The Teams
Manchester
Ray Power
Kirsty Dixon
Kai Madgwick (capt)
Rob Faulkner
London School of Economics
Ryan Sharpe
Cormac Beirne
Andy Huff (capt)
Catherine Tan
A little bit of confusion came when both Cormac Beirne and
Andy Huff seemed to answer about the architect I.M.Pei. Amol gave Cormac a wee
bit of a telling off but accepted the answer. Theories of intelligence brought
one bonus. One more than I got. Andy Huff came in too early for the next
starter allowing Kai Madgwick to correctly answer Whitehead. (Or penguin in
Cymraeg.) Zurab Tsereteli seemed like stony ground yet yielded Manchester a
full house. Ryan Sharpe knew if it’s a Roman Emperor and Croatia, then it’s
Diocletian.LSE took one bonus of a set on novels set in Vienna. For the first
picture starter we were showed a chess opening, and alongside it a map showing
the location from which it takes its name. Both Ryan Sharpe and I recognised
Budapest. 3 more of the same brought 2 correct answers. Amol asked the next
question through the medium of double dutch – well, that’s what it sounded like
to me – but Andy Huff understood it and gave the answer of replication. Anime
director Satoshi Kon is not well known in the Clark household, but he brought
one bonus to the LSE. They’d had the better of the opening and led by 60 – 25 at
just after 10 minutes.
For the next starter Kai Madgwick almost jumped out of his
seat, but was still beaten by Cormac Beirne. Who lost 5. He’d zigged with
Ibsen, allowing Kai M. to zag with Strindberg. Blood glucose – which has never
actually been an ingredient of Mars Bars – provided two bonuses. Andy Huff knew
that for John Locke, LT stood for Labour Theory. The Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian brought a brace of bonuses. Kai Madgwick came in too early for the
next starter allowing Ryan Sharpe to identify the Beagle Channel. The use of
almonds in alcoholic beverages brought a full house and took LSE smartly into
triple figures. For the music starter that followed Kai Magdwick identified the
work of Scott Walker. More English versions of pop songs originally performed
in French brought just the one bonus, and sadly did not include The Sex Pistol’s
lively performance of Sacha Distel’s “Ce n’est pas ma Cheval, c’est ma Femme!”
Manchester took 1. Kai Madgwick recognised clues to the word Caustic for the
next starter. Operas featuring the card game faro brought two bonuses, and
narrowed the gap between the teams to one full set. Kai Madgwick took the next
starter recognising references to the Greek town of Philippi The Turkic family
of languages brought them no joy. Never mind. Kai Madgwick was on a roll and
recognised various people with the surname Fuchs – oh, please stop giggling at
the back. Cassiopeia brought the two bonuses Manchester needed to take the
lead, by 105 – 100 at the 20 minute point.
That man Madgwick was in for the next starter identifying a
picture of the work of Marcel Duchamps. Just one bonus followed, but hey, it
was a long time that LSE had been shut out now, and the longer you wait, the
harder it gets to win a buzzer race. Credit to Andy Huff for getting back in
with nori for the next starter. A full house on books about film meant that the
contest was far from over yet. “Ballet . . . Katchaturian-“ said Amol and Cormac
won the race to say “Spartacus”. Two word Latin terms from Roman Law – no,
Cuttius Headoffus was not one – brought just one bonus. Cormac Beirne came in
too early for the next starter but Manchester could not capitalise. Kai
Madgwick recognised a reference to Henry V for the next starter. Cultural
figures namechecked in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes gave them the one correct
answer they needed to tie the scores. Squeaky bum time for both teams. Kai
Madgwick lost five, but LSE couldn’t capitalise. The indefatigable Manchester
skipper did it again with the next starter, but again damage was limited
because LSE did not know the answer. Rob Faulkner took the next starter to
level the scores with parasport tennis great Alfie Hewitt. There was very
little time left and a couple of bonuses
on George Eliot were not enough to seal the deal yet. Kai Madgwick’s very
physical buzz for the next starter did though. World Heritage sites in Ethiopia
would be enough. Manchester took one bonus, and ended up winning by 160 – 135.
It was a close run thing. LSE took a BCR of 55.5% while
Manchester’s was 58.3% Bad luck to the LSE, but a fine match from both.
Amol Watch
Are we to assume that Amol is a fan of the Sugababes? He
certainly approved when Manchester recognised them in the music round. Also he
does have this habit of informing teams that one of the had the right answer
which was ignored by the others.
Interesting Fact That I Didn’t Already Know Of
The Week
I must be going soft, but again nothing stuck out for me.
Baby Elephant Walk Moment
In eukaryotic cells, origin licensing and origin firing are
necessary precursors to which fundamental biological process the occurs in the
S phase of the cell cycle. These steps involve the loading and activation of,
respectively, of DNA helicases to allow access to DNA polymerases. Dum de
dumdum dum dum dum dum dumdum.
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