Hey there, how’re you doing? Me? Mustn’t grumble. I made a list a couple of days ago consisting of things I really like which make life better. I left out family and friends because that they would head the list goes without saying. I was surprised by just how much was on the list, though, and yes, Mastermind was there too.
Royal Navy officer Krish Hook kicked off proceedings in
last night’s show. He was answering on The Masters snooker tournament, a
subject that I expected to bring me nowt. I actually got two which left me
surprisingly satisfied with my round. Krish looked calm and confident – well,
he’s a navy man after all – and didn’t seem to have much trouble knocking off
9. In fact in all respects other than the score, this was pretty much a double
figure round.
Barrister Laura Knightly came second. I’m afraid that her
round on Emmeline Pankhurst only serve to confirm to me that I know even less
about Emmeline Pankhurst than I might have thought that I did. I’m sorry to say
that I didn’t get any of them. Laura on the other hand knew her stuff pretty
well and it was a bit of a surprise that she only managed 7 of them. I say ‘only’
– in the current era 7 is a perfectly respectable specialist performance.
However it would leave her with at least a little bit of catching up to do in
the GK.
Right. The next two specialist rounds were the kind that should
be ‘fill yer boots, Dave’ subjects. Laura Playle offered us “Doctor Who:The
David Tennant Years,” Doctor Who also made it onto my list of happiness-inducing
things. I did okay, with five correct answers. Incidentally this was the same
number that Laura achieved, although we didn’t do it on all of the same questions.
It was a respectable performance, but Laura suffers basically because I know
the subject well enough to know that there were a fair few she missed that were
distinctly gettable. Hey, it happens.
My other fill yer boots subject was Henry VII, offered up
by our final contender Anthony Thomas. Well, my boots stayed resolutely unfilled
as I managed just the three. I didn’t think that this was an easy round at all.
Yes, you’re right, of course it’s all in the eye of the beholder and the ear of
the behearer. Anthony too scored a respectable five, but since, like Flora, he
was four points behind when the half time oranges were being doled out you had
to fancy that the contest had become a two horse race.
There seemed to be something in the air in the show last night.
There were several times when I felt that a round had actually seemed to be a
bit better than the score that it earned. Such a round was Flora Playle’s GK
round. You’d have forgiven her for being daunted by lagging behind the leader
to the tune of four and yet she showed no signs of this. She gave the round a
good old lash, added 9 to her score and was maybe just a little unlucky not to
get double figures. Anthony Thomas came close to tying the scores but his round
never felt to me to be quite as good as Flora’s and he fell a point short.
Laura Knightly provided us with a round of two distinct
halves. She seemed a little unsettled when the first question asked her the letter
which a number of given words ended in. It seemed a case of her thinking –
really? I can’t believe you’re asking something quite so simple.- To be fair,
that was my reaction to the question too. There were a couple of long pauses
too. Then, about halfway through, something clicked and Laura began to motor a
bit. She rallied to finish with 8, which gave her 15 and the lead.
So Krish needed a modest 6 to tie and 7 to win outright.
No, it’s not a huge target but then you still have to go back to sit in the
chair and actually answer the questions. Funny things happen from time to time.
Fair play to Krish, he wasn’t going to let them happen last night. Now, as I’ve
said earlier, it was a funny old show and there seemed to be something in the
air since none of our 8 rounds produced double figures. Krish did the next best
thing though, scoring 9 to end with 18.
Well done, sir. Best of luck to you in the semi finals.
The Details
|
Krish Hook |
The Masters Snooker
Tournament |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
Laura Knightly |
Emmeline Pankhurst |
7 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
Flora Playle |
Doctor Who: The David
Tennant Years |
5 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
|
Anthony Thomas |
Henry VII |
5 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
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