What Mastermind topic

mrc1
mrc1 Posts: 852
edited November 2012 in Commuting chat
We were at a wedding yesterday and one of the blokes on our table asked what each of our specialist topics would be if we applied for Mastermind, which I thought was a great conversation starter.

I see myself as more of a general knowledge man so don't have a massively specialist subject, but would probably go with something along the lines of Antarctic exploration. Laura went with Henry VIII.

What would yours be?
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    The number 12 and the letter E.
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  • asprilla
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    cyclingprop wrote:
    The number 12 and the letter E.

    Which episode of Sesame St was brought to you by the number 12 and the letter E?

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  • UndercoverElephant
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    Asprilla wrote:
    cyclingprop wrote:
    The number 12 and the letter E.

    Which episode of Sesame St was brought to you by the number 12 and the letter E?

    At Love Parade 2001 in Berlin, what did I drop?

    Either your trousers or the soap.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Asprilla wrote:
    cyclingprop wrote:
    The number 12 and the letter E.

    Which episode of Sesame St was brought to you by the number 12 and the letter E?

    At Love Parade 2001 in Berlin, what did I drop?

    Either your trousers or the soap.

    Busted.
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  • chadders81
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    I'm reliably informed that you have to supply several because it changes as you progress through the series and most have been taken.

    I'd go for the Wu Tang Clan, The Wire and The Tour de France. I'd be our first round.
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    I am ashamed to admIt this, but if I wanted to progress beyond the first round, it would be Star Trek.

    What? It's just one of those things where detail sticks, ok? It happens. Live with it.

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  • SteppenHerring
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    Oo. A few.
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    2. Life and works of Alban Berg
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  • CiB
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    The EMI 2001. Gotta pick a specific narrowband subject, not something too wide ranging like The Middle Ages.
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    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    I am ashamed to admIt this, but if I wanted to progress beyond the first round, it would be Star Trek.

    What? It's just one of those things where detail sticks, ok? It happens. Live with it.


    We're invoking the Circle of Trust here, yeah?

    Sure?

    Ok.

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  • MisterMuncher
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    I've sat in the big black chair. You need to pick four topics.

    I went with the history of the Electric Guitar since '52 for openers. Follow-ups were to be The films of Kevin Smith, Jimi Hendrix and the Hellblazer comics. I got knocked out in round one, falling into a bit of a "group of death" where every contestant's score would have won any other show in the series.

    I'd love to give it another go some day.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    mrc1 wrote:
    We were at a wedding yesterday and one of the blokes on our table asked what each of our specialist topics would be if we applied for Mastermind, which I thought was a great conversation starter.

    I see myself as more of a general knowledge man so don't have a massively specialist subject, but would probably go with something along the lines of Antarctic exploration. Laura went with Henry VIII.

    What would yours be?

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  • Hoopdriver
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    Being a journalist means you get to become a short-term expert on a lot of things (which you promptly forget later) Right now I would choose Big Cats on the Serengeti, a well as the two topics of stories i am presently working on.

    I would also, like the OP, choose History of Antarctic Exploration
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  • rjsterry
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    More of a generalist here, but I could try for castles of England and Wales, or the history of the city of Bristol, with particular reference to the development of its street network.
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  • veronese68
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    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    mrc1 wrote:
    We were at a wedding yesterday and one of the blokes on our table asked what each of our specialist topics would be if we applied for Mastermind, which I thought was a great conversation starter.

    I see myself as more of a general knowledge man so don't have a massively specialist subject, but would probably go with something along the lines of Antarctic exploration. Laura went with Henry VIII.

    What would yours be?

    She didn't mind sloppy 6ths?
    Shouldn't that be 7ths after 6 wives?
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    Mine would be general knowledge.
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    MTB-Idle wrote:
    The Doors/Jim Morrison for me.

    In general I hate quiz shows even though I think I have pretty good general knowledge. The wife and i do play 'University Challenge' though every week at her insistence. I always win.


    good shout

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    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    I am ashamed to admIt this, but if I wanted to progress beyond the first round, it would be Star Trek.

    What? It's just one of those things where detail sticks, ok? It happens. Live with it.

    The Star Trek reboot movie was both enjoyable and deeply frustrating all rolled into one. Very hard to explain.
    Talking of Star Trek, someone round the corner from me had clearly decided they had had enough of Start Trek Deep Space 9 over last weekend, it seemed the entire collection of episodes on video were lined on his/her front wall for anyone to take... There must've been 50+ Deep Space 9 vids available...
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  • Greg T
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    This is tough . .

    I have no specialist knowledge of anything more than anyone else . . i'll have to pick four topics that I could happily learn more about and have some of it stick . . .

    1. James Bond Films (50 years and 25(?) films worth - might be allowed to cut this down a bit . .)
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