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[Throbbing Angel]

Days of the week one?

Did anyone else shout "...Happy Days" when they started reading the days of the week out?

We don't take it very seriously.

 

[danski]

I got one on this but it feels harder earned than the ten I got on university challenge (I’ll probably get none next week)

 

[Chz]

I actually got a couple of Wall groups. My usual is none. The 13yo got one regular question and one Wall group and was really chuffed. (so was I, tbf)

 

[Chz]

I got one on this but it feels harder earned than the ten I got on university challenge (I’ll probably get none next week)

First round UC is quite noticeably easier than later rounds. It's just that last series' finals are what's stuck in your head, so you think you've turned brilliant over the summer.

 

[danski]

First round UC is quite noticeably easier than later rounds. It's just that last series' finals are what's stuck in your head, so you think you've turned brilliant over the summer.

I might have

 

[scifisam]

I got most of them. smug Course, it's hard to tell at home if me saying them out loud before the contestants also means I'd have pressed the buzzer first.

Except the first round, which I always find the hardest - only got a couple of those. The board and the missing vowels are usually quite easy, though it probably helps that I've been to all those castles.

And for the "things you might share with partners" I went for username, which I would argue is also acceptable.

 

[scifisam]

On a vaguely related topic, on Celebrity Mastermind Clive Myrie asked what city the Mannekin Pis is in. The celeb got it wrong, but probably because Myrie said Mannekin "pee," but fumbled the word Mannekin and really stressed the Pee (maybe he'd been sitting in the host's chair too long...), which made it sound like the letter P.

It's pronounced piss - it's Flemish/Dutch, not French.

Can understand why the Beeb doesn't want to broadcast that word, but better not to ask the question than get it wrong.

 

[Maggot]

Anyone watch it last night? One of the clues was Numberwang, although Victoria said it was from Armstrong and Miller, it was actually from her husband's show, Mitchell and Webb. Am guessing it was a deliberate mistake otherwise things could be awkward in the MItchell household.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Anyone watch it last night? One of the clues was Numberwang, although Victoria said it was from Armstrong and Miller, it was actually from her husband's show, Mitchell and Webb. Am guessing it was a deliberate mistake otherwise things could be awkward in the MItchell household.

Yeah, I noticed that.

I assumed she was taking the piss.

 

[Santino]

Is it me, or have they stopped mentioning which Russell Group university the contestants went to when doing their introduction?

 

[Chz]

Is it me, or have they stopped mentioning which Russell Group university the contestants went to when doing their introduction?

I don't think it was ever common to do so, unless the whole team met there. Usually says they have "a degree" in something where appropriate, but that's it.

 

[Idaho]

I hate introductions in quiz shows. Couldn't care less who you are, and I will immediately forget whatever's said. If I'm watching on iPlayer I ffw through them.

 

[kabbes]

Did I say that we applied to be on for next year? We probably won’t be selected for the next round but we’ll find out one way or other by end of January

 

[Santino]

I don't think it was ever common to do so, unless the whole team met there. Usually says they have "a degree" in something where appropriate, but that's it.

Well you're wrong

 

[Santino]

Did I say that we applied to be on for next year? We probably won’t be selected for the next round but we’ll find out one way or other by end of January

Who's 'we'?

 

[kabbes]

Who's 'we'?

Me, the kabbess and a friend of ours (and his wife as the putative sub). To be honest, our friend wasn’t as good as we’d hoped. We need a third member who’s closer to my lofty level, if such a thing were only possible.

 

[Santino]

Me, the kabbess and a friend of ours (and his wife as the putative sub). To be honest, our friend wasn’t as good as we’d hoped. We need a third member who’s closer to my lofty level, if such a thing were only possible.

And what crappy team name are they likely to lumber you with?

 

[ouirdeaux]

I thought you got to choose your own.

 

[Chz]

Well you're wrong

The oldest episode I could find was a Series 3 semifinal. No mention of schools there, so it's been at least 17 series.
It's worth mentioning though that the contestants are the ones that come up with their "interesting" info. I'm sure Oxbridge grads feel that's their most interesting feature and tend to work it in.

 

[kabbes]

And what crappy team name are they likely to lumber you with?

We all met as actuaries (although one of us no longer is and I am not really any more) so we went with “statistically speaking”. I prefer my other friend’s suggestion, though, which was “the factuaries”

 

[JimW]

I Think You'll Find... leaving the "actuary" implied,

 

[Santino]

The oldest episode I could find was a Series 3 semifinal. No mention of schools there, so it's been at least 17 series.
It's worth mentioning though that the contestants are the ones that come up with their "interesting" info. I'm sure Oxbridge grads feel that's their most interesting feature and tend to work it in.

I found series 3 ep 7 and of 6 contestants 2 are mentioned as having gone to Oxford.

 

[Maggot]

I found series 3 ep 7 and of 6 contestants 2 are mentioned as having gone to Oxford.

How many old episodes have you watched to try and prove your point?

 

[Dystopiary]

.

 

[Santino]

How many old episodes have you watched to try and prove your point?

Hush

 

[Idaho]

I found series 3 ep 7 and of 6 contestants 2 are mentioned as having gone to Oxford.

But no other Russel group universities are mentioned?

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I don't remember the contestants routinely mentioning their universities. Was that a long time ago?

 

[Santino]

I found another one with a team of one SOAS graduate, one Sussex student and one undisclosed.

 

[Idaho]

I found another one with a team of one SOAS graduate, one Sussex student and one undisclosed.

And what's your conclusion after this exhaustive investigation?

 

[Santino]

And what's your conclusion after this exhaustive investigation?

They used to mention what university people had been to and now they don't, probably because it made them look like up-themselves twats.