Episode 5 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Stephen Howard,

a content marketing executive from Manchester, on Fifa World Cups.

Nicky Zhang is a tax manager from London.

She's answering questions on Alexander the Great.

Next, Judith Sansom,

an NHS administrator from Denbighshire,

on the films of Rupert Everett.

And Adam Gilchrist, a broadcaster from London.

His specialist subject, the Battle of Agincourt.

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

Tonight's contenders, as ever, will answer questions

on their specialist subject for two minutes

and then on general knowledge for two-and-a-half minutes.

And tonight's winner goes through to the semifinal

with a crack at becoming the nation's Mastermind.

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

And your name is...

Your occupation...

And your chosen subject...

In two minutes, starting now.

Diego Maradona said after Argentina's victory

over England in the '86 World Cup

that his first goal was scored a little with the head of Maradona

and a little with...?

The Hand of God.

What was the name of the referee who issued a World Cup final record

of 14 yellow cards in the 2010 final between Holland and Spain?

Howard Webb.

Which team reached the quarterfinals in 1958

but were beaten 1-0 by Brazil

when Pele scored his first goal in the World Cup finals?

Yugoslavia.

Wales.

Miroslav Klose's goal in Germany's 7-1 win against Brazil

in the 2014 semifinal saw him overtake Ronaldo

as the leading scorer in World Cup finals with how many goals?

16.

Neither of the stadiums that hosted the Group 4 matches

in the '66 World Cup final still exist.

One of them was Ayresome Park, what was the other?

Croke Park.

Roker Park. Who claimed "the Hand of God now belongs to me"

after his goal-line handball and the resulting penalty miss

by Ghana's Asamoah Gyan

helped Uruguay reach the 2010 semifinals?

Luis Suarez.

Three players have scored ten or more goals

in a single World Cup finals tournament.

Just Fontaine and Sandor Kocsis are two, who is the third?

Gerd Muller.

The home ground shared by Internazionale

and AC Milan is named after a player who was a member

of Italy's World Cup winning teams in 1934 and '38. Who was he?

Giuseppe Meazza.

Roberto Baggio, who missed the decisive penalty kick

that gave Brazil victory over Italy in the '94 final,

was known as Il Divin Codino

because of his distinctive hairstyle.

What does that nickname mean?

The Divine Ponytail.

In the '98 final, Marcel Desailly became the first player

to be sent off from a winning team in a World Cup final

when he was shown a second yellow card

for a foul on which player?

Ronaldo.

Cafu. Which German midfielder's the only outfield player

to have appeared in five World Cup final tournaments?

Lothar Matthaus.

Which East European country went 17 games

without a win in the World Cup finals

before beating Greece... BEEP

..4-0 in a group match in 1994?

Yugoslavia.

Well, not that far away in distance anyway. Bulgaria.

You have scored, Stephen, no passes, eight points.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...

Your occupation...

And your chosen subject...

Alexander the Great in two minutes, here we go.

Alexander the Great was King of Macedonia in the fourth century BC.

From the age of 13, he was taught by a philosopher

and former student of Plato. Who was he?

Aristotle.

At what battle of 338 BC against the Greek city-states

did Alexander lead a cavalry charge

that led to the destruction of the Thebans' sacred band?

Chaeronea.

A temple in Ephesus is traditionally said to have burned down

while the goddess it was dedicated to

was attending Alexander's birth. Which goddess?

Artemis.

Who was Alexander's second- in-command during the campaign

against Persia and the commander of the left wing of his army?

-Parmenion.

-Parmenion, yep.

When Alexander and his army crossed the Hindu Kush

from the Kabul valley into Bactria in 329 BC,

they're thought to have taken a pass that rises to over 11,000 feet.

Which pass?

Khawak.

What name's given to the puzzle that Alexander is said to have solved in Phrygia?

The prophecy claimed that the person who solved it would rule all of Asia.

Gordian Knot.

Which city, defended by the eunuch Batis,

did Alexander capture after a two-month siege in 332 BC?

Pass.

Which Indian ruler did Alexander defeat

at the Battle of the Hydaspes River in 326 BC?

Porus.

What was the name of Alexander's favourite seer, who predicted

that the city of Alexandria in Egypt

would be prosperous after the barley used to mark out

its boundaries was eaten by birds?

-Aristander.

-An Athenian women called Thais

is said to have persuaded Alexander to burn down

a Persian royal palace in 330 BC.

In which city was the palace?

Persepolis.

Who was Alexander's lifelong friend?

When he died at Ecbatana in 324 BC,

Alexander had his doctor executed.

-Hephaestion.

-On his return from India to Persia,

Alexander led part of his army on a 60-day march

across the desert. Which desert?

Gedrosia.

What was the name of the daughter

of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes

whom Alexander married after the capture of the Sogdian Rock?

Roxanne.

What was the name of Alexander's cupbearer

who was implicated in the rumours that Alexander's sudden death...

BEEP ..was the result of poisoning?

Iollas.

Is correct. You had one pass.

That city defended by the eunuch Batis was Gaza.

-But you've scored 13 points.

-Thank you.

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...

Your occupation...

And your chosen subject...

In two minutes, starting now.

Rupert Everett had success early in his career

with a 1984 film based loosely on the life of the old Etonian spy

Guy Burgess. What was the film called?

Another Country.

The 1990 film The Comfort Of Strangers,

co-starring Everett as Colin Mayhew,

is based on a novel by which English author?

Ian McEwan.

In Shakespeare In Love, Christopher Marlowe tells Will

that he's nearly finished writing a play

that is even better than Doctor Faustus.

What does he say his new play is called?

Salome's Feast.

Massacre At Paris.

Which actor sings Lady Come Down with Rupert Everett

over the closing credits of The Importance Of Being Ernest?

-Colin Firth.

-In To Kill A King,

what fruit does Charles I offer Lord Fairfax

shortly before he tears up the document

that contains terms to limit his powers as king?

Oranges.

Plums. In An Ideal Husband, to whom does Everett's character Lord Goring

say that during the season he will only talk about serious matters

on the first Tuesday of every month?

To his father.

His father, yes. Lord Caversham.

In which 2004 film directed by Richard Eyre

does Everett play King Charles II?

Stage Beauty.

What sport is Everett's character Bill Bule playing

when he first encounters Anne Manning in Separate Lies?

Cricket.

What question is on the card with the flowers

that David Blakeley sends to Ruth Ellis for the first time

in Dance With A Stranger?

Will you come out with me?

Not quite. When is your day off?

In which '94 comedy horror film

based on an Italian illustrated novel by Tiziano Sclavi

does Everett star in the title role?

Dellamorte Dellamore.

Yes, or Cemetery Man.

Everett provides the voice of which scheming central character

in Shrek 2 and Shrek The Third?

Prince Charming.

What is the name of the Venetian waterfront hotel

where the English couple Colin and Mary,

played by Everett and Natasha Richardson,

stay to try and rekindle their relationship

in The Comfort Of Strangers?

-Hotel Gabrielli.

-In My Best Friend's Wedding,

George says that he met his friend Julianne

in a mental institution while he was visiting a person

who claimed to be which famous singer?

-Dionne Warwick.

-What word... BEEP

..of admonishment spoken by the Prince of Wales

causes King George III to fly into a rage

during a recital of Handel's music?

Sit down.

-No, it was "hush".

-Oh.

Actually it was, "Hush, Father, hush."

He said it twice, allegedly.

Anyway, Judith, no passes. You have scored ten points.

Thank you.

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...

Your occupation...

Your chosen subject...

The Battle of Agincourt in two minutes. Here we go.

The battle was fought on the 25th October in 1415

when French forces blocked the path of Henry V's army

as it was marching from the successful siege of Harfleur

towards which city?

Calais.

The English army at Agincourt was severely depleted

because of an outbreak of a disease

that had become an epidemic in the siege of Harfleur. What disease?

-Dysentery.

-Who replaced Edward, Duke of York,

in command of the rearguard of the English army?

It became the left wing during the battle.

-Lord Camoys?

-The French army originally mustered in which city,

where a royal council decided neither the king nor the dauphin

should take part in the coming battle?

-Rouen.

-What was the name of the narrow, pointed arrowhead

that was used by Henry's archers? It may have been able to penetrate

the ventilation slits in helmets

and even been effective against plate armour.

-The bodkin.

-Which village stood in the woodland

which protected the right flank

of the English line of battle opposite Agincourt?

-Tramecourt.

-Who was the French Grand Master of Crossbowmen

who was killed along with three of his sons?

-David de Rambures.

-In what village

to the rear of the English line did Henry's army camp

before and after the battle?

It was where the baggage train was originally positioned.

-Maisoncelle.

-Where did Henry's army cross the River Ternoise

on the afternoon before the battle

and find the French army had taken up a position

that blocked its path?

-Near Tramecourt?

-Blangy.

Which of Henry's brothers was wounded during the battle?

Henry stood over his body and protected him

till he could be safely removed from the battlefield.

-Duke of Gloucester.

-What was the name of the Duke of Burgundy,

whose absence from the battle

because of the dispute with the Armagnac faction

was seen as a factor in the French defeat?

-John the Fearless.

-What role in Henry's army

was played during the campaign in France

by Thomas Morstede and William Bradwardine?

-They were both surgeons.

-They were.

Which French duke was killed by Henry's bodyguard

while he was trying to surrender to Henry?

The Duke...

No. The Duke de Brabon?

No, the Duke of Alencon.

A gentleman would forfeit his horse and harness

if he broke Henry's order for silence on the eve of the battle.

BEEP What part of his body

would a member of the lower ranks have cut off

if they failed to comply?

-An ear.

-Yeah. The right ear, specifically, but, yes, an ear.

There we are. What a penalty.

Right, Adam. No passes, 12 points.

Some high scoring there - let's have a look at all of the scores.

In fourth place, eight points, Stephen Howard.

Third place, ten points, Judith Sansom.

Second place, 12 points, Adam Gilchrist.

First place, 13 points, Nicky Zhang.

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.

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

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

And...you start out with eight points, Stephen,

but this is two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge questions

so plenty of time. Here we go.

In the Enid Blyton books, what's the name of the gang

that consists of Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog?

-Famous Five.

-According to the proverb,

which month comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?

-January?

-March.

What is the title of Beyonce's third UK number one album,

which topped the charts in May 2016?

-Lemonade.

-Which country recorded their first

Test cricket victory over England in October 2016

to leave a three-match series level at one all?

-Bangladesh.

-In biology, what's the name of the cells

that can produce any type of cell

and can be used to replace damaged ones?

-Pass.

-Which aquatic plant produces white flowers

that are the largest of any native British plant?

-Lily?

-Yes, waterlily. Which country has an island

separated from its neighbouring islands

by the Cook Strait to the north and by the Foveaux Strait to the south?

-Japan.

-New Zealand.

What is the first name of the American girl

who eventually becomes Tarzan's wife

in the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs?

-Jane.

-Which European capital city

fell to the Germans on 27th September 1939?

-Warsaw.

-In the UK, the origins of which organisation

date back to 1512, when a Crown Service

for the carriage of government dispatches was set up?

-Bank of England?

-The Royal Mail.

What is the name of the children's television special investigator

who lives in a red pillar box in Baker Street?

-Basil the Great Mouse Detective?

-Danger Mouse.

As which Biblical figure did Dante Gabriel Rossetti's sister Christina

pose in his painting of the Annunciation?

-Jesus Christ.

-The Virgin Mary. In Indian cuisine, what dish

has a name that comes from the Hindi words for "two" and "onion"?

-Tikka masala?

-Dopiaza. What novel by Gustav Flaubert

is the story of the love affair and suicide

of a bored doctor's wife in rural Normandy?

-Madame Bovary.

-Which legendary king

is named in the medieval tales known as the Mabinogion

as the owner of a mare called Llamrei?

-Arthur?

-Which British violinist

released his first album of his own compositions,

entitled Kafka, in 1996?

-Nigel Kennedy?

-Britain's first long-distance footpath

or national trail was officially opened in 1965. What's its name?

-Pennine Way.

-Which former Conservative Party leader was

educated at Wath-upon-Dearne comprehensive school in Rotherham

and Magdalen College at Oxford?

-Michael Howard?

-William Hague. BEEP

Just one pass, Stephen -

those special cells that can produce any type of cell

are stem cells.

You knew it, didn't you? There you go.

There you go. It's the chair that does it. You have scored 18 points.

And now Judith again, please.

And you start the round, Judith, with ten points.

So let's see how you do with two-and-a-half minutes

of general knowledge. Here we go.

In 79AD, the eruption of a volcano

caused the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii,

Stabiae and Herculaneum. Which volcano?

-Vesuvius.

-What is the name of the cocktail

served as a long drink made from white rum,

coconut milk, ice and pineapple juice?

-Long Island Iced Tea.

-Pina colada.

The victorious Lakota Indians

gave the name The Battle of the Greasy Grass

to which battle of June 1876?

Er, Little Big Horn.

Brother and sister David Broome and Liz Edgar

were leading competitors in which sport?

-Show-jumping.

-In which television series

does Calista Flockhart play the title role

of a young lawyer at Cage, Fish & Associates?

-Sex And The City.

-Ally McBeal.

What type of written work did Quentin Crisp describe as,

"an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing"?

-Diary.

-Autobiography.

Which painting by Holman Hunt

takes its name from the description in Leviticus

of an ancient Hebrew ritual

carried out on the day of atonement?

-The Light Of The World?

-The Scapegoat.

The adjective "otic" refers to which part of the body?

-Ear.

-The name of which large public square in Beijing

means Gate of Heavenly Peace?

-Tiananmen Square.

-Shakespearean and Petrarchan

are the two main types of which verse form?

-Sonnet.

-Which conservative news website

is named after its American founder,

who died in 2012 aged 43?

-Er, Fox.

-Breitbart.

Who co-directed and starred as Don Lockwood

in the '52 film musical Singin' In The Rain?

-Gene Kelly.

-Which of London's lost rivers

rises on Hampstead Heath

and flows into the Thames via a large sewer

below Blackfriars Bridge?

-Fleet.

-What name for the day that marks the first day of Lent

comes from the mark placed on the head of a penitent on that day?

-Ash Wednesday.

-Bane, Firenze and Ronan,

who live in the Forbidden Forest,

first appear in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.

What creatures from Greek mythology are they?

Centaurs.

Who joined the Rolling Stones as a guitarist

to replace Brian Jones in 1969?

He later left the band and was replaced by Ronnie Wood.

-Seely Jones.

-Mick Taylor.

Which Palestinian leader was born Mohammed Rahman Abdel

Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini in 1929

and died in Paris in November 2004?

-Anwar Sadat.

-Yasser Arafat.

Who was famously rescued after getting lost in the Sahara with his co-driver

in a Paris-Dakar rally in January 1982? BEEP

-Ooh. Mark Thatcher.

-Yes!

No passes, Judith, you have scored 21 points.

And now Adam again, please.

And you, Adam, already have 12 points in the bag,

as you will have heard.

The score to beat as we speak is 21.

Here we go with your two-and-a-half minutes of general knowledge.

What Christian name was shared by three of the wives of Henry VIII?

-Catherine.

-What term used in cookery

means to spoon juices and melted fat over meat to keep it moist during cooking?

-Baste.

-In 1995, which artist's exhibit in the Turner Prize exhibition

was the installation Mother And Child (Divided),

featuring two cows in formaldehyde?

-Er...David...oh, pass.

-No, Damien Hirst.

Which British cyclist married Jason Kenny in September 2016?

She and Kenny have ten Olympic cycling gold medals between them.

-Laura Trott.

-Which city is the largest in Venezuela and is the country's capital?

-Caracas.

-The television series Lipstick On Your Collar

was the final part of a playwright's musical trilogy

that included Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective.

Which playwright?

It was, er...

-..Mike Nichols.

-Dennis Potter.

On which Pacific island is Vailima,

where Robert Louis Stevenson

lived from the late 1880s until his death in 1894?

-Tahiti.

-Samoa.

Who refused to surrender her bus seat to a white man

on 1st December 1955?

Her consequent arrest led to a bus boycott

by black passengers in Montgomery, Alabama.

-Pass.

-What classic 1982 sci-fi film directed by Ridley Scott

is based on Philip K Dick's novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

-Blade Runner.

-In geometry, complementary angles

are two angles that when they're added together equal how many degrees?

-180.

-90. Who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

for having created new poetic expressions

within the great American song tradition?

-George Gershwin?

-Bob Dylan.

In English folklore, who was Robin Hood's chaplain and steward?

-Friar Tuck.

-Which religious title

that translates roughly as "ocean of wisdom"

was first bestowed by the Mongol chief Altan Khan

in the 16th century?

-Pass.

-In which opera by Puccini

does the Japanese heroine marry Lieutenant Pinkerton?

-Madame Butterfly?

-In pre-decimal currency,

there were 252 pennies in one what?

-Guinea.

-The hereditary title Herzog

is the German equivalent of which rank of the nobility in Britain?

-Duke.

-What is the title of Stevie Wonder's 1981 number two hit single

that was a plea for Martin Luther King Day to be officially recognised in America?

-Happy Birthday.

-Which bird is famous for its song

that begins as it rises steeply... BEEP

..and hangs in the air over its territory?

-Lark.

-The skylark, yes!

You had two passes, Adam.

That Mongol chief, Altan Khan, in the 16th century,

was the first to choose the Dalai Lama.

That was the title.

And Rosa Parks was that brave woman

who refused to surrender her seat on the bus

in Montgomery, Alabama.

Adam, you now have scored a total of 23 points.

And finally, Nicky again, please.

And you, Nicky, start out with 13 points.

Score to beat has now risen to 23, so here we go,

if you're to get through to the next round, the semifinals.

Which author created a number of obnoxious children

including Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt?

-Roald Dahl.

-In tennis, what term is used

in English-speaking countries for the score of zero?

-Love.

-The Royal, first shown in 2003

and set in St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital in Elsinby,

was a spin-off from which long-running television series?

-Cheers.

-Heartbeat. In which cathedral city in Somerset

is Vicar's Close believed to be the only complete medieval street

that survives in England today?

-Salisbury?

-Wells. The white wine Orvieto

comes from which country?

-Italy.

-What name of Latin origin

is given to an open sore on the skin or mucus membrane?

It can also mean a source of corruption.

-Pass.

-Which horse took nearly 20 seconds off

the previous record for the Grand National

when he won the race in 1973?

His record stood until 1990, when it was broken by Mr Frisk.

-Red Rum?

-Which future king became heir to the throne

on the death of Henry, Prince of Wales in 1612?

-George I?

-Charles I.

A stained-glass window dedicated to a wit and playwright

was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in February 1995. Who was he?

-Shakespeare?

-Oscar Wilde.

What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet,

equivalent to the Roman letter D?

-Delta.

-Which singer, former runner-up in the X Factor,

topped the UK album charts in November 2016

with 24 Hours?

-Drake.

-Olly Murs. Mike Pence, who was sworn in as US Vice President

in January 2017, was previous governor of which state?

-Florida.

-Indiana. The name of which wildflower

is said to come from the ancient Greek belief

that its root could cure a person bitten by a rabid dog?

-Mandrake?

-Dog rose. Athos and Porthos

were two of the Three Musketeers - who was the third?

-D'Artagnan?

-Aramis. In football, who was named Fifa Men's

Coach of the Year in January 2017

but lost his job just under two months later?

-Allardyce?

-Ranieri.

On 21st August 1959, which island group

became the 50th American state?

-Hawaii.

-Which Mozart opera

concludes with the title character being dragged down to hell?

-Don Giovanni?

-In Virgil's Aeneid,

a Greek youth called Sinon

tells the Trojans the gifts left by the Greeks

to appease the goddess Minerva will save the city from destruction

only if they take it within their walls. What is the gift?

-Wooden horse.

-What French expression for a naughty child

has come to be applied to a person given to unconventional conduct or indiscreet remarks?

-Pass.

-The poets Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patton

were part of the popular culture of which city in the 1960s?

-Chicago.

-Liverpool.

Which film actor... BEEP ..was born Bernard Schwartz

in the Bronx, New York, in June 1925?

His films include The Vikings, The Sweet Smell Of Success

and The Defiant Ones.

-Woody Allen.

-Tony Curtis is the correct answer to that.

You had two passes.

That French expression for a naughty child, enfant terrible,

and the name given to an open sore on the skin, ulcer.

-You have, Nicky, 21 points.

-Thank you.

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

In fourth place, 18 points, Stephen Howard.

Joint second place, 21 points apiece,

Nicky Zhang and Judy Sansom.

In first place with 23 points,

Adam Gilchrist.

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