The safest specialist subject for me would be Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, but I could probably do a decent job on the Salem Witch Trials or the 1964-1970 Labour Government.
Ooh, don't know. Probably something I know a bit about already but which is narrow enough that it would be relatively easy to revise.
I note from the wikipedia entry that the 1975 winner's specialist subjects were pretty much the cyllabus for one of my A-levels. Also, I wonder what was wrong with 'The banana industry' as a specialist subject.
It always surprises me that some people get away with remarkably narrow specialist subjects. 'The anglican cathedral in Liverpool' - that's one building and it's not even particularly old. Compare to 'French literature', 'The history of Wales 400-1100', or 'Solar System'.
I'm assuming Durham Student Union, 1998-2001 and/or The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey would be too specific? I could make a pretty good stab at The Archers, Graham Greene and Noel Streatfeild...
I think I'm too much of a generalist for Mastermind. I have a rather broad knowledge of various subjects, but it's really not deep enough.
When I was in my teens, though, there was a German version of the show on national television, and I was aghast that the guy who'd chosen The X-Files as his focus knew so little about what was then my favourite show. My 16-year-old self would have stumped him.
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Date: 2010-07-21 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-21 02:32 pm (UTC)I note from the wikipedia entry that the 1975 winner's specialist subjects were pretty much the cyllabus for one of my A-levels. Also, I wonder what was wrong with 'The banana industry' as a specialist subject.
It always surprises me that some people get away with remarkably narrow specialist subjects. 'The anglican cathedral in Liverpool' - that's one building and it's not even particularly old. Compare to 'French literature', 'The history of Wales 400-1100', or 'Solar System'.
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Date: 2010-07-21 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-21 03:41 pm (UTC)When I was in my teens, though, there was a German version of the show on national television, and I was aghast that the guy who'd chosen The X-Files as his focus knew so little about what was then my favourite show. My 16-year-old self would have stumped him.
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Date: 2010-07-21 07:22 pm (UTC)