Thread: Worst ever master mind score..... And his specialist subject was attaturk!

Mastermind's lowest-ever score

A Mastermind contestant has set a record low score after getting only five points in last Friday's show – the worst result in the 37-year run of the BBC Two quiz show.

Kajen Thuraaisingham failed to impress when answering questions on his specialist subject - the life of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.

The 28-year-old software analyst from London said in a statement through the BBC after the show: "I tried my best but it wasn't my night."

Despite a promising start, Thuraaisingham only answered four questions correctly on his specialist subject, and later won just one point in the general knowledge round.

Mastermind host John Humphrys expressed his commiserations to the unlucky contender. He added: "It's the black chair syndrome. No matter how hard you prepare for a show, the mind can just go blank when you're in that chair and the lights are on you."

Kajen Thuraaisingham broke a record previously held by contestant Michael Burton, who scored only seven points just two months ago.

OH DEAR WONDER WHAT THE QUESTION WERE AND IF ANYONE ON THIS FORUM COULD HAVE DONE ANY BETTER ON THE SUBJECT OF THE GREAT ATTATURK?

I wonder what the questions are? lol I would have been useless because i'm still learning about Ataturk!!

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hope we get copy of question's soon :)

These were the general questions http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...st-points.html Trying to find the Attaturk ones!

1: Which insects got their name from the ancient superstition that they crawl into the ears of sleeping people? (KT: "Ants")

2: One of the taglines of which 2001 blockbuster film was "December 7th 1941, it was a Sunday morning"? (KT: "Pass")

3: In Greek mythology what did Prometheus steal from the gods? He was punished for this by being chained to a rock where an eagle ate his constantly replenished liver. (KT: "Pass")

4: Pierre is the capital of which American state? (KT: "Vermont")

5: What do people suffering from trichotillomania have a compulsion to do? (KT: "Pass")

6: The American ambassador's London residence Winfield House was sold to the United States for $1 by which chain store heiress? (KT: "Hilton")

7: The "Heroic" in a Flat Major Opus 53 is one of 16 of Chopin's works in the form of which dance? (KT: "Pass")

8: In women's gymnastics, the uneven bars on which swinging routines are performed are also known by what name? (KT: "Trapeze")

9: Whose 1770 poem The Deserted Village describes the appalling effects of the enclosure acts on the rural poor? (KT: "Pass")

10: Ursus Maritimus is the scientific name for which bear? (KT: "Polar") CORRECT ANSWER

11: Le Maillon Faible is the French television version of which British quiz show? (KT: "Mastermind")

12: The Halle Orchestra is based in which venue in Manchester? (KT: "Salford")

13: A device capable of storing electricity consisting of conducting plates separated by a layer of insulating material is given what name? (KT: "Battery")

14: Which Warwickshire town granted its royal prefix by Queen Victoria in 1838 claims to be the home of England's first lawn tennis club? (KT: "Pass")

15: What word can mean a joint of pork, to pawn, or a German white wine? (KT: "Pass")

you can watch the progreamme if you are on a UK I/P address on
http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/mastermind#
maybe someone from the uk and copy the questions and ANSWERS?

Cool :) thank's for the link, i'm going to watch that cheers for sharing, some of the wrong answers he gave i would of got! he must of been a bit thick!! haha