OK folks, sorry for the wait, but here is a review of Monday's OC. Playing were the Collectors, Daniel Nazarian, Elliot Costi and Anna Kirby-Hall, and the Railwaymen, David Smith, Bob Thompson and Sree Kanthamneni. Mr Nazarian was on UC for Churchill College Cambridge back in 2005-06; they reached the second round. And the Railwaymen are all train fanatics, no fans of Crewe Alexandra.
Round 1. The Railwaymen went first, chose the Two Reeds, and got the Picture Round: we saw Elvis, then Paul Sinha, and at this point they offered that they all wear white suits. Good call, for three points. The Collectors chose Eye of Horus first: 'com', then 'gem', then 'qual' and finally 'sted'. They got it from the final clue: you ad 'Of' to the start to give names of regulatory bodies. The Railwaymen chose Water next: 'Pointing to your eye', then 'Unfolding your palms', and, again they went for three points, offering 'things you do when playing charades'. Correct, for another three points. Needing to catch up, the Collectors chose Twisted Flax, and got the music set: after hearing three of the clues, none of which I knew, they offered that they are all originally done by someone else and then altered. Not right. The Railwaymen heard the theme to Friends by the Rembrandts; this gave away that they were all by artists who share their names with painters (wording not deliberate to avoid puns), but they didn't see it. For their own question, the Railwaymen chose Lion: 'Llanelli RFC', then 'A for Adultery', then 'Sir Percy Blakeney'; at this point, they buzzed in to offer 'scarlet', which was correct for two points. Left with the Horned Viper, the Collectors saw 'Obama (1965)', then 'Washington My Dear (1968)', then 'Roosevelt Rigby (1966)' and finally 'Hayes in the Sky with Diamonds (1967)'. They got it on the last clue: they are Beatles songs with the forenames of US first ladies in them, with the name changed to the surname. Excellent question! At the end of the first round, the Railwaymen led 8-2.
On to Round 2. The Railwaymen chose Two Reeds first: '31,102 verses', then '1,189 chapters' and then '66 books'; I suggested '2 testaments', as did they, and we were both right for two points. The Collectors chose Twisted Flax: 'Garth Morrison', then 'George Purdy'; they offered 'Samuel Colt', which was not correct. The Railwaymen saw 'Peter Duncan'; I offered 'Bear Grylls' when I saw this, as they are Chief Scouts in order to most recent. But they didn't see it. For their own question, they chose Eye of Horus, and got the picture round: we saw an African lady, then a New York baseball player, then an X-ray. They didn't know, their opponents did: a glass of whiskey. Its the Phonetic alphabet backwards: a Zulu, a New York Yankee, an X-ray, so 'whiskey' would be next. For their own question, the Collectors chose the Horned Viper: 'AZ Alkmaar', then 'Bayern Munich', then 'Netherlands'; this allowed them to offer 'Manchester United' for two points, as the most recent football club to be managed by Louis van Gaal. For their final question, the Railwaymen chose Lion: 'Riots', then 'Death of Lady Thatcher' and then 'Chemical weapons in Syria'; they knew it was causes of parliamentary recalls, but didn't know what came fourth. Nor did their opponents. 'Iraq airstrikes' completed the set. The Collectors were left with Water, and saw 'Ditto', then 'Rhenium', and then 'Michigan'. Again, they didn't know, but the opposition did. They offered 'Fa', the sequence being the major scale: 'do', 'Re', 'Mi' and so on. At the end of the second round, the Railwaymen led 11-5.
The Walls next. The Collectors went first, and chose the Water wall. They spotted a groups of words signifying the start of something and eventually isolated 'Genesis', 'Seed', 'Dawn' and 'Fount'. They spotted other links, and tried various combos, but couldn't isolate any more groups. They were timed out, and left to pick up bonuses from sets they missed. 'Question', 'Water', 'Birth' and 'Trade' are all types of mark, which they knew. 'Stretch', 'Plot', 'Parcel' and 'Belt' are areas of land, which they also knew. 'Barb', 'Fruit', 'Sect' and 'Tract' can all precede 'arian', which they didn't get. Four points there then.
The Railwaymen were left with the Lion wall. Again, they spotted some links, but had trouble isolating groups. Eventually, they managed to lock in 'O Briain', 'Solon', 'Djalili' and 'Whitehall', which are surnames of comedians, and 'Justinian', 'Hammurabi', 'Draco' and 'Moses', which are ancient lawmakers. They were timed out before they could work out the rest, and, again, were left to collect bonuses. 'Negus', 'Glogg', 'Gluhwein' and 'Bishop' are mulled drinks, which they got, while 'Rats', 'Blast', 'Damn' and 'Brother' are exclamations of annoyance, which they also got. Six points there meant they led 17-9 going into the final round.
A bit of a gap for the Collectors, but any gap is theoretically closable in the Missing Vowels round. 'Ways to descend a mountain' went to the Railwaymen 3-0. 'Famous people who lived together' proved very hard, with the sides sharing the points 1-each. Things that 'might contain insects' went to the Railwaymen 2-0, and was timed out after those two questions. At the end of the show, the Railwaymen won 23-10.
Another good match, though not as good as the prior matches. Unlucky Collectors, well done Railwaymen, we'll see you both again in your next matches.
Next week's match: Wayfarers vs Bookworms, and the return of some familiar faces
I'll be back with UC on Monday, and hopefully will get next week's OC done earlier. I'll also try to get Series 1 sorted at some point, but the new stuff gets priority.
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