tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post2776224072545594879..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: University Challenge: Round One: Match 13Londiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-48289697220351229082015-10-11T08:43:12.972-07:002015-10-11T08:43:12.972-07:00Note this paragraph if you will:
Historically, th...Note this paragraph if you will:<br /><br />Historically, the name "Cape Verde" has been used in English for the archipelago and, since independence in 1975, for the country. In 2013, the Cape Verdean government determined that the Portuguese designation "Cabo Verde" would henceforth be used for official purposes, such as at the United Nations, even in English contexts.<br /><br />As such, Cape Green can't be an acceptable answer unfortunately.Adam "Addy" Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14445485116044935627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-30867690786909556072015-10-11T08:42:01.286-07:002015-10-11T08:42:01.286-07:00Guys, I'm afraid I have to disagree that Cape ...Guys, I'm afraid I have to disagree that Cape Green should have been given as a correct answer, because the accepted English name of the country is in fact Cape Verde. Obviously the word Verde is not itself English, but this isn't a case like the Ivory Coast where that is the English name as standard. Cape Green is not the standard name of the country in this language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde See the Wikipedia article, which always does use the English standard name, as a reference.Adam "Addy" Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14445485116044935627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-37004749171746690522015-10-11T06:24:49.311-07:002015-10-11T06:24:49.311-07:00And on the Green Cape thing, I presume now that &#...And on the Green Cape thing, I presume now that 'War and Peace' is now not an acceptable answer to the question 'What is Tolstoy's longest novel?' After all, Tolstoy didn't call it that - he called it 'Voina i Mir'. <br /><br />That decision was particularly laughable given the Picasso starter elsewhere in the programme: the English word 'cubism' was accepted as an answer, even though Picasso had been quoted in the question basically saying 'I speak no English'. Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-17191992772624924752015-10-11T06:21:38.179-07:002015-10-11T06:21:38.179-07:00Jack, I think Penguin Books might have had somethi...Jack, I think Penguin Books might have had something to say if it had been given wrong:<br /><br />http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/books/an-essay-on-the-principle-of-population-and-other-writings/9780141392820/Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-2968616970387638992015-10-10T15:46:06.173-07:002015-10-10T15:46:06.173-07:00I wonder if the meanings of the Japanese islands h...I wonder if the meanings of the Japanese islands has come up as an Only Connect Round 1 question - if it hasn't, it should do.Paul Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942358761328378374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-33830559340472997772015-10-10T11:20:08.570-07:002015-10-10T11:20:08.570-07:00I spotted that Malthus allowance as well. I did th...I spotted that Malthus allowance as well. I did think it was a bit lenient allowing him the point for getting the right surname but wrong first name. I've seen him refuse answers like that before. But after what you've said, disallowing that would have been very harsh, so that's OK then.<br /><br />The match itself was pretty decent, and quite tense, and could have gone either way until Nuffield pulled away at the end. So, Queen Mary are currently joint third on the play off board with St Peter's. So, if Monday's runners-up score 135 or more, I suspect Queen Mary will go through over St Peter's, having acquired their score with fewer starters and conceded fewer starters too. But we shall see.<br /><br />On the bonuses, Queen Mary converted 13/21 and Nuffield 16/27 (with one penalty each). Two half decent sides there, both of which have half decent potential for the rest of the series.<br /><br />On Monday, St John's College Oxford play Bristol in the final first round match.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254840979557920582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-78157044166866810822015-10-10T10:23:51.629-07:002015-10-10T10:23:51.629-07:00Two poor calls there.
'Green Cape' shoul...Two poor calls there. <br /><br />'Green Cape' should clearly have been accepted as an answer, because it was the correct translation and was clearly implied by the part of the question about vegetation. If Nuffield had lost by five points, they would have been justified in making a serious complaint.<br /><br />On the Malthus question, I think you missed the second half of Paxman's comment. He said that he only needed the surname Malthus because it was Robert Malthus, not Thomas Malthus, which is what Kaliski had said, implying that he was being very generous in not marking it wrong. Well, when one looks Malthus up, what does one find?<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus<br /><br />So, not for the first time this series - see 'COH-dally' last week, the UC researchers have been seriously shown up. Does the now massive roster of question setters mean that standards of accuracy are being allowed to slide?Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.com