Good evening friends, and welcome back to Quizzy Mondays! The fourth match of the second round tonight, and, by watching it, I had a much better time than my Dad, who is currently subjecting himself to Aberdeen humiliating themselves against Darvel on BBC Scotland! (Suffice to say, it'd be the worst ever Scottish Cup result for a 'big' team in Scotland if it stays the way it is as I write this) The winners tonight would join Royal Holloway, Robert Gordon and Newnham in the quarter-finals.
Bristol were narrowly beaten by Durham in the first round, but survived to the play-offs, where they this time won a closely fought contest, this time over Oriel of Oxford. They were unchanged from those two games:
Sam Kehler, from Wolverhampton, studying Medicine
Jacob McLaughlin, from Gloucester, studying Economics and Maths
Captain: Tess Richardson, from Reading, studying Chemistry
Alejandro Ortega, from Chalfont St Peter, studying Physics and Philosophy
Queen's University Belfast trailed Glasgow for much of their first match, before an impressive sprint in the second half saw them triumph 165-105. Like Bristol's opponents, they'd been playing their reserve that time, as Mr McInerney had vacated his chair this time; their new look line-up comprised:
Michael Sharry, from Dublin, studying Politics
Oliver Donnelly, from Belfast, studying International Politics, concerning the use of video games by the US Military in propaganda, training and recruitment
Captain: Courtney Campbell, from Coleraine, studying Politics
Luke Duffy, from Belfast, studying Business Economics
So, off we set once again then, and Bristol got off the mark first via Mr Ortega's answer of 'philosophy'; bonuses on poetry provided them with two correct answers, before Ms Richardson took the second starter of the night, which was followed by another two correct bonuses. Mr McLaughlin took the third of the night, and this time they went one better with a full set. The first picture round, on lists of books by US presidents, gave Queen's their first points of the night; they took full advantage with a full set, which reduced their gap to 65-25.
Not that this phased Bristol, who immediately hit back with another starter from Mr Ortega and another pair of bonuses. A penalty gave Queen's a chance to get back in, but they failed to take it; Ms Richardson duly took the next to recoup the lost points, with a single bonus following this time. Mr Sharry finally gave Queen's a second starter, which gave them two bonuses, but Mr McLaughlin took the next to push Bristol into three figures already, and a full bonus set on history meant they already had a very healthy lead. The music starter was missed by both sides; the bonuses, on pop songs influced by both psychadelia and folk music, went to Bristol, who couldn't take any of them, but still led 130-45.
Mr McLaughlin quickly took the next starter though, and a full bonus set on cuckoos took their lead into three figures. Mr Sharry did the right thing and took an early buzz on the next starter, but only managed to lost five; he had more luck with his next buzz though, and Queen's just about kept their heads above water with a full bonus set on film. Mr Donnelly then gave them a second starter in a row, but just one bonus on politicians with shared surnames went with it. The second picture round, on paintings depicting local railways, went to Bristol; two bonuses took their lead to 175-75.
Pretty much game over now, and Mr McLaughlin made doubly sure of this by taking the next starter; two bonuses followed, and a subsequent penalty didn't really matter now, especially when Queen's didn't pick it up. Another starter and single bonus took the Avonsiders past 200, though Mr Donnelly did take the final starter for Queen's, and a single bonus on legal terms took them to a respectable enough score. At the gong, Bristol won 295-90.
A pretty one sided contest all things told, but an enjoyable enough one, two watchable teams. Well done to Bristol, a fine performance against proven opponents, one that marks them down as a team worth watching in the quarter-finals; best of luck to them there! Hard lines to Queen's, who were simply outplayed, but they still did pretty well all things considered; thanks very much for playing!
The stats: Mr McLaughlin was easily the best buzzer of the night with six, while Messrs Sharry and Donnelly took two each for Queen's. On the bonuses, Bristol managed 21 out of 33 and Queen's 10 out of 15, and both sides incurred two penalties.
Next week's match: again, don't know, but will tweet/retweet anything I come across.
Only Connect began its quarter-finals
with the Jillies playing the Strigiformes. The teams were tied on 2-each after
the first round and 7-each after the second. A better wall saw the Strigiformes
pull into a 14-12 going into Missing Vowels, and they just about hung on there
to sneak home with a 19-18.
Mastermind was very narrowly won
by Stewart McNicol, whose 19 points saw him only just squeak home ahead of
second place Paul Warrington on 18. Jane Worrall and Cristina Murray-Radulescu
completed the line-up with 11 each.
Counterpoint’ third heat was a
closely fought contest, but it was Shanine Salmon who triumphed to take the
third place in the semi-finals.
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