What would your Mastermind specialist subjects be?

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The rules: you need 3 (for the heat, semi-final and final) and they can’t be anything to do with your job. Can be as populist or erudite as you fancy!

It’s ok if they’ve been done before.

Mine would be:
Cabin Pressure (radio show)
Green Wing (TV show)
The life and works of Alan Rickman

Scout badges
Scott Mariani novels
Mumsnet

Cary Grant
Grace Kelly
LS Lowry.

.1. The Skandar books
.2. Harry Potter
.3. Ghosts UK

Friends
Classic Corrie
How DLA works and what evidence you need to claim it .

1. The Archers.
2. The novels of Ann Cleeves. (I'd have to read the ones that aren't Vera, Shetland and the new Devon one first!)
3. The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. I'd have to watch them all again, which would be a positive pleasure.

All for nothing if the General Knowledge questions mentioned too much about sport, hard science or popular entertainment, though!

Interesting responses!
i’m not knowledgeable enough about anything to be able to be confident enough to even choose 😂

Predicting what food my dc will decide they want to eat, and having it in the house
Packing for holidays with 4 dc
Renovating houses efficiently

1. The Harry Potter series Book 1-7.
2. London Underground Stations architecture.
3. The life of artist Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-1653.

The Aubrey/Maturin books
The life & times of Thomas Cromwell
The Emperor Claudius

Hoping that there won't be any sports questions in the General Knowledge rounds!

I have actually been on Mastermind, did very well on my specialist subject (a little less well on general knowledge so I didn't go through). I won't get too specific, but I choose the life and works of an author I had recently read a biography on.

I think the key is picking a subject that is not too broad. The writer I picked didn't have too many books. I wouldn't fancy having to learn all about Agatha Christie's back catalogue! A better subject might be the Miss Marple books only for example.

The life & works of Celine Dion

The princess diaries
Queen Victoria
Teen 00s dramas The Ov, Gossip Girl etc

1. Alien (the film)
2. 70s rock
3. Public health legislation

Who said what to whom and when, in the BBC Pride and Prejudice. 😂
Dd1’s would be the same, we often use phrases from the series. E.g. I often find things ‘extremely vexing! And I’m quite put out!

The life and music of Judie Tzuke
Gavin and Stacey
The Poldark novels

@Heyhoherewegoagain

1. How to look busy when dh wfh whilst doing fuck all.

Can you teach me this invaluable skill?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (DD1 also expert ..we can throw quotes at eachother and name the episode etc)
Dr Who
Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals (DS2 autistic passion!)

Jane Austen
Starsky and Hutch
Horses

The published novels of Jane Austen
The IT Crowd

@LightDrizzle we should have a Jane Austen-off!

Would love to see someone on MM answer questions on Cabin Pressure, you should do it!

It’s been done once - have a search on YouTube!

I’m sure it would be allowed again but personally I’m not applying as I would choke in the general knowledge round…

Harry Potter
Anne Boleyn
The life of William Parry, Elizabethan spy

1. mumsnet acronyms
2. wasting Time
3. chocolate

1. Alan Partridge
2. Gavin & Stacey
3. Only Fools and horses

I’d do well on the general knowledge round too I reckon.