Brain of Britain - Round 1 - Match 12
Monday is becoming something of a haven for the best quiz shows and with University Challenge and Only Connect Specials to come, Brain of Britain was just the start of the night. I personally feel that Brain of Britain is one of the best Quiz shows around on any format the moment and bar last weeks set of really easy questions its one of the hardest to actually win.
This was the final and 12th heat with the Semi Final's commencing next week! 12 was also told to be the qualifying score for the runners up places.
Contenders -
Ian Banks
Dennis Muchmore
Paul Philpott
Maggie Pearce
The first round was fairly open with points scored by three players and plenty of interesting questions. Ian Banks set off on the second round with pantomime knowledge but more importantly followed it up with a further point to add to his told. Dennis Muchmore managed to get the bonus from Banks but failed on his round. Paul Philpott knew the Beano was first published in the 1930's and got himself off the mark. Banks and Dennis Muchmore managed to rack up a few steals to take a joint lead with 4 points. Well on their way to the golden 12.
Dennis Muchmore did not know that Claudio Suarez ,the most capped international footballer of all time, is Mexican and a string of tough questions followed which the Brains struggled to get to grips with. This Quiz has the habit of going this where a string of wrong answers is followed by a string of points scoring. Either way this was a much tougher test than last weeks outing.
Dennis Muchmore knew that Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" was dedicated to Martin Luther King but failed on his own question, no-one was able to put together a string to take the lead. It took four guesses for the Brains to know the J in J Edgar Hoover stood for John, and the points were starting to stall but Ian Banks had made it to 6 giving him a one point lead heading into the break in quizzing as Beat the Brains came along (...and the Brains were beaten).
Heading into the second half and it really was anybodies game although Maggie had shown little to suggest she could launch a comeback. Poor Ian Banks had a lot of sports/entertainment questions and they continued to rack up in this round, he was winning at this stage though so he can't have been complaining!
Dennis Muchmore picked up a bonus and then headed into his assault on the second half knowing that Arthur Morris invented the Velleta Dance but failing to build. Paul Philpott was starting to pull through and bring himself into contention but again another round in which no one could build on scores meant that Muchmore was leading 9 to Banks 8. A two horse race is Philpott could not get a run going!
I did not know Berne was the only Swiss City to be a World Heritage Site but one of the Brain's did (you learn something from every show!) and Banks and Muchmore were now 9-9 in the lead with around 6 minutes to go. Both could get the 12 and make the final at this rate but after a few one sided shows this was much more interesting.
Dennis Muchmore went on what could turn out to be a key run notching up a hat trick of answers taking him to a two point lead and hitting the golden 12 mark.
The final round got underway and Ian Bank's failed on his first question meaning he would need to acquire two bonuses to make it through to the final. A solid effort but a bit of bad luck getting so many entertainment/sport questions early on proved crucial. Dennis Muchmore added another one to his total meaning he was just about on his way to the Semi Finals. All eyes now on if Banks could join him and getting Tamworth as being the location of Peel's Manifesto was enough for one point and he also picked up a bonus from Maggie Pearce to send him through.
The win went to Dennis Muchmore but both he and Ian Banks head into the semi finals which start next week, and both have to be considered serious contenders!
Dennis Muchmore - 13
Ian Banks - 12
Paul Philpott - 6
Maggie Pearce - 5
Well that is it for the first round and the contest heats up as next weeks show is the first Semi Final and we get closer to finding out the Brain of Britain.
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