Only Connect 2012/2013 - Quarter Final 2
Last week saw a pretty one sided match and I was expecting tonights to be much much closer. Experienced quizzers galore usually makes for a top class episode...
Footballers
Barry Humphrey
Michael Mcpartland
Jamie Turner
Cinephiles
Howard Kelly
Nancy Dickman
Tim Catlin
So the Cinephiles got us Underway tonight and Nancy Dickman picked up from where she left off in the last heat of the previous round recognising "lost" days for 2 points. In reply the Footballers went for a 3 pointer but missed out on a tough question focusing on "food that bear their own name". As always a sigh at the music round as the Cinephiles picked it up and neither team managed to spot the musical instrument clue which was a toughie. Barry Humprhey managed to get the Footballers first points of the match by spotting the American states hidden in the words.
The Cinephiles followed up their music round with the pictures and this was turning into perhaps the toughest episode of the series so far. A great link on Mario Kart items in pictures was one of the few I managed to get anywhere close to in this round. The Footballers ended the round with "God Bless Our Native Land", "Oben am Jungen Rhein" "My Country Tis of Thee".....Michael Mcpartland recognising those all being sung to the same tune that being the 4th clue, "God Save The Queen".
4-3 the footballers lead after the first round! Shaping up to a close match!
Round 2 started with a question right up my street on Fawlty Towers however very tough in the sense that the order of the episodes was the final four episodes of season 4. The Footballers picked up the bonus on by going for the most famous episode, "The Germans". The Footballers themselves extended their lead further with the picture round based on middle initials and at 8-3 in the lead were starting to pull away.
And again a question right up my street! On the local area of Bridges over the Tyne.....Michael Mcpartland (being from Middlesbrough I believe) seemed to pick this up on a bonus for the footballers. Definitely the most points I have also managed on a show by this stage. The Footballers got the dreaded formulas question and Barry Humprhey "guess at something going down" technique worked a treat for a further 2 points. Indeed Barry was playing a stormer noticing the next link early on concerning Grand National Horse Races.
13-3 the Footballers lead (Indeed a 10-0 round there which could prove crucial).
The Footballers were first to the wall and you felt a good performance here and they were in the Semi's. An early spot got the round off to a great start and without a shadow of a doubt considering the form they seemed to be in the wall was solved with 2 connections. Surely enough to take them into the semi final!
Nothing short of a full house was needed from the Cinephiles who were way off the form they had shown in the first round. I spotted the Pokemon link straight away (sad I know but when I was a nipper this was all the rage). Nancy Dickman recognised they were "characters from a video game or something" and by spotting the remaining connection they had solved the wall. Indeed when it came to the connections Nancy Dickman saw the Pokemon link for a full house.
19-13 going into the last round. This could get interesting.
Cinephiles started superbly indeed getting the 3 of the first 4 buzzes. The Olympic Venues round got the Footballers into the round but they lost a point to take it to 21-17. Maybe I had wrote the Cinephiles off too early? A very tough round on things represented by OC had both stumped and a late loss of points from Footballers left the score agonisingly close.
Footballers ended up with a 20-19 win after loosing two points in the last round. A gripping end to a close contest and the Footballers make it into the Semi!
So the Cinephiles got us Underway tonight and Nancy Dickman picked up from where she left off in the last heat of the previous round recognising "lost" days for 2 points. In reply the Footballers went for a 3 pointer but missed out on a tough question focusing on "food that bear their own name". As always a sigh at the music round as the Cinephiles picked it up and neither team managed to spot the musical instrument clue which was a toughie. Barry Humprhey managed to get the Footballers first points of the match by spotting the American states hidden in the words.
The Cinephiles followed up their music round with the pictures and this was turning into perhaps the toughest episode of the series so far. A great link on Mario Kart items in pictures was one of the few I managed to get anywhere close to in this round. The Footballers ended the round with "God Bless Our Native Land", "Oben am Jungen Rhein" "My Country Tis of Thee".....Michael Mcpartland recognising those all being sung to the same tune that being the 4th clue, "God Save The Queen".
4-3 the footballers lead after the first round! Shaping up to a close match!
Round 2 started with a question right up my street on Fawlty Towers however very tough in the sense that the order of the episodes was the final four episodes of season 4. The Footballers picked up the bonus on by going for the most famous episode, "The Germans". The Footballers themselves extended their lead further with the picture round based on middle initials and at 8-3 in the lead were starting to pull away.
And again a question right up my street! On the local area of Bridges over the Tyne.....Michael Mcpartland (being from Middlesbrough I believe) seemed to pick this up on a bonus for the footballers. Definitely the most points I have also managed on a show by this stage. The Footballers got the dreaded formulas question and Barry Humprhey "guess at something going down" technique worked a treat for a further 2 points. Indeed Barry was playing a stormer noticing the next link early on concerning Grand National Horse Races.
13-3 the Footballers lead (Indeed a 10-0 round there which could prove crucial).
The Footballers were first to the wall and you felt a good performance here and they were in the Semi's. An early spot got the round off to a great start and without a shadow of a doubt considering the form they seemed to be in the wall was solved with 2 connections. Surely enough to take them into the semi final!
Nothing short of a full house was needed from the Cinephiles who were way off the form they had shown in the first round. I spotted the Pokemon link straight away (sad I know but when I was a nipper this was all the rage). Nancy Dickman recognised they were "characters from a video game or something" and by spotting the remaining connection they had solved the wall. Indeed when it came to the connections Nancy Dickman saw the Pokemon link for a full house.
19-13 going into the last round. This could get interesting.
Cinephiles started superbly indeed getting the 3 of the first 4 buzzes. The Olympic Venues round got the Footballers into the round but they lost a point to take it to 21-17. Maybe I had wrote the Cinephiles off too early? A very tough round on things represented by OC had both stumped and a late loss of points from Footballers left the score agonisingly close.
Footballers ended up with a 20-19 win after loosing two points in the last round. A gripping end to a close contest and the Footballers make it into the Semi!
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