Good evening everybody, and welcome back to JOW! I'm taking a much needed break from adding info to the new Fifteen to One Wiki you may have noticed I set up last week; now comes the long job of watching every episode of Fifteen to One on YouTube and catalogue the results on the wiki. If you have any info that would be of use to the Wiki (scores, dates etc), do let me know either on the Wiki itself or on Twitter. On with UC, and tonight we broke from the tradition of pairing teams in this stage of the contest by their initial opponents...
King's College London defeated York and Glasgow in the first two rounds, but lost a low scoring preliminary QF to Balliol. They were the same four as before:
Simon Xu, from Wallington in London, studying Cardiovascular Science
Louie Triggs, from England and New England, studying Politics, Philosophy and Law
Captain: Sam Jackson, from Rode in Somerset, studying War Studies and History
Grace Weaver, from Bournemouth, studying Medicine
Imperial came through the repechage, losing their first match to fellow quarter-finalists Strathclyde, then beating Exeter and St Andrews, before losing again to Warwick. They were also unchanged from before:
Justin Wong, from Hong Kong, studying Maths
Katie Marrow, from the Peak District, studying Physics
Captain: Michael Kohn, from North London, studying Pure Maths
Imran Rahman, from Petaling Jaya in Malaysia, studying Theoretical Physics
So off we set once again, and it was Mr Jackson who opened the night's scoring with 'salt' just as Paxo was saying the killer clue of 'Lot's wife'; two bonuses were taken. Mr Kohn, his side's MVP in the previous matches, then opened his side's account and they went one better with a full set on that old UC staple quarks. Another starter and full bonus set to Imperial was followed by the first picture round, on North American regional flags, which went to King's; two correct bonuses took the scores to 50-40.
A penalty to Imperial then allowed King's to take back the lead, and they took a single bonus on edible fungi. Back came Imperial thanks to Mr Rahman, and their perfect bonus rate ended as they only took two of the resulting bonuses. An unlucky penalty then cost King's five and allowed Imperial to further their lead, and another two bonuses followed, before a very prompt buzz from Mr Kohn gave Imperial a third starter in a row, with one bonus taking them into three figures. The music round, on renditions of Amazing Grace, went to Imperial; no bonuses followed (Mr Kohn: "We're gonna get killed for this on Twitter!"), but they had opened up a lead of 110-50.
Mr Jackson brought King's back into the game with the next starter, and two bonuses on paintings in Tate Britain were taken. Another unlucky penalty then lost them another five though, and Mr Rahman picked up for Imperial, with one bonus being taken. Ms Weaver then ensured all four King's players had answered a starter correctly, and they took two bonuses on Le Corbusier, with Paxo being very pedantic in correcting Mr Xu's pronunciation. The second picture round, on artworks involving mirrors, went to Imperial; two correct bonuses gave them a lead of 145-85.
And when Mr Wong took the next starter, ensuring all eight players had contributed a correct starter, and all three bonuses were taken, that was game over. But Imperial weren't done there and duly switched on the proverbial afterburners, with two successive starters and complete sets of bonuses taking them well past 200. Mr Kohn gave them a fifth and sixth in a row, but the run ended with just one of the resulting bonuses from the first set, and then two on the films of Charlie Chaplin. Another starter and two bonuses put them within sight of a 200+ lead, but two successive penalties then denied them that. Mr Triggs did take one final starter for King's right on the gong, thus ensuring they'd at least matched their score from before. Imperial won 265-95.
A good match that was not as one sided as that until literally right at the end. Still, a fine performance from Imperial and they'll surely be a tough match for whoever they play in the play-offs, best of luck to them there! And well done to King's too, who went out on a perfectly respectable performance and have been an enjoyable team to watch, thanks very much for playing!
The stats: Mr Kohn was, once again, the best buzzer of the night with NINE(!) starters, while Messrs Triggs and Jackson were joint best for King's with two each, the former ending their run their best buzzer with fourteen. On the bonuses, King's managed a good 9 out of 15 (with two penalties) and Imperial a very good 28 out of 42 (with three penalties), and, for the third week running, all eight players contributed at least one correct starter.
Next week: Balliol vs Durham in the second qualifier
Only Connect saw its second quarter-final,
between the Sliders and the Puzzle Hunters, another avoidable rematch. The Sliders
led 3-2 after the first round, and extended the lead to 6-3 after the second.
But a better wall allowed the Puzzle Hunters to sneak into a 13-12 lead, and
they just about maintained it a rather short Missing Vowels to win 17-14.
Mastermind was won by Harry Heath,
whose final score of 18 points saw him finish two clear of second placed
contender James Metcalfe, with the other two further back.
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