The Teams
Imperial
Rahim Dina
Eugenia Tong
Oscar O’Flanagan (Capt)
Justin Keung
Warwick
Josh Howarth
Antoni Kluzowski
Chris Levesley
Lucy Dennett
As you’ll see I didn’t know that V for Vendetta began as a
strip in Warrior in 1982. However I guessed it from the description and so did
Lucy Dennett, getting Warwick off the mark. One quarter of the Labours of
Heracles brought Warwick a full house, as indeed they should. Oscar O’Flanagan
opened his and Imperial’s account with physiology. People born in the UK who
have played in the NBA brought two correct answers.I don’t know owt about the
video game Rogue but Chris Levesley did for the next starter. Theoretical
physics, which brought Warwick 1 bonus, also brought me an unlikely lap of
honour for guessing the Higgs boson for the last. For the picture starter none
of us recognised the logo of Historic England. Rahim Dina knew that Freetown is
the capital city of Sierra Leone and earned Imperial the picture bonuses. Other
national cultural organisation logos brought, well, nowt. Justin Keung knew
that Reubens was a mate of the Brueghels for the next. 2 bonuses on the Indus
Valley Script meant that the score stood at 50-35 in Imperial’s favour at just
past ten minutes.
The next starter, with all of its talk of isotopes and such
sounded difficult until Amol mentioned Cassiterite. Well, I knew it was tin, even
if neither team did. Various clues gave Antoni Kluzowski the word urchin. Film
awards in non Anglophone countries brought Warwick two bonuses. Eugenia Tong
knew where the Drakensburgs are and the bonuses on Musical modes yielded two
correct answers. This was followed by the music starter and eventually Justin
Keung identified the work of Prokofiev. Two bonuses on composers of marches were
taken. Chris Levesley came in very quickly with Andy Warhol’s Darling to earn
bonuses on chess engines. 2 bonuses followed and narrowed the gap. An
incredibly long astronomy question fell to Oscar O’ Flanagan. Literary works
with similar titles brought them one correct answer. The Imperial skipper
showed imperious form, knowing that Lord George Murray was associated with the
most famous man to be named after 3 sheepdogs , Bonnie Prince Charlie. Holy
Roman Emperors provided a pair of answers and this meant that Imperial led by
120 – 75 as hit the 20 minute mark.
For the second picture starter Antoni Kluzowski identified
a gorgeous painting of what looked like Niagara by Frederic ‘Broad’ Church. Pictures
featuring rainbows by British artists brought two bonuses. Lucy Dennett
recognised words and concepts linked to Aristotle. Phylogenic classification – altogether
now, gesundheit – brought one bonus but took Warwick into triple figures. Nobody
quite got the next starter which simply required the answer of architecture. Neither
did anyone get linear programming for the next. Oscar O’Flanagan knew various occurrences
of the 1840s to get the contest moving again. The Amazon and its tributaries
brought one bonus. The Imperial skipper was making his run for home now and
knew Poke from Norwegian Cuisine, not to be confused with puke which is a term
from LAM Towers’ cuisine. Two bonuses on disguise in Shakespeare meant that it
was now or never for Warwick. They couldn’t take the next starter after an
Imperial miscue. Oscar O took the next starter with 108 stars of destiny – no,
me neither. The Kroll process might mean bugger all to me – and indeed it does –
but it brought Imperial a rare full house. The irrepressible Imperial skipper
struck again with the Continental System for the next starter. Depictions of
Pontius Pilate didn’t trouble the scorer, but what did Imperial care. They had
won to all intents and purposes. There was time enough for Oscar O’Flanagan to
take his 8th starter with Edward III, but no more. Imperial ran out
winners by 190 to 105.
Well, the lasting impression of this game was that it was
settled by Oscar O’Flanagan’s onslaught on the buzzer in the last few minutes.
For the record Imperial’s BCR was 48% while Warwick’s was 61% off fewer
starters.
Amol Watch
Amol, you’re at your absolute best when you show your
mastery of the fine art of getting the hell on with it, just as you did in this
show.
Interesting Fact That I Didn’t Already Know Of
The Week
Seminal graphic novel V for Vendetta actually began as a
comic strip in Warrior in 1982.
Baby Elephant Walk Moment
Which astronomical observatory located on the Cerro Pachon
ridge in Chile, contains a 3,200 megapixel camera, said to be the largest
digital camera ever built which will be used to create an ultra-high-definition
time lapse record of the universe over a period of ten years? Formerly known as
the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, it was renamed in 2019, after an American
astronomer whose work on galactic rotation helped evidence the existence - and thank God at this point Oscar O’Flanagan
buzzed in with the answer at this point. He’s certainly not dum de dumdum dum
dum dum dum dumdum.
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