tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post5761842333588932457..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: University Challenge: Semi Final One - St. John's Cambridge v. EdinburghLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-32992260594336921062018-04-12T09:27:23.373-07:002018-04-12T09:27:23.373-07:00Jack, regarding the timing of the first block of f...Jack, regarding the timing of the first block of filming. There are 4 episodes filmed each day (normally) and these are in two sessions (the audience is the same for the pair of matches in a session and there is a fairly short gap between the matches). The St. John’s Cambridge vs St. Andrews 1st round match was the 12th match and so would have been filmed at the end of the 3rd day of filming (a Sunday). On the Monday the first session would have had the Corpus Christi Cambridge vs St. Anne’s Oxford match (episode 13) and the first 2nd round match (Strathclyde vs Emmanuel: episode 17) . The afternoon session would then have had the final first round match (Merton vs KCL: episode 14) and the St. John’s vs Corpus 2nd round match (episode 18).<br /><br />BTW: in terms of a team filming two matches in one day, for the Newcastle vs Fitzwilliam QF, this was Fitz’s second match of the day, but Newcastle’s first. I thought that in that Fitz under-performed my expectations.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-53802091386224404162018-04-12T08:43:09.086-07:002018-04-12T08:43:09.086-07:00Yes there's quite a few colleges with the shar...Yes there's quite a few colleges with the shared name! Both St John's' are considered to be fairly wealthy and are of the same historical vintage, although the formal sister colleges of St Johns Cambridge are Balliol and Trinity College Dublin. I think the Cambridge one is larger, I've never had the pleasure.Aethelstanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941291511056658074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-11962142270475574682018-04-11T19:37:55.594-07:002018-04-11T19:37:55.594-07:00I'm still catching up with old UC episodes (I&...I'm still catching up with old UC episodes (I'm going to be sad when I run out of eps on Youtube :P) and watching a first round match from the 2015-2016... with St John also correctly answering a question on Hangul! Meant I could get this one right. ... although, I just realised it's a different St Johns, it's confusing when they're at both Oxford & Cambridge.<br /><br />Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930608656460777027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-50629016354743136472018-04-11T19:05:58.425-07:002018-04-11T19:05:58.425-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930608656460777027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-47601339037884465102018-04-11T15:03:20.536-07:002018-04-11T15:03:20.536-07:00Excellent stuff from St John's, proving that t...Excellent stuff from St John's, proving that their momentum hasn't run out yet, as some of us feared it may have done; in fact, I'd say that was one of their best performances yet, against a proven team who should feel no shame at all in going out at this stage to such a strong performance. St John's must definitely be taken seriously in the final, whoever they face; hopefully we get another good match between them on Monday!<br /><br />On the bonuses, St John's managed 26/39 and Edinburgh 5/12.<br /><br />qdx1, thanks for that insight into the filming blocks. Confirming my thoughts on which order the first round matches were filmed in, though I'd have thought both St John's and Corpus Christi would have filmed their first and second match on the same day.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254840979557920582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-56302398135692523312018-04-10T14:15:08.877-07:002018-04-10T14:15:08.877-07:00Thanks for another great review. Good linguistics...Thanks for another great review. Good linguistics questions - I must be forgetting my science in old age as I clocked Old Church Slavonic. Oh dear!! I got all the chemistry ones, as well I should.<br /><br />My 'fear', if it were that, around the John's team were misplaced, as you predicted, and much as I hated seeing the lovely Edinburgh manhandled I was pleased that my favourites regained their form and came out storming with some, frankly, superb knowledge. I was also pleased to see all contributing, but of course props to their youngest player..<br />all hail McKeown! You can absolutely tell when she's clocked a question and the buzz is coming.<br /><br />Innis, your team was great and delivered some stunning performances!<br /><br />Let's see what next week brings.Aethelstanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941291511056658074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-54911095200829763052018-04-10T06:50:28.828-07:002018-04-10T06:50:28.828-07:00A great review, as ever. And St. John's were v...A great review, as ever. And St. John's were very impressive.<br /><br />Of course we all try and predict what will happen in the next match based on past performance - this is very difficult! Performance in a particular match will depend on exactly how the questions fall but I've also wondered if we always see teams at their very best given the UC recording format (37 episodes all recorded over 3 long weekends). In particular, when a team occasionally has to play its second match of the day, does that affect the outcome? I would expect that recording a UC episode (get clothes and the makeup done, cope with the lights, studio audience, cameras and Paxman, lots of adrenalin) must be all rather tiring. In some cases there could be a fairly small gap and then you have to do this all again later on the same day.<br /><br />So for example this year, when Corpus Christi Cambridge played St. John’s Cambridge in the second round it was actually at the end of the first round filming block and was Corpus’ second match that day (whereas St. John’s match against St. Andrews would have been the day before) and Corpus were surprisingly subdued. On the Friday of the QF/SF/F filming block, St John’s match against Newcastle was St. John’s second match of that day (and Newcastle’s only match). Did that make a difference? On the other hand, Edinburgh were on fine form in their second match of the day in their QF against Bristol (after losing to Merton earlier in the day). For the St. John’s / Edinburgh SF, St. John’s had the previous day with no matches whereas Edinburgh had two matches. Of course it is impossible to really know if there is any effect here, and perhaps in any case it might vary between teams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-70754411417358356812018-04-10T05:12:03.947-07:002018-04-10T05:12:03.947-07:00Hi Innes - I had exactly the same issue watching a...Hi Innes - I had exactly the same issue watching along at home, I figured it was Gulliver but couldn't think what he was looking for in terms of the ship. Incredibly well played throughout though, you were my favourite team to watch, and not just because I know two of you :)ailsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337816653820472447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-45433242752533626382018-04-10T03:42:04.675-07:002018-04-10T03:42:04.675-07:00Edinburgh Carson here - many thanks for the kind w...Edinburgh Carson here - many thanks for the kind words throughout the series, and for taking the time to write up these posts, they've been very interesting and enjoyable to read. A rather weak point in our defence is that Stanley and I were both confused by the phrasing of the first starter - we knew it was talking about Gulliver but interpreted "Which ship's surgeon" as "The surgeon of which ship", and then were left with no idea what to say after he rattled off the well-known ships' names. That said, it's highly possible that the same was true for our opponents, and even if not, needless to say it wouldn't have made a whole lot of difference to the eventual result! An outstanding team performance from an excellent (and thoroughly pleasant) team which left us with absolutely no regrets.InCahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967945314213826122noreply@blogger.com