tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post5938770236961279786..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: University Challenge - Round One - Match 6Londiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-70016637174269583992011-08-11T00:39:51.240-07:002011-08-11T00:39:51.240-07:00Hi Adam
- and welcome to LAM. Many thanks for tak...Hi Adam<br /><br />- and welcome to LAM. Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to leave a comment.<br /><br />You're quite right to feel pleased with your late surge - and its nice that it at least gave people a chance to see your mettle, as it were. This is something which I say to people I know who watch the show a lot - you can't underestimate who important buzzer speed is . A very good team can be made to look ordinary if the other team are consistently a fraction of a second faster on the buzzer. <br /><br />I hope that you enjoyed the experience anyway, and once again, thanks for leaving a comment.<br /><br />DaveLondiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-62537947912017070172011-08-10T14:59:46.282-07:002011-08-10T14:59:46.282-07:00Hi, Adam Melling-Smith here...I thought I'd ha...Hi, Adam Melling-Smith here...I thought I'd have a look and see if there was anything on this blog about our match yet, and I wasn't disappointed!<br /><br />Nor was I too disappointed with the result really. After all, Bath against Christ Church? In all honesty it was never going to be likely against any Oxford college. We could have done better, but factoring in buzzer speed, not much better. Almost half the questions that Christ Church got, at least one of us had hit the buzzer for too. But I'm sure you realise that anyway.<br /><br />'Hebrides' was bad, but 'telekinesis' was worse. I actually hit my buzzer thinking 'teleportation', but Steven was quicker...and after that, especially given the cue of a word beginning with 'tele', there was no way Christ Church wouldn't get it. Nevertheless, I'm quite proud of my last-minute surge there.<br /><br />Thanks for the balanced way in which you discussed the match. Oh, and what you say about Jeremy's 'encouragement' making us feel worse? I can't speak for the others, but that was definitely the case for me, spot on!<br /><br />Trivia for you: Dorian (that's Lidell, the one in the hat) went to the same school as James Wilson of the 2008 Bath team – who I have since met on campus and indeed taken part in a pub quiz with. So we now seem to have an unofficial tradition of a Cornish maths student on the captain's right side!<br /><br />Thanks again for the post, I enjoyed reading it.<br />Adam M-SAdam M-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028405609643381898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-60765017106728549992011-08-09T10:34:54.040-07:002011-08-09T10:34:54.040-07:00I did feel sorry for Bath, though it was rather fu...I did feel sorry for Bath, though it was rather fun watching them being slaughtered: though they did manage something of a resurgance in the last few minutes. <br /><br />And from next week, we get UC followed by new Only Connect on BBC4!Ben Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626732284749728398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-72371177710867133782011-08-09T02:44:11.045-07:002011-08-09T02:44:11.045-07:00I enjoyed this match, despite the big winning marg...I enjoyed this match, despite the big winning margin.<br /><br />Sure to say, Christ Church look like ones to watch later on in the contest. And they look smart too. Evenly split starters, with Thomas Hine and Will Peveler getting five starters each, with 26/42 bonuses, while Bath managed a respectable 11/18 bonuses with two penalties (the first for four weeks).<br /><br />Now, next week should be interesting: Plymouth, making their UC debut AFAIK, take on my mother's alma-mata of Durham. Two of the Durham team were part of the winning Trevelyan college quiz team that won the Durham Quiz Competition, so they could be potentially good.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254840979557920582noreply@blogger.com