MASTERMIND PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Jonathan Morris,Ken Bentley,Yee Lee Tso,Daphne Ashbrook,Geoffrey Beevers | none | 31 Jul 2013 | Big Finish Productions Ltd | 9781781780831 | English | Maidenhead, United Kingdom Mastermind (board game) - Wikipedia A new algorithm with an embedded genetic algorithm , where a large set of eligible codes is collected throughout the different generations. The quality of each of these codes is determined based on a comparison with a selection of elements of the eligible set. Since this combination is not known, the score is based on characteristics of the set of eligible solutions or the sample of them found by the evolutionary algorithm. In November , Michiel de Bondt proved that solving a Mastermind board is an NP-complete problem when played with n pegs per row and two colors, by showing how to represent any one-in-three 3SAT problem in it. He also showed the same for Consistent Mastermind playing the game so that every guess is a candidate for the secret code that is consistent with the hints in the previous guesses. The Mastermind satisfiability problem is a decision problem that asks, "Given a set of guesses and the number of colored and white pegs scored for each guess, is there at least one secret pattern that generates those exact scores? Varying the number of colors and the number of holes results in a spectrum of Mastermind games of different levels of difficulty. Another common variation is to support different numbers of players taking on the roles of codemaker and codebreaker. The following are some examples of Mastermind games produced by Invicta , Parker Brothers , Pressman , Hasbro , and other game manufacturers:. Computer and Internet versions of the game have also been made, sometimes with variations in the number and type of pieces involved and often under different names to avoid trademark infringement. Mastermind can also be played with paper and pencil. There is a numeral variety of the Mastermind in which a 4-digit number is guessed. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mastermind A completed game of Mastermind. Retrieved 6 August Board Game Geek. Retrieved Archived from the original PDF on Archived from the original on Journal of Recreational Mathematics 25 : — Selected papers on fun and games. Center for the Study of Language and Information. Leuven 1 : 1— Bibcode : arXiv November Radboud University Nijmegen. Nintendo Life. Hidden categories: CS1: abbreviated year range CS1 errors: missing periodical Pages using deprecated image syntax Pages using infobox game with unknown parameters. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. A completed game of Mastermind. Uses numbers instead of colors. The codemaker may optionally give, as an extra clue, the sum of the digits. Handheld electronic version. Willy Gibson of Columbus, Ohio , was the grand champion of the first two series; he was defeated in the second round of the third and final series. In addition he holds the record for the highest ever score on Brain of Britain and has been a member of the Eggheads since that series debut. In August during an edition of Mastermind Champion of Champions , the series champion, Jesse Honey , scored 23 out of 23 on "Flags of the World" in the specialist subject round, an all-time record. He finished as runner-up with a combined score of 36 points, losing out to Pat Gibson by having two more passes. Honey's score was equalled by Iwan Thomas, who scored a record 23 in two-and-half minutes in the general knowledge round in On Junior Mastermind in February , an year-old schoolboy called Callum scored 19 points on his specialist subject, cricketer Andrew Flintoff. However, he did not win, being beaten by one point after achieving a final score of The current record for the overall lowest score is 3 points, set on 21 December in a Celebrity edition by parasport athlete Kadeena Cox , scoring all 3 points on her specialist subject of Arsenal F. She is currently the only ever contestant to score no points in a round. His specialist subject was "The World Chess Championships". The score was equalled in November by gas fitter Michael Burton; he only scored 2 for his specialist subject, Angels. The following is a list of Mastermind champions since It featured the winners of previous series of Mastermind. Contestants sit in a black leather chair, lit by a solitary spotlight in an otherwise dark studio. The inspiration for this was the interrogations faced by the show's creator, Bill Wright , as a prisoner of war in World War II. On one occasion the original black chair was stolen by a group of students during the BBC crew's evening meal break, and held to ransom to raise money for charity. This prank delayed the recording of two programmes. The BBC subsequently commissioned a duplicate chair which was kept locked in the scenery truck at every recording to thwart similar ransom demands. The duplicate chair was never used on air, except in the title sequence, which was recorded in London while the main chair was on the road. Its current whereabouts are unknown. The programme has been the target for many television spoofs, including a Two Ronnies sketch written by David Renwick a less polished version had previously appeared in the Radio 4 series " The Burkiss Way " in , featuring Ronnie Barker as Magnus Magnusson and Ronnie Corbett as a contestant named Charlie Smithers, whose specialist subject was "answering the question before last". In one send-up, which appeared on the television edition of Dead Ringers , the contestant offered to answer questions on Mary Queen of Scots , but when an answer was given, John Humphrys was shown saying "Yes, but you sexed that answer up". The sketch was a reference to the controversy caused by the aftermath of the Iraq War. One episode included Mastermind: The Opera. Another spoof was featured in Armando Iannucci 's The Stupid Version , where a contestant's specialist subject was "The television series Thunderbirds and Lady Penelope's Cockney chauffeur". Also in , Johnny Vaughan 's BBC Three show Live at Johnny's featured a version called Mastermind Rejects —the premise being that the specialist subjects were too ludicrously obscure even for Mastermind. In the final show of the series, Magnus Magnusson took over as the quizmaster—it was the last time he would utter the catchphrase "I've started so I'll finish" on any form of Mastermind. She passes on all but one question, which she answers incorrectly anyway. In , the show was spoofed on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show where the specialist subject was "Britishness", relating to the proposed test immigrants may have to take, to prove they can fit in with British society. The format was different, however, with Wise, then Morecambe, being asked 10 questions each. In The Goodies featured Mastermind in the episode " Frankenfido " when a dog Bill Oddie in a suit appeared on the show and managed to correctly answer questions asked of it as they all had answers that could be represented by growls, such as 'bark' and 'ruff'. In the late s, Noel Edmonds ' radio Sunday lunchtime show used to feature a send-up called "Musty Mind" where a phone-in contestant would be asked ludicrous questions on a parody of a serious subject, such as the "Toad Racing" or, on another occasion, "The Cultural and Social History of Rockall" — Rockall being a bald lump of uninhabited rock in the eastern Atlantic. In one of the parodies the show was called "Masterbrane". Spitting Image used the Mastermind format in a sketch where a Magnus Magnusson puppet asked questions of a Jeffrey Archer puppet whose specialist subject was himself. The twist was that Archer's puppet, being incapable of answering questions about himself without exaggeration or evasion, ends the round with zero points. The BBC's satirical current affairs quiz show Have I Got News for You has parodied the show several times, by turning the lights down — except for spotlights above select chairs — and playing the theme tune, before subjecting at least one of the panel to some rigorous questioning. The second occasion was in , when Magnus Magnusson appeared as a guest. All four panellists were asked questions on this occasion. In his early routines Bill Bailey would often parody the Mastermind music, finding it very sinister. He would then play the music on keyboard with an over-the- top hellish sounding climax. In the last episode of " Is It Bill Bailey? As the camera panned out it became evident that the chair itself was on a platter, slowly turning in a giant microwave oven. Unbeknown to the experts, the show was a hoax, and incorrect answers were included to frustrate them whenever they supplied the correct answer. Berry chose his specialist subject as Alton Towers and only scored 3 points before a blackout, in which he apparently shoots the host after being told to sit down. Fulcher chooses ' Anglo-Saxon architecture ', though displays no knowledge of the subject and makes up answers such as 'Toto from The Wizard Of Oz ' and ' Elvis ', and scoring no points. Using the back-up chair from the Mastermind studio, each team member chose a specialist subject, only to have them swapped before being questioned in the chair on their randomly selected subject and general knowledge. Ant won. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirected from Mastermind TV series. British quiz show. For the Irish version, see Mastermind Irish game show. The Guardian. The show … was the brainchild of the TV producer Bill Wright…, who drew on his wartime experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo.