just find them intrinsically not v likeable, unlike Durham and some of the other teams, so i'm probably overanalysing
― Kier today, Dom tomorrow (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:38 (four years ago) link
durham captain is the fella youd save from a frothing covid ward alright
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:39 (four years ago) link
I strongly agree with both Darraghmac and N. Vague in this instance -- they (especially the really loud one in the middle) come across as obnoxious tossers, and it's hard to understand why they have to confer so loudly.
I don't remember the Durham captain.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:51 (four years ago) link
Trinity applauding Brandon like he's Ronaldo at Old Trafford in 2003
― Number None, Monday, 13 April 2020 20:03 (four years ago) link
hes good bit again a little performative
but seems thats just the trend idk
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 13 April 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
You’re not the fucking captain, Brandon. But damn, you’re good. And I kinda dig the “not here to make friends” badge you always wear.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 13 April 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
Not much of a match this week but hopefully the finals will be a good one. Two very good teams.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 13 April 2020 23:10 (four years ago) link
anyone watching the extremely hammy Quiz on itv? I want insider info about The Syndicate...
― kinder, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 09:32 (four years ago) link
dont want brandon to win this because he seems like a dick
but otoh rotten cheating delay tactics from christi so gooooo inperial
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
anyone over oxbridge.
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
I sympathize id certainly be the same about trinners
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
Imperial way the better and more likeable team, Brandon's OK, he just wants it
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
Fuck you Corpus Christi and your new found sense of urgency
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
lolll otm
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
youre not stalling anymore
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
jaysus wang
its almost as if working on not jumping around the place might have made you a little quicker to the button, buck
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
lol boys now delaying like fuck, you love to see it
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
Totally outclassed
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
i have like gunasekera tho
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:55 (four years ago) link
He likes music so I'm more sympathetic than the rest of his lot
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
Wang raging at being beaten to the buzzer by Rich.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 20 April 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
Totally deserved. Really resent the three minutes of questions we lose for this shit at the end.
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
that was a stunning performance and very much a team one
Wang shat it
― Number None, Monday, 20 April 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
Brandon's OK, he just wants it
Yep, pretty much. Was a brilliant team performance, putting aside all attempts by the media to make it a one v one Brandon v Wang thing in a team competition.
― ailsa, Monday, 20 April 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link
It did help that he wasn't the team captain.
― Mark G, Monday, 20 April 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link
tbh i think rich stepped up in a way i hadnt noticed anyone else in that team doing until now
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Monday, 20 April 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
He was never going to be the captain. He'd have been terrible at it. I thought Rich was excellent, but no-one will have noticed that because it's all Brandon until next year when they find someone else to fixate on like Monkman, Seagull, Leo (none of whom, incidentally, actually won their series, because it's a team game not a personality cult)
― ailsa, Monday, 20 April 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-queens-yankee-takes-the-u-k-quiz-crown-11587765498
Mr. Blackwell ... trained under “Jeopardy!” all-timer Roger Craig to learn “how to solve game shows and optimize studying.” He even listened to dozens of old episodes of “BBC Newsnight,” formerly hosted by Mr. Paxman, to learn the nuances of the host’s accent.Right before the final aired, the Daily Mail reported that Mr. Blackwell had already won more than $450,000 in prize money from three game shows, including “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Mr. Blackwell tells me he has appeared on seven programs, including a reality show. He got his start on “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament” 12 years ago, and says he chose a British university for his master’s in computer science because of the country’s superior “quiz infrastructure.” He started studying for “University Challenge” in 2016.
Right before the final aired, the Daily Mail reported that Mr. Blackwell had already won more than $450,000 in prize money from three game shows, including “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Mr. Blackwell tells me he has appeared on seven programs, including a reality show. He got his start on “Jeopardy! Teen Tournament” 12 years ago, and says he chose a British university for his master’s in computer science because of the country’s superior “quiz infrastructure.” He started studying for “University Challenge” in 2016.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 25 April 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
Aww now I don't like him
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 April 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
He chose a UK university because of its quiz infrastructure.
Astounding.
We're going to need more applicants like this in the near future.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 25 April 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
Songs where the title is only sung once, as the last line of the song
Just sayin.....
― Mark G, Monday, 13 July 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 65
― Mark G, Monday, 13 July 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
Was also a tea time theme time a couple of weekends ago.
The clash...
― koogs, Monday, 13 July 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
Who had the most slow speaking 4th member? It was close.
― koogs, Monday, 20 July 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
Second mention today of Heaviside having never heard of him before (the other being a lecture on Laplace transform on hackaday)
― koogs, Monday, 10 August 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
Stop, stop, they're already dead
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 August 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
nb nobody was actually killed that would be bad
― The Scampos of Young Werther (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 August 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
Only Connect starts again on monday
― koogs, Saturday, 19 September 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
Someone I know has somehow managed to assemble a *very* interesting team in this forthcoming series of Only Connect.
― ailsa, Saturday, 19 September 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
Mmmmmm OK
― Mark G, Saturday, 19 September 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
OC was a stinker today
Creepy mascot on UC
Got the gendy tartakovsky question...
― koogs, Monday, 21 September 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Seem to be a lot of very asymmetric competitions this series. Is it just this one? One team romping home with all the points and another not getting started.Ending with a score somewhere around 50.Or does this being 2nd round mean it's a different series. So presumably RCM did previously beat someone.Just seems to have happened several times when I caught it recently. I mean surely it's a little greedy to take all the points, like.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 07:32 (three years ago) link
Answers last night included:
FINNEGANS WAKE. NOSTROMO. THE TRIP.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 08:45 (three years ago) link
UC is first round still - not seen those people before (plus that was episode 11 of 30 odd)
always thought the scoring was unbalanced in UC because if you don't get the starter question then you don't even get the chance of the additional points.
Genndy with two n's.
― koogs, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 08:56 (three years ago) link
I thought I heard Paxman say something about this being a 2nd round or something to that effect which was what I was basing that on.I haven't had a episode listing, so I thought I'd missed their previous appearance. Not surehow many I had missed, just know that I had missed some.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:36 (three years ago) link
Oh & is this a new thing the severe imbalance. Though comment about unbalanced scoring would suggest it was older.& i think something I had noticed/noted myself.THough did think who got the starter question right might be a bit more balanced.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 09:39 (three years ago) link
Seem to be a lot of very asymmetric competitions this series. Is it just this one? One team romping home with all the points and another not getting started.
Last night's team from Royal Academy of Music and the guys who were on the other week from... maybe Imperial?.. seemed very much of the "nobody else is fielding a team, come on, let's do it, it'll be a laugh" variety. I noticed that both of the recent steamrolled teams had an American on, who possibly just wanted to have the University Challenge experience while they were in the UK.
Anyway, I got two five-pointers on OC last night, so I don't need to answer anything else correctly for the rest of the series.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
oh, i've just rememberer. lol at the 'secondary characters in the thor films' answer in OC wall. i guess that's one way of getting there.
― koogs, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
I forget what it was, but last night had the easiest question ever to be on UC.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
identifying seinfeld from a picture of him and kramer and george?
― koogs, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link