ben, again, please.

And, Ben, you start out with 15 points

but the score has gone up to 24

so you've got to get 25 points to guarantee a place

in the semifinals. Here we go, two and a half minutes.

What type of animal is Sonic in the video game

launched in 1991 as a rival to Super Mario Bros?

Hedgehog.

Muckle John in the reign of Charles I

was the last holder of which office?

His role was to entertain the Royal household.

Court jester.

The real name of a pop singer who died in 2016

was Giorgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. Who was he?

George Michael.

What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase tempus fugit?

Time flies.

Fenway Park has been the home venue of which Massachusetts

baseball team since 1912?

Boston Red Sox.

Who composed the tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra?

The section known as Sunrise features

in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey?

-Richard Strauss.

-Yes.

Who formally announced her challenge to Jeremy Corbyn

for the Labour Party leadership on 11th July 2016

but withdrew shortly afterwards to give a clear run

to her colleague, Owen Smith?

Angela Eagle.

What alternative name of old English origin

for a male deer is applied to a red deer stag

over five years old?

-Buck?

-Hart.

What name is given Scotland to a narrow inlet of the sea or

river estuary such as that of the Clyde and the Forth?

Firth.

Who wrote the Budgie The Little Helicopter

series of books for children?

-Sarah Ferguson.

-Yes, Sarah, Duchess of York.

What small, deep-coloured citrus fruit is named

after a port in Morocco?

Tangerine.

What is the name of the incompetent Gestapo agent

played by John Louis Mansi

in the Television comedy series 'Allo 'Allo!?

-Herr Flick.

-Engelbert von Smallhausen.

On which of the Canary Islands did the artist Cesar Manrique

create the cactus garden?

His house is now the home of the foundation that bears his name.

-Cyprus.

-Lanzarote.

On which Liverpool landmark is the clock known as Great George

because it was set in motion at the same moment George V

was crowned in June 1911?

The Liver Building.

What is the title of the play by Ben Johnson

that is set at the annual fair that opened at Smithfield

on 24th August and was last held in 1855?

Pass.

Which American film actor who died in 1979

was also known as Duke?

John Wayne.

Which businessman skipped bail in May 1993,

fled to the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus and later returned

to Britain to face charges of false accounting and theft?

-Conrad Black?

-Asil Nadir.

The name of which astronomical unit

comes from the words "parallax" and "second"?

Parsec.

The IQPO has its offices in Lyons

and its aims include the promotion of cooperation

between crime-fighting authorities.

How is it better known?

-Interpol.

-Interpol is correct.

You had one pass, Ben.

The title of the play by Ben Johnson set at the annual fair

that opened at Smithfield in 1855, Bartholomew Fair.

However, it matters not because you have a total of 29 points.

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-Thank you.

So that is the end of a hard-fought contest,

let's have a look at all the scores.

In joint third place, 20 points,

Kevin Howell and Tony McConnell.

Second place, 24 points, Diane Hardman.

First place with 29 points, Ben Holmes.

Which means that Ben is tonight's winner

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

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