tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post2785044736465219799..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Only Connect - Quarter FinalLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-41820100659212678572015-02-23T02:53:00.796-08:002015-02-23T02:53:00.796-08:00My problem with the adjudication on this show was ...My problem with the adjudication on this show was the massive inconsistency across the show, rather than just one rogue answer.<br /><br />Firstly, the answer about fillers in songs that was accepted for the second question seemed to me a lot further from the answer on the card than the answer about pardons that wasn't. <br /><br />The pardons answer had the basic idea, even if it was wrong in a detail about (only) one of the clues, whereas the answer about the songs didn't give the central idea, that they are responses. Hence the lengthy explanation that Victoria felt obliged to give afterwards. <br /><br />Likewise, the Gamesmasters were then allowed to just say 'Sistine Chapel' for the 'Creation of Adam' question without being prompted for the more precise connection that was supposedly required (which made the decision look pretty daft when the words were put up on screen). <br /><br />There was at least some modicum of fairness restored (although no decrease in idiocy) when Victoria accepted 'June bug' as the answer to the sequences picture question, and had to tell the team that they'd meant the character Junebug, when they'd clearly been referring to the insect, which did not fit the required category. Again, this looked pretty silly when the answer was flashed up on screen.<br /><br />This would all be inconsistent enough at the best of times, but, IMHO, it looks really poor in a quarter final.Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.com