Well, off we go then. Peter Glanvill kicked off proceedings with a good round answering on the Jurassic Coast. It’s beautiful, but not as exciting as Jurassic Park. I had 4 of these. To be honest I did think that the first couple could have been straight general knowledge questions, but hey, if it boosts my aggregate then I shouldn’t complain. The contender had obviously prepared well, and very little caused him much difficulty. A double figure score was a just reward, I thought.
Nest into the chair was librarian Phyllis Ramage. Phyllis was
answering on the plays of Moliere. I’ll admit that four and a half decades ago
when I was studying French literature as part of my A Level in French, her
greatest dramatist was not on the syllabus. So I didn’t have any of these. I
don’t know why, but the round did not work out for Phyllis. Maybe something was
wrong about her preparation, but who knows? She scored 4, and it looked as if
it was going to be a long evening for her.
Civil Servant Matthew McStea followed. Matthew was
answering on Her Majesty the Queen – sorry, I’ll read that again, he was
answering questions on the band Queen. I heard a good story when I was in
Liverpool a couple of weeks ago. On the Magical Mystery Tour the guide told us
that at a charity gala of some kind, the late queen mentioned to Sir Paul
McCartney that she had some Beatles albums in the palace. To which Sir Macca replied, - that’s a coincidence. I’ve got some Queen albums -. Matthew might
have done a little better than 7. Just from knowing some of the albums involved
I had 4.
So to Marcus Welsh who was answering on Mickey Mouse
Cartoons 1928-35. Will there, I wonder, be any carping among the twitterati
that he only had to cover 7 years’ worth of cartoons? I hope not because I
imagine there were a large amount produced. I got 2 points to give me a double
figure aggregate of 10. Marcus almost managed double figures on his round
alone, but finished just short with 9.
I always feel for the contender who has to go first in the
GK round having had a disappointing specialist. It must take a lot of
determination to compose yourself and go back out there and give it your best.
So well done to Phyllis for posting a respectable 8.
Matthew McStea did considerably better than 8. He looked a
good bet for a double figure score throughout the round and got over that
particular line with enough left over to take his score for the round up to 11.
That gave him a competitive 18. Who knows – if he comes back this way in the
future with a really competitive SS score, then we might well see him do very
well.
Sadly Marcus Welsh could not do very well on his GK round.
He scored 4 to take his total to 13. I’m not really sure what went wrong with
the round. It didn’t seem to be a case of nerves getting the better of him. Sometimes
when you get one wrong it can just set something off in your brain – get another
ne wrong straight afterwards and a kind of brain fog can come over you. When
you get right down to it, sometimes it just ain’t your night.
I wouldn’t say it was a simple matter then for Peter
Glanvill to seal the deal. He still needed 9 for an outright win, and as we’ve
seen, anything can happen in a GK round. But there was no fuss or drama in
Peter’s round. He calmly and steadily kept answering what he knew and guessing
what he didn’t and this was enough to bring him his own double figure round for
an overall 20 and the win.
I’ll be honest, this one was a bit of a bread and butter edition
of the show- much honest endeavour, but one’s socks remained firmly on one’s
feet. Nonetheless, well done Peter – best of luck for the semi final.
The Details
|
Peter Glanvill |
The Jurassic Coast |
10 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
Phyllis Ramage |
The Major Plays of
Moliere |
4 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
|
Matthew McStea |
Queen |
7 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
Marcus Welsh |
Mickey Mouse Cartoons
1928 - 1935 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
4 |
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