tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post8052351532073276393..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Only Connect - Semi Final 2Londiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-36574136203215733852014-07-10T10:05:12.143-07:002014-07-10T10:05:12.143-07:00All Tintin readers are brave. It goes with the ter...All Tintin readers are brave. It goes with the territory.Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-49506983137261996992014-07-07T13:59:52.374-07:002014-07-07T13:59:52.374-07:00It would have been brave to go for 5 points on the...It would have been brave to go for 5 points on the "differ by one letter" question from "Detectives in the Tintin books", since it could have been a (rather easy) clue to "80s pop groups".Andrew B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054400570279868608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-60779589748888766462014-07-07T09:04:08.849-07:002014-07-07T09:04:08.849-07:00Hi Everyone,
Thanks for taking the time and troub...Hi Everyone,<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time and trouble to comment Chris , and hard lines. Well played on doing as well as you did though.<br /><br />Hi Stephen<br /><br />I'll be honest, I have read a couple of Tintin books, but still didn't get a five pointer on that. Fair point about the Will Kemp thing - it did occur to me that Shakespeare's fellow actor was Will Kemp, but I didn't pursue it. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-72550332320812689572014-07-06T12:08:35.085-07:002014-07-06T12:08:35.085-07:00And wasn't the Thomson/Thompson question a fiv...And wasn't the Thomson/Thompson question a five-pointer for anyone who's ever read a Tintin book?Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-78561599591771515232014-07-06T12:07:35.110-07:002014-07-06T12:07:35.110-07:00Not only were the questions too hard, but there wa...Not only were the questions too hard, but there was a real howler in Victoria's explanation of one of them.<br /><br />Thomas Kempe is a character in a Penelope Lively novel; the man who danced from London to Norwich was _Will_ Kemp.Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-6764829258233351702014-07-06T12:06:37.214-07:002014-07-06T12:06:37.214-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stephen Followshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241893861868075325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-43060502625421115442014-07-06T05:16:00.617-07:002014-07-06T05:16:00.617-07:00Interesting. I think you're right that a numbe...Interesting. I think you're right that a number of the questions were overly obscure - the radio frequencies one in particular - but others weren't, we just didn't get them.<br /><br />We almost certainly <i>should</i> have got the music round, although we'd probably have guessed "Horror Films" based on Carrie if we'd guessed at all, which may not have been close enough. Likewise, we should probably have got the Three Blind Mice.<br /><br />The money question was perfectly gettable, and I reckon even the German horse was passably fair (depending on how well known the quote is, which I can't speak to).<br /><br />Actually, our team-member Anne made a valid point - you'd rather have a show full of equally-obscure questions than a show where exactly one question is a guaranteed 5-pointer for whichever team picks it, as happened in our first match with "Rumantsch" (not that it takes anything away from the Learners, who beat us handily).<br /><br />Fair play to the Europhiles, though - we were comprehensively outbuzzed and pressured in vowelly mistakes. Best of luck to them in the final tomorrow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995622920345603641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-43572616669215593622014-07-06T03:28:25.504-07:002014-07-06T03:28:25.504-07:00Hi Stu,
I agree with what you say about judging th...Hi Stu,<br />I agree with what you say about judging the level of the question being a lot harder than writing it in the first place. I also accept that so much of this is subjective - what I find hard others might not, and vice versa. But I still think that in these last couple of shows there have been some obscure sets, particularly in the second round which is traditionally the hardest anyway, which I don't think you can reasonably expect are likely to be got. <br /><br />Heaven alone knows how hard the final is going to be!Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-7353111864566358482014-07-05T15:37:14.546-07:002014-07-05T15:37:14.546-07:00To be fair, I (and everyone I've spoken to) ce...To be fair, I (and everyone I've spoken to) certainly agree that the "municipal bankruptcies" and the "radio frequencies" were both far too hard!Andrew B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054400570279868608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-29935675399027442992014-07-05T12:53:02.902-07:002014-07-05T12:53:02.902-07:00We were very glad that we were in the other semi-f...We were very glad that we were in the other semi-final. I don't think we had anything to complain about but we fell neatly between bankruptcies and FM frequencies.<br /><br />I think they may have struggled somewhat for consistency but judging the level of a question is always far harder than actually writing it (although, as you said, some of them have been beautifully crafted).<br /><br />Anyhow - from a fan's point of view, I'm glad to hear that the next series may have eased off a little!StuHernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006785884845337188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-80376964096185214882014-07-05T03:16:24.456-07:002014-07-05T03:16:24.456-07:00Ah - thanks Andrew.
Well, as I said, it's ju...Ah - thanks Andrew. <br /><br />Well, as I said, it's just my opinion. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-13698093118264855492014-07-05T01:51:18.814-07:002014-07-05T01:51:18.814-07:00Well, between you and me we managed to answer all ...Well, between you and me we managed to answer all of R1 and the last three in R2, including a rare 5-pointer for me (1p+2p=20p), but it certainly wasn't an easy set.<br /><br />I know two of the teams in the next series and they thought the questions weren't as tough as this.<br /><br />Incidentally, Roger is the alien in "American Dad".Andrew B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054400570279868608noreply@blogger.com