tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post9026728447414915005..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Mastermind - Round One - Heat 15Londiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-77120085139488933972015-03-09T08:23:54.712-07:002015-03-09T08:23:54.712-07:00@Jack, yes I am that person. Bit more regular tha...@Jack, yes I am that person. Bit more regular than semi, but more semi than quizzer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816440189837956224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-84891614853643263602014-11-30T03:54:51.225-08:002014-11-30T03:54:51.225-08:00David Good also reached the Grand Final of the fir...David Good also reached the Grand Final of the first series of Fifteen to One earlier this year. (finished 8th)ThePQGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096239029961857553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-46318422412864812132014-11-29T18:41:59.104-08:002014-11-29T18:41:59.104-08:00When I was first contacted, I immediately asked if...When I was first contacted, I immediately asked if they were short of good applicants for this series. They admitted it was strong female applicants they were particularly looking for.<br /><br /> I think the problem is in the number of women applying for the serious quiz shows, not the quality of the applicants. There's still a degree of social conditioning about not wanting to look 'brainy' and a lack of confidence about competing at the tougher end of quizzing, especially going solo, rather than being part of a team.<br /><br />While I regret that there aren't more women on Mastermind etc. I always felt that it worked to my advantage. Other things being equal, I thought production teams were more likely to choose a younger female applicant than a male, simply to get the variety on screen.<br /><br />Thank you for the kind comment at the end. I wasn't feeling as competitive as in the past, and was quite relieved at the thought of not having to keep up the hard work for another few weeks for the semi-final.Skiffle.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196107677175829685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-35167102891700709472014-11-29T04:38:59.317-08:002014-11-29T04:38:59.317-08:00It would make sense. When you've played in a l...It would make sense. When you've played in a lot of quizzes, you know there are certain questions which an ordinary member of the public just wouldn't know the answer to, but which would be meat and drink to a regular. David answered all of those. He's a quizzer, I'm sure of that. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-74381200323338544122014-11-29T03:11:24.359-08:002014-11-29T03:11:24.359-08:00Could this be the same David Good who won Fifteen-...Could this be the same David Good who won Fifteen-to-One in 2002 and UC with the OU in '99? He is a semi-regular quizzer if so.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254840979557920582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-19709065383801419432014-11-28T22:55:18.748-08:002014-11-28T22:55:18.748-08:00Hi Gillian,
Whoops - I've corrected the score...Hi Gillian,<br /><br />Whoops - I've corrected the score now. The lad did well, but not quite that well:)<br /><br />Your comment about the production team ringing you up and persuading you to have another go explains a lot about why we've seen so many recidivists in this series. Maybe they didn't have the amount of applications that they wanted this year. Maybe too many of the first time applicants just didn't measure up in terms of GK - as far as I know there's still a level you have to reach in the audition questions before you are considered as a realistic prospect for the show.<br /><br />It's interesting what you say about the ship. My experience was that on all my GK rounds, anything I'd overlooked, or hadn't been able to find out - that would be asked. In the London Bridge round, one of the questions I had wrong asked about something where the only place I've ever seen the answer printed since then is in a book which had been out of print for a long time. I knew of the book's existence while working on the round, but was unable to source a copy of it. <br /><br />Still, another terrific performance on specialist - you know yourself that this and your GK round would have been enough to win quite a few of the other shows this series. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-25782903366788639102014-11-28T18:58:44.515-08:002014-11-28T18:58:44.515-08:00You might want to check your writing there, as you...You might want to check your writing there, as you credit David with a score of 223 after his GK round :)<br /><br />I hadn't intended to apply again, but the production team phoned me and asked me to, and I fell for the flattery. The question I got wrong took me completely by surprise. It was about a ship that was sent a call by the wireless station on land, in the hope they could help the Empress. I hadn't registered this at all in my study and just guessed the name of a ship I knew was in Canada, rather than passing on the question. I looked it up when I got home and found that the ship's wireless operator was asleep at the time, so the message was never recieved, and the ship took no part whatsoever in the events of the night. As there was so much else to learn, and this ship was essentially irrelevent to the story, I'd overlooked it.<br /><br />GK has never been my strong point on Mastermind, and Philip's first round score was so close to mine, I knew he'd be a serious threat. My revision hadn't gone smoothly, for a number of reasons, so I wasn't at all surprised to not win. I did feel better about it when I afterwards learned that Philip had taken part in Brain of Britain. I'll be interested to see how he goes on in the next rounds, as he was a worthy winner.<br />(And I'm sure the question setter for his round just wanted to see how often they could make John Humphreys say 'big boobies')Skiffle.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196107677175829685noreply@blogger.com