Well, we've reached the elimination stage of the series. One of the two teams playing tonight would be leaving the contest, while the others would get a stay of execution.
Both of the teams had lost their first match by a narrow margin: the Corpuscles, Sam Kay, Paul Taylor and Seb Page, lost to the Cat Lovers by just one point in their first match, while the Cartophiles, Josh Mandel, Colin Kid and Mark Cooper, lost to the Celts by four.
It was a very high scoring contest, with both sides scoring strongly and convincingly. Highlight of the first two rounds was when the Cartophiles scored a full FIVE points, on a sequences question on the duration of a game of various sports. Another nice question was on the current idents of the four BBC channels, which, as a fan of British TV idents, was good to see. After the first two rounds, the Corpuscles led by 14-13.
Then, the Cartophiles got the upper hand again with a full ten on their wall, while the Corpuscles only managed five, thus resulting in them falling behind going into the final round. Once again, the two teams were really strongly matched. After a really strong final round, the teams were tied, 26-all!
A tie-breaker question, for captains only: 'SLNGNDTHNKSFRLLTHFSH'. Josh Mandel identified it as 'SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH', and the Cartophiles had the win! A well deserved victory. But the Corpuscles totally did not deserve to go out in such a way; they lost by 1 point in their first match, and on a tie-break in their second. Very unlucky indeed.
So, next week the GPs play the Festival Fans, with the losers going home. Then, presumably, we meet the four initial winning teams again. We shall have to wait and see.
(Incidentally, my OC reviews are likely to stay this concise from now on)
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