Mastermind 2005

Mastermind Champion 2005
BBC2 - 8th November
Pat Gibson (Old Dog, Ormskirk League)

Congratulations to Pat Gibson on becoming the 2005 Champion of BBC TV's Mastermind. His specialist subjects were: Round One - Films directed by Quentin Tarantino Semi-Final - 'Culture' Novels of Iain M Banks Final - Father Ted Pat started the series off in convincing style in a very strong heat which included Anthony Martin, formerly of the Ormskirk League. In the semi-final he triumphed with a very impressive score of 35. The final was a closer run thing, after the specialist round Pat was in joint first place with 17 points. He was in the fortunate position of going last in the general knowledge round, knowing that he had a score of 28 to beat. Pictures below:


Top left - unbeknown to Pat he had passed the winning post by correctly answering Prokofiev as the composer of 'Love for Three Oranges' Top right - a moment to savour as John Humphries announced that Pat had scored 31 points Bottom left - the final scores for all six contestants Bottom right - Shaun Wallace, last year's winner, presents the 2005 trophy to Pat, watched by QM John Humphries