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I have missed a few recently as the side effects of antibiotics made me rather jaded but watched Mastermind and University Challenge, and part of Only Connect (I hardly ever get them. Last night I got annoyed at both Mastermind and University Challenge.

In Mastermind it was a question about the first James Bond film. The answer given and accepted was Dr No starring Sean Connery. In fact it was Casino Royale starring David Niven five years earlier!

In University Challenge Amol Rajan robbed a St Andrews player of points because of a sub-second delay between answers!

I am not keen on he presenters of either programme. Clive because he endlessly repeats the basics each and every programme, and Amol he seems inconsistent on what he allows and disallows.

Correction in fact Dr No was the right answer. I fell victim to internet misinformation!
 
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I completely agree, especially with Casino Royale and David Niven - there was a chap who was very familiar with Monte Carlo and the casino plus with his friends, first introduced water skiing to that part of the world.

So very very cruel that MND seems to pick so many 'fine figures of men'.
 
MikeyBikey said:
In University Challenge Amol Rajan robbed a St Andrews player of points because of a sub-second delay between answers!
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I thought that was harsh, although to be fair, by the time the guy started to say the name, Amol had also started to say it. It didn’t make any difference in the end, as UCL were ahead by quite a way at that point. (Yes, I do have an axe to grind here, as a UCL graduate)
 
MikeyBikey said:
In Mastermind it was a question about the first James Bond film. The answer given and accepted was Dr No starring Sean Connery. In fact it was Casino Royale starring David Niven five years earlier!
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According to IMDb Dr No was 1962 and David Niven's Casino Royale was 1967....???

What amused me on Only Connect was the answer 'types of meters'. The team that won the point had no idea what a Snickometer was and the other team had to explain.
 
Martin.A said:
According to IMDb Dr No was 1962 and David Niven's Casino Royale was 1967....???

What amused me on Only Connect was the answer 'types of meters'. The team that won the point had no idea what a Snickometer was and the other team had to explain.
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I just looked on Rotten Tomatoes and you are absolutely right. Some year ago I read that David Niven was the first James Bond which seemed right as it was outside the main Bond franchise.. In fact he came between Sean Connery and George Lazenby, and appeared intermittently a few more times. I thought the worse Bond was Roger Moore.
 
MikeyBikey said:
I just looked on Rotten Tomatoes and you are absolutely right. Some year ago I read that David Niven was the first James Bond which seemed right as it was outside the main Bond franchise.. In fact he came between Sean Connery and George Lazenby, and appeared intermittently a few more times. I thought the worse Bond was Roger Moore.
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Perhaps the confusion is because apparently Ian Fleming wanted David Niven to play James Bond in 'Dr No'.
 
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