The line up for the first ever QU12
| QU12 2007 Heat 1 Final Positions | Round 1 Score | Round 2 Position (Score) | Round 3 Score (Lives left) | |
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| 1 | Pat Gibson | 7 | 4 (13) | 12 (2) |
| 2 | Diane Hallagan | 5 | 2 (12) | 9 (2) |
| 3 | Barry Simmons | 4 | 3 (12) | 7 (2) |
| 4 | Mike Steer | 3 | 1 (12) | 3 (1) |
| 5 | Simon Curtis | 5.5 | 5 (7) | |
| 6 | Lee Warburton | 3 | 6 (2) | |
| 7 | Steve Stenson | 4 | 7 (4) | |
| 8 | Mark Kerr | 8.5 | 8 (1) | |
| 9 | Chuck Hopson | 1 | ||
| 9 | Don Purdy | 1 | ||
| 11 | Kate Cooper | 0.5 | ||
| 12 | Phil Cooper | 0 | ||
The line up for the first ever QU12
The first question was answered correctly by Simon Curtis with "Whoopi Goldberg". In terms of of game play it was the best thing since 15 to 1 grand finals, with nearly 50 questions in twelve minutes. Things fell according to seeding; Newbies Chris, Phil and Kate had a harsh introduction to buzzer quizzing as Mark Kerr went on a points rampage, Pat Gibson just hoovering up those ones from beyond the edge of common knowledge (e.g. Question master - "Dylan Mills.." buzz, Pat - "Dizzy Rascal?"), And Diane Hallagan, Steve Stenson, Lee Warburton and Simon Curtis keeping up the pressure. Barry Simmons, on his own admission took his time to get started and was happy to get "the three graces" well into the latter part of the game to hoist him out of the danger zone. Rookie of the week Mike Steer just did enough to keep himself clear at the end whilst Don Purdie just didn't
The Gameplay was awesome, but the excitement... How Mark Kerr did not qualify will remain alongside Ley Lines, Stonehenge, Lord Lucan, The Mary Celeste and the popularity of Big Brother as one of the mysteries of our time. A huge six on Ludunum (Lyon) opened up his innings, but somehow the game struck. An impressive Mike Steer gained the first twelve points to qualify for the final, after a quiet start Diane Hallagan sat back to realise that either Mark, Barry or Pat were going to be knocked out. Barry Simmons was next through, leaving Pat and Mark on the edge. Mark blew four points on Jade Goody.. Pat blew six points on Freddie Mercury, Simon was one big hit away. The final question of the round went like this:
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For six points, The first publicly available description of what was a document first mentioned on the Internet by Tim Berners-Lee in late 1991?
Mark - Buzz "The World Wide Web?"
For four points, the original document describes 22 elements comprising the initial, relatively simple design, thirteen of these elements still exist in common use
Pat - Buzz "Hyper Text Markup Language"
(Incidentally the final unread parts of the question were:
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The strange thing about this last round is the way the three lives seem like a safety net to a player. In practice I have discovered how fragile security is in round three. Mike Steer discovered the same losing two early lives and being shackled for the remainder of the game, (I thought Ella Fitzgerald was a fantastic answer though). An observer pointed out that Pat Gibson doesn't seem to get that many, he just does... I guess that is the mark of an expert, making it look easy. For about one minute it looked like Diane was going to get back in the game, bringing herself two with two of Pat sitting on eleven, but the final question and Pat's response was reminiscent of Roger Federer's overhead crosscourt smash to beat the great Rafael Nadal one week ago
| Give both finalists in the 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon Men's singles championship |
Pat won.
The sound quality was not great, the presenter was rubbish, the lighting was OK but not perfect, Peter Brook is a smooth professional, totally competent and seamless announcer who makes Roger Tilling sound like Fred Elliot (Roger, I love ya really), the scoring was OK but needs a couple of tweaks, the camera work was OK to good, the editing OK to good, I hope (and think) the content was good, but the contestants. If this show is to be content and contestant led then it is "mission accomplished". On the day I was concerned about stuff, but having watched the takes I am flabergasted. It's brilliant. Now I may be biased 'cos I love quizzes and despair at the current batch on TV, but woah - If the shaowe lasts an hour that is a question every 30 seconds, and some of those questions are long. Jaw dropping speed, great humour and spirit, Mind boggling knowledge and Drama of the highest order. Bring it ON
Next event: Merseyside, 22nd July 2007 - Not at the Victoria, not on the 23rd - Stay Tuned
Borders Bookstore in the Middle of Leeds, this Tuesday the 17th July 2007 between 6 and 9 there will be a quiz. I will bring the buzzers.
Steve (Kidd)