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

Yeah I nailed those v quick

tactical error from manchester, east london don't listen to the questions. they should both lose.

That "pairs of words, one beginning with At" set was embarrassing

"Means"

Poptimists on OC are friends of mine, and were unaware of Poptimism.

Dead Kennedys finally got the UC recognition they deserve.

Io! It's fucking Io you prick!

srsly

theyre turning me feminist these dense fucks

On the sequences round on tonight's OC I was trying to think of someone who's middle initial was H.

My answer was Jesus Christ. I'd like to think I would have got the points.

theres only him and macy rly

D Lawrence
W Smith

p scale

we are in love with hertz and adès

last nights contestants were quite shockingly awfully behaved this lot nicer

hang on, there have been multiple episodes this week?

christmas alumni contest nightly on bbc4

ah, looks like it's from 2014

so any correct answers would be somewhat tainted

Also all celebrity alumni are pig thick or ordered to play it that way

God bless that little chump getting all over-excited

I can't look at anything else now

walls brutal on OC tonight

higgins seems like less fun than a teammate would ideally be

whatre the rules on nomination i can never work it out

If captain can't figure out how to say the thing they can nominate a teammate to say the thing.

good zing re jesus

Or if it's a popular band/film they don't want to admit they know

celebrity teams manchester polytechnic vs goldsmiths and neil innes is every bit the cunt i expected

jon thomson quite adorably seems to think he needs to use Bernard hills mic

ah these lads are my fave team of all time already

ok rae is p cool i guess

GWAN THE FUCKIN LADS GIVE IT RIGHT UP EM

and finished by paxman dropping london where it counts

best ever episode tbh

ilxor OC posse represent

only connect got bossed

Thanks for not being mean

Thanks for not being mean

i missed it :-(

oh wow, nice one. You were v good on the quick-fire round

Penny's just dropped. Storming performance, ailsa.

Cheers. At some point, we remember to tell Dave not to take all the credit for other people's contributions. That was not that episode :-)

Also, they totes put the missing vowels on telly faster than we get to see them. No way were we as slow or dithery as we seemed.

Great insider knowledge. Even with the extra time there's no way I was getting 'The Richard the Third Visitor Centre'.

Whereas the university challenge ones...

Yeah, I did a little cheer when I saw Ailsa on OC - especially as I've been missing both OC & UC a fair bit in recent times so it was fortuitous I was actually tuned in. Good work.

Was University Challenge ridiculously easy this week or was it just bizarrely focused on things I know about? I did also do pretty well on some Only Connect stuff so maybe it's early rounds or something?

the Slits questions were easy 8)

I feel properly plugged into the matrix when I know what the bonus questions will be about before Paxman says it. "Oh, this is going to be songs featuring whistling"

UC was easy. Was Imago an answer on it too?
Just about to watch OC!

xp also when you know what the songs are going to be