i think i'd go for something like 'UK Singles Chart Statistics 1984-present day' if legitimate. could you get away with something that populist on the old show though? another even 'dumber' choice (as already predicted will come up on the show in future) would be 'The Simpsons' i guess (sample question 'What was the main advantage of Barney's omelettes?').
not sure i could do anything outside the pop culture realm - could you?
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)
what was stevem listening to at 2:37 this afternoon?
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)
Score.
― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Lara (Lara), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)
well its been on repeat all day so well done - hmph
PS - welcome back laura, from wherever it was you went...
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)
I'm pretty good at the sirens chapter in ulysses, too. so that.
― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sam (chirombo), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)
How many times has Marcello retired from the board?
How many posts are there on the Vice Magazine thread?
― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)
Films of Spike Lee or Steven Soderbergh would cover me okay and seem to be the right size info-wise. Some subjects are just too big after all (books of PG Wodehouse!)
You need another one for the next round anyway.
― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)
I scanned the credits at the end, hoping to spot the specialist question setters (it was always experts in the field, wasn't it? I half-expected Johnny Rogan or Michael Bracewell or...the Nipper) but only saw some company name. Pah, it's like they're all out of a book or something. By Jimmy Greaves.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)
(by iacon's golden spires etc)
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)
Any excuse to watch old episodes. Mmm Treguard. And Pickle the Pixie. I'm sure that Pickle wasn't in EVERY Knightmare episode.
― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)
I think I would choose Global Transformers 1990 - present.
At the moment, I'm quite annoyed that Wheeljack is being re-introduced as a decepticon. But, am eagerly awaiting the Unicron toy!!!
My other subjects would be the career of Poison, and Knut Hamsun books.
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 19:57 (twenty-two years ago)
Doesn't have the ears! :( But, i do kinda like the crossed out autobot logo, he's got issues.
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)
Obviously I would pick The Cure or the X-Men.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)
Christopher Brookmyre once called me an anorak at a book signing for asking him a question about his books :(
Don't really think I could do anything outside of pop culture.
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)
Shame she didn't actually know anything then, eh. Or even know what "If You Tolerate This..." was about.
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 15 September 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)
You'd think that you'd know oodles about your "favorite" band....unless you were cheating on them.
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 15 September 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 15 September 2003 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)
Is this the first non-canon band to be picked as a specialised subject? How have we avoided having Belle & Sebastian chosen?
Question man, where shall he strike again?
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)
i got as many as her and i was pissed (meg had taped it as she was watching 'stenders, so we watched it when i got in).
and she passed on the tolerate question, rather than getting it wrong...
also it was immediately apparent that the bloke who couldn't see or walk was going to win, he had the look of HARDENED QUIZZER about him
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 09:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 09:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 09:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex K (Alex K), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 09:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 09:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― g-kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)
Her general knowledge was dire, but I thought she did pretty well on the Manics, compared to how the other contestants did in their own subjects.
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)
Which is hardly surprising really.
And
there are about ten thousand books on the manics
Yeah, but none of them are any good :)
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 16 September 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)
So, Mastermind, I would do Eleanor of Castile, Butch Casssidy & the Sundance Kid (Patagonian years) or the books of Bruce Chatwin. That's in the highly unlikely event of progressing through the first round.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 11:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)
The Works Of Steve Coogan would be a more credible topic perhaps - I saw a Coogan's Run on Paramount last night and it was still really good, playing for laughs only half the time and knowing when to and when it wasn't needed (this was the one with Coogan as the old handyman in the 50s) - ECCLES CAKES!
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 11 September 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)
Uruguay - UruguayItaly? - ItalyFrance? - ItalyBrazil - UruguaySwitzerland? (I may have totally lost it here) - West GermanySweden - BrazilChile - BrazilEngland - EnglandMexico - BrazilWest Germany - West GermanyArgentina - ArgentinaSpain - ItalyMexico - ArgentinaWest Germany - West GermanyUnited States - BrazilFrance - FranceKorea/Japan - Brazil
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 13 September 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)
No, I don't understand it either.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)
So i'm wondering exactly how hard it actually is.
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 July 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 15 July 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 July 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)
― JimD (JimD), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:24 (twenty years ago)
― nathalie sans denouement (stevie nixed), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:39 (twenty years ago)
― C J (C J), Monday, 1 August 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)
― JimD (JimD), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 23 June 2006 08:55 (nineteen years ago)
In "Rod Hull is alive, why", there is a reference to a relationship "Sarah" had with Jaques Lafitte. Why?
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:08 (nineteen years ago)
I've started so you may answer...
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)
Sarah is Ferguson, who once lived with racing driver Paddy McNally but, as Nigel put it, "that doesn't rhyme with sleet".
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 23 June 2006 10:58 (nineteen years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:08 (nineteen years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:10 (nineteen years ago)
Name three of the four dance music magazines mentioned in "Nove On The Sly"
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:12 (nineteen years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:13 (nineteen years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:14 (nineteen years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:18 (nineteen years ago)
Q: Marx said of Hegel's view of history that it repeats itself, but that Hegel forgot to say the first time as tragedy, the second time as... ?
A: Pass.
― Neil S, Friday, 15 October 2010 19:28 (fifteen years ago)
Marx tonight? Aw I coulda done well there. I must iplay.
the chances of having an ILXor Mastermind have been decimated by having someone do Belle and Sebastian a wee while back. Thinking about this has made me realise how much of a dilettante I am too. I guess that even though I'm no enormous fan I could make a decent job of The Life and Works of Ludwig Wittgenstein if given a couple of weeks.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:45 (fifteen years ago)
Try not to threaten John Humphreys with a poker!
― Neil S, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:01 (fifteen years ago)
15 years ago I would have ruled on "The Life & Music of Kurt Cobain", nowadays it would be Keiji Haino.
― krakow, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:04 (fifteen years ago)
I might be able to give Dance to the Music of Time or Factory Records a go, I think.
― Neil S, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:08 (fifteen years ago)
would have been the lord of the rings at one stage, i guess.
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:15 (fifteen years ago)
Tolkein must have been done already? I regularly spot on my bus in to work the guy who won it just by picking various football tournaments and reciting winning teams, top goalscorers etc. Seems to be the way to go IMO- pick one largish subject and stick with it.
― Neil S, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)
Circa 1980 I could have said the works of Xenophon (in translation), there being a manageably small number of them, all of which I had read with great interest and attention. Too rusty on most subjects these days to cite one.
― Aimless, Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:51 (fifteen years ago)
"Other People's Failings 1995-Present Day"
― Ain't Too Proud to Neg (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:58 (fifteen years ago)
imagine the abuse if you did shit though
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 October 2010 15:06 (fifteen years ago)
OK, specialist subject = Creation Records, let go...
― Mark G, Friday, 17 February 2017 20:03 (eight years ago)
all but three there..
Didn't know the new address, and guessed "Elevation" as the record label.
I did know "China" but thought n"One little Indian" was also bidding..
― Mark G, Friday, 17 February 2017 20:11 (eight years ago)
one of my best pals used to work on mastermind. when they did their open auditions in glasgow the most popular specialist subjects were of the ilk of "the easter rising", "eamon devalera", "the irish civil war" etc. one of the guys they chose had celtic as his specialist subject and he ended up winning
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 February 2017 22:59 (eight years ago)
so fenians are nerds basically