MASTERMIND Semifinal 1 Part 4

Day 2,463, 14:25 Published in United Kingdom Poland by Lanthanide

Now our final contender, please.

LANTH: Your name.
iADST: iAdrastos.
LANTH: Your occupation.
iADST: Party President of ....................
LANTH: And your specialist subject.
iADST: The Aston Villa Football Club.

5 questions on your specialist subject, followed by 5 general knowledge questions, starting now.


1. What club did AVFC beat in the European Super Cup in 1983?
2. In what year did AVFC first complete the League/FA Cup “double”?
3. How many times did Villa win the FA Cup in the 20th century?
4. In 1982, Aston Villa won the European Cup against what other club?
5. In 2006, Villa played in an England International. What number time was this?
6. In what country is Timbuktu located?
7. What is the largest cut diamond in the world?
8. How many feet are in a mile?
9. Alfred Jingle appears in what Charles Dickens novel?
10. What is France’s longest river?

And iAdrastos's answers:

1. Barcelona (Correct)
2. 1893 (Wrong; 1897)
3. Twice (Wrong; four times)
4. Bayern Munich (Correct)
5. *
6. Mali (Correct)
7. Rosetta Stone (Wrong; Golden Jubilee)
8. 3500ft (Wrong; 5280)
9. No Idea (Pass; The Pickwick Papers)
10. Seine (Wrong; Loire)
* For #5, iAdrastos asked a question for clarification, submitting the other answers beforehand. I gave him additional time to answer, but it ran out. It doesn't count as a pass, however, because he made the honest attempt to answer the question.

So, with 1 pass, iAdrastos scores 3 points!

Here are the standings for tonight's semifinal:

1. Ayame Crocodile (7 points with 1 pass)
2. iAdrastos (3 points with 1 pass)
3. Teppishc (3 points with 2 passes)

And the overall standings:

SEMIFINALISTS
1. Ayame Crocodile (7 with 1)
2. ??????????????? (? with ?)

WILDCARDS
1. iAdrastos (3 with 1)
X. Teppishc (3 with 2)
X. ????????? (? with ?)
X. ????????? (? with ?)

So, unfortunately, this is the end of the road for Teppishc. We wish him well in his future endeavors and hope he comes back for next season.

IN OUR NEXT SEMIFINAL, DR KAWISHIWI, MADELINA DE MELROSE AND ALFAGREM WILL COMPETE FOR THE REMAINING SEMIFINAL SPOT AND THE WILDCARD. WILL THEY KNOCK iADRASTOS OUT OF THE COMPETITION, OR WILL THEY GO DOWN IN FLAMES? FIND OUT IN OUR NEXT EDITION OF MASTERMIND!