Rey_Piste Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Joey Deacon was one of the picture clues on Only Connect this week. Bae Vicky C didn’t do an impersonation of him though, or called the losing team a bunch of Joeys. <Gammon> It's PC gone mad! I'm going to write to my MP and Points of View about this!</Gammon> Edited February 25, 2020 by Rey_Piste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Monkee Posted February 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 25, 2020 TIL you have to list FIVE specialist subjects to apply for Mastermind. I only have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, Monkee said: TIL you have to list FIVE specialist subjects to apply for Mastermind. I only have one. Which is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Monkee Posted February 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Which is? Band of Brothers. Unless they’d also accept ‘Keanu Reeves Films 1986-2000’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Don’t they have to be different areas of subject too? Basically to stop people just picking different TV shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Monkee Posted February 25, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 25, 2020 There’s no other guidance - that’s what I was looking for. For example, I know you can’t just pick *a* film or *a*book because the range of questions would be too limited so I was wondering what the criteria would be. You’re just asked for your 5 specialist subjects and the order you’d choose them for the heats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I know you're not allowed to pick Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Blackadder, Chronicles of Narnia or Roald Dahl as your specialist subject anymore as they've run out of questions for many of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 need to avoid popular topics too, they've said in the past that Harry Potter is banned because they get hundreds of people picking it every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 You can thank Shaun from The Chase for that. When he won it he had three different football subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 We can't watch it anymore, the beeps at the end of the round terrify my dog. Dishwasher, Washing Machine, Smart Meter, all fine but these specific beeps send him cowering into the corner. He's never truly got over the Magnusson's death it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Milano Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Keith Houchen said: Joey Deacon was one of the picture clues on Only Connect this week. Bae Vicky C didn’t do an impersonation of him though, or called the losing team a bunch of Joeys. I had no idea who the photo was of and just thought it was some random old geezer. I did recognize Ecky Thump as being from The Goodies and being a fictional martial art in the wall round. My crowning moment on that show was when the Fountains at Caesar's Palace was in clue one and I was in with "things that Evil Knievel jumped over". My one and only five pointer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I’ve had a few five pointers over the years. The only one I can remember off hand was “1923 FA Cup final” White horse[\spoiler] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 The thing that pisses me off more than anything about Mastermind (apart from the fact I keep being rejected) is just how many people pass knowing this is detrimental to them when it comes to scoring. Just give an answer! Answer all the questions with Keith Houchen if you have to. It’ll be right for one of them (I’ll leave it up to you all to think of a question for that answer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Magnum Milano said: I had no idea who the photo was of and just thought it was some random old geezer. I did recognize Ecky Thump as being from The Goodies and being a fictional martial art in the wall round. My crowning moment on that show was when the Fountains at Caesar's Palace was in clue one and I was in with "things that Evil Knievel jumped over". My one and only five pointer. I got the Star Wars question this week, not much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 minute ago, SuperBacon said: The thing that pisses me off more than anything about Mastermind (apart from the fact I keep being rejected) is just how many people pass knowing this is detrimental to them when it comes to scoring. Just give an answer! Answer all the questions with Keith Houchen if you have to. It’ll be right for one of them (I’ll leave it up to you all to think of a question for that answer) The idea is that if they answer then they'll be given the right answer there and then, passing saves a couple of seconds each time which might mean an extra question to answer at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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