Looking forward to Mastermind

MayBee70

Can you imagine a gransnet UC or OC team?

I might need three times as long to answer the question on UC!

"Just a minute, please Jeremy, while I go through the alphabet, I'll get there eventually"

Once or twice I've managed to jump in and answer a question on Only Connect before the teams have! Couldn't believe the student who didn't recognise the mistletoe. Does he live under a rock at Christmas?

Can you imagine a gransnet UC or OC team?

MayBee70

I sometimes get a correct answer on Only Connect and I’m over the moon about it. I love Monday nights!

I got 4 right last night - one which neither team could answer ?
But I've forgotten which one it was ???

Actually Dinamho I think it is more a mentality thing than a generational thing. My DS1 and DiL love quizzes. I don't stand a chance against them. They both have PhDs.

Dinahmo I'm sorry he has Parkinsons. I've always found him to be strident though.

Does anyone one else really hope that, when someone loses five points they then come back and do well later on. I really feel for them.

I've recorded it to watch this evening. I love Mastermind no matter who the question master is, and also think Clive will be brilliant.

I did quite well last night on UC - OC often leaves us amazed at how people see the connections and have such wide knowledge. Was Mastermind slightly shorter last night? I seem to remember the contestants elaborating a bit on themselves before answering the general knowledge round.

Do you think that it's just us oldies who like quizzes?

fevertree

I don't watch UC - Jeremy Paxman's delivery sounds so forced, strained.

Give me the soothing, mellifluous tones of Clive Myrie any day.

He has Parkinson's which could be why he sounds a bit forced.

Extraordinary that they didn't recognise mistletoe or foxgloves!
Was that the Trinity team? They were extremely good anyway. Sometimes the questions are so long-winded and delivered so fast that I can't keep up with what is being asked.

Granfromafar I got the plants too. It made me laugh when they said “Holly?” for the mistletoe.

Can't believe I forgot to watch Mastermind as I was looking forward to seeing it. Will have to watch on iplayer later. Love Only Connect, especially the missing vowels round! Also managed a few of the connections too. If I get 2 or 3 right in UC I'm quite pleased with myself. Managed 3 last night - identified all the plants!

We love Monday evenings too!I think Richard Osman’s House of Games is back soon too?

A perfect Monday evening!

I have a friend who says she just can’t see the point of quizzes. She would be very good at them, too. I suppose the point is to test your own knowledge, and I always learn something from the answers I don’t know.

The Trinity team were excellent until faced with a picture of mistletoe. She thought it might be holly. The gaps in clever people’s knowledge can be astonishing. Perhaps she just had a blank moment on camera. I can’t believe anyone doesn’t know what holly looks like.

Yes, the plants question in UC was great, although I found the questions much harder this week. It was fun to see the contestants struggling with the embroidery stitches the other week!

I shall look out for Mastermind. There are some really wonderful people who upload University Challenge and Only Connect on to YouTube within minutes after transmission. Only way I can watch them here in Germany.

I only recently discovered that my sister hates quizzes. How can you not like quizzes?

Yes, quizzes all the way on Monday evenings! Love it!

I believe Clive Marie intended to be a barrister.

Three quizzes in a row - bliss. And I actually named all the plants in the picture round on University Challenge ?

I don't watch UC - Jeremy Paxman's delivery sounds so forced, strained.

Give me the soothing, mellifluous tones of Clive Myrie any day.

I like Clive Myrie, I thought he was good tonight. The contestants not so much.

No, I don’t understand the questions most of the time. Those map ones seem to be quite new. I find them a bit boring and also impossible to answer.

I sometimes don’t even understand the questions in Uni Chall, but it’s feels so good when I get something right. My favourite is the missing vowels round in OC.

I sometimes get a correct answer on Only Connect and I’m over the moon about it. I love Monday nights!