University Challenge - 2012/2013 - Match 5
Queen Mary, London vs Jesus College, Oxford
Queen Mary
Patrick Woodburn
Alistair Haigh
Luca Cavalli
Michale Hammond
Patrick Woodburn
Alistair Haigh
Luca Cavalli
Michale Hammond
Jesus College
Matt Hitchings
Frankie Goodway
Guy Brindley
Jonny Woodward
Matt Hitchings
Frankie Goodway
Guy Brindley
Jonny Woodward
Another Monday night and with the return of Only Connect later in the evening this is now the first part of a cracking double header on a Monday night for us quizzing fans!
This weeks episode started with a close run contest and a controversial opening answer although a fair one with "Sherlock" marked as wrong. Also in this strange opening few moments the tiny town that I am from, Peterlee, got the second mention on University Challenge in two years....is one of the writers from my neck of the woods?
Anyway onto proceedings and the star of the early part of the episode was certainly Matt Hitchings who was the first University Challenge player this series to really tackle the buzzer. His play early on started a lead for Jesus which built throughout the episode slowly. Queen Mary were by no means quiet though and thanks to a key buzz by Hammond and some strong team play fought back to level at 70-70 and claw their way back into the tie. There was a spare of wrong answers and deductions that cropped up here but eventually Jonny Woodward buzzed, followed by Frankie Goodway buzzing to take Jesus past the 100 mark.
Indeed Jonny Woodward seemed to dominate the latter half of the round and if you consider Hitchings had did the same early one, here are a duo who could really push Jesus forward. 135-70 before Queen Mary could blink and with 4 minutes to go it looked as good as over.Cavalli was not going to let that happen though and launched a roaring comeback and despite being well in control when the gong went a 150-120 win for Jesus sends them through.
Both teams seemed to show good all-round knowledge but failed in key areas which may prevent Jesus from being a serious threat. However with Hitchings and Woodward so strong on the buzzer (even though they will need to cut down on point cost errors) they could have more to show.
Anyway onto proceedings and the star of the early part of the episode was certainly Matt Hitchings who was the first University Challenge player this series to really tackle the buzzer. His play early on started a lead for Jesus which built throughout the episode slowly. Queen Mary were by no means quiet though and thanks to a key buzz by Hammond and some strong team play fought back to level at 70-70 and claw their way back into the tie. There was a spare of wrong answers and deductions that cropped up here but eventually Jonny Woodward buzzed, followed by Frankie Goodway buzzing to take Jesus past the 100 mark.
Indeed Jonny Woodward seemed to dominate the latter half of the round and if you consider Hitchings had did the same early one, here are a duo who could really push Jesus forward. 135-70 before Queen Mary could blink and with 4 minutes to go it looked as good as over.Cavalli was not going to let that happen though and launched a roaring comeback and despite being well in control when the gong went a 150-120 win for Jesus sends them through.
Both teams seemed to show good all-round knowledge but failed in key areas which may prevent Jesus from being a serious threat. However with Hitchings and Woodward so strong on the buzzer (even though they will need to cut down on point cost errors) they could have more to show.
Just a note - you spelled Michael wrong in the name of one of the contestants.
ReplyDeleteIs the term "neg", short for negative 5, not used in the UK? I think this term is used uniformly in both Anglophone North American and Anglophone African buzzerquiz, and am wondering why it's not used in the UK from a linguistic perspective.
ReplyDelete'Neg' is used by those of us who do/have done quizbowl outside 'University Challenge', but there aren't that many of us and I don't think the term is really used elsewhere.
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