A Question of Mastermind
In a bizarre mix of A Question of Sport and Mastermind, the BBC are running a series of sport-themed Mastermind shows, where the participants are quizzed on their favourite teams and players. The latest show involves student Ben Croucher tackling the subject of Formula 1 from 2000 to 2007. If you are in the UK and can access the BBC iPlayer, it can be viewed here until the 31st July.
But don’t go there yet!
As a bit of Friday night fun, I have transcribed the questions for your viewing pleasure, and thought we could host ourselves our very own pub quiz. Except, this isn’t a pub, there’s no prizes, and I have stolen the questions.
But hush. It’s just a bit of fun. If you Google the answers, you’re only cheating yourselves, etc, etc. Let us know how you get on in the comments. The answers are hidden in grey at the end of each question. Enjoy.
- Jenson Button drove for which team in 2000, his first season in Formula 1? Williams
- How many races did Michael Schumacher win in 2000 when he became the first Ferrari champion since Jody Scheckter in 1979? 9
- Which city did Lewis Hamilton celebrate the first of his four victories in his inaugural season? Montreal
- Which driver gave the Super Aguri team it’s sole four points in the constructors championship in the 2007 season? Takuma Sato
- Which country did Michael Schumacher achieve the last of his 91 Formula 1 Grand Prix wins? China
- Who finished sixth in the Australian Grand Prix of 2007, having started last on the grid? (FYI, Ben passed on this one) Felipe Massa
- In March 2003, Fernando Alonso started on pole position for the first time. At which Grand Prix circuit did he achieve this landmark? Sepang International Circuit
- Which driver retired at the end of 2001 after 202 Grands Prix, only one of which he won? Jean Alesi
- When Ralf Schumacher sustained two fractures in his spinal column, which official test driver replaced him at the 2004 French Grand Prix? Marc Gene
- Who won the British Grand Prix on St. George’s Day becoming the first British winner of the new decade? David Coulthard
- All but three teams withdrew from the 2005 US Grand Prix over a tyre safety issue. Ferrari and Jordan-Toyota were two that did compete, which team was the third? (Poor old Ben was allowing the pressure to get to him slightly here, saying Jordan. Damn it.) Minardi
- In 2003, which driver failed to finish in 9 races but also had his first Formula 1 victory when he won the Brazilian Grand Prix? Giancarlo Fisichella
- Lewis Hamilton’s first Grand Prix win in 2007 came almost a year after fellow Briton Jenson Button won a Grand Prix on which circuit? Hungaroring
- In 2004, Michael Schumacher won the first five races of the season. Which Renault driver stopped it being a run of six by winning at Monaco? Jarno Trulli
- What is the name of the driver who made his debut in the 2007 US Grand Prix, aged 19? He finished in 8th place. Sebastian Vettel
- The former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve drove for Renault in three Grand Prix in 2004 season. Two were in China and Brazil, in which country was the third? Japan
Ben got 14.
I only managed 5, but we have already established that I can’t remember anything.
How did you do?
Update: Have just finished watching the rest of the show, and Ben came third out of four. Rubbish. I guess his general knowledge of other sports let him down. However, I’m even more annoyed that the only girl finished fourth. Gah. Letting the side down. Not that I could have done even remotely better, as I demonstrated above.
You shouldn’t let him...
Both, and add happy to the mix as well.
July 25th, 2008 at 22:41 #1 - Mattw said:
Shouldn’t publish my scores, but I only managed 12 out of 16
It was mainly Michael Schumacher who let me down – he won so often that I simply blocked out some of his achievements
July 25th, 2008 at 22:42 #2 - Mattw said:
Number 6 was easy
July 25th, 2008 at 22:59 #3 - me said:
11 out of 16. failed on:
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 14 (missed out due an inability to read simple english)
- 16
July 25th, 2008 at 23:05 #4 - Mattw said:
I missed on 2, 5, 7 and 9
July 25th, 2008 at 23:28 #5 - Jordan Allen said:
I have 10/11 out of 16.
I got questions 2, 5, 6, 9, and 15 wrong dead to rights. I do have a bone of contention with question #7.
I wrote “Sepang International Circuit” as the question seems to imply to name the circuit which th eevent happened, not the country which the event happened.
I leave it to the panel of judges to figure out if I got 10 or 11.
July 25th, 2008 at 23:31 #6 - Christine said:
Well, you are correct that the question asks for the circuit, but Des Lynham accepted Malaysia, so I guess you can have either.
July 25th, 2008 at 23:32 #7 - Christine said:
It would be quicker for me to tell you which ones I got right, than wrong.
July 25th, 2008 at 23:41 #8 - Alianora La Canta said:
16 out of 16, and I only had to seriously think about question 2.
July 25th, 2008 at 23:46 #9 - Lynch said:
I actually watched this when it was aired and I only incorrectly answered about 3 of them wrong from what I remember….
July 25th, 2008 at 23:47 #10 - Jordan Allen said:
Hmmmm, it seems interesting that the person who as access to old F1 reference books gets a perfect score….
A case of following the letter of the regulations and not the spirit of the regulations perhaps?
July 25th, 2008 at 23:48 #11 - Jordan Allen said:
So which ones did you get right, Christine?
July 25th, 2008 at 23:49 #12 - Christine said:
Now you’re just showing off
July 25th, 2008 at 23:55 #13 - Jordan Allen said:
She was not showing off, she was doing “research” in the old 796.xxxx section of her library!
July 26th, 2008 at 00:04 #14 - Christine said:
3, 4, 11, 13, 15.
July 26th, 2008 at 00:05 #15 - Flibster said:
15….I also disagree with the Malaysia answer. It’s Sepang International.
Number 9 wrong. Mental failure on my part.
July 26th, 2008 at 00:06 #16 - Christine said:
Is that a double negative? If you incorrectly get something wrong, I think you’re saying you only got 3 right.
July 26th, 2008 at 00:08 #17 - Mattw said:
I didn’t think – I did it while watching the program.
July 26th, 2008 at 00:17 #18 - Alianora La Canta said:
Hmmmm, it seems interesting that the person who as access to old F1 reference books gets a perfect score….
A case of following the letter of the regulations and not the spirit of the regulations perhaps? {Jordan Allen – 8 comments ago}
I haven’t even got any of them open at the moment – I’m reading the latest issue of the New Internationalist while doing tonight’s web surfing. The day they start printing out answers to these sorts of questions will be the day F1 gets renamed E1 (Environmentalism 1). Unfortunately absolute proof would require a webcam, which I do not possess.
Now you’re just showing off {Christine – 6 comments ago}
Not deliberately, but I thought the request for us to tell you how we did was serious. Maybe I just read stuff a bit too literally…
She was not showing off, she was doing “research” in the old 796.xxxx section of her library! {Jordan Allen – 5 comments ago}
It’s 796.72 (unless you want to know about specific F1 people, in which case you need 920 followed by the first three letters of the individual’s surname, or you want to know about the most esoteric elements of the technical side, for which you’ll need the deepest recesses of the 620s and 630s depending on exactly which part of race car design and function interests you).
And my library is 70 minutes away from the place where I did this test, plus it shut for the night five hours ago. In fact, it’s so late that if I had attempted to cheat by going to my library, I would have been stranded at the station over there with no way home. Which Jordan Allen would probably say served me right if I had done it.
But I’m in my nice warm house typing this, so I can’t have used my library to cheat.
Oh, and I still haven’t got round to watching the programme yet (although I have downloaded it onto my computer).
July 26th, 2008 at 00:20 #19 - Christine said:
Of course I want to know how you did. I’m only jealous!!
July 26th, 2008 at 00:22 #20 - Alianora La Canta said:
I didn’t mean to make anyone jealous…
July 26th, 2008 at 00:27 #21 - Steven Roy said:
Stupid quiz.
How about something a little more exciting like the rocket racing league and they are even planning a virtual version. RSPCRF1 rocket racing anyone? What would happen to a panda in a rocket?
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/051003_rocket_racing_league.html
http://www.rocketracingleague.com/
July 26th, 2008 at 00:28 #22 - Christine said:
Ooh, 15 is good.
Given that everyone seems to be of the above opinion, I shall now change the Malaysia answer.
…to Sepang, I mean, not to some random answer!
July 26th, 2008 at 00:30 #23 - Jordan Allen said:
Alianora La Canta said:
Hmmmm, it seems interesting that the person who as access to old F1 reference books gets a perfect score….
A case of following the letter of the regulations and not the spirit of the regulations perhaps? {Jordan Allen – 8 comments ago}
I haven’t even got any of them open at the moment – I’m reading the latest issue of the New Internationalist while doing tonight’s web surfing. The day they start printing out answers to these sorts of questions will be the day F1 gets renamed E1 (Environmentalism 1). Unfortunately absolute proof would require a webcam, which I do not possess.
Now you’re just showing off {Christine – 6 comments ago}
Not deliberately, but I thought the request for us to tell you how we did was serious. Maybe I just read stuff a bit too literally…
She was not showing off, she was doing “research” in the old 796.xxxx section of her library! {Jordan Allen – 5 comments ago}
It’s 796.72 (unless you want to know about specific F1 people, in which case you need 920 followed by the first three letters of the individual’s surname, or you want to know about the most esoteric elements of the technical side, for which you’ll need the deepest recesses of the 620s and 630s depending on exactly which part of race car design and function interests you).
And my library is 70 minutes away from the place where I did this test, plus it shut for the night five hours ago. In fact, it’s so late that if I had attempted to cheat by going to my library, I would have been stranded at the station over there with no way home. Which Jordan Allen would probably say served me right if I had done it.
But I’m in my nice warm house typing this, so I can’t have used my library to cheat.
“The lady doth protest protest too much, methinks.”
Hamlet
Act III, Scence 2
July 26th, 2008 at 00:35 #24 - Alianora La Canta said:
Ah well…
July 26th, 2008 at 00:51 #25 - Jordan Allen said:
Very intersting, this sort of blows Ali’s alibi out of the water….
July 26th, 2008 at 01:48 #26 - Joe said:
I got 14. Awesome. They were pretty easy IMO. Sorry Christine : P
July 26th, 2008 at 02:10 #27 - lou said:
ooo fun.
I love quizzes.
I got 10, but my knowledge of anything pre 2005 is a little shaky.
I got 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, and 16 wrong.
July 26th, 2008 at 02:11 #28 - me said:
you sound like christine!
July 26th, 2008 at 02:15 #29 - lou said:
lol, I only really started paying attention properly in 2005, although I started watching F1 when I was very small…
July 26th, 2008 at 08:16 #30 - BG said:
13 out of 16. I got 2,8,9 wrong.
July 26th, 2008 at 09:30 #31 - Scott Woodwiss said:
i think i’ve managed to get them all right. i’m not bragging, i just have a good F1 memory
AND I didn’t cheat.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:28 #32 - Keith Collantine said:
It’s like reading those FIA transcripts from last year again…
I scored two. To the power of four
July 26th, 2008 at 10:51 #33 - Dom said:
Hmph. I only got 10 right. I failed on No. 2, 6, 8, 9, 14 and 15. Must try harder.
I know its the run-up to the olympics, but wouldn’t this show be more appropriate as part of the sport relief campaign?
July 26th, 2008 at 11:13 #34 - Gaulty (What the hell happens at 1 in the morning) said:
13.
Got lost on 2, 5 and 9.
Lets be frank, I only started watching fully in 2004, when I was just 10. But watched F1 on, off since 2000. So how does some people feel like getting beat by a 14 year old?
And I didn’t google the answers.
July 26th, 2008 at 11:27 #35 - me said:
i don’t doubt that for a second scott. however, just in case anyone does, care to put yourself in the hot-seat and do it live?
i’ll supply our very own ms. magnusson with a big black chair and stopwatch, then we’ll put you to the test in a couple of weeks time after the interview.
what say ya?
no prizes or nothing, a one off, for a bit of fun.
July 26th, 2008 at 11:36 #36 - me said:
you are kidding me?
July 26th, 2008 at 11:43 #37 - Gaulty (What the hell happens at 1 in the morning) said:
I think I know my own age.
July 26th, 2008 at 11:48 #38 - me said:
most likely yes
not sure we did though. to answer your original question – i expect to be beaten by all and sundry, so it feels, um, predictable.
July 26th, 2008 at 13:52 #39 - Joe said:
Me, the idea you’ve put to Scott sounds awesome. You could do a similar thing for the rest of us, say on Skype maybe?
July 26th, 2008 at 14:02 #40 - me said:
well, if there’s any interest we could certainly try.
i was just thinking it would make a bit of fun banter to end the conversation.
i suspect scott would ace it no probs, but if other people are interested in taking part we could do more. maybe something like f1 popmaster?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/bruce/popmaster.shtml
July 26th, 2008 at 14:24 #41 - Gaulty (What the hell happens at 1 in the morning) said:
Sounds like an idea me. Would be intresting to listen too.
July 26th, 2008 at 15:48 #42 - Journeyer said:
I got all! Coolness.
Yeah, I’d love Me’s idea. That should be loads of fun. Woohoo! 
July 26th, 2008 at 16:13 #43 - Alianora La Canta said:
I like this idea too
July 26th, 2008 at 17:12 #44 - Joe said:
This will be AWESOME if we get it going
July 26th, 2008 at 17:21 #45 - me said:
blimey. okay, that’s just about as positive a reaction as we could ever hope for.
i shall have a word with the “question master” and see what she thinks. if anyone has preferences as to what sort of format it should take, please let us know. e.g. things like:
- should there be a variety of rounds, or straight q+a like mastermind?
- roughly how long is an acceptable length for an audio quiz?
- is it okay if we limit it to non race weekends?
also. if you’re willing to participate, pls yell below, or mail christine and we’ll compile a list.
July 26th, 2008 at 17:37 #46 - Joe in Florida said:
Hoping for help from the sidepodcasters. I miss WRC and it is no longer covered in the US. I was able to get the live feeds of the F1 races recently. I was wondering if anyone knows about live feeds for WRC races? Please help…its that or NASCAR…don’t let that happen
Joe
July 26th, 2008 at 17:47 #47 - Joe said:
I’m in for sure. A variety of rounds would be better I think, definately.
July 26th, 2008 at 18:18 #48 - lou said:
I think it would be best. It wouldn’t get mixed up with all your race coverage/ thoughts, and surely it would be easier for you too.
Just a thought but you could almost do it as a small competition… no prizes or anything, just different rounds each non race weekend and few people going through to the semi final, and then the final…
However you do it, it sounds like a great idea.
July 26th, 2008 at 18:33 #49 - Le BOL said:
They could alternatively add yet another question.
What will DC be wearing next year?
Answer: a full rubber body suit.
Do you wanna know why?
“Part of my role for next year will be to assist with the development of Red Bull’s KERS system. I’ll be wearing a full rubber body suit to make sure that I’m safe… Formula 1 driving suits will become like fireproof condoms!”
Quote of the year!
Reminds me of Naked Gun love scenes. Won’t go further into details, it’s a family show.
I bet Max would love to get his hands on one of those modern F1 driving suits. He may as well make a public appearance dressed like that, respect.
July 26th, 2008 at 21:14 #50 - Steven Roy said:
The WRC gets very little coverage in the UK now either. Now that McRae and Burns are no longer around and predicting the winner is a simple as asking what Sebastien Loeb’s name is. Just realised that we have yet another Sebastien. wrc.com has live timing and live radio commentary. I can’t find a video stream though.
The quiz sounds like a fine idea although I think I need questions from a little further back than some people. For some reason I just don’t remember the details of the modern seasons. I guess my brain is finally full of rubbish and there is no space for more.
July 26th, 2008 at 21:25 #51 - Christine said:
Perhaps, like Mastermind, we could allow for contestants to choose their decade.
July 26th, 2008 at 21:38 #52 - lou said:
yeah that would be good
July 26th, 2008 at 22:13 #53 - Gaulty (What the hell happens at 1 in the morning) said:
Well, if you can get DAVE somewhere, there is usually a preview/review on at Sundays 6pm our time.
July 26th, 2008 at 22:29 #54 - Ian Lockwood said:
Love the idea of a quiz, count me in. – Popmaster type format would work well I think.
I got 11 out of 16 on this one – failed on:-
2 (one race out)
5
6
9
14
July 27th, 2008 at 10:34 #55 - lou said:
DC considers BBC commentary
Link: http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/9596/900/
August 11th, 2008 at 16:07 #56 - Mayank said:
Got 11/16.
Missed: 2, 5, 6, 9, 16
That was fun… much better than the super-hard stuff they’re killing us with over at f1-fanatic
June 24th, 2009 at 01:51 #57 - Ben said:
Doing this was sooo much fun! Honestly wish I hadn’t made myself look so stupid on the Jordan question but Des said “Jordan Toyota” – I thought – Toyota didn’t race (obviousy he meant as engine supplier) but it threw me a bit! I thought the questions would be harder than they were but my general knowledge questions were a bitch! Hope you enjoyed tackling them though