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I generally find it's always worth yelling 'Titian' at the screen to any UC painting question, at least a quarter of all paintings ever shown on the programme are Titians. :teehee:

Similarly, you cannot go wrong with Bach, Beethoven or Brahms.

The answer to all geology questions is "the Cretaceous".

maths questions usually the answer is 1

physics usually the answer is Dirac

chemistry usually the answer is benzene

:ahee:

Reply 3981

Fullofsurprises

Original post by the bear

maths questions usually the answer is 1

physics usually the answer is Dirac

chemistry usually the answer is benzene

:ahee:

I thought the correct maths answer was always "minus 1".

It was last night.

Reply 3982

the bear

Original post by Fullofsurprises

I thought the correct maths answer was always "minus 1".

It was last night.

geography questions: the answer is usually Botswana or New Zealand

Reply 3983

Fullofsurprises

Original post by the bear

geography questions: the answer is usually Botswana or New Zealand

Ha, yes, although the flag is always that of Louisiana.

Reply 3984

the bear

Original post by Fullofsurprises

Ha, yes, although the flag is always that of Louisiana.

Guatemala is the runner-up :h:

Reply 3985

Fullofsurprises

Original post by the bear

Guatemala is the runner-up :h:

The philosophy quote is always either Hobbes or Hegel.

Reply 3986

the bear

Original post by Fullofsurprises

The philosophy quote is always either Hobbes or Hegel.

"Which American state...."

usually is Arkansas or Wyoming :ahee:

hot diggety etc

Reply 3987

Fullofsurprises

Original post by the bear

"Which American state...."

usually is Arkansas or Wyoming :ahee:

hot diggety etc

Someone should keep a running log and produce a website with a big table showing the percentage occurrence for each answer in every subject.

Perhaps they do exactly that on the show. :yep:

Reply 3988

the bear

Original post by Fullofsurprises

Someone should keep a running log and produce a website with a big table showing the percentage occurrence for each answer in every subject.

Perhaps they do exactly that on the show. :yep:

there should be an App...

:beard:

Reply 3989

Fullofsurprises

Original post by the bear

there should be an App...

:beard:

We await the Bear (TM) Enterprises release with eager anticipation. :biggrin:

Reply 3990

Gribby2

University Challenge is alright, but I find Jeremy Paxman really irritating, so would rather watch Only Connect or Pointless. The questions can be interesting on Univ.Chall, but I just can't get over how annoying Jeremy Paxman is.

Reply 3991

Dinasaurus

Time for university challenge!
Got a point for a Nero!
Eclipse
Alternative History
Bering
Japan
Laurence Olivier (Complete guess)
Springbok

:frown:

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 3992

Fullofsurprises

Original post by Dinasaurus

Time for university challenge!

It was really good tonight. :five:

One thing it reminded us of was that you can never know too much about Heraldic Ordinaries. :teehee:

It was funny that Paxman asked York if they have their own coat of arms - Smith answered that he does! Not the guy on the team called "Joly de Lotbiniere". It was Smith. :giggle:

Joly de Lotbiniere also wins the title of Most Unusual Surname this year.

Reply 3993

Dinasaurus

Original post by Fullofsurprises

It was really good tonight. :five:

One thing it reminded us of was that you can never know too much about Heraldic Ordinaries. :teehee:

It was funny that Paxman asked York if they have their own coat of arms - Smith answered that he does! Not the guy on the team called "Joly de Lotbiniere". It was Smith. :giggle:

Joly de Lotbiniere also wins the title of Most Unusual Surname this year.

I can't believe he knew those ordinaries so well, I could answer half of the names which would be worth no points.

The question where they were asked to list those 7 capitals was new.

Reply 3994

Fullofsurprises

Original post by Dinasaurus

I can't believe he knew those ordinaries so well, I could answer half of the names which would be worth no points.

The question where they were asked to list those 7 capitals was new.

I think they've had those kind of multipart 'sliding scale' questions before, but maybe not quite like that - it was kind of different.

Reply 3995

Doones

Maths question with 1 AND -1 as the answer :wink:

Spoiler

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 3996

Fullofsurprises

Original post by jneill

Maths question with 1 AND -1 as the answer :wink:

Spoiler

Lol, yes, it covered all the bases. It was almost as if the question setters read this thread.

Reply 3997

the bear

it was sad to see Katz being vanquished... they are a good-humored and knowledgeable crew.

The Heraldry question was fascinating... Mr Cole showed a lot of bezants :wink:

bear™ managed to beat the brains on just four questions:

Maple

Klimt

Milton

1820 ( guess :ahee:

)

bear™ scored nul points on the music round :mad:

he was especially pleased about the Klimt painting as he had never seen it before, despite owning several books about GK.

Reply 3998

Fullofsurprises

Original post by the bear

it was sad to see Katz being vanquished... they are a good-humored and knowledgeable crew.

The Heraldry question was fascinating... Mr Cole showed a lot of bezants :wink:

bear™ managed to beat the brains on just four questions:

Maple

Klimt

Milton

1820 ( guess :ahee:

)

bear™ scored nul points on the music round :mad:

he was especially pleased about the Klimt painting as he had never seen it before, despite owning several books about GK.

I beat Bear in the music. I knew the Philadelphia one. :smug:

That was funny, because I immediately thought "Klimt" on seeing all those starry sequined flowers, then I thought, gaah, I've never seen that one before, can it be Klimt? So I went into a sort of fugue state of puzzlement. :teehee:

Reply 3999

the bear