Brain strain

On top of "University Challenge", "Only Connect" and "Mastermind" (UK), I'm now regularly playing along with "Brain Of Britain 2022". The 12 heats of "B/O/B" are over and it's time for the finals.

My scores for those dozen qualifying episodes were: 10, 17, 10, 10, 9, 14, 13, 12, 12, 15, 12, 14. Which is an average of 12.33 correct answers per ep.

I usually felt like I'd done better than 2-3 of the four contestants, but I was always humbled by at least one of them. Then again, even Gail Trimble - remembered for perhaps the greatest "Uni Challenge" performance ever - didn't manage to win her heat. (She may sneak through to the next round as a high-scoring loser. I didn't pay attention to that aspect of the heats.)

"Brain Of Britain" is an easygoing affair. In the 12th episode, there was a question on who had written a trio of named F/SF novels. "That would be the beautiful Tanith Lee," answered the contestant, correctly and amusingly. "The beautiful Tanith Lee," echoed the host.