For the second week in a row I carried out what I referred to as the Mastermind Challenge which involves spending about 15-20 minutes reading up on each specialist subjects Wikipedia page. Here is how I got on.....
Thomas Jefferson Hogg
Prior to reading the Wikipedia page on this I had very little knowledge on Hogg and in fact maybe would have only scored 1 if any. However, the Wikipedia page was very helpful on this occasion for a good few questions. Thankfully a few of the questions required more in depth knowledge but still I found this one of the easiest of the night based on the Wikipedia research.
Score: 7
The Diggers
Made an error here and read about the 17th Century Diggers rather than the 60's San Francisco Based group. I have virtually no knowledge of them btu did pick up from my reading on the 17th Century Diggers that there had been a 60's group based in San Francisco so at least got 1.
Score: 1
The life and short stories of Raymond Carver
With the Wikipedia page being a bit short on Carver I managed ten minutes or so browsing other websites. Again I had very little knowledge of Carver so the one or two I may have got turned into a five. A similar set to the first.
Score: 5
Luton Town FC from 1965
Plenty to get stuck into on Wikipedia here and it showed with a lot of the questions I had expected coming up early on and a few made guessable by what I had read on Wikipedia. Even though I am a keen football fan I would have only got two here I think without the cramming session and was pleased to turn it into six.
Score: 6
The Human Body
Shamefully skipped over this reading only a few bits and bobs prior to the show. I got a little bit distracted too by the contestant crumbling in the chair but I clearly do not know as much as I thought I did about the Human Body and limped to a 4.
Score: 4
The Life and Work of James Brindley
Not much on Wikipedia so I had looked around a few other sites about Brindley. A few basic questions on there but generally a harder set in terms of this challenge.
Score: 4
The Soviet Space Programme
Surprised myself here as this was the subject I probably spent least time on other than the Human Body and managed 8. I think quite a bot of this score may have been to do with the previous knowledge I have of this subject but I do think most of the questions I got right had been on the Wikipedia page so serious study of that could have equalled or bettered the 8 I got.
Score: 8
TV Career of Victoria Wood
Found this one tough, never been a fan of Wood other than casually viewing Dinnerladies. Its not that I dislike her in anyway, merely I have not sat down and watched much of her work. I did forget about Housewife, 49 before reading the Wikipedia page but it was not a great deal of help here. The questions went into some detail meaning the Wikipedia revision was here nor there.
Score: 2
All in all then what I will say is that I found again on a few subjects there can be a good base set of points earned a few categories but the detailed knowledge required of certain works, tv shows and lives simply does not appear on Wikipedia. I was more disappointed last week that the Wikipedia Challenge had went so well but this week has restored my faith somewhat.
Well done to all the winners though from this weeks show!
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