Hello again my friends, and welcome to another Quizzy Monday! Coming up tonight, some very dramatic contests indeed; well worth waiting for for viewers in Northern Ireland, where tonight's shows weren't shown due to football (rightly TBF) getting precedence, who've chosen to wait until they are shown on Wednesday rather than just use the iPlayer or watch English BBC2 on satellite like I suggested last week. Anyway, on with those dramatic contests, beginning with UC...
Southampton were winners over Bath back in the summer, a sharp contrast to the weather this week(!), where they racked up the highest score of the round as they won 255-70. They were the same foursome as that time:
Cormac Stephenson, from Stratford in London, studying Maths
Zain Mahmood, from Skipton in Yorkshire, studying Maths with Computer Science
Captain: Florence Williams, from Essex, studying Medicine
Ben Hermanns-Kermode, from Horsham, studying Chemistry
Imperial came through the repechage, narrowly losing to Churchill in the first round, but comfortably defeating SOAS 220-115 in their play-off to make it here tonight. They were also unchanged from their previous matches:
Rahim Dina, from the Seychelles, studying Ecology and Evolution
Eugenia Tong, from Hong Kong, studying Chemistry
Captain: Oscar O'Flanagan, from London, studying Atmospheric Physics
Justin Keung, from Hong Kong, studying Computing
The match started well as the two sides took the first two starters and both took a full set of bonuses. Imperial took the next two to pull away, but Southampton bounced back with the first picture round, which they took one bonus on and were unfortunate not to get the other two, after which they'd cut the gap to 65-40. A second starter pulled the Saints closer, but Imperial reawoke and pulled away again to reach three figures first. Southampton did take the music round, which they, again, took one bonus on, which reduced their arrears to 100-65.
Another two starters to Imperial, and suddenly they looked in danger of running away with the contest. Southampton had other ideas, taking two starters of their own to reach three figures. They also took the second picture round, after which they were well back in the game, trailing 140-125. Another starter to the Saints, two bonuses and they suddenly had the lead. But back came Imperial and they immediately took it back with the next starter; just one bonus followed, but another two starters followed and it looked like they might have done enough. Or maybe not, as Southampton took the next starter to keep themselves in the game, and then a second in a row plus two bonuses took them back within ten! Another starter was begun... but was beaten by the gong! Imperial won 190-180.
A solid contest that just about sums up how unfair the round is, that a team as good as Southampton are out after a single defeat. Hard lines to them, but they can go away with their heads held high after two fine performances; thanks for playing! Well done Imperial though, another good showing against strong opponents, best of luck in the quarter-finals!
The stats: Ms Williams and Mr O'Flanagan were joint best buzzers of the night with five each for their respective teams. On the bonuses, Southampton managed 17 out of 30 (with the night's one penalty) and Imperial 18 out of 30, so it was those extra bonuses that won it for them.
Next week's match: Bristol vs Warwick, followed the week after by L.S.E. vs Manchester
Only Connect continued its
play-off round with the Pear Trees, who lost to Oh No They Didn’t in their first
match, but beat the Caraxians in their second, against the Whitley Baes, who did
the exact same thing, but the other way round!
I claim the same point as the Trees
on the mayors question and the same point as the Baes on the quiz answers
question (although I may have been tempted to say ‘fictional University
Challenge answers’ after three clues, which probably wouldn’t have counted!),
while my Dad claims the same point as the Trees on the ‘foes of Rangers’
question; they led 4-2 at the end of that round. My Dad claims the same two
points as the Trees on the music question in the second round; they led 6-3
after that.
The Baes went first on the Walls,
and worked everything out steadily for a full ten. The Trees took a bit longer,
but same result, a full ten, so as you were, they led 16-13 going into Missing
Vowels. The Baes just about had the better of that though, and the game ended
in a 20-each tie-breaker! Mr Erdal was first to answer ‘WHO DARES WINS’ to
complete the comeback and win the game for the Baes! Well done them, and best
of luck in the QFs, and thanks to the Trees for playing!
Mastermind was won by Carolyn
Rowe, whose 25 points saw her win against Stuart Beard with 21, Finn Mawell
with 17 and Bella Burgess with 11.
And that's it for another week! Thanks as ever for reading; back to business as usual next week with everyone getting the shows at the same time, and not long now before the Christmas specials start as well, assuming there are any. Watch out for repeats of previous years' Xmas UC (with the previous chairman) on BBC4 soon. Anyway, back same time same place with my usual write-up next Monday, so, see yous then...
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