OK, time for two more OC teams to fight for the right to carry on in the tournament. The Collectors, Daniel Nazarian, Elliot Costi and Anna Kirby-Hall, were comfortably beaten by the Railwaymen in the first round, while the Mixologists, Chris Beer, Sam Swift and Ewan MacAulay, only lost to the Spaghetti Westerners by one point.
Round 1. The Mixologists went first, and kicked off the show with 'Horn-ed' Viper: 'The Commitments' Dean Fay', then 'Spider Murphy', then 'Zoot', and finally 'Lisa Simpson'. The final clue gave it to them: they all play the saxophone. (A friend of mine's sister was inspired to take the saxophone up based on Lisa S., incidentally) The Collectors began with Eye of Horus: 'Palau', then 'Laos', then 'Bangladesh'; they spotted it at this point to be countries whose flags comprise of one coloured circle. Good call for two points. The Mixologists went for Twisted Flax next: 'Darkness visible', then 'the Dementors', then 'a bell jar'; at this point, they offered things that are empty. Not correct. The Collectors saw the final clue, 'a black dog', and offered metaphors for depression, which was correct for a bonus. For their own question, they chose Two Reeds, and got pictures: we saw various paintings of various figures, the third of which of Frieda Carlo. They offered 'self-portraits', which was a very good call for two points. The Mixologists chose Lion, and got the music: didn't recognise the first three tracks, the final one was 'Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!'. They spotted a link in pirates, and that was correct for a point. Left with Water, the Collectors saw 'Department of Camembert cheese', then ''The Biggest Little City in the World'', then 'Roman Emperor 54-58 AD', and finally 'Mr Rubik'. They didn't get it, nor did their opponents. This was tough. The first clue is 'Orne', the second 'Reno', the third 'Nero' and the final one 'Erno'. They are anagrams of each other. Hard. At the end of the first round, the Collectors led 5-2.
Round 2, What Comes Fourth? The Mixologists kicked off with Two Reeds: 'Mo 20.00', then 'Tu 19.30'; they spotted it to be when EastEnders is usually on (unless there's a football match on!), so 'Fr 20.00' completes the set. Good call, for three points. The Collectors chose 'Horn-ed' Viper: 'Preston End', then 'Stirlingshire'; they offered 'Bromwich Albion', which was accepted. They are football teams with clockwise compass points removed. Another good three pointer call. (I'd have prefered 'Ham United', but there you go) The Mixologists chose Water, and got the picture set: the first was a couple I didn't recognise, the second a spark plug, and the third two boxers sparring. That gave it to them: the couple represented 'Sparks', then a 'spark' plug, then 'spar'ring, so 'Spa' of some sort is next. Two points for that. The Collectors chose Twisted Flax: '18 degrees: astronomical dawn', then '12 degrees: nautical dawn', and then '6 degrees: civil dawn'. They offered '0 degrees: sunrise'; correct. It is the transition from night to day. Two points there too. For their final choice, the Mixologists chose Lion: 'RN', then 'BQ', and then 'KB'. They didn't get it (but did have a hilarious guess!); their opponents offered 'NR'. Correct! They are the white pieces on a chess board: 'ROOK KNIGHT', 'BISHOP QUEEN', 'KING BISHOP', so 'KNIGHT ROOK' finishes it off. Good call for a bonus. Left with Eye of Horus, the Collectors saw: 'Start of 1929 Wall Street Crash', then 'Sterling withdraws from ERM', and then 'Irish budget deficit reaches 32% of GDP'. They didn't know it, their opponents did, offering 'Black Friday', or a variant thereof. It is 'Black Tuesday' through to 'Black Friday'. The Collectors unluckily worked it out, but the wrong way round. At the end of the second round, the Collectors led 11-8.
On to the Walls. The Collectors chose the Water wall. They spotted surnames of famous Jeremys straight away, and, after some unsuccessful gos, isolated 'Guscott', 'Kyle', 'Paxman' and 'Vine'. After some more wrong gos, they spotted a link in prefixes for 'yard', and isolated 'Grave', 'Court', 'Scrap' and 'Dock'. They knew the remaining groups, and quickly tried to work it out, but ran out of lives. They were left to collect bonus group points: 'Wolves', 'Cubs', 'Lies' and 'Cards' all come in packs, which they didn't spot, while 'Black Cats', 'Saints', 'Irons' and 'Bluebirds' are, of course, nicknames for football clubs. Five points there.
The Mixologists thus had a chance to recover lost ground, as they tackled the Lion wall. Two groups slotted in immediately: 'Muscat', 'Jeddah', 'Aden' and 'Dubai' are Arabian port cities, while 'Merlot', 'Syrah', 'Pinot noir' and 'Semillon' are wine grapes. After looking over what was left, they worked it out: 'Hound', 'Pooch', 'Mutt' and 'Cur' are slang names for dogs, while, and this is very clever, 'Kuwait', 'Eaten', 'Before' and 'Canine' are homophones of letter and number combinations, Q8, E10, B4 and K9! Excellent set! And a full ten points gave them a lead of 18-16 going into the final round.
So, Missing Vowels would decide the match. 'Things that have spots' went to the Collectors 4-(-1), then 'film titles with the first letter changed' went to the Mixologists 4-(-1). 'Six-syllable words' went to the Collectors 3-1. 'Things in a manicure kit' went to the Mixologists 2-0, and that was it. After a very close final round, the Mixologists won 24-22.
What a great close match! Unlucky Collectors, but very well played nonetheless. Well done Mixologists though; we'll see you again in the next stage.
Next week's match: the Headliners vs the Bookworms
I'll be back tomorrow with a look back on the final of Fifteen-to-One 2.0, which airs tomorrow. And, yes, Series 1 will be sorted at some time in the future.
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