Good evening friends, and welcome back to Quizzy Mondays! It's been a low scoring first round of UC this series, but only two more shows left in the round after tonight, so hopefully things will pick up in the next rounds where the teams are more at ease with the show and with each other. The job for tonight's two teams would be to either win or lose with a score of 140 or more to guarantee a return in the play-offs...
Dundee is appearing on UC for the first time in the BBC era; it appeared at least five times in the original ITV era, of which the finest was undoubtedly when it won the show in 1983, beating Durham in the final. The first Dundee team of the 21st century were:
Connor Philip, from Dunfermline, studying Anatomy
Olivia Russell, from Dundee, studying Pharmacology
Captain: Barnaby Stonier, from Winchester, studying Microbiology
Jacob Spurrell, from Milton Keynes, studying Medicine
The Royal Northern College of Music is appearing for only the second time in either era; its first appearance in the 2003-04 series saw it reach the quarter-finals before losing to eventual winners Magdalen of Oxford. This year's team were:
Keelan Carew, from Medway in Kent, studying Classical Piano
Dominic Wills, from Cambridgeshire, studying Composition
Captain: Leela Chrisp, from London, studying Vocal Studies and Opera
Alex Robarts, from Hertfordshire, studying Vocal Studies and Opera
So, off we set again, and Mr Philip opened the scoring with 'mint'; the Scots side opened with two bonuses on ancestors of Prince William. A second starter to Dundee saw them take just one bonus, before RNCM unfortunately got going with a penalty; Mr Spurrell picked up the drop and his side added another two bonuses. They also took the first picture round, on US cities larger than 300 square miles; two more correct bonuses gave them a lead of 75-(-5).
RNCM finally got some positive points on the board as Mr Wills took the next starter, and took one bonus from their first set on blood. A second starter went to RNCM thanks to Mr Carew, giving them a bonus set on Polish football of which they, again, took just one. Back came Dundee thanks to Mr Spurrell, and they too added just five points to their score with one correct. RNCM seemed to have found their form now, though, as Mr Carew took the next starter; again, though, just one bonus was taken. The music round, on retro synthesiser theme tunes, went to RNCM, who broke their form with two correct to take the scores to 90-60.
Another starter to RNCM, a full bonus set on video games released in 1991, and they were suddenly just five behind. And when Ms Chrisp took the next, ensuring all four of them had a starter to their names, they had completed the comeback and taken the lead; the bonuses on coastal towns, though, saw them fail to add to their score (I had a full set). Dundee reawoke and retook the lead thanks to Mr Spurrell, and they broke into three figures with one bonus on Roman emperors. The second picture round, on stills from adaptations of John Le Carre novels, went to RNCM, who took two bonuses to retake the lead, 115-105.
A straight sprint to the finish then, and Mr Stonier put the teams level again with the next starter; no bonuses were taken, but a second starter in a row to the Dee skipper gave them the lead again, though no bonuses followed again. But when Mr Spurrell took the next starter, that might've just been enough to see them home; one bonus was taken. RNCM made a last run for it, Mr Robarts taking the next starter, and two bonuses were taken, but there was no time for another starter; at the gong, Dundee won 145-135.
A good match between two pleasant and well-matched teams, well played both! Well done Dundee, and best of luck in the next round! Hard lines to RNCM, but still a fine performance, and it might yet be enough for the play-offs; currently, at least one of them, Emmanuel and U.C.L. are definitely in the play-offs, though a tie-breaker may yet be needed. Thanks for playing in the meantime though!
The stats: Mr Spurrell was the best buzzer of the night with five, while Mr Carew's four was best for RNCM. On the bonuses, Dundee, managed 11 out of 27 and RNCM 12 out of 24 (with the night's one penalty).
Next week's match: Wolfson College Oxford vs Bristol
Only Connect completed its
elimination matches with the returns of the Godyn Family and the Woolgatherers.
The Godyns led 6-3 after the first round, and 11-5 after the second (I got the
months question neither team did); a slightly better wall saw them increase
their advantage to 21-12 going into Missing Vowels, and they maintained it in
the final round to win 24-14.
Mastermind was won, very narrowly,
by Alice Walker, a heat winner on both old and new Fifteen-to-One, whose 26 points
saw her just beat WWTBAM Thirteen Clubber Andrew Whiteley on 25, with Sean Lea
not much further behind on 22; Molly Bingham completed the line-up, and finished
with 16 points.
Brain of Britain’s penultimate
heat was won by Alan Burns with 12 points, after a closely fought game where
the lead changed hands a few times; Derek Moody, a former Mastermind finalist
(in the series our friend Dave Clark won), came second with 9, with Charlotte
Jackson-Orland, who I think has been on OC, and Lauren Watts-Keane just behind
on 8 and 7 respectively.
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