Talk:Mastermind (British game show)

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Please add the winner of 2005 Junior Mastermind to this article. I would myself, but I have forgotten. --Jawr256 13:47, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

I've added the format of the game - the intro hinted at this, but didn't give details. I'm also tempted to add the layout - walking up the the black chair must add to the contestant's claustrophobia and nervousness. CS Miller 21:11, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Game show or quiz show

I'm not from the UK so I can't tell if this is a game show or a TV series. Please feel free to correct me based on Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television). Thanks! --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 15:29, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mastermind is a quiz show. There is no 'game' element to it, the aim is solely to accumulate as many points as possible with the time alotted. Martyn Smith 12:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC) (contestant on current series, programme to be broadcast 6 July 2006, 2200 hrs BBC2. So watch it!)[reply]

POV regarding ESPN host

"Unlike Mastermind presenters, Mayne has a very dry, quirky and sometimes sarcastic sense of humor, but did a very good job of keeping the game going; he would quickly jump in if one of the celebrity panelists was tardy in posing their question, so as not to penalise the contestant." This seems a bit much, even if it's true. -Dmh 13:34, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What are your sources for the contestant lists?

In order put the right Chippenham link in Mastermind 2005 Results, I would like to find out which Chippenham Richard Pierce (author and freelance lecturer) comes from (Wiltshire or Cambridgeshire). A quick google search isn't coming up with anything. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Celebrity Mastermind

Some mention of the celebrity version should probably be added to the article, perhaps in the "Versions of Mastermind" section. 81.153.95.107 06:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Linking Magnús Magnússon more than once

Anon ISP editor 82.108,46.34 keeps linking the name Magnus Magnusson, no doubt, with the idea in mind that he needs to link the unaccented version to the article with its accented name Magnús Magnússon. There really is no need for this, as the unaccented link Magnus Magnusson redirects automatically to the article whichever version you use. Dieter Simon 22:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm somewhat disappointed...

How is it that the well-known Israeli adaptation 'Makbilit Hamokhot' is not mentioned here? Siúnrá (talk) 14:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics

I'm currently adding the scoring stats from the last few years. I was wondering if any of you wizards would be able to better sort the data into a more presentable fashion. It might even be worth putting them on a seperate page. Any ideas? My wikipedia are quite basic thought. --ILuveStatsMam (talk) 14:59, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Specialist subject choices

As someone who auditioned for the 2009 season (won by Nancy Dickmann), I'd like to clarify the ruling regarding specialist subjects:

You need to choose four different subjects (assuming you make it to the finals) - but, realistically, you would need about a dozen in reserve, as you cannot have a specialist subject which has been used recently.

In no specific order, I had originally selected Harry Potter (rejected, due to recent use), the Narnia books, the radio series Journey Into Space, Mission Earth by L Ron Hubbard and, when I discovered I couldn't have Harry Potter, I had to think fast on my feet - I think I settled for 70s pop music.

Not that it mattered - I never made it on to the show.

Incidentally, at the audition (I was the only one present), which, in my case, was held at the BBC studios in Bristol, there were two gentlemen. They fired general knowledge questions at me in the style of the show (John Humphrys and the black chair were not present - we used a green room and a normal chair, sat round a table) - they wouldn't tell me how I did.

Over a week later, I got a phone call - I never made it on to the show - they also wouldn't tell me even then how well I did with those questions - I still don't know to this day how many I got right or wrong.

Arthurvasey (talk) 00:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Celebrity scores

Do we want to add the higher scores from the 20th November 2009 Celebrity Mastermind special? Lucy Porter got 35 points and Mark Watson (comedian) 33 points, which in ordinary years would put them among the highest scorers, though I'm not sure how easily you can compare the questions to ordinary series' questions. -- Dandelions, not logged in 82.46.19.84 (talk) 01:57, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]