― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link
"what's 'amped' mean then?"
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I found it strange that they didn't know what COBOL or SQL were yet got the (IMO) more obscure Ada question right.
University Challenge makes me realise how much stuff there is that I don't know. I'm usually chuffed to bits if I get a run of Starter + 3 Bonuses correct.
Discovered a fairly good quiz show called Eggheads yesterday while I was off work. A team of "boffins" (I think most of them are former champions of 15-to-1 or similar) is challenged by a different team of plebs every episode. Plebs can win £20000, boffins just get to be smug about being clever. Plebs won yesterday for the first time in umpteen episodes.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
UC was good, I knew more answers than usual (ie, about 5). The Greil Marcus question reminded me of RJG. I liked the set of questions where they had to say who ruled in a X-ocracy, and one of the words sounded very much like phallocracy, and they dithered and snickered and then it was something not rude at all.
I like Eggheads too.
― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Brigadier Rainham Steele, Mrs (blueski), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link
That was because it's named after Ada Lovelace innit. I didn't know the others but I know who the daughter of George Gordon, Lord Byron was. Hung out with Babbage, nice one.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
(still, not as bad as the cow-orker who pronounces "spamhaus" "spamhorse")
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 16:25 (nineteen years ago) link
My old drama teacher got to the semis on MM in '86 or so.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Didn't he get a wee bit more time than the others - Humphrys explained something by way of explanation about the lipreading thing but I was in the other room so missed most of what he was saying.
I wondered about the cane too.
Was the other interesting thing the karaoke backing tracks of cheesy ballads (all of which I recognised, much to the amusement of my husband and parents)? Wasn't there a Smiths lyrics question too, or was that last week?
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Ah, I was appalled to see tetris in there. It was written in 1985-86! And not really commercially available until a while after that. It's hardly retro!
― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Monday, 8 November 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― beanz (beanz), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― beanz (beanz), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cathy (Cathy), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bluefox, Monday, 8 November 2004 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― robster (robster), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― beanz (beanz), Monday, 8 November 2004 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:11 (nineteen years ago) link
not a patch on "frottage" though :)
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link
I bet Paxo LOVED this.
― robster (robster), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
(not that i disagree necessarily ;))
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link
One of the posh girls seemed awkward and silly. Yet she knew things that I don't.
It was hard: I scored only about 60 points.
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
I like the thought that we are the only ones who take it seriously enough to have this technical discussion.
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link
*I must say the answer aloud, otherwise it doesn't count - do you have this rule too?
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shabazz (hello chickens), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Madchen, it is an interesting question -- need one say the answer aloud? I think it does help. Also I have wee Isobel to say the answers to.
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
That was a great match!
Was Henderson's answer for the London Zoo question really not specific enough? I thought that was ungenerous scoring.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 26 February 2024 23:38 (one month ago) link
What annoyed me was when the Cambridge team captain put up his finger in a way that appeared to signal that he was going to answer the starter question. Surely that counts as conferring?
― trishyb, Monday, 26 February 2024 23:43 (one month ago) link
The question ultimately asked for the organisation and specified it was what ZSL stood for, I thought, which is wider than just the zoo.
xpost
― ailsa, Monday, 26 February 2024 23:58 (one month ago) link
was that Jenny from the Chase on OC repeat this week?
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 14:55 (one month ago) link
Haven't seen it yet but it was Mark from The Chase last week. He sure is tall.
― ledge, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 14:59 (one month ago) link
Also it was from series 2 with the greek letters, not hieroglyphs.
― ledge, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 15:00 (one month ago) link
Yeah, that was Jenny on this week's repeat
― ailsa, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 15:40 (one month ago) link
i missed last week's because the epg had it as a different series id from the previous specials 8( don't think i've seen an episode with greek letters.
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 16:00 (one month ago) link
the personal facts at the start of oc in 2013 were dull
― koogs, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:51 (three weeks ago) link
caught the end of the one with the beast on it and that was quite the drubbing, highest score i think I've seen.
― koogs, Monday, 4 March 2024 21:22 (three weeks ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/mar/06/tory-peer-jacqueline-foster-pays-damages-university-challenge
I hope Gorgianeh got handsomely compensated for the disgusting abuse she suffered.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 12:43 (three weeks ago) link
Was it on here we talked about the UK rebooting The Genius? Anyway, David Tennant!
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/david-tennant-front-itvs-genius-game
― ailsa, Thursday, 14 March 2024 11:24 (two weeks ago) link
So that's one way to confirm I didn't get through the sift.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 14 March 2024 11:27 (two weeks ago) link
Good to see people know Borges. Is that a constant? Not sure how I discovered him could it be Colin Wilson or Martin Esslin or something. But seemed the guy knew him pretty thoroughly.May need to reread Labyrinths etc.
― Stevo, Thursday, 14 March 2024 12:36 (two weeks ago) link
David Tennant? Jesus, there's no hope for the mid-tier lads if that's the kind of talent they're recruiting. Oh well.
― trishyb, Thursday, 14 March 2024 13:20 (two weeks ago) link