LightSpeed Individual Open Buzzer Quiz 2015

Tournament 8 Fastermind final, Sunday 13^th December

Results

If he doesn't mind, I will start with Chris's facebook post about this, as I struggle to articulate my thoughts.

Well, what a day!
Firstly, superb donation to MSF - well done everybody. Wonderful hospitality - special thanks to Jules, you were terrific!
Two things stood out for me - Michael and Mark contesting Wrestlemania questions so ferociously and Clive getting dismantled on Philip Larkin. Totally entertaining!
I come from a large family that is highly competitive (particularly the boys) and playing LSQ is like being back at home - I love the competition but also just enjoy your company and having a laugh - thank you all so much for that. Huge thanks to Steve for bringing it all together and writing so many excellent questions.
Chris Curtis
14 December at 10:37

This was an end of year special, where all tourney points were doubled, and people got ten questions on their specialist subjects, for which their scores were also doubled. Though we played with handicaps for the net medal, no money was given as prizes, each player donated £20 which went to Médecins Sans Frontières, consequently everybody has blagged 20 points on their subsequent starts (£400 altogether, no amount of thanks is sufficient). The players and topics were

Tilt 01: Genealogy, chosen by Vince O'Connorr
Tilt 02: Non League Football, chosen by Ashton Davies
Tilt 03: 21st Century TV Science Fiction, chosen by Drax Steve Childs
Tilt 04: Dinnerladies, chosen by Debs McDonald
Tilt 04.5: Original 150 Pokémon + 1st series and film, chosen by Mike Lees
Tilt 05: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies 1930-1965, chosen by Martin Pampell
Tilt 06: British Athletics 1980-2000, chosen by Chris Curtis
Tilt 07: Geographical locations of Horse Racing Courses in the UK, chosen by Mark Preston
Tilt 08: Doctor Who; the Tom Baker years, chosen by Mark Laycock
Tilt 09: The Beautiful South, chosen by Steve Rhodes
Tilt 10: Perfect World, chosen by Sam Roberts
Tilt 11: WrestleManias 1 to 10, chosen by Michael McPartland
Tilt 12: Phillip Larkin, chosen by Clive Dunning

Each tilt comprised 10 questions on the sepecialist topic and 15 general, apart from tilt 4 that squeezed in 2 specialist topics and 5 general

I still can't make my mind up if it was the most spectacular dénouement imaginable or World War Q, or both. It has taken me a week to visit the results and put the tables up, to a degree because I was anxious to confirm what happened. It did anyhoo, with Chris Curtis harvesting up the huge points for the winner's spot, and significantly, for the year's championship, Michael McPartland coming second, and Ashton Davies and Sam Roberts restricting the hot favourite, Clive Dunning to a joint fourth thus allowing Michael the laurels. Just look at positions 3,4, and 5 on the day, and bear in mind that the last of 300 questions was a draw between....

The fillums take some grind to turn out, especially with my incompetent direction, but after working on a 15 minute tilt for six hours, there is nothing I enjoy more than watching it with a cup of tea! The humour of the players, that's what I love.

There will be a 2016 review page going up, but give us a chance.

The films are going up to the following playlist (Nb. you can navigate around the 12 tilts using the buttons around the embeded playlist, play around with them, share them!),

LightSpeed Quiz 2015 Tournament 8 Fastermind, Video playlist.