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A Mastermind contestant has achieved the show's lowest ever score - with one point.
Simon Curtis passed the first three questions in his specialist subject, then eventually answered one - but got it wrong.
He plodded on, passing another eight questions and getting three wrong, eventually managing his sole score for knowing Jim Carrey's record $20million contract was for The Cable Guy.
Curtis said his obvious mistake had been to pick the specialist subject of Carrey films at random. "I just plucked the topic out of the air," he claimed. "I like Jim Carrey films but I think the mistake I made was not watching them again."
"John Humphrys ended up asking me about things in the movies rather than simply black-and-white facts so I was stumped," he continued. "I knew two or three of the answers as soon as he said them but once you have gone through nine or 10 questions and you don't know the answers your mind does go blank.
"I was embarrassed but I had to go straight back for the general knowledge round. I wished a hole would swallow me up. I've told everyone for the past six months since it was filmed not to watch it."
Quizmaster John Humphrys said he felt for the failure. "I think his mind just went blank," he commented. "You get people who are immensely knowledgeable and then it won't come."
Simon Curtis passed the first three questions in his specialist subject, then eventually answered one - but got it wrong.
He plodded on, passing another eight questions and getting three wrong, eventually managing his sole score for knowing Jim Carrey's record $20million contract was for The Cable Guy.
Curtis said his obvious mistake had been to pick the specialist subject of Carrey films at random. "I just plucked the topic out of the air," he claimed. "I like Jim Carrey films but I think the mistake I made was not watching them again."
"John Humphrys ended up asking me about things in the movies rather than simply black-and-white facts so I was stumped," he continued. "I knew two or three of the answers as soon as he said them but once you have gone through nine or 10 questions and you don't know the answers your mind does go blank.
"I was embarrassed but I had to go straight back for the general knowledge round. I wished a hole would swallow me up. I've told everyone for the past six months since it was filmed not to watch it."
Quizmaster John Humphrys said he felt for the failure. "I think his mind just went blank," he commented. "You get people who are immensely knowledgeable and then it won't come."
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