Mastermind
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I think they must have reduced the time or the questions are longer. I watched a celebrity edition the other day (it amazes me how little celebs know, I don't expect much from reality 'stars' but presenters and reporters you would think would pick things up) and those who didn't pass all managed 8 questions in the allotted time for their specialist subjects.0
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Could be the time I guess. I’ll have to do a bit of research!0
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Yeah first round I think you generally get 11 or 12 questions. General knowledge seems to be a few more - perhaps they realised the specialist subjects were often a bit tedious when the viewers can oy answer one or two.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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Some of them are absurdly narrow topics too. So much so I’m surprised the hosts allow them.DeVlaeminck said:Yeah first round I think you generally get 11 or 12 questions. General knowledge seems to be a few more - perhaps they realised the specialist subjects were often a bit tedious when the viewers can oy answer one or two.
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Why I stopped watching it years ago.morstar said:
Some of them are absurdly narrow topics too. So much so I’m surprised the hosts allow them.DeVlaeminck said:Yeah first round I think you generally get 11 or 12 questions. General knowledge seems to be a few more - perhaps they realised the specialist subjects were often a bit tedious when the viewers can oy answer one or two.
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Celebs apparently given guidance by the BBC on which books and websites to research their specialist subjects. But it’s not cheating.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0
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They had a celebrity version and a kids version on S4c recently.
I got a load right on one person's specialist subject, Euro 2016.
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The specialised subjects are clearly dumbed down for the celebs. They are certainly a lot less bright than normal contestants but then there's no reason why they wouldn't be. It's also noticeable on Celebrity Pointless.
To be fair, it doesn't matter how narrow the topic appears to be; you can still ask difficult questions. No subject is that narrow if you delve deeply enough. But for the celebs they don't.morstar said:
Some of them are absurdly narrow topics too. So much so I’m surprised the hosts allow them.DeVlaeminck said:Yeah first round I think you generally get 11 or 12 questions. General knowledge seems to be a few more - perhaps they realised the specialist subjects were often a bit tedious when the viewers can oy answer one or two.
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the specialist subjects round is bad TV.
Uni Challenge FTW.
Decent level of difficulty, good satisfaction level if you get it right, good range etc.0 -
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I love this - which is why I was a bit surprised when he showed up on the alumni edition of University Challenge. He looked like he'd taken a wrong turn and ended up in the studio - like Guy Goma.
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He was OK on xmas uni challenge.kingstongraham said:I love this - which is why I was a bit surprised when he showed up on the alumni edition of University Challenge. He looked like he'd taken a wrong turn and ended up in the studio - like Guy Goma.
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He didn't open his mouth once! The captain was constantly trying to confer, but basically was talking to herself.rick_chasey said:
He was OK on xmas uni challenge.kingstongraham said:I love this - which is why I was a bit surprised when he showed up on the alumni edition of University Challenge. He looked like he'd taken a wrong turn and ended up in the studio - like Guy Goma.
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University Challenge is OK but after a while you realise the art and classical music questions are drawn from a fairly small pool of composers and artists - my knowledge of either subject is close to nil but I can still guess around 1 in 5 of those questions - if in doubt Beethoven or Matisse are a fair shout. If it's a British composer it's a 1 in 3 between Britten, Elgar or Vaughan Williams.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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Mastermind.
I mentioned this a little while ago, in 'trivial things that annoy you'.
The questions have become much more convoluted, and especially so in the specialist round. This means that they get less questions and also that the contestants have often lost the thread by the time they get to the point of the actual question.
The example i quoted then was ...
"Kenneth Williams grew up in xyz, he had a difficult relationship with his father, but got on very well with his mother, what was her maiden name?"
At one time it would have been "What was Kenneth Williams' mother's maiden name?", and in those days we had scores up in the 30s
The older I get, the better I was.1 -
Yeah they're easier questions.capt_slog said:Mastermind.
I mentioned this a little while ago, in 'trivial things that annoy you'.
The questions have become much more convoluted, and especially so in the specialist round. This means that they get less questions and also that the contestants have often lost the thread by the time they get to the point of the actual question.
The example i quoted then was ...
"Kenneth Williams grew up in xyz, he had a difficult relationship with his father, but got on very well with his mother, what was her maiden name?"
At one time it would have been "What was Kenneth Williams' mother's maiden name?", and in those days we had scores up in the 30s
Same with uni-challenge. They usually give you a couple or a few stabs at answering it - if you know one bit of the question but not the answer you can usually be sensible and deduce.0 -
I think some of the lower scores on Mastermind are down to the fact that they now don't seem allowed to interrupt and give the answer prior the the whole of the question being read out - the quicker you can get the answer, the more questions you will be asked and subsequently score higher - I guess this is the producers trying to "even it up" by ensuring everyone has the same number of questions asked in a roundWilier Izoard XP0
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Also, they have to leave time for John Humphrys to have his cringe-worthy interview with the winner.0
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They should just accumulate the response time. Some topics could require more complex questions.capt_slog said:Mastermind.
I mentioned this a little while ago, in 'trivial things that annoy you'.
The questions have become much more convoluted, and especially so in the specialist round. This means that they get less questions and also that the contestants have often lost the thread by the time they get to the point of the actual question.
The example i quoted then was ...
"Kenneth Williams grew up in xyz, he had a difficult relationship with his father, but got on very well with his mother, what was her maiden name?"
At one time it would have been "What was Kenneth Williams' mother's maiden name?", and in those days we had scores up in the 30s0 -
I never enjoyed mastermind as the specialist rounds are just too obscure for you to play along with.
Now, University Challenge i always enjoyed and think i could get a decent score most weeks.0 -
Worst words to hear on University Challenge for me are "listen to this piece of classical music, and ..."0
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You can often guess the classical stuff as someone mentioned above (can't be arsed to scroll through to see who).kingstongraham said:Worst words to hear on University Challenge for me are "listen to this piece of classical music, and ..."
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There's only three French composers from what I've heard on UC, and everything else is Tchaikovsky.elbowloh said:
You can often guess the classical stuff as someone mentioned above (can't be arsed to scroll through to see who).kingstongraham said:Worst words to hear on University Challenge for me are "listen to this piece of classical music, and ..."
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There seems to be a lot of dumbing down in the country.0
