Episode 24 Mastermind

First in the spotlight tonight is Ken Morland,

an energy analyst from Brechin.

His specialist subject, the sitcom Red Dwarf.

Andy Davies is a social worker from Cheshire.

He is answering questions on

St Helena, Ascension Island & Tristan da Cunha.

Sarah Jane Bodell is a web developer from Coventry.

Her subject is the State of Kentucky.

And Neil Wright

is a retired scientist from the Wirral,

and he is answering questions on the Roman Emperor Tiberius.

APPLAUSE

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

Tonight is the last of 24 heats, and next week,

we shall be into the semifinals.

That's the target, of course, for each of our four contenders.

All they have to do to get there is beat the other three. Simple.

The tough bit is the pressure that comes

from being in the spotlight

and knowing that the clock is ticking away.

Two minutes on their specialist subject,

two and a half on General Knowledge.

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

And your name is...

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The sitcom...

Red Dwarf in two minutes. Starting now.

What is the title

of the first episode broadcast in 1988

in which a radiation leak wipes out

the entire crew of Red Dwarf

apart from Dave Lister?

The End.

In Dimension Jump, Arnold Rimmer

meets an alternative version of himself.

He is a dashing test pilot for the Space Corps

and uses the catchphrase, "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be..."

Back for breakfast.

In his first episode, Kryten tells Lister

that he looks forward to watching a soap opera

produced by groovy Channel 27.

What is it called?

Androids.

Who plays the cat, a life form that evolved from

Lister's pet, Frankenstein?

Danny John-Jules.

After Lister loses Rimmer and Starbug

to the biologically engineered garbage gobblers in a poker game,

he offers to exchange them for a piece of cutlery.

What name does he give to it?

The Spoon of Destiny.

Rimmer claims to have a BSc, rather than a bachelor of science.

What do the letters actually stand for?

Bronze Swimming Certificate.

In Future Echoes,

Lister thinks he is about to die and complains,

"There's loads of things I've never done.

"I've never had a prawn vindaloo. I've never read..."?

A book.

In the first two series,

Norman Lovett played Red Dwarf's computer Holly.

Which actress took over the role in series three?

Hattie Hayridge.

In Give And Take, Rimmer and Kryten

think they've rescued a sophisticated medical droid

called Asclepius.

What is the name of the vending machine they've actually rescued?

Snacky.

In Confidence And Paranoia,

Holly claims he has just finished reading everything

that has ever been written anywhere,

and that the worst book ever was written by which footballer?

Kevin Keegan.

What name does Rimmer give to the glove puppet

that he starts talking to

after he catches a holo-virus?

Mr Flibble.

Which character is played by Clare Grogan

in the original series and by Chloe Annett from series 7?

Kristine Kochanski.

What is the name of the Gestalt entity

that regains existence by combining the minds

and personalities of the four main characters?

Legion.

What is the slogan on the T-shirt

that Rimmer is wearing after all of his anger

has been removed by the polymorph,

a mutant life form that feeds on negative emotions? BEEP

Give quiche a chance.

14 questions, Ken, 14 points. Well done.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The British overseas territory of...

In two minutes, starting now.

What was the nationality of the 16th century navigator

Tristan de Cunha, after whom the island is named?

Portuguese.

Napoleon was exiled on St Helena.

What is the name of the small house

where he spent the first months of his exile

before he was removed to Longwood House

where he remained until his death in 1821?

Pass.

Ascension is one of the main Atlantic breeding grounds

of which turtle? They are now protected by law.

Green turtle.

Tristan's main settlement was named

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

after a visit in 1867 by the Duke of Edinburgh.

What was his name?

Prince Alfred.

Two ships brought the garrison to Ascension

that occupied the island in 1815.

One was the Peruvian, what was the other?

Hempstead?

Zenobia. Which trading company was given a charter to govern

Saint Helena in the 1650s?

The first governor arrived in 1659.

The East India Company.

What is the more common name of the Wideawake Tern,

which nests in great numbers on an area of Ascension

known as Wideawake Fairs?

The Sooty Tern.

Which island in the Tristan de Cunha archipelago

was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site

together with Inaccessible Island in 1995?

Gough.

Diana's Peak and Mount Actaeon

are two of the three main peaks

in St Helena's Peaks National Park.

What is the name of the third?

Pass.

Which company laid the first telegraph cable to

Ascension at the turn of the 20th century,

and handled the affairs of the island until 1964?

Marconi.

Cable & Wireless.

What is the name of the giant tortoise that lives

on the Governor of St Helena's lawn?

At over 180 years old, he is thought to be

the world's oldest living land animal.

Gerald.

Jonathan!

Which neighbouring island did the Tristanians move to

in the immediate aftermath of a volcanic eruption in October, 1961?

Nightingale.

What name was given to the series of raids

launched from RAF Ascension

on Argentinian targets in the Falklands Islands during the Falklands War?

Operation Black Buck.

Which country's forces claimed St Helena in 1633,

and briefly occupied the island again in 1673

until it was retaken by the British?

The Dutch.

What is the name of the artist and naturalist... BEEP

..who was marooned on Tristan for several months in 1824?

He made a number of paintings of contemporary island life.

Have to pass.

I'll give it to you then because we are out of time. Augustus Earle.

Yeah, you knew it. And the other two, you probably knew as well.

Diana's Peak, Mount Actaeon and Cuckold Point.

That's the third.

And the Briars was where Napoleon spent his first days in exile.

-Andy, you have scored nine points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

1792 to present.

Kentucky in two minutes, starting now.

Kentucky became the 15th State of the Union

on the 1st of June, 1792.

From which existing state did it separate?

Virginia.

What is the name of the businessman

who opened a place to eat at the back of his service station

in Corbin that grew into one of

the world's largest fast-food chains?

Sanders.

Who was a leading campaigner for equal rights for women

in Kentucky alongside Laura Clay?

She died shortly after women voted for the first time

in Kentucky in November, 1920.

Breckinridge.

What is the name of the pass through the Appalachian Mountains

that provided the major route from the East

for settlers in Kentucky in the 18th century?

Cumberland Gap.

Which town in Nelson County is the home of the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

and holds an annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival?

Bardstown.

What is the name of the musician who was born near Rosine, Kentucky

and is credited with the creation

of the Bluegrass style of music?

Monroe.

Which river that flows through Louisville

flooded in January 1937 and submerged large parts of Kentucky?

Ohio.

What is the name of the pioneer in the settlement of Kentucky

whose remains were transferred to Frankfort Cemetery in 1845,

25 years after his death?

Boone.

Which city in Warren County was made the capital

of the Confederate State of Kentucky in 1861

by opponents of the state's decision

to remain in the Union during the Civil War?

Bowling Green.

Who became the fourth Kentuckian to be the American Vice President

when he served under Harry S Truman?

Barkley.

Kentucky gained 2,000 square miles of land in 1818

in the Jackson Purchase.

From which Native American people was the land bought?

Chickasaw.

What was the name of the grandson of a famous explorer

who established the racecourse

where the Kentucky Derby has been run since 1875?

Um, Lewis.

Meriwether Lewis Clark.

Which Republican senator from Kentucky

became the majority leader in the Senate in 2015?

He was regarded as one of Barack Obama's most fervent opponents.

McConnell.

Kentucky witnessed many feuds between rival families

after the Civil War... BEEP

One of the most famous

was between the Hatfields and which family?

McCoys.

Sarah, no passes, you have scored 13 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject?

The Roman Emperor...

Tiberius in two minutes.

Here we go.

Tiberius was born a member of which patrician family

through both his father and his mother, Livia?

The Claudii.

In 29 BC, Tiberius took part in the triumph of his stepfather Octavian,

later the Emperor Augustus.

The triumph celebrated his victory over

Antony and Cleopatra at which battle of 31 BC?

Actium.

At the age of 15, Tiberius accompanied Augustus as a military tribune

when he took action in northern Spain against which tribe?

Cantabrian?

What was the name of the prefect of the Praetorian Guard

whom Tiberius called "the partner in my labours."

He rose to a position of great power under Tiberius.

Sejanus.

What nickname was given to Tiberius because he rarely left Rome

even though he often made preparations to leave?

Callippides.

On which island did Tiberius live

as a private citizen for several years

after he withdrew from public life in 6 BC?

Rhodes.

What was the name of the Numidian rebel leader in Africa

who had previously served in the Roman Army?

He sent envoys to Tiberius

demanding land in return for peace.

Tacfarinas.

Which member of his family did Tiberius send

to deal with an uprising amongst the legions in Pannonia

shortly after his accession in 14 AD?

His son, Drusus.

In which town were thousands of spectators

killed or injured in 27 AD when an amphitheatre collapsed?

It was said that so many people were there

because Tiberius was reluctant to provide games in Rome.

Pass.

Who was Tiberius's first wife?

He was forced to divorce her

because Augustus wanted him to marry his daughter, Iulia.

Vipsania.

What title that means "father of his country"

did Tiberius refuse on many occasions?

Um...

Pass.

To which island did Tiberius exile

Germanicus's widow, Agrippina, in 29 AD?

She later starved to death there.

Pandateria.

Who was executed on the 1st of January, 28 AD,

after people hidden in the roof space of his house

had heard him speaking against Tiberius and Sejanus? BEEP

Pass.

Well, I can tell you because we're out of time.

It was Sabinus or Sab-ee-nus.

You had two other passes.

The title that means "father of his country"

that Tiberius refused was pater patriae.

And the town where thousands of spectators were killed

was Fidenis.

You have scored, Neil, ten points.

APPLAUSE

It's pretty close. Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, nine points, Andy. Third place, ten points, Neil.

Second place, 13 points, Sarah Jane. First place, 14 points, Ken.

APPLAUSE

And it is, of course, 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 has to be a tie-break.

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

And you start out, Andy, with nine points.

And we have two and a half minutes, of course,

for the General Knowledge Round, so loads of time to catch up.

Here we go.

Jesus was born in which town near Jerusalem,

according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke?

Nazareth.

Bethlehem.

Which singer and activist was awarded a knighthood in 1986,

but cannot use the title "Sir" because he is not a Commonwealth citizen?

Bob Geldof.

What was the name of the four British kings

who reigned from the death of Queen Anne in 1714

to William IV's succession to the throne in 1830?

James?

George.

Which type of headache derives its name from the Greek

imikrania meaning half-skull,

because only one side of the head is usually affected?

Migraine.

Whose version of When A Child Is Born

gave him the 1976 Christmas number one?

Johnny Mathis.

Which alpine flower has a German name meaning noble white?

Its name is in a song by Rogers and Hammerstein.

Edelweiss.

Which Lancashire town, now a city,

was given the right to have the Guild Merchant

by Henry II in 1179,

and has celebrated the award almost every 20 years since 1542?

Preston.

In which country is Puccini's Opera Madame Butterfly set?

Japan.

Getafe, Leganes and Rayo Vallecano

are three small football clubs

whose home grounds are in or near which capital city?

Madrid.

In which traditional English county

were the sculptors Henry Moore

and Dame Barbara Hepworth born?

Yorkshire.

What liqueur was developed in a French monastery

using a formula from 1737

and comes in the green and the sweeter yellow varieties?

-Creme de menthe?

-No, chartreuse.

The Inn, Drava, Sava and Prut are among

the major tributaries of which river?

-Tiber.

-Danube.

Which television soap opera, set in California,

was a spin-off from Dallas?

-Knots Landing.

-Yes.

What word for a person inclined to question accepted wisdom or

opinion comes from the Greek for doubt or reflection?

-Pass.

-In George Orwell's novel 1984, Winston Smith is told

the thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.

What is it that Smith has a particular fear of

-and finds there?

-Pass.

Which famous poem is prefaced with the dedication

"Memorialising events in the Battle of Balaclava,

"October the 25th, 1854"?

-Charge Of The Light Brigade.

-Yes.

What was the two-word name of the official campaign

in favour of Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum?

Er, pass.

Which film director was knighted by the Queen in 1984,

the year his last film was released?

-David Lean?

-Yes. The central keep that forms the oldest part

of the Tower of London is usually known by what name?

-Pass.

-The conflict between the Normans and the Saxons

during the reign of Richard I...

BEEP ..forms the background

to which novel by Sir Walter Scott?

-Ivanhoe.

-Is correct.

You had four passes.

The central keep is otherwise known as the White Tower.

Vote Leave, that was the...

-Ah...

-Yeah, the two-word name of the official campaign.

Winston Smith had a terrible fear of rats in Room 101.

And the word for a person who's inclined

to question accepted wisdom etc - a sceptic.

You have a total now, Andy, of 21 points.

-Thanks. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

And now Neil again, please.

And, Neil, you start out with 10 points

and the score to beat is, as we speak, 21.

Here we go with your general knowledge.

Which character was played in nine horror films

by Christopher Lee between 1958 and 1976?

-Dracula.

-Yes.

Which Buckinghamshire town gives its name

to a standard breed of duck

traditionally reared for the table?

-Aylesbury.

-Yes. In Dad's Army,

whose mother carries on a secret affair

with Sgt Wilson, whom he calls Uncle Arthur?

-Pike.

-Yes.

What is the common name for the family of plants to which

many crop and garden plants such as the potato

and aubergine belong as well as

a number of highly poisonous plants?

Er... Solanales.

Nightshade. Which American football team,

based in Foxborough, Massachusetts

beat the Atlanta Falcons to win Super Bowl LI in February 2017?

Green Bay Packers.

New England Patriots.

What word is used for the process

by which a child or young animal

begins to take solids and other foods

instead of its mother's milk?

-Weaning.

-Yes.

Which of South Africa's three capitals is named

after its Boer statesman founder

and was the capital of the former province of Transvaal?

-Bloemfontein?

-Pretoria.

Who was the controversial director of the FBI from 1924

till his death in May 1972?

He turned it into a highly effective arm

of federal law enforcement.

-Hoover.

-Yes.

Which place is known as Scotland's granite city?

-Aberdeen.

-Yep.

What was the name of the television and radio comedian

whose famous alter ego lived at Railway Cuttings, East Cheam?

-Hancock.

-Yes.

Songs composed by which actor and playwright include

Mad About The Boy and Mad Dogs And Englishmen?

-Noel Coward.

-Yes.

Which Italian-born screen legend won a Best Actress Oscar

for Two Women in 1962?

-Sophia Loren.

-Yes. What price is shown on the hat

worn by the Mad Hatter in Tenniel's

illustrations for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland?

-Pass.

-What name is given to the process of coating a metal,

usually iron or steel,

with zinc to protect it against corrosion?

Galvanising.

Jacopo Bellini and his sons Gentile and Giovanni

founded a northern Italian city's

school of Renaissance painting during the early 15th century.

-Which city?

-Venice.

Jeudi and Donnerstag are

the French and German names for which day of the week?

-Thursday.

-Yes. Yehudi Menuhin was celebrated

for playing which musical instrument?

-Violin.

-What is the cruellest month,

according to the opening line of TS Eliot's The Wasteland?

-April.

-Yes. In ancient Egyptian religion,

Hathor was the goddess of women and fertility.

She was often represented

in the form of or with the head of which animal?

A cow.

Which broadcaster and former Labour MP for Great Grimsby

temporarily changed his name to Austin Haddock in 2002...

BEEP ..in an attempt to boost the town's

struggling fishing industry?

-Austin Mitchell.

-It was indeed. Who else?

And you had one pass.

That was the price shown on the Mad Hatter's hat.

It was ten shillings and sixpence.

Not a penny more.

Neil, 26 points.

APPLAUSE

And now Sarah Jane again, please.

And you set out with 13 points.

26 is now the score to beat. Let's go.

In English history, who was known as Gloriana and the Virgin Queen?

Elizabeth.

The prickly pear is the edible fruit

of a member of which plant family?

-Cactus.

-Yes.

What is the name of the heritage railway

in Sussex that started out in 1959

as the Lewes and East Grinstead Railway Preservation Society?

Southern Railway.

The Bluebell Line. Whose beloved cat, Docket,

has featured in many of her works of art?

-O'Neill.

-Tracey Emin.

Who won the 2004 Best Supporting Actress Oscar

for Cold Mountain?

She plays Ruby Thewes, who helps Nicole Kidman's character,

Ada Monroe, adapt to farm life.

-Zellweger.

-Yes. Which Czech composer's ninth symphony

is entitled From The New World?

-Dvorak.

-Dvorak, yes.

The Black Velvet Gown, published in 1984,

and The Black Candle, published in 1989,

are novels by which prolific bestselling writer?

-Smith.

-Cookson, Catherine Cookson.

What is the name of the family dynasty that first came to power

in North Korea in 1948?

-Erm... Kim.

-Yes.

The stew made with black beans and various cuts of pork

called Feijoada is a traditional dish

in which South American country?

-Brazil.

-Yes.

Ethel Cain was the original voice of a service

brought into operation by the GPO in July 1936.

What service?

-Shipping forecast.

-No, the speaking clock.

Which German state was abolished in 1947

by the Allied Control Council

because of its associations with German militarism?

-Erm... Nord Rhine.

-No.

Prussia. Sam Neill plays Lord Carnarvon

and Max Irons plays Howard Carter

in which 2016 television drama series?

-Tutankhamen.

-Yes.

What items of remembrance are made in the factory

founded by Major George Howson in 1922

that was originally on the Old Kent Road

and staffed with five disabled ex-servicemen?

-Poppies.

-Yes.

What name for the skullcap worn by some Catholic clergy

comes from the diminutive of the Italian for gourd?

Its colour depends on the post held by the wearer.

Erm... Triton.

Zucchetto. The British swimmer Alison Streeter

has swum across which stretch of water

more than 40 times?

-The Channel.

-Yeah. What property of the human body

is measured with a sphygmomanometer?

-Blood pressure.

-Yes.

The name of which boyband was chosen by the founding member

Tom Fletcher because of his love for the film Back To The Future?

-McFly.

-Yes.

Whose poem If was first published

in a collection of his short stories and poems

entitled Rewards And Fairies in 1910?

-Kipling.

-Kipling is correct.

No passes, Sarah Jane. You have 25 points.

APPLAUSE

And, finally, Ken again, please.

And, Ken, you start out with 14 points.

26 still the score to beat.

Let's see if you can do it and go through to the semifinals.

Here we go.

What is the name of Dick Dastardly's dog

in the television cartoon series Wacky Races?

-Muttley.

-Yes.

In Italy, what is sold in a shop called a gelateria?

-Ice cream.

-Yes. What name for a marsupial

similar to but generally smaller than a kangaroo

comes from an Australian Aboriginal language?

-Wallaby.

-Yes.

Who plays the title character Christian Wolf,

a financial consultant who works for some of the world's

most dangerous criminal organisations

in the 2016 film The Accountant?

-Leonardo DiCaprio.

-Ben Affleck.

What is the English name for the stretch of water

that the Spanish call the Golfo de Vizcaya

and the French called the Golfe de Gascogne?

-The Bay of Biscay.

-Yes. Which Midlands city is home

to the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter?

It is based in the former factory of the firm Smith and Pepper.

-Birmingham.

-Yep.

Which controversial dramatist wrote letters to the press under

the alias of Edna Wellthorpe, a guardian of public morals?

Pass.

The Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca and the Dutchman Max Euwe

have been world champions of which board game?

-Chess.

-Yes.

What currency was used in modern Greece before it adopted the euro

and was the oldest in Europe, dating back some 2,600 years?

-Drachma.

-Yes.

Which branch of mathematics deals specifically with

the relations between the angles and lengths

of sides of triangles?

-Trigonometry.

-Correct.

Which Stretford-born artist worked full-time

for the Pall Mall Property Company

-alongside his art career?

-Pass.

Water Music and Music For The Royal Fireworks

are amongst the best known orchestral works

by a German born composer. Who was he?

-Handel.

-Yes. Who was the Leader of the Opposition

in the House of Commons from 1975 to '79?

James Callaghan.

Margaret Thatcher.

In which 1980s television series were the two main characters

a pair of undercover policeman played by Don Johnson

and Philip Michael Thomas?

-Miami Vice.

-Yes. What general term,

applied principally to African-American music,

was popularised by Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine

in 1949 as a replacement for the phrase "race records"?

-R and B.

-Yes, rhythm and blues.

Who wrote the 1908 children's novel the Wind In The Willows?

-Kenneth Grahame.

-Correct.

What adjective that describes a place or a condition

where everything is as bad as possible

comes from the Greek for bad place?

-Pass.

-Which French king reigned for 72 years from 1643 to 1715,

one of the longest reigns of any monarch?

-Louis XIV.

-Yes.

Who set a women's world record of two hours, 15 minutes

and 25 seconds in the 2003 London Marathon

when she finished some two and a half minutes faster...

BEEP ..than the first British man, Chris Cariss?

-Paula Radcliffe.

-Is correct.

You had three passes.

Dystopian is that... Yeah, yes, you knew it, didn't you?

You also knew LS Lowry, I dare say, the artist, yeah?

And you probably also knew that controversial dramatist

who wrote letters to the press under the alias of Edna Wellthorpe -

-Joe Orton.

-Ah.

-You have scored a total, Ken,

of 28 points.

APPLAUSE

So, he made it. Let's have a look at all of the scores.

In fourth place with 21 points, Andy.

Third place, 25 points, Sarah Jane.

Second place, 26 points, Neil.

First place, 28 points, Ken.

APPLAUSE

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

and he takes the last place in the semifinals.

Congratulations to him.

Commiserations to Sarah Jane and Neil.

It is just possible that with their scores,

we shall see them again in the semifinal.

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