Good evening again friends, and welcome back to Quizzy Mondays! We've arrived at the end of the second round of the contest, always the most brutal round, but especially so this year where so many strong teams have unluckily fallen early. And, whoever won, tonight's game would be no exception, as two teams who both won comfortably in their first match met for the last place in the QFs, which start next week...
Lincoln College Oxford beat King's College London easily in their first match, racing into the lead and only allowing their opponents back in once the game was won; the final winning score 225-65. They were the same foursome as before:
Ella Warde, from Cambridge, studying Maths and Statistics
Mehmet Tatoglu, from Umraniye, Istanbul, studying History
Captain: Alexander Baker, from Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex, studying Physics
Anna Drummond Young, from Edinburgh, studying Physical Chemistry
Imperial were similarly easy winners over Balliol of Oxford in their first contest, dominating on the buzzer and generally getting the bonuses as well; their final winning total 285-145. They were also the same quartet as before:
Justin Lee, from Hong Kong and Canada, studying Chemistry
Adam Jones, from Hong Kong, studying Computer Science
Captain: Suraiya Haddad, from Manchester, studying Medicine
Sourajit Debnath, from Calcutta, studying Applied Computational Science and Engineering
So, off we set once again then, and a penalty from Lincoln allowed Imperial to immediately take the lead; they took one bonus on county towns and were unlucky not to get another. The London side proceded to race away with the next three starters as well, before Lincoln finally got going properly with the first picture round, on flags of no-longer-existant states; a full bonus set cut the gap to 70-20. A penalty to Imperial, which Lincoln picked up along with two bonuses, suggested the Oxonians could recover. But a very good anticipatory buzz from Mr Jones put pay to that as Imperial moved into three figures, before another starter to Mr Jones was met with a full set of bonuses on swords. Lincoln did take another starter and pair of bonuses to show they could recover with if they could get a run together; but after the music round, on operas that premiered in the 1930s, Imperial's lead now stood at 140-60.
And another very quick buzz by the impressive Mr Jones only increased that lead; Imperial didn't seem to be doing quite as well on the bonuses this time, but their buzzer performance meant it didn't really matter. A starter to Mr Lee took the Londoners to 200, and the game was already as good as won. Especially when Lincoln finally got another starter, but the bonuses didn't fall for them. After the second picture round, on paintings of harbours or ports, Imperial led 225-60. Lincoln did finally get a run on the buzzer in the final minutes, and a pair of bonuses on clouds saw them deservedly get to three figures. A very good quick buzz from Ms Warde gave them a third in a row, and they took the two bonuses there was time for. At the gong, Imperial won 250-120.
Another excellent contest, despite its one-sidedness. Very well done to Imperial, a second impressive showing against strong opposition, means they'll certainly go into the quarter-finals among the favourites; best of luck to them there! Hard lines to Lincoln, but they went out on a good performance they can be pleased with; thanks for playing!
The stats: Mr Jones was by some distance the best buzzer of the night with NINE(!) starters, while Ms Warde and Mr Tatoglu got three each for Lincoln. On the bonuses, Lincoln managed a good 13 out of 20 (with three forgivable penalties) and Imperial 23 out of 42 (with one penalty).
Next week's match: Manchester vs Birkbeck. A fuller preview coming up later this week, if I remember...
Only Connect arrived at its first
semi-final, with the Thrifters and the Suncatchers meeting for a second time. The
latter led 3-0 after the first round, and 9-2 after the second. A better wall
allowed the Thrifters to cut the gap to 16-12 going into Missing Vowels, and
they edged that too to force a 20-each tie-breaker! Mr Haywood got that first
to complete the comeback and send the Thrifters through to the final! The
Suncatchers go to the third place play-off.
Mastermind was another very close
run contest, with Sharon Reading and Carol Kermode both finishing with 19
points, but the former edging it with no passes to the latter’s one. Trevor
Abrahams and Rob Price also competed, finishing with 18 and 15 respectively.
Also, quick mention of this
afternoon’s Counterpoint, on which David Stainer (OC, Brain of Britain, UC et al)
was a contestant; didn’t win, but aced the final buzzer round to finish second.
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