tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post489128679576174860..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: University Challenge - Round One, Heat 5 - York v. WarwickLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-35547940288175719372017-09-06T07:46:54.449-07:002017-09-06T07:46:54.449-07:00York would probably have lost anyway on the form t...York would probably have lost anyway on the form they showed, but:<br /><br />Unfairness Alert!<br /><br />If you're the producer of the show and you knew that one side contained someone from Spain and the other one didn't, why on Earth would you include one picture starter entirely written in Spanish and another showing a famous Spanish landmark? <br /><br />I'd have submitted an official complaint if I'd been on the York team.Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-71468342909805210442017-08-26T13:03:02.809-07:002017-08-26T13:03:02.809-07:00Hi both. Thanks for the stats Jack, I did have a s...Hi both. Thanks for the stats Jack, I did have a sneaking suspicion that the bonus situation would be like this. Which all goes to show, you have to win those buzzer races. <br /><br />dxdtdemon - thanks for asking. I had a fantastic time. I was only there for 5 days, but I think that Berlin is very much my kind of place. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-56463387923953492242017-08-26T11:23:19.338-07:002017-08-26T11:23:19.338-07:00I hope you had fun in Berlin.I hope you had fun in Berlin.dxdtdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534247033439073645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-88205252117602799462017-08-26T02:47:24.866-07:002017-08-26T02:47:24.866-07:00Agreed about York, definitely could've fared b...Agreed about York, definitely could've fared better against another team (10/15 bonuses); according to Mr Salter on Twitter, York fared well on the warm-up questions, and just got unlucky with the actual questions. Warwick did pretty decently on them (23/39 bonuses), but, like you say, we'll need to see them again before we mark them down properly.<br /><br />On Monday, we have Oxford Brookes vs the Courtauld Institute; week after, Trinity of Oxford take on UCL.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254840979557920582noreply@blogger.com