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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

Past news

December 2004	International quizzing event in Ghent
March-October 2004	MQL successes on WWTBAM
November 2003	Andy Page wins Mastermind 2003
August 2003	MQL success in 2003 British Quiz Championships
November 2002	MQL members scoop top prize at Quizalympics
October 2002	Jim McGrath wins £64k ITV's Millionaire
August 2002	Pontefract - BQA Grand Prix
May 2002	Milton Keynes - BQA Grand Prix
March 2002	John Wilson wins first BQA Grand Prix
10th November 2001	MQL well represented at first BQA Championships
21st September 2001	Derek Moody wins Channel 4's Number One
July 2001	Double success on Channel 4's Number One
June 2001	S&F defeated in North v South Challenge
March 2001	MQL stalwarts on Fifteen to One.
January 2001	Alan Gibbs sets unwanted Fifteen to One record.
27th November 2000	Graham Barker is runner-up on R4's Brain of Britain
22nd September 2000	John Kerridge wins BBC 2's The Weakest Link
15th September 2000	Cohorts (S&F League) win BBC 1's Syndicate
4th September 2000	Dag Griffiths appears on ITV's The People Versus
31st July 2000	Phil Duffy is runner-up on Radio 4's Mastermind
14th June 2000	Dag Griffiths wins Channel 4's Fifteen to One
10th June 2000	MQL victorious in North v South Challenge
6th October 1999	MQL celebrated its 40th anniversary