Good evening again my friends, and welcome back to Quizzy Mondays! The penultimate full Monday nighter of this season, with Only Connect finishing next week, but Mastermind and UC still have plenty left in them. Tonight, the first stage of the quarter-finals continued, as did AR's record of summing it up much more efficiently and effectively than Paxo ever did! Winners would maybe face Manchester in the qualifiers, runners-up would maybe face Birkbeck in the eliminators.
Sheffield were comfortable winners over Loughborough in the first round, but had a much lower scoring and closer win over Aberdeen in the second, with a better bonus showing seeing them win 130-105. They were unchanged from those two games:
Safiyyah Rujak, from Plymouth, studying History
Joe McGough, from Coventry, studying History and Spanish
Captain: Cameron Colclough, from Sheffield, studying Biophysics
Matthew Nail, from Blyth, studying Philosophy
Imperial won both their matches comfortably thus far, beating Balliol of Oxford in the first round, and Lincoln of Oxford 250-120 in the second, to start the QFs as gentle favourites. They were also the same quartet as those two previous games:
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 it was Mr Lee who opened the scoring with, appropriately, 'China', and a very quick full set of bonuses put down a firm marker. Sheffield followed off the mark, but only got one bonus from their opening set of phonetics. The exact same thing then happened: Imperial took a starter and a full set of bonuses, Sheffield took one and just one bonus. The Steelers did take the first picture round, on ocean currents; another sole bonus meant they trailed 50-45. A third in a row gave Sheffield the lead though; just the one bonus came again though, and Imperial duly retook the lead with a third perfect 25. And then a fourth followed, taking them to 100 already. And then they only went and took a fifth, an amazing run of form that we haven't seen for some years! Sheffield did take the music round, on songs from visual albums; two bonuses cut the gap to 125-80.
A second starter in a row went to Sheffield, ensuring all four of them had contributed a correct starter to the game, but this time no bonuses went with it. Back came Imperial as they ensured all eight players had a starter to their name; finally, their perfect start ended with just (I say just) two on Finnish literature. Sheffield followed them into three figures, but, again, got nothing from their bonuses; Imperial responded with another starter and brace of bonuses. The second picture round, on stills from Pedro Almodovar films, went to Sheffield; two bonuses meant they trailed 165-120. Still either team's game; Mr Nail knew 'Clifford' to be the name of, among others, the Big Red Dog, and one bonus kept them in touch. Mr Lee gave Imperial more room to breath, but a tough bonus set gave them just one correct. A similarly tough bonus set went to Sheffield; they also took one, meaning it was as you were. They really needed the next starter, but Mr Debnath took it for Imperial, and that was game over; just one bonus followed again. Sheffield took the final starter, but there was no time for any bonuses to be answered. At the gong, Imperial won 195-160.
A pretty good game between two good teams, ultimately the bonuses proved the difference. Well done Imperial, a third solid performance, and best of luck in the qualifiers! Hard lines to Sheffield, but still a good showing; best of luck in the eliminators.
The stats: Messrs Nail and Debnath were the best buzzers of the night with five starters each for their respective team. On the bonuses, Sheffield managed just 10 out of 31 and Imperial a very impressive 21 out of 27(!), and, as I said before, all eight players got at least one starter right, for the first time this year!
Next week's match: Trinity vs Open
Only Connect’s third place
play-off pitted the Suncatchers against the Mercians. The latter led 6-1 after
the first round, and 8-6 after the second. Two perfect walls meant it was as
you were, 18-16 going into Missing Vowels, and the Mercians increased their lead
in that to win 25-17 and claim the bronze medal. Next week, the final, which
promises a good one; best of luck both teams involved!
Mastermind was won very narrowly
by Sarah Thornton with 23 points, just one ahead of Sean Haughey and Katy
Marchant (who was on UC last series I think) with 22 each. Iain Cumming completed
the line-up with 15.
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