Mastermind 2012/2013 - Heat 5

Mastermind 2012/2013 - Heat 5

After a week off Mastermind returned tonight. I was quite interested to learn this week by one of this years contenders that they have not yet finished filming the heats for this years show (there was filming taking place Wednesday and today). Anyway, one with tonight's show....

Contestants this week - 

Philip Walters

Jackie Phillips

Ian Copping

Shahab Mossavat

Philip Walters kicked things off tonight with a subject I was very keen to have a go at. Being something of a Doctor Who fan, more so in the past than I am at present, I considered using this as one of my subjects in my application this year. I am glad I didn't! This was a very tough opening round and I managed barely half a dozen here but Philip was much stronger getting a solid 13 and that would give him a lead after the SS round.

Jackie Phillips took on Moses in the King James Bible, which when thinking about it is a very narrow subject. That is not meaning any disrespect to Jackie as she scored a very respectable 10 with some good answering, but I was rejected subjects for being "too narrow" that where much wider than this. Jackie did look nervous though but her 10 have her every chance!

Ian Copping took on the Geography and History of Arkansas which again I thought was a tough set. One he settled in though he gave himself as good a chance as any with a score of 10 but a little run of wrong answers stopped it being an even better round!

Finally, Shahab Mossavat came to the chair with Terry Venables......not literally. I had done some reading before hand to test out the "challenge" which I set every week and I did quite well based on facts I had spent 10 minutes reading earlier. I did not do as well as Shahab though who got 12 points. Again this subject is not as a wide as some and narrow sports subjects have proved to work wonders for people in the past!

So that meant after the Mastermind Specialist Round we had - 

Philip Walters - 13
Shahab Mossavat - 12
Jackie Phillips - 10
Ian Copping - 10


All was to play for and it was Jackie first in the chair and the nerves seemed to get the better of her as she missed a few gimmies and other titbits I am sure she would rattle off under normal circumstances. She pulled it together towards the end scoring 9 to take her to 19. She needed much more and the 19 meant she was out of the contest overall.

Ian Copping next and he had the chance to set a target for the others to match and he got off to a strong start with some speedy answers. I thought initially he may be in with a shout but a pass/wrong answer combination slowed down his scoring and he managed 12 to take his total to 22. Again not quite what was needed and barring a meltdown from the others that was Ian's run over. Nerves played a part here I think.

Shahab Mossavat had been calm the whole night and remained so in his Gk questions and he seemed to get a fair set and showed a wide range of knowledge on all subjects. He missed one or two gimmies which may come back to haunt him but the points kept on coming and his confidence and relaxed approach paid off as he scored 14 to take his total to 26. A solid target to set in this heat.

Philip Walters knew what he needed to to and was very unlucky in his chase. If not for a bad run of answers towards the end of the first minute he would have made it through as he came storming back towards the end. Missing a question at a crucial point also cost him but a score of 25 gives him an outside chance of the final. Looking at the scores so far he is 4th so chances are two runners up will break the 25 mark but you never know!

So congratulations to Shahab Mossavat  who becomes the fifth person to qualify for the Semi Finals of Mastermind.

And that brought the final scores as follows -


Shahab Mossavat - 26
Philip Walters - 25
Ian Copping - 22
Jackie Phillips - 19


Overall Mastermind 2012/2013 standings -


Qualified
Gregory Spiller - 32
Kathryn Palmer - 31
Sian West - 26
Shahab Mossavat - 26
Aidan Mccquade - 24

Runners up
Chris Cann - 29
John Wheeler - 29
Nathan Joss - 26
Philip Walters - 25
Rosalind Winter - 24
Andrew Granath - 24
Laurie Handcock - 24
---------------------------------------------------
Roland Mcfall - 23
Graeme Marley - 22
Ian Copping - 22
Alan Haddick - 21
Sarah Le Fevre - 19
Jackie Phillips - 19
Matthew Clarke - 18
Nathan Scott - 18