25-09-2023, 09:34 PM
(25-09-2023, 06:57 PM)Ash101 Wrote: On Only Connect, wasn't it something to do with her running joke about murder mystery novels at the start of the episode? I'll be honest, I must've zoned out/didn't take full note of the reason either.
No, this is wrong. I watched the episode using 100% concentration and I can confirm that a reason for the mask was not stated. There was no reference to the mask at all, despite the fact she appeared to be wearing it throughout the whole episode.
I did think at first that perhaps someone had accidentally routed BBC Two via one of those apps that applies a mask filter but Amol Rajan was not wearing a mask on University Challenge straight afterwards and if it was a routing error, then the mistake should not be present on the BBC iPlayer version. I'm inclined to believe that she was actually wearing a mask during the recording and no CGI was involved at all.
I already mentioned University Challenge, so I'll mention Mastermind too. There was a gentlemen on the show last week, George Twigg, who claims to have been on Mastermind, Only Connect and University Challenge. He also claimed this is called the Quizzy Monday Hat-trick. Is that a real thing? Did he really achieve it? How common is that? Is he unique?
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