tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post6203988315385747568..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Mastermind 2020 - First Round - Heat 1Londiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-24940047728655003452019-08-26T08:55:58.125-07:002019-08-26T08:55:58.125-07:00According to our very own Life After Mastermind, i...According to our very own Life After Mastermind, it was heat 23 of 24, broadcast in February 2014 and presumably recorded in summer 2013.Mycoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521510701724149106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-78309386303426403422019-08-24T03:08:35.111-07:002019-08-24T03:08:35.111-07:00Yes, I thought you might remember it, Dan, and you...Yes, I thought you might remember it, Dan, and you are, of course, correct. I am now fairly certain that it was recorded in 2013 but may not have been shown until 2014.neil wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470745809562197292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-91364497337530327012019-08-24T02:03:15.730-07:002019-08-24T02:03:15.730-07:00I reckon it was 2013/14, Neil. I remember it well....I reckon it was 2013/14, Neil. I remember it well.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838851618718856932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-53427597227278820722019-08-21T05:16:59.888-07:002019-08-21T05:16:59.888-07:00Oops - apologies for inaccuracies, Neil. No offens...Oops - apologies for inaccuracies, Neil. No offense intended. Keshava, no, I would expect a good quizzer to know Likud, but hey, you're under pressure, and sometimes things you know well just won't come out. All of us have a few things which are common knowledge to other good quizzers which for some reason just don't stick.Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-55053849107011791092019-08-19T07:29:04.138-07:002019-08-19T07:29:04.138-07:00Come to think about it, that was 2012, I think, bu...Come to think about it, that was 2012, I think, but I didn't think Emma had been on again since.neil wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470745809562197292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-41348876918677829132019-08-19T07:25:57.847-07:002019-08-19T07:25:57.847-07:00At the risk of being pedantic, Emma didn't win...At the risk of being pedantic, Emma didn't win her heat in 2014, because I did. 29 points was only good enough for second (and third) and with no highest loser slots, would have resulted in her being eliminated.neil wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470745809562197292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-46222681550523660422019-08-18T13:25:03.463-07:002019-08-18T13:25:03.463-07:00Not really, no.Not really, no.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838851618718856932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-48635374780108824422019-08-18T12:35:46.152-07:002019-08-18T12:35:46.152-07:00Hope you had a good holiday, and very glad to have...Hope you had a good holiday, and very glad to have the blog back!<br />I had a question about this episode – as someone who took part in Mastermind during the only year I've ever spent in the UK, I was always interested in what was considered an easy or difficult question (since unlike on, say, University Challenge, where all questions are supposed to be of roughly equal difficulty, Mastermind intentionally tries to have a range). I'm fascinated by what, within a given quizzing culture, is assumed to be common knowledge. <br />Emma, who on considerable evidence is a very strong quizzer, was asked to identify the political party that (among other things) currently rules Israel. She couldn't. Now this, to me, is a very easy question, a sitter – I have no particular knowledge of Israel, and have never been, but in India I'd expect any good quizzer to get that. <br />In UK quizzing, is that sort of world-affairs question something that is *outside* the bounds of common knowledge? And thus trickier?Keshavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751128323232023896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-40751027638624838772019-08-18T07:13:06.116-07:002019-08-18T07:13:06.116-07:00Yes, I had an audition for the current series. I ...Yes, I had an audition for the current series. I appeared to be a bit of an afterthought from their side, as I had a long journey at my own expense to get there very late in the audition cycle. I also heard that they were returning to the old format after the BBC Studios experiments of the past few years. Otherwise, same old story; old, white, male: don't bother applying, no matter how good a quizzer you are.Mycoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521510701724149106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-40211927053398050382019-08-18T04:18:24.375-07:002019-08-18T04:18:24.375-07:00This is not the first time that all 4 contenders h...This is not the first time that all 4 contenders have been tied on points after the SS round - both a heat in July 2004 and the final SF in the 2006 series saw all 4 contenders score 11 in the first round.Paul Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942358761328378374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-17671763213891181532019-08-17T13:27:01.269-07:002019-08-17T13:27:01.269-07:00I don't mind the show's new look, it bring...I don't mind the show's new look, it brings the show back towards its original look having veered away from it somewhat in prior series, and, apart from no highest scoring runners-up, the format hasn't changed. So far, it's a yes from me.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254840979557920582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-31173170031955478642019-08-17T12:14:53.886-07:002019-08-17T12:14:53.886-07:00As I said, I don't really like that. You might...As I said, I don't really like that. You might be the joint highest scorer in all of the first round heats, but if you have one pass and the other contender has none, then you're out. I know that this is the nature of knockout competitions, but still.Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-43467461843457502722019-08-17T10:39:07.425-07:002019-08-17T10:39:07.425-07:00I’ve been told by one of this year’s contenders (w...I’ve been told by one of this year’s contenders (who came second)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838851618718856932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-27385048191181324682019-08-17T05:59:36.313-07:002019-08-17T05:59:36.313-07:00Hi Dan,
Ah, the reason why I didn't mention it...Hi Dan,<br />Ah, the reason why I didn't mention it was because I didn't know! Either they didn't mention it or it went in one ear and out of the other. Hmmm, not sure that I like that. Although if they'd had repechage slots in 2006, I'd have been in the semi finals in a series in which there is no chance I could have won it, so it all worked out okay for me. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-78143608664442011602019-08-17T03:38:01.972-07:002019-08-17T03:38:01.972-07:00You’ve missed the one huge “innovation”: no repech...You’ve missed the one huge “innovation”: no repechage slots. Only four contestants in each semi-final.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838851618718856932noreply@blogger.com