Episode 6 Mastermind

Our first contender tonight is Denis Irvine from West Sussex.

He's answering questions on the Australian cricket team.

David Bishop is a teacher from Hertfordshire.

His specialist subject, James Ellroy's LA Quartet.

Nicola Nuttall is a children's play centre owner from Lancashire,

on the singer Kirsty MacColl.

And Chris Ward, a retired operations manager from Sheffield

on the reign of King Henry VI.

APPLAUSE

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

The rules are simple.

Two minutes of questions on their specialist subject,

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

But the reality is pretty brutal.

It's the clock and the spotlight,

and maybe even the black chair itself, all adding to the pressure.

So let us see who deals with it most effectively

and ask our first contender to join us, please.

-And your name is?

-Denis Irvine.

-Your occupation?

-Retired.

-And your chosen subject?

-Australian Test cricket since 1945.

In two minutes, starting now.

Which country did Australia play in their first Test match

after the Second World War? Australia won by an innings and the

two countries didn't play another official Test match until the 1970s.

New Zealand.

Who made his Test Debut against India in Sydney in January '92

and took one wicket for 150?

Shane Warne.

In the first post-war Ashes Test, it appeared that Don Bradman had

been caught on 28, but he was given not out. Who had taken the catch?

-Walter Hammond.

-Jack Ikin.

By what unusual form of dismissal was Andrew Hilditch given

out against Pakistan in 1979?

Steve Waugh was dismissed the same way against India in 2001.

Handled the ball.

Who dismissed Maninder Singh LBW in Chennai in 1986 to

ensure that the match was tied?

It was only the second tie in Test cricket history.

-Tim May.

-Greg Matthews.

Dennis Lillee scored three runs with a metal bat at Perth in 1979,

before he was ordered to replace it with a wooden one. What metal was it?

Aluminium.

Who was no balled four times for throwing in his only

over of the 1963 Brisbane Test against South Africa?

He never played first class cricket again.

Ian Meckiff.

What is the name of the trophy that has been awarded to the

winners of Test series between Australia and India since 1996?

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

In the 2017 Sydney Test against Pakistan, David Warner made

the fastest Test 50 by any Australian by reaching

his half century off how many balls?

-34.

-23.

At Peshawar in 1998, who scored 334 to equal Don Bradman's record

for the most runs by an Australian batsman in a Test innings?

Mark Taylor.

In 2003, Darwin and which other city hosted the first Test

series between Australia and Bangladesh?

-Brisbane.

-Cairns.

Who played his last game for Australia in 1985,

but later played Test matches for his native South Africa?

Kepler Wessels.

What was the name of Australia's coach,

who was sacked a few weeks before the 2013 Ashes Series?

BEEP He was succeeded by Darren Lehmann.

-John Buchanan.

-It was Mickey Arthur.

No passes, Denis. You have scored eight points.

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And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-David Bishop.

-Your occupation?

-Teacher.

-And your chosen subject?

-James Ellroy's LA Quartet.

In two minutes, starting now.

Which character first appears as a security boss for Howard Hughes

in The Black Dahlia, is the betrayer of Mickey Cohen in The Big Nowhere,

and is murdered by Dudley Smith at the start of LA Confidential?

Buzz Meeks.

Two real-life gangsters were supposedly murdered

in a motorcar by Dave Klein, the fictional antihero of White Jazz.

One of them was Tony Trombino - who was the other?

-Sam Giancana.

-Tony Brancato.

On what avenue between 39th and Coliseum is the mutilated

body of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, found?

Norton.

What two-word phrase is used in LA Confidential as a slang term for kidnapping?

It comes from a famous case of the '30s.

Little Lindbergh.

Which notorious Chicago mobster asks Dave Klein,

through Mickey Cohen, for a favour that results in Klein

throwing a federal witness out of a 9th floor window?

That's Sam Giancana.

What is the title of the television show that features Timmy Valburn

as Raymond Dieterling's creation Moochie Mouse in LA Confidential?

-Dream A Dream Time.

-Dream A Dream Hour.

What distinctive clothing is worn by the Mexicans in the riots

in which Bucky Bleichert helps Lee Blanchard arrest Tomas Dos Santos?

Zoot suits.

In which department store's car park does Dudley Smith have

a near-fatal encounter with Dave Klein and Wylie Bullock?

-Macy's.

-Sears & Roebuck.

Terry Lux, known as the plastic surgeon to the stars,

appears in both The Big Nowhere and LA Confidential.

What is the name of the rehab clinic that he owns in Malibu canyon?

Malibu Rendezvous.

Pacific Sanitarium.

To which state hospital is Madeleine Sprague committed indefinitely,

following her conviction for the manslaughter of Lee Blanchard?

-The Angels.

-Atascadero State Hospital.

Whom does Ed Exley call the forgotten Nite Owl victim?

He was a member of the gang that hunted down Buzz Meeks.

Er...

Pass.

What was the name of the Nazi Lieutenant Colonel

from Buchenwald who was shot by Mal Considine in Krakow?

BEEP

Er... Pass.

Well, I can tell you, cos you're out of time, it was Franz Kempflerr.

And you had one other pass.

Ed Exley called Mal Lunceford the forgotten Nite Owl victim.

David, you have scored five points. APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Nicola Nuttall.

-Your occupation?

-I run a children's play centre.

-And your chosen subject?

-Kirsty MacColl.

Kirsty MacColl in two minutes, here we go.

Kirsty MacColl had the greatest UK hit of her

career in December 1987, reaching number two in the charts,

when she featured on which song with The Pogues?

Fairytale Of New York.

With which record label did MacColl release her debut

single as a solo artist in June 1979?

She later returned to the label after she left Polydor.

Stiff.

With whom did MacColl record a version of the Lou Reed song Perfect Day

for inclusion on the Galore compilation album released in 1995?

-Evan Dando.

-MacColl suffered from stage fright.

It became apparent during a 1981 tour of Ireland to promote which album?

Desperate Character.

In November 1981, MacColl released a cover version of a song

by The Beach Boys that originally featured on the band's

Pet Sounds album. Which song?

You Still Believe In Me.

What is the name of the record producer who worked with many acts,

including Simple Minds and U2? MacColl married him in August 1984.

Steve Lillywhite.

On which television comedy series did MacColl make various

guest appearances that included a performance of the song

Trains And Boats And Planes, broadcast in March 1988?

French and Saunders.

Which song, written by MacColl and her brother Hamish,

contains the lines "Be kind to each other, oh, that's what I know

"Be kind to the mothers, daughters and sons"?

The Hardest Way.

With which Canadian-born musician did MacColl write the song

There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis?

Rambow.

At which London venue did MacColl perform on the 28th of October

2000, as part of her Tropical Brainstorm Tour?

She reportedly said it was the best gig she'd ever done.

Shepherd's Bush Empire.

Who rewrote his own song, A New England, for MacColl?

She had a top ten hit with it in 1985.

-Billy Bragg.

-What is the title of the 1994 album that MacColl reportedly

called her Sad Divorce Album? It was recorded around the time her marriage broke down.

Titanic Days.

About which Caribbean country did MacColl make a series of eight

music programmes for Radio 2 in 2000?

Cuba.

On which small independent label was MacColl's single Berlin released in 1983?

-North Of Watford.

-MacColl died aged 41 in a boating accident in Mexico.

At which church in Central London... BEEP

..was a public memorial service held for her on the 20th of January 2001?

-St Martin-in-the-Fields.

-Is correct.

-You had 15 questions, you have 15 points.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

-And your name is?

-Chris Ward.

-Your occupation?

-Retired operations manager.

-And your chosen subject?

-The Life of King Henry VI.

-Henry VI, here we go.

Henry VI succeeded to the English throne in September 1422,

when he was nine months old. By what treaty did he inherit the French crown a month later?

The Treaty Of Troy.

Which of Henry's uncles was named as the infant king's principal

guardian and protector in a supplement to Henry V's will?

-Bedford.

-Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. Early in Henry's reign,

English forces besieged a French city for nearly seven months.

The siege was abandoned in May 1429,

shortly after Joan of Arc entered the city. Which city?

-Orleans.

-In May 1455, Henry was captured by Yorkists in the first full

battle of the Wars Of The Roses. What was the battle called?

The First Battle of St Albans.

Henry was forced to agree to an Act of Parliament in 1460 that

excluded his son Edward from the succession in favour

of the Duke of York and his heirs. What name is given to this Act?

-The Treaty Of Accord.

-The Act of Accord, yeah.

Who adopted the title Captain of Kent and the alias John Mortimer

when he led a popular 1450 revolt in Kent against Henry's regime?

Jack Cade.

Henry had a mental breakdown shortly after the English Army was defeated

in July 1453 in the final battle of the Hundred Years' War. Which battle?

Castile.

What educational institution did Henry found in 1441,

a year after he had founded Eton College?

King's College, Cambridge.

A feud between two West Country families is often used

as an example of Henry's inability to maintain local law and order.

The Courtenays were one family, what was the name of the other?

The Bonvilles.

What new Latin-derived term was used for the restoration

of Henry to the English throne in October 1470?

The Readeption.

What name was given to the public display of unity between the Yorkist

and Lancastrian nobility, led by Henry on the 24th of March 1458?

The Loveday.

In whose palace did Henry spend most of the brief

period of his restoration?

The Bishop of London.

The Yorkists won their final victory at a battle in May 1471,

where Henry's son Edward was killed. At which battle?

Tewkesbury.

What French office, granted to Richard, Duke of York,

during Henry's illness... BEEP

..was taken from him when the King recovered and returned to the Duke of Somerset?

Lieutenant Governor of Normandy.

No, it was Captaincy of Calais.

You have, however, Chris, no passes, 12 points.

APPLAUSE

So, that's the end of the first round.

Let's have a look at the scores.

In fourth place, 5 points, David Bishop.

Third place, 8 points, Denis Irvine.

Second place, 12 points, Chris Ward.

First place, 15 points, Nicola Nuttall!

APPLAUSE

It is the general knowledge round now, of course,

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're tied on passes as well,

then we have a tie break.

So, let's get on with it and ask David to join us again, please.

And you chose one of those subjects with a huge amount of detail in it.

Anyway, you got five points. You've got two and a half minutes

of general knowledge - plenty of time to catch up. Here we go.

Which type of dog, a favourite of the Queen,

has two recognised breeds named after former Welsh counties?

-Corgi.

-Elizabeth David, who died in 1992,

was an influential writer on what subject?

-Cookery.

-The name of which spring flower

comes directly from the Middle English name

-for the asphodel plant?

-Snowdrop?

Daffodil. In politics, what pejorative term of American origin

is used for a spokesperson employed to give

a favourable interpretation of events to the media?

It's particularly associated with the Blair era.

Er, spin doctor.

Heuston and Connolly are the main railway termini

in which European capital city?

-Madrid?

-Dublin.

In which television series first shown in 2005

did Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles

play the demon-hunting brother Sam and Dean Winchester?

-Supernatural.

-Yes. The adventures of which fictional character

were originally published in 1726 as Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World?

-Er, Gulliver.

-Yes. The model Yasmin Parveneh

married the lead singer of Duran Duran in 1985. What's his name?

Simon Le Bon.

The works of which English landscape artist

include Salisbury Cathedral From The Bishop's Grounds

and Flatford Mill From The Lock On The Stour?

-Landseer.

-Constable.

What nickname was given to the Chicago gangster Al Capone

as a result of a bar-room fight?

Scarface.

What term for a pirate comes from the French

for a wooden frame for smoking the dried meat eaten at sea?

Peg?

Buccaneer. Jainism is one of which country's

most ancient religious traditions?

It began there in about the 6th century BCE.

Er...

Japan?

India. What is the title of the 2007 sequel

to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty?

Evan Almighty.

In which folk opera does the drug peddler Sportin' Life

persuade the heroine to go to New York?

Beggar's Opera?

Porgy and Bess. The stage name of which actress and singer,

born in Tennessee in 1992,

is derived from her childhood nickname that she was given because she smiled a lot?

Er...

Pass.

Tarr Steps on Exmoor and Postbridge on Dartmoor

are examples of an ancient bridge found in the West Country

that consists of stone slabs laid across a series of rocks or piles of stone.

What name is given to this type of bridge?

Stone bridge.

Clapper bridge.

What word of Old English origin is used as a synonym for beer

but often refers to the lighter, paler brews?

Ale?

John le Carre's 1963 novel that's set mainly in Berlin

and is about the ageing British intelligence officer Alec Leamas

is entitled The Spy Who Came In From The...?

BEEP

-Cold.

-Yes, From The Cold, exactly right.

You had one pass - the stage name of that actress and singer

who smiled a lot was Miley - not Smiley, but Miley - Cyrus.

There we are.

David, you have a total now of 15 points.

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And now Denis again, please.

And you start out this round, Denis, with 8 points.

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

In snooker, what colour ball is worth six points?

-Pink.

-Which German-born composer who became totally deaf

during the last years of his life died in Vienna in 1827?

Beethoven?

Calvados is a brandy distilled in Normandy

from the fermented juice of what fruit?

Pear.

Apples. What is the stage name of Ian and Janette Tough,

the Scottish husband-and-wife comedy team

whose act features a father and his mischievous schoolboy son?

The Krankies.

The Samurai leader Minamoto Yoritomo

became the first holder of a Japanese title in 1192

and Tokugawa Yoshinobu the last in 1867.

Which title?

Emperor?

Shogun. Who was nominated for Oscars for her roles

-as Rita in Educating Rita and as Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot?

-Julie Walters.

Which republic, made up of over 7,000 islands and islets,

lies about 700 miles off the coast of Vietnam?

Philippines.

On which instrument did Louis Armstrong

become a celebrated performer?

He originally learned to play the bugle and the cornet.

Trumpet.

Which actress and former Labour MP

returned to the stage after 25 years in 2016

to play King Lear? The radio presenter Jack de Manio

once reportedly said, "She has a face to launch a thousand dredgers."

Glenda Jackson.

What is the title of Sir Edwin Landseer's

1851 oil painting of a Highland stag?

Pass.

Who became the Primate of South Africa's Anglican community

when he was appointed Cape Town's first black archbishop

in 1986, a post he held until 1996?

-Desmond Tutu?

-Yes. In Auf Wiedersehen, Pet,

how was Brian Busbridge, played by the former wrestler Pat Roach,

known to his fellow builders?

-Pass.

-In which London venue have the Promenade concerts traditionally been held

since the bombing of the Queen's Hall in 1941?

The Albert Hall.

The international airport built at Abbotsinch

is about eight miles west of which Scottish city?

Glasgow.

What large, heavy hammer wielded in both hands

takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon for "to strike"?

-Er, pass.

-Which media mogul and former Italian prime minister

gained notoriety for his "bunga bunga" parties?

Silvio Berlusconi.

What is the real first name of Pep Guardiola,

who was confirmed as Manuel Pellegrini's replacement

as manager of Manchester City in February 2016?

Pedro?

Josep. Whose novel The Moonstone was described by TS Eliot

as "the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels"?

Wilkie Collins.

What name is given to the holes

that drain a ship's deck?

BEEP

-I don't know.

-Well, you'll be cross when you hear it, cos it's obvious,

-but only if you know. Scuppers.

-Yeah.

Anyway, that was one of your passes.

The other passes, sledgehammer, that big hammer that you use two hands with.

"Bomber" was how Brian Busbridge was known to his fellow builders.

And the title of Landseer's celebrated painting, the Monarch...

-..of the Glen.

-Of the Glen.

I know, it's easy when the clock stops, isn't it?

Anyway, Denis, you have a total of 20 points.

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And now Chris again, please.

And, Chris, you start out with 12 points.

The score to beat as it stands is 20.

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

What birds are known as a gaggle when they're on the ground

and a skein when they're in the air?

Geese.

By The Sleepy Lagoon written by Eric Coates

is the theme music for which Radio 4 programme

that celebrated its 75th anniversary in January 2017?

Desert Island Discs?

The airline Qantas is based in which Commonwealth country?

Australia.

What is the name of the jockey who famously rode Shergar to victory

in the 1982 Epsom Derby? He was nicknamed The Choirboy because of his angelic looks.

Oh...Steven Cauthen.

Walter Swinburn.

In 1851, the highest mountain in New Zealand

was given an English name by which it is generally known. What name?

Cook.

What word that is thought to come from the Latin for "to boil"

is used for gold, silver or other precious metals

in the form of ingots or bars rather than coins?

Bullion.

In which town was England's second-oldest bishopric founded in 604

when Bishop Justice was given land by King Aethelberht of Kent?

Canterbury?

Rochester.

Waiting For Godot, initially performed in Paris in 1953,

was the first successful play by which Irish-born writer?

Oh...

-Pass.

-What is the name of the art gallery founded in 1856

principally through the efforts of the 5th Earl Stanhope

which moved to its current location in London's St Martin's Place in 1896?

National Gallery?

National Portrait Gallery.

Who was the famous Muslim leader born in about 1137 in Tikrit in Iraq?

He's particularly associated with the Crusades.

Saladin.

What name is given to animals such as kangaroos and opossums

whose young complete their development attached to teats,

usually covered by a pouch, on their mother's belly?

Marsupial.

The official who summons the Commons into the House of Lords

to hear the monarch's speech at the State Opening of Parliament

is known by what title?

Black Rod.

In which American city is the stainless steel Gateway Arch

that symbolises the city's role as the gateway to the west?

Chicago?

St Louis. What work by Hector Berlioz

is subtitled Episode In The Life Of An Artist?

Er, Carnival of the Animals?

Symphonie Fantastique.

Which body of water whose lower limit lies between Hartland Point in Devon

and St Govan's Head in Pembrokeshire

merges with the Severn estuary at its upper end?

Bristol Channel?

Malibu is a Caribbean white rum-based liqueur with what flavouring?

Coconut.

In the lyrics of which BBC sitcom theme

are we told, "Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8:21

"but he comes home each evening and he's ready with his gun"?

Dad's Army.

Which St Kitts-born singer...

BEEP ..had top-ten albums called Me, Myself, I,

Walking Under Ladders and The Key in the early 1980s?

-Bob Marley.

-Joan Armatrading.

Chris, you had one pass.

Waiting For Godot was written by Samuel Beckett.

Yes. Er, you have scored a total of 23 points.

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And finally, Nicola again, please.

And, er, you start out with 15 points.

However, the score to beat has now increased to 23 points,

so let's see how you do

if you are to get into the semifinals. Here we go.

The theme park originally known as Euro Disney Resort is near which major city?

Paris.

Babushka is a title given to which member of a Russian family?

-Mother.

-Grandmother. Which Biblical figure does the Book of Genesis say

was in the 600th year of his life when the fountains

of the great deep were broken up

and the windows of heaven were opened?

Methuselah?

Noah. What term is used for an animal which eats both plants and meat?

Omnivore.

What is the name of the American film director and screenwriter

who created the television series Twin Peaks with the writer and producer Mark Frost?

David Lynch.

By what name are the first group of the 12 violin concertos

of Vivaldi's Opus 8, The Contest Between Harmony And Invention, generally known?

Four Seasons?

Jeremy Corbyn appointed which long-serving MP

as Shadow Home Secretary in his October 2016 front-bench reshuffle?

Diane Abbott?

What is the name of the American swimmer,

the most decorated Olympian in history,

who won five gold and one silver medal at the Rio Olympics,

taking his overall tally to 28 medals, 23 of them gold?

Michael Phelps.

What territory was established as an independent state

by the Lateran Treaty of 1929?

Vatican City.

What thick, chunky North American seafood soup

is commonly made with clams?

Gumbo?

Chowder. Which British playwright was nominated for Best Screenplay Oscars

for the 2002 film The Hours and the 2009 film The Reader?

-Pass.

-What term, thought to be based on an Irish name,

describes an alcoholic drink that has been spiked with a sedative?

Hooch?

Mickey Finn. What name did Thomas Hardy use for the southwestern counties,

especially Dorset, that provide the setting for much of his work?

Wessex?

Diamond and graphite are composed of which chemical element

in different crystalline forms?

Carbon.

What model village on the Wirral

was built from 1888 by William Lever

as a residential estate for the workers at his soap factory?

Port Sunlight.

The summit of Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America,

is in which country, near its border with Chile?

Er...Brazil?

Argentina. Which secret service agent who featured in 12 novels

was named by his creator after the author of Birds Of The West Indies,

a book he owned in his Jamaican home?

James Bond?

Which American city gives its name to a wooden rocking chair

with a high spindled back, a decorated top panel

and a seat and arms that curve down at the front?

Carver.

Boston rocker. What song title was shared by

three UK top ten singles in the 1980s?

All three were different songs, and were performed by Jennifer Rush,

Huey Lewis And The News, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

The Power of Love.

What term that comes from the Old English for "worker"

is given to a maker or repairer? BEEP

It's most often used in combination with other words

such as "ship" or "wheel."

Wright.

Yes. Wright. Wright is right. Yes.

One pass - Sir David Hare was that playwright who got all those Oscars.

Er, you've scored, Nicola, a total of 28 points.

APPLAUSE

So, at the end of the round, let's look at the scores.

In fourth place, with 15 points, David Bishop.

Third place, with 20 points, Denis Irvine.

Second place, 23 points, Chris Ward.

First place, a clear winner with 28 points,

Nicola Nuttall.

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

and she goes through to the semifinals.

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