Brain of Britain - Round 1 - Match 7

Brain of Britain - Round 1 - Match 7

Brain of Britain continues on with the seventh match of the first round on the path to crowning the 2012 champion. Even though it was Boxing Day Radio 4 still aired the show in its usual time slot and this week’s contenders on Brain of Britain were....

Lizzy Brighton

Peter Brown

Angus Douglas

Colin Kidd

The first round opened with some tough questions including one on the name of the woman who voices the speaking clock!  Colin Kidd had managed to take four points giving him the lead. Into the second round and Lizzy Brighton came back strong with a hat trick of correct answers including a question on Five Children and It that had my mind racing. Peter's question in this round was very interesting and I had no idea the Blue Peter Annual had been discontinued after being published every year since 1965. Lizzy Brighton stole a point with an answer on racing author Dick Francis and when Colin Kidd failed to answer his question it placed her into a joint lead with everyone bar Peter Brown on 4 points. Shaping up to be a very very close round of Brain of Britain!

Another question in the next round on Children's TV/Literature (a lot of those this week!) and one on the standing of MIB initials which seemed to be obvious to be Men in Black, but was. Odd to see a plug on Brain of Britain for the new Men in Black Movie. Lizzy Brighton and Colin Kidd had moved into the lead with 5 by this point, Angus Douglas being one behind and Peter Brown yet to score but as always with Brain of Britain it could so easily turn around with one strong round.

A musical piece on Nyman had everyone stumped and by the midway stage Colin Kidd was leading the Brain of Britain heat.

A favourite section of mine on the show, beat the brains, was on a musical theme with a question failed on The Archers theme but a redemption in the follow up. Well done to Keith Ferris for beating the brains!

Back to the contest, Angus picked up on Lizzys wrong answer and Peter Brown eventually got off the mark picking up a superb hat trick of right answers. As always with Brain of Britain if you get a good run of questions it can change your entire game. I have known really great quizzers come unstuck on this show simply because the questions another player get favour them much more. Plus in the half an hour format it is hard to catch someone who picks up a strong lead in Brain of Britain.

Angus Douglas had now opened up a three point lead but it was still open to anyone. No one was really taking control or showing a likelihood to win. Peter Brown continued his late scoring run with a steal from Lizzy.

Angus was only one point ahead by the end of the round and it seemed to be shaping up to be a battle between himself and Colin Kidd. Indeed, with steals by both early on in the round they managed to move further away. Angus Douglas lost out to Colin Kidd on his questions placing the scores back to level pegging and correctly answering his own question gave Kidd a one point lead. A two horse race on Brain of Britain was well and truly on!

Scoring was very slow in the latter rounds and it really was up in the air with either Colin or Angus looking like the favourites to take the victory. But it was Angus who held onto the lead by the narrowest of margins and advances to the next round of Brain of Britain 2012! Well done.

Results

Angus Douglas - 12

Colin Kidd - 11

Lizzy Brighton - 7

Peter Brown - 4