Mastermind

I remember as a child that Ma Davie was a huge fan of University Challenge and Mastermind. She loved answering the questions and to be fair she generally did pretty well. I used to listen to her and think she was very intelligent and would I ever reach that level of intelligence. Of course I knew I would and even at the tender age of 11 I was aware that Ma Davie had many years more experience than me and had read more books and therefore it was only a matter of time before I became that intelligent. I am watching Mastermind as I type. Has this been dumbed down ? I could never answer any questions and now it all seems fairly straight forward and I could certainly make a guess at a lot of the questions rather than pass. And there has been a woman on who chose "The Sopranos" as her specialist subject !! Really - is this allowable? In the 1980's they picked subjects such as "the life and works of some obscure musician" or "King Henry VIII's life between 1508 and 1511". Now someone is picking their favourite TV programme ? I could go and answer questions about the Bill or Neighbours and presumably win this competition. Unbelievable.