Hello again my friends, and welcome to another Quizzy Monday! OC and Mastermind coming up later, but first, UC, and, for the first time in a few weeks, we knew for sure who would be playing tonight; in fact, we know for the next two weeks as well. Probably because its that time of year when TPTB start publishing the listings many weeks in advance in the run-up to Christmas. First repeats of previous years' Xmas UC being listed as well; not long before we get the fixture list for this year's UC and OC specials, assuming there are any. Anyway, on with tonight's show...
Sheffield took the scenic route here, as the previous chairman would've said, narrowly losing to Warwick in the first round, but beating New College 175-125 only two weeks ago. Back for a third time were the unchanged foursome of:
Rhys Lewis, from Haverfordwest, studying Maths
Abdelrahman Elsisi, from Alexandria, Egypt, studying Engineering
Captain: Jacob Price, from Hethersett in Norfolk, studying Astrophysics
Isobel Dobbie, from Haringey in London, studying English Literature
Strathclyde were comfortable winners over debutants Harper Adams in their first match, 205-45 the final score, but they were never really troubled, so it would be interesting to see how they fared against a stronger opponent. They were also the same quartet as before:
Matthew Johnston, from Dumfries and Galloway, studying Chemistry
Kate Lochrie, from Glasgow, studying Diplomacy and International Security
Captain: Jack Stirling, from Inverness, studying Chemical Engineering
Tom McHugh, from Glasgow, studying Mechanical Engineering
Sheffield started like a house on fire, taking the first three starters of the night and at least two bonuses from all three sets. They also took the first picture round; a full house on that meant they already led 90-0. Another starter and full house to the Steelers, and the chairman told Strathclyde there was plenty of time left. It didn't do them any good though, as Sheffield just continued to rack up the starters and, perhaps more importantly, plenty of bonuses too. Strathclyde finally got going with the music round; one bonus on that reduced their arrears to 160-15.
Strathclyde did take a second starter and sole bonus in the third quarter, but otherwise it was just more of the same as Sheffield continued to press ahead and soon reached and passed 200. After the second picture round, they led 225-25. And onwards and upwards they kept going, and soon they had the highest score of the series so far. Strathclyde did take a couple of late starters to ensure they wouldn't be joining the Sub-50 Club, which they wouldn't have deserved. Sheffield didn't quite make it to 300, but it hardly mattered really; at the gong, they won 290-60.
A one-sided, but still watchable contest. Very well done to Sheffield, a storming performance that, if they can maintain in the QFs, will make them very dangerous indeed; very best of luck to them there. Hard lines to Strathclyde, who we know from the first round are a perfectly good team, they were just simply outplayed this time; thanks to them for playing.
The stats: Mr Price was the best buzzer of the night with six starters, while Mr Stirling was, again, best for Strathclyde, with three. On the bonuses, Sheffield managed 26 out of 48 and Strathclyde 5 out of 12 (with the night's one penalty).
Next week's match: Southampton vs Imperial, followed the week after by Bristol vs Warwick
Only Connect began its play-offs
with a classic avoidable rematch, with the 5ks and the Showstoppers meeting
again after doing so in the first round; the Showstoppers won that match before
losing their qualifier to the Metrophiles, while the 5ks recovered by beating
the Grapevines.
My Mum claims the same point as
the 5ks on the US state capitals question in the first round, I claim two
points on the brothers of Garys and Labour Keirs questions, and my Dad claims
the same two points as the Showstoppers on the blood donors question. The 5ks
led 5-3 at the end of that. I claim the same two points as the 5ks on the
fourth man question in the second round and the same three points as them on
the Young Hearts Run Free question; they led 11-9 after that.
The Showstoppers went first on the
Walls, but had a great deal of trouble and didn’t find any of the groups; they
did get all the connections though, so four points. The 5ks, in contrast, got
two groups quite quickly, then took their time to get the other two; they just
about got all the connections as well for a full ten points, so they led 21-13
going into Missing Vowels. And they survived a good recovery from their
opponents to win 25-19; well done them and best of luck in the QFs, and thanks
to the Showstoppers for playing!
Next week’s match: the Pear Trees
vs the Whitley Baes
Mastermind was, for the second
week in a row, won comfortably by a gentleman called Paul, Paul Smith this
time, whose 23 points saw him easily finish ahead of Catherine Firth with 19,
Jonathan Wright (who looks familiar, but not sure where from) with 17 and Farrah
Sheikh with 13.
And that's it for another week! Thanks as ever for reading; advanced warning for any Northern Irish readers that next week's quizzes are on on Wednesday there due to, as I predicted, football getting priority again (not that that matters, as those who genuinely care will likely either use satellite to watch English BBC2 or use the iPlayer). Anyway, despite this, I'll be doing my write-ups same time same place as usual next week; so see yous then...
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