University Challenge 19/20

[Maggot]

New series starts tonight, BBC2 8.30. Paxo in charge as always

 

[Pickman's model]

Not tonight, I want to watch stranger things

 

[mwgdrwg]

For a first round I thought the questions were particularly hard. Maybe I'm getting dumber.

 

[chilango]

Oxford and Cambridge will get loads of extra teams as per usual.

 

[Chz]

Very little chance that my new employer is involved (Westminster), so I'll continue to root for any team that's not Oxbridge.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I got Avogadro's Constant last night and went nuts. Also a couple of Wilfried Owen questions, a geography and a couple of classical music - 6 or 7 right answers total, definitely a good score by my usual standards. Normally I only watch for the haircuts.

 

[Pickman's model]

I got Avogadro's Constant last night and went nuts. Also a couple of Wilfried Owen questions, a geography and a couple of classical music - 6 or 7 right answers total, definitely a good score by my usual standards. Normally I only watch for the haircuts.

so you can refresh your own hairstyle when you next visit the barber?

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

so you can refresh your own hairstyle when you next visit the barber?

Absolutement, mon petit filous. I'm currently sporting "the Freddie Leo" look from the last series, seeking inspiration for future crimes against cranial topiary.

 

[Maggot]

Very close one tonight. The scores were level and one of the Bristol team answered incorrectly and cost his team the whole game.

 

[belboid]

Close but both a bit rubbish. And all from the Home Counties...

 

[ffsear]

Those football questions really terrifies them..

 

[tim]

New series starts tonight, BBC2 8.30. Paxo in charge as always

Clearly not as always!

Para bailar el Bamber
Para bailar el Bamber
Se necessita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia…

Clearly the episode above dates from sometime before Ireland won its independence

 

[weepiper]

Bristol had a fine collection of ears.

 

[belboid]

Paxo will actually have presented for longer than Bambi by the time this series finishes

 

[Orang Utan]

Bristol had a fine collection of ears.

one of the best things about University Challenge is the parade of interesting faces. Esp as they're so young mostly and haven't quite grown into their features yet.

 

[JimW]

And the terrifying thought they'll be running the country in my dotage.

 

[belboid]

That was the rubbishest show ever. 155 points between the two of them? Awful

 

[Orang Utan]

That was the rubbishest show ever. 155 points between the two of them? Awful

Aye, though Paxman was being such a shit about them not knowing some classical music - what kind of a world does he live in? Obviously one in which people play classical music at weddings.

 

[Maggot]

I got the same score as Wolfson on my own.

 

[belboid]

Aye, though Paxman was being such a shit about them not knowing some classical music - what kind of a world does he live in? Obviously one in which people play classical music at weddings.

Doubly bad as he was being patronising incorrectly. Me and mrsb immediately recognised Ave Maria, we just didn’t know who wrote it. Same as the teams I bet.

 

[planetgeli]

That was the rubbishest show ever. 155 points between the two of them? Awful

Christ that’s bad. Haven’t seen it. Did one of them even get 100 points?

 

[belboid]

115-40. One guy did quite well, the rest were useless

 

[imposs1904]

115-40. One guy did quite well, the rest were useless

Who was playing?

 

[belboid]

Who was playing?

posh on posh violence.

Wolfson lost. The only famous alma mater paxo could come up with was Eric Monkman. Which is a bit odd as Carrie Lam went there too

 

[Pickman's model]

i'd enjoy uc more if they stopped having college teams from oxford and cambridge and were forced to field one oxford and one cambridge team. there's about 80% more students at ucl than there are at the whole of the university of cambridge.

 

[imposs1904]

posh on posh violence.

Wolfson lost. The only famous alma mater paxo could come up with was Eric Monkman. Which is a bit odd as Carrie Lam went there too

I had to look Wolfson up. Never heard of it.

I have to wait a year to watch UC, when some kind soul puts episodes on YouTube.

 

[belboid]

I thought he said Eric Cartman at first. Which was confusing.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I have to wait a year to watch UC, when some kind soul puts episodes on YouTube.

This channel puts them up not long after broadcast:

Dave Garda

 

[skyscraper101]

 

[Maggot]

Don't remember seeing both sides having female captains before.

And Jones was amazing, she was so good that Paxo resorted to ridiculing her when she got one wrong!