Good evening again my friends, and welcome to Week 5 of Quizzy Mondays! The second of two weeks with no Mastermind, though at least this week, there was actual cricket to justify it not being on. Back to normal next week I believe, thankfully, meaning we'll finally have a full house of four quizzes to cover! On with the quizzes that were on this week, with some familiar faces (and voices) returning later on...
Starting, as ever, with UC though, and the first Oxbridge derby of the series. St Catharine's College Cambridge, firstly, who only appeared four times during the chairmanship of their alumnus Paxo, of which their best performance was reaching the QFs in the 2015-16 series. They were represented by:
Jay Sardesai, from Cambridge, studying Physical Natural Sciences
Malhaar Moharir, from Toronto, studying Politics and International Studies
Captain: Nina Jarvis, from North Norfolk, studying Biological Natural Sciences
Larabella Myers, from Milan and South East London, studying Technology Policy
Wadham College Oxford have appeared in one more previous series of the BBC than their opponents, of which the best showing was, also, the QFs, this time in 2006-07 where they were unlucky to draw and lose to eventual runners-up Manchester. Their line-up consisted of:
Aarav Billore, from San Jose, studying Economics and Management
Arthur Bellamy, from Brentwood, studying English
Captain: Johnny Worden, from Cambridge, studying Maths and Theoretical Physics
Anjali Cheung, from North West London, studying Experimental Psychology
Wadham took the first three starters of the night, though only three of the resulting bonuses, and I thought AR was most harsh to disallow one of their answers; I suspect his predecessor would've accepted it. They also took the first picture round, after which they led 65-0. St Catharine's came back well in the second phase though, getting three starters in a row to draw back within 10 points. Wadham took the music round though, increasing their lead to 90-55.
Lots of penalties in the third phase, which St Catharine's had slightly the better of to pull back within ten points. Again, though, Wadham took the second picture round, which increased their advantage to 110-80. St Catharine's pulled back within ten with a starter and two bonuses, but Wadham then took two in a row, and the bonuses finally fell nicely for them, two full sets, and that was game over. St Catharine's did take a full house of their own, but that was as far as they could get. At the gong, Wadham won 180-120.
A lower scoring match than previous this series, but still a watchable one with two pleasant teams, thanks to both for playing. Wadham probably deserved winners in the end; well done them and best of luck in the next round. St Catharine's did perfectly respectably well though; sadly I don't think they'll be coming back, but thanks for playing!
The stats: Mr Billore was the best buzzer of the night with six starters, while Mr Moharir was best for St Catharine's with four. On the bonuses, St Catharine's managed 13 out of 21 (with three penalties) and Wadham 16 out of 31 (with two penalties).
Next week's match: Imperial vs Manchester
Only Connect was contested by Too
Many Cookes, Charlie, Benedict and captain Jonathan Cooke, and the
Pipe-Dreamers, Lucy Westall (formerly a Mastermind semi-finalist), Leonie
Mercedes and captain James Devine-Stoneman (former UC winning captain who I’ve
been name-checking on the blog quite a bit lately!).
I claim the girls’ names invented
by writers question in the first round, after which the Cookes led 5-4. I also
got the ‘four things that rhyme with four’ for two points, and FIVE POINTS(!)
on the World Cup debutants question, neither of which the teams came close to
getting; the Cookes had extended their lead to 9-4 afterwards.
The Dreamers got back on track
with a full house on their Wall; their opponents did so too, so it was as you
were, 19-14 going into Missing Vowels. The Cookes increased their advantage
with some very impressive workings-out in that though; 27-20 the final score.
Well done to both teams, and best of luck next time!
Next week’s match: Bloomsbury
Group vs Tea Totallers
Yesterday’s Brain of Britain was a
very good contest indeed, with Anthony Fish (formerly a Mastermind finalist
among many other previous quiz outings) and Caroline Latham both finishing on
16 points! Mr Fish won the resulting tie-break to definitely go through, though
Ms Latham’s score will surely bring her back too as a high scoring non-winner. OC
winning captain Andrew Fanko came third with 12, which also stands a very good
chance of a HSNW spot; Sarah Merry completed the line-up with 7.
And that's another week in the bag; thanks as ever for reading. Back to normal service next week with Mastermind returning; see you then for the usual summarisation...
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