Brain of Britain - Round 1 - Match 10

Brain of Britain - Round 1 - Match 10

Monday Afternoon means only one thing at present, Brain of Britain. One of my favourite quiz shows around at the moment reached its tenth episode of the series with another Semi Final place at stake. Even better this afternoon as a known figure on the UK Quiz scene, and a facebook friend of mine who I have chatted to on a few occasions, Brian Pendreigh was taking part. He certainly had my support and I was looking forward to the show. Brain has appeared on a whole host of UK quiz shows and indeed also had on his facebook that he would be on Eggheads tonight as well.

Today's Contendors : -

Roman De Bowski (sp?)

Brendan O Connor

Brian Pendreigh

Steve Terry

Without further a do we were underway Roman got us underway with a confident double, Brendan managed one and Brian picked up a score on a bonus. Brian Pendreigh identified Saturn next to take a share of the lead but Roman stole a bonus point on trees to edge back in front. This was going to be a close battle. Steve Terry continued the trend of having everybody on the score board in Round one and when Roman had managed another bonus he moved into a two point lead. Very solid answering in the opening round!

Roman was looking steady and another double extended his lead. Brendan O Connor notched another point but Brian missed a science question and Roman was beginning to pull away. As always with Brain of Britain though one good run can change everything. At the end of round 2 Roman had moved onto 8 and into a 5 point lead.

Roman missed his opening question and Brian was straight in for the bonus, then identified the Badger as from the Weasel family but a bonus was gained on a Cardinal John Fisher questions by Brendan O Connor. It was very close between the contenders at this stage but Roman was pulling away, someone needed a great run to catch him and peg him back. 

Roman was on fire and scored 5 in a row for the bonus, fantastic quizzing and Roman placing himself as a contender for the overall title. He was now going to take some catching and already had a score that could win the heat. Roman was picking up on all the scraps when others failed, answering several on his rounds....in this form he was unbeatable. Every quizzer has "their day" when everything just goes right and Roman was having one of those days....12 point lead at the interval stage. Impressive! Still not over but Roman would need a massive collapse to loose it for here.

The questions in the next round came from a former Brain of Britain Champion and as you would expect were very tough indeed stumping the Brains on both questions.

Back to business, Roman missed his first question with Brendan answering correctly and moving into his round and put a little run together of 2 questions to boost his total. Brian Pendreigh missed his chance to close the gap as did Steve Terry. Brendan snatched another point closing the gap to 10 and looking like the only other contender. The next round though saw Roman gain a point and an 11 point lead with only a couple of rounds to go and Roman was as good as home and dry, especially when he added another point in the following round. 

Brendan would need two five runs to get close and he so nearly made it in the next round, but at least there was a little pressure there eased by Roman stealing the bonus when Brendan slipped up. Brian Pendreigh was not getting the best set of questions. The lead was still ten going into the last round...Roman was the winner!

The last round played out

Today's Contendors : -

Roman De Bowski (sp?) - 24

Brendan O Connor - 12

Steve Terry - 8

Brian Pendreigh - 6

A great display of quizzing by Roman with a fantastic score showing a great all round knowledge, putting together a solid 5 run and leading from start to finish. A serious contender for the Brain of Britain crown this year!