The Teams
Darwin, Cambridge
Lewis Strachan
Ruth Ni Mhuircheartaigh
Louis Cameron (Capt)
Jonathan White
Warwick
Josh Howarth
Antoni Kluzowski
Chris Levesley (Capt)
Lucy Dennett
Last chance saloon time again peeps. Louis Cameron won the
first gulp when he knew that Dante Gabriel Rossetti created many versions of
Persephone/Proserpina. Roman perceptions of Britain - multa pluvia est – (ask your
Latin teacher. Thank you Mr. Rose) Darwin took the first two but didn’t know
that Tacitus wrote about Agricola. I prefer Settlers of Catan. Neither team
knew the two Baltic states concerned with operation Red Trek. Funnily enough I
visited Estonia just a fortnight ago – really enjoyed it. I know nothing about
semi conductors – but Chris Levesley did to take the next starter. Three
questions on the fictional Clorinda brought two bonuses for both of us. Lewis
Strachan knew that two of the Mongolian Three Games of Men were Archery and
Horseback Riding. I think that refusing to bother the doctor may be the other. Greek
letters used representationally in physics raised a groan in LAM towers when it
was announced as the bonus subject. Darwin weren’t groaning, they managed two
bonuses. For the picture starter we were shown a photo of the bridge between
the mainland and the Isle of Skye. Lewis Strachan took that one. Maps showing
Scottish Islands with single syllable names brought two bonuses. Film
adaptations of short stories by Murakami saw a good early buzz from Louis Cameron.
Social sciences yielded us both just the one bonus. Still, this meant that
Darwin led by 75 – 15 on 10 minutes and looked good value for the lead too.
Amazingly I earned a lap of honour for the next starter. I
didn’t understand any of the guff Amol spouted for most of the question, but
Expansion Constant seemed to match Hubble’s constant and it did. Chris Levesley
had it too. Now, Raphael was a renaissance artist as well as a turtle
apparently, and Warwick did very well to take a full house on him. The next
starter, asking for a port city, was a wait for it question. Both teams did and
as soon as Amol mentioned ‘sweet orange’ Jonathan White went for his shooting
irons and gave the correct answer of Jaffa. Music theory sounded an unpromising
subject for bonuses but Darwin took two of them. Well done. Josh Howarth worked
out that Sam Houston was the only person to be governor of two different US
States. Sandstone brought just the one bonus. Nobody recognised the work of
Mendelssohn for the music starter. Antoni Kluzowski knew that Bismuth s the
most naturally diamagnetic metal. Nope, me neither. This earned the dubious
reward of the music bonuses. Pieces that premiered at the Three Choirs Festival
did not add to the Warwick total at all. Louis Cameron recognised references to
Soren Kierkegaard to earn bonuses on underground rivers. These also yielded
nowt – tough set but they might have had the Mojave from the clues. Louis
Cameron came in early to pair Absalom with Achitophel as in Dryden’s poem about
the Duke of Monmouth. Ruth Ni Mhuircheartaigh helped her team to a pair of
bonuses on Irish mythology. The clues were all there in the next starter but nobody
worked out that Trafford was required. Gawd knows what an affine transformation
is but so does Ruth Ni Mhuircheartaigh. Processes used in making confectionary
brought, well, nothing. Didn’t matter. After allowing Warwick a wee revival
Darwin had pulled away again and led by 135 – 65 as we approached 20 minutes.
Mathematical notation brought them two bonuses. For the
second picture starter Jonthan White recognised some eucalyptus leaves. Other
antibacterial plants brought both of us just one bonus for Aloe vera. More
flippin’ science saw Chris Levesley take the next starter with phosphorus. Dancer
and choreographer Bill T. Jones (yeah, go on then, Bill ‘Who?’ Jones) brought Warwick
one bonus. Jonathan White knew about Canossa for the next starter. The United
Rugby Championship brought two bonuses and with the clock ticking down it
looked as if Darwin had already passed the Event Horizon. Chris Levesley hadn’t
given up though. He recognised various uses of the Greek letter theta. And yay,
the bonuses were on more blimmin chemistry. Actually to be fair I did have
quicklime and limelight. Warwick themselves only took one. Nobody knew that BNG
on an ordnance survey map means British National Grid. Lewis Strachan knew
aether for the next starter. Eastern and Southern Africa did not add any
gilding to the Darwin score but they were home and dry by now. Antoni Kluzowski
recognised that a group of football clubs all have the word Plough in their
name. English words for clergy and their derivations brought us to the gong and
Darwin had won by 175 – 125.
For the record Darwin managed a BCR of 42.4% while Warwick did
slightly better with 48%. But it’s bonuses for show and starters for dough in
this game and this is where Darwin won the contest.
Amol Watch
You know, the mark of a good question master is often that you
don’t notice them during the quiz. So to that extent this was a lovely
performance from Amol, a fine example of the simple art of getting the hell on
with it.
Interesting Fact That I Didn’t Already Know Of
The Week
The only person to act as
Governor for two different states at different times was Sam Houston. He was
also president of the Republic of Texas at one time. Busy guy.
Baby Elephant Walk Moment
Which lepton was discovered in 1936 by Carl D. Anderson and
Seth Neddermeyer in cosmic ray particle showers? It is unstable, with an average
lifetime of just 2.2 microseconds and has the same charge and spin as an
electron but is 207 times more massive. –
I was okay up to Which. Dum de dumdum dum dum dum dum dumdum.
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