I inherited this same edition with that box art from my parents who lived in the UK in the 80s. What's the deal with the Asian gal and the most uninteresting man in the world?

Was this an old TV show or something, does anyone know?

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

There was a UK quiz show called Mastermind (it may even still be going, I'm not sure), so it may have been trying to ape the aesthetic of that.

Unlike more quiz shows, Mastermind was presented in a fairly serious tone, contestants sat alone on a black leather chair answering 2 minutes of quick fire questions on their chosen specialist subject, under intense spotlights, somewhat similar to the trope of interrogation techniques with the light being shone directly in the face.

Although this board game really had no similarities in content to the show, they could well have been trying to gain some of the show's mystique (for want of a better term) by making it look quite serious.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought he was just going for the bond villain aethetic. You know a ~~criminal~~mastermind

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, definitely a bit of that too.

There may be no relation to the BBC show at all, of course - but it's been my head canon since I saw one of these games a long time ago! 😁

[–] SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep. I remember Mastermind, and it's still going. But I thought that there was some other show around that time I just missed as a kid.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, quite possibly, I'm not sure tbh 🙂

[–] OriginalUsername7@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

it may even still be going, I'm not sure

It is!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's started, so it won't finish!

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 weeks ago

As far as I recall they weren't anyone special, just some models.