Good evening friends, and welcome back to Quizzy Mondays. On a big day for radio music quizzes, with the final of Counterpoint, and the return of Popmaster in its new home on Greatest Hits Radio! I certainly don't mind the new Radio 2 quiz, Ten to the Top, though, and I'll definitely be giving it another go once Vernon Kay takes over; Gary Davies is alright, but he's not very good at hosting it IMO. Anyway, on with tonight's UC, where tonight we would be losing our first quarter-finalist...
Southampton were comfortable winners over Balliol of Oxford and Christ's of Cambridge in the first two rounds, but lost a closely fought preliminary game against Durham 165-135. They were unchanged from those previous outings:
Ethan Lyon, from Northampton, studying Film
Magda Steele, from Poland, studying Ecology
Captain: Dom Belcher, from Worcestershire, studying Machine Learning
Elliot Miles, from the Wirral, studying Marine Biology
Robert Gordon also had easy wins, over Roehampton and the Courtauld Institute, in their first two matches, but they were easily beaten by Royal Holloway 170-85 in their preliminary. They were also the same unchanged quartet as before:
Samuel Fregene, from Nigeria, studying Analytical Science
Donald Anderson, from Aberdeen, studying Accounting and Finance
Captain: Emily Cullen, from Clonroche, County Wexford, studying Pharmacy
Faye Cooke, from Edinburgh, studying Legal Practice
So, off we set once again then, and Ms Cullen was first to the buzzer to identify 'little' as the word linking various titles for the first starter; bonuses on constellations didn't give them any further points however. So, when Mr Belcher took the night's second starter, two bonuses on odd pairs of words found on the same page of a dictionary meant they immediately took the lead. A second starter to the Saints captain had the same result, two bonuses correct. The first picture round, on locations of Max Planck research institutes in Germany, also went to Southampton; one correct bonus took their lead to 55-10.
It increased against when Mr Anderson lost five on the next starter; Southampton didn't pick it up, but Mr Lyon took the next starter instead, though bonuses on economic models didn't give them any further points. The next starter, asking for a name given to certain numbers, suddenly became obvious when Paxo said it was also the name of a yellow circular Mr Man; Mr Belcher was first in with 'happy', which was followed by a single bonus. A second penalty reset Robert Gordon's score to zero, but they were doing the right thing in keeping on going for it; again, Southampton didn't pick up. Mr Anderson finally got some points on the board again with 'Doric' for the next starter; the Scots side also took a single bonus, on telegrams. The music round, on pop songs whose music videos were inspired by film scenes, also went to Robert Gordon; two bonuses took the score to 80-35.
Ms Cullen gave Robert Gordon a third starter in a row by knowing Marseille won the 1993 Champions League (and were lucky to be allowed to keep it after a subsequent corruption scandal); two bonuses on novels set in Africa meant they were now just a full house behind. But another five point penalty allowed Mr Lyon to increase Southampton's lead again, though just one bonus meant they just fell short of three figures. The second picture round, on the first presidents of African countries, did take the Saints past 100 though; no bonuses followed though, leaving their lead at 105-50.
Still either team's game, just about, but Robert Gordon would have to run the show from now on. A second starter in a row to Mr Miles and two bonuses on death masks put Southampton on the verge of victory though. And when Mr Belcher was first in with 'Omicron' on the next starter, and his team swept up a full bonus on motorcycle racing, that was game over. Ms Cullen did take another starter for Robert Gordon on the next starter, and they followed it up with another two bonuses, only for another penalty to lose them five of those points. There was time for Mr Belcher to take two final starters, including a most impressive working-out for the final starter, and his side took two bonuses from the one set there was time for. At the gong, Southampton won 180-65.
Another one-sided contest for the most part, but still an enjoyable one. Well done to Southampton, another solid performance against solid opponents; best of luck in the play-off round! Hard lines to Robert Gordon, but, as Paxo said, getting to the QFs is a fine achievement; thanks for playing!
The stats: Mr Belcher was the best buzzer of the night with six starters, while Ms Cullen was best for Robert Gordon with four, meaning she just pips Mr Anderson as their best of the series with 17 to his 15. On the bonuses, Southampton managed 14 out of 30 and Robert Gordon 7 out of 15 (with four penalties).
Next week's match: Bristol vs U.C.L.
Mastermind’s fourth semi-final was
won by James Beeby, who was second after the SS round, but who had the best GK
round of the night to win with 22 points, two ahead of second place Stewart
McNicol and three ahead of Jonathan Evans, who had led after the SS round but
not fared as well on GK. Holly Franklin completed the line-up with 12.
Counterpoint’s final ended up
being a two horse race, with Kathryn Johnson and Sally Wilson pulling well
ahead of Anthony Fish and remaining so right until the end. Ultimately, it was
decided on the very last question of the show, which Sally buzzed in on, but,
agonisingly, the answer didn’t come until after Paul G had timed her out. As it
transpired, if she’d gotten it right, she’d have forced a tie-breaker! Hard
lines to her, and Anthony, but well done for getting so far and giving a good
effort. Well done to Kathryn though, a deserving winner! And thanks to all
involved for another fine series!
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