University Challenge (also featuring Only Connect and other BBC quiz shows)

what

its bloody july

madness

acoustic metamaterials yo

I wondered what benthic meant after reading it in that Stewart Lee article. Not enough to look it up but enough to wait until it's an answer on UC

These were clearly never Teenage Dirt bags.

lol big man Paxo can't pronounce "Nicomachean"

yin is a powerful man but the eau gorsh of him is a bit much

Spagnum.

Captcha also pronounced oddly by one of the contestants. Had obviously only ever seen it written down and missed the pun.

Never heard of Iron Maiden. Kids today, huh?

paxo not even familiar with modus ponens v tollens, smh

"you're a nice team"

Ugh patronising Paxman on top form tonight.

That New York kid was really something this round.

Apparently he's quite the star on the quiz circuit. Total demolition, he's going to take some beating.

Enjoyed twirly moustache dude not knowing Nathan Barley.

'bwa ha ha ha no"

lol SOAS

bonuses on 1997 AND Chris Morris, you are really spoiling us (although I didn't get the Mel C one)

New York guy basically ruining it for everyone else >:(

Love this show. I don’t always get everything that’s going on (being Dutch ;) but it’s almost always fun to watch. Being Dutch allowed for an LOL @ SOAS as that’s the dutch acronym for STDS.

I saw an amazing grunge era show in SOAS student's union. MUdhoney, Nirvana, Napalm Death and I think at l;east one other band. people improvising on stage diving incorporating the pipe that runs down the ceiling.
Mark Arm going in crowd surfing and reappearing without his microphone which he needs tyo ask the crowd to return.

Shame the team from there 30 years later didn't really get a chance to start in Monday's show.

"The Beach Boys?"

anyway, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45217265

"University Challenge duo Monkman and Seagull get TV show"

That pronunciation of Beach Boys was the highlight of the night.

kill granet with rocks

Jack Pollock you say?

Terrifying statues thread also v useful tonight.

Jack Pollock was in a rival team at our usual pub quiz yesterday. There were like six of them and two of us. We won. Clearly just getting him used to the losing feeling before having to watch himself back on the telly.

Durham were pretty good all round. Nice to see a good team who are all pretty good after the usual one-man-band teams that get all the media attention.

The guy on the winning team looked like a character from rebel without a cause, leather jacket, hair greased back, collar turned up, stiletto in pocket. Seemed useful though.

Tonight I surprised myself with my anti-coagulant knowledge.

that guy in the brown fleece?
Yeah this week much more likeable than the self-congratulatory cleverclogs of last week

the white carrot things

People who are really good at brainy quizzing in their second language are amazing and baffling to me.

Ohhhh...I thought he was American

yes?

Thought he said he was from Berlin?

Yeah, from Berlin.

Token brit was there to answer BAFTA round.

I think he is actually American, but from Berlin. So we're all right.

there were like three questions/rounds about popular culture this week

imagine living a life where you are familiar with George Ezra but not Tori Amos

can someone pick up Ollard on loan

Gee, these two sure are charismatic presenters.

this is a rejected Partridge programme idea

you let one French team in...

wasn't paying attention at the beginning so I'm not sure what they were meant to be studying but I'm guessing "nothing"

'synthesiser' is the greatest answer given on any quiz show ever.

That was why Jeremy was all "Zut Alors", bloke was wearing a beret..

They (well, some) introduced themselves in 'language', to general amusement, then proceded to sit back and watch the telly...

I met Golfinos from the other week in the pub a couple of weeks ago. Well, I say "met", he was across from us with my assorted quiz nerd mates going "look, it's Golfinos from University Challenge" in his general direction. We didn't speak to him.

french wankers

I share some facebook groups with the Goldsmiths team captain, she's cool.

Come on Pembroke

That's a moustache!

Alt right as fuck

Lol kiss of death

"I haven't finished the question". I don't think Paxo quite understands how a buzzer quiz works.

Was that the one where he gave one correct answer but paxo wanted two? I can see why paxo would think that was a dumb mistake, but only because he knew the whole question, which the guy didn't.

Beret girl was quietly impressive, especially with the literature, but that didn't stop the walrus leaning away from her towards the other guys every single time.