OK guys, just one show this week, for reasons I'll divulge some other time. Playing tonight were the Cricket Supporters, Mick Lancaster, Ray Eaton and Stuart Solomons, and IT Support, Robin Barker, David Harper and Morag Traynor.
Round 1. The Supporters went first, and chose Epsilon: 'Amazing Grace', then 'Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable', then 'Thomas the Tank Engine', and at this point they suggested they were all written by clergymen. Correct, of course, for two points. IT chose Alpha: 'Hortensia', then 'Hope', then 'Excelsior' and finally 'Cullinan'; at the last minute, they correctly offered 'diamonds' for a point. The Supporters chose Gamma, and got the music question; they ran out of time before they could offer an answer, allowing IT to come forward that they were all lullabies, the final piece, Brahms' Lullaby, being the giveaway. For their own question, they chose Zeta: 'Sir Isaac Newton', 'Margaret Thatcher', 'Mary Archer', and they suggested 'scientists', which was not precise enough; they all studied chemistry, which the Supporters failed to spot. They chose Delta for their own questions, and got the picture round: a rose, a football boot, a fern and a globe. They offered nicknames of Rugby Union teams, which wasn't correct. They are actually all 'Golden' awards, the fern being a Palme D'or, apparently. Left with Beta, IT saw 'Mali', then 'Kyoto', then 'Solo' and finally 'More'. They didn't get the answer, but the Supporters did: they are all anagrams of capital cities. Good question! At the end of the round, it was 3-all.
Round 2, What Comes Fourth? The Supporters kicked off the round with Alpha: 'st', then 'nd', and at this point I suggested 'th'; the Supporters took the third clue of 'rd' to be sure, for two points. IT chose Gamma, and got the picture question: a deer, then the Sun, and at this point they latched on to 'Do Ra Me Fa So La Ti Do', and buzzed in with 'far'. Correct for three points. The Supporters chose Delta: 'Wheat', then 'Sett', then 'Cease', and I caught on that this was French numbers, and came up with 'sank'; neither side saw it. IT chose Zeta next: 'Glasgow', then 'St Andrews' and then 'Cambridge', and at this point I came up with Oxford; IT did too, as these are the oldest universities in the UK in reverse order, and this earned them two points. The Supporters chose Beta for their final question of the round: 'William Shakespeare', then 'Michael Farraday' and then 'Edward Elgar'; they offered 'Adam Smith' as the most recent £20 depictee, which was correct for two points. Left with Epsilon, IT saw 'Ark', then 'Doom', and I spotted the link to be final words of Indiana Jones film titles; IT saw it after seeing the third clue to be 'Crusade', and were a bit fortunate to have 'skulls' accepted for 'skull'. At the end of the round, IT led 10-7.
On to the Connecting Walls. IT went first, and chose the Alpha wall. 'Stirrup', 'Tympanum', 'Anvil' and 'Hammer' quickly fell into place as parts of the ear. 'Perfect', 'Square', 'Cube' and 'Irrational' followed as types of number. Within seconds, they solved the wall: 'Presto', 'Piano', 'Large' and 'Grave' are all musical directions, while 'Altering', 'Triangle', 'Relating' and 'Integral' are anagrams of each other. Great final set that! A full ten points well earned.
The Supporters were left with the Beta wall. 'Newel', 'Bannister', 'Tread' and 'Riser' very quickly slotted in as parts of stairs. 'Jaffa', 'Eccles', 'Banbury' and 'Chorley' followed, which are all cakes. After an unsuccessful attempt, they managed to solve the wall: 'Forysth', 'Edmonds', 'Holmes' and 'Parsons' are the surnames of quiz show hosts, but they missed the link between 'Plum', 'Moriarty', 'Indiana Jones' and 'Higgins', which are all professors. So, seven points for that. At the end of the round, IT led 20-14.
So, a gap still closable going into Missing Vowels. 'Explorers' went to the Supporters 4-0. 'Chemicals used at home' went to IT 3-0. 'Beef dishes' went to IT 3-1. 'Percy Bysshe Shelley poems' went to IT 2-0. 'Nursery rhymes' went to the Supporters 1-0, and that was it. IT won the show 28-20.
Another excellent match. Unlucky Supporters, but good work. Well done to IT, and we'll see you again in the next round.
I'll begin on the second round next week.
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