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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?They don't watch university challenge, or any form of tv for that matter; their time being directed to higher forms of entertainment... like reading.
But seriously if you watch university challenge, the all round genius types are quite rare. Usually the people on the team know a lot about a given subject, be it music or science or literature. The teams have a science guy, a literature guy etc to cover the diferent questions that could arise. So I guess each individual must have very specialised interests-ie. visiting art galleries or listening to classical symphonies which over time manifests into a good knowledge of a single subject.
The all-round genius types that seem to know everything are rarer and have probably devoted a significant proportion of their time to studies.Last edited by Blutooth; 16-07-2012 at 21:20. -
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?yh ppl are in to all kinds of shizz u knw(Original post by im so academic)
Yeah, about random species of plants and unknown paintings…?
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?They are so knowledgeable because:
Firstly they have knowledge in a specific subject area
Secondly they read a lot. This is where they gain the majority of their knowledge from. Most of these people will have very very good memories and don't waste time like the most of us watching TV and all that jazz.
Thirdly some of them are geniuses, don't mess with them. -
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?Visit museums(Original post by im so academic)
Yeah, about random species of plants and unknown paintings…?
those unknown paintings aren't that unknown to specialists in the subject
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But the questions are from a variety of subjects…?(Original post by AspiringGenius)
Visit museums those unknown paintings aren't that unknown to specialists in the subject
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?See imso, you've got a specialist on you on TSR! Be happy(Original post by ROYP)
you asked this like 2 weeks ago
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?I object to them being called geniuses. Memorising a huge number of facts is a very impressive feat but in my opinion, genius is the creative spark which links seemingly disparate facts and ideas enabling new solutions to be found.
I knew some of the dudes on there. They're just hardworking guys with unusually large memories. Some are geniuses though...but for other reasons!Last edited by 3nTr0pY; 16-07-2012 at 21:27. -
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?Seems if this were true, it's less about how good unis are and more about how lucky they are to have such people going there...(Original post by Blutooth)
They don't watch university challenge, or any form of tv for that matter; their time being directed to higher forms of entertainment... like reading.
But seriously if you watch university challenge, the all round genius types are quite rare. Usually the people on the team know a lot about a given subject, be it music or science or literature. The teams have a science guy, a literature guy etc to cover the diferent questions that could arise. So I guess each individual must have very specialised interests-ie. visiting art galleries or listening to classical symphonies which over time manifests into a good knowledge of a single subject.
The all-round genius types that seem to know everything are rarer and have probably devoted a significant proportion of their time to studies. -
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?The people on university challenge aren't really representative of the undergraduates there. I would imagine that winning UC has very little to do with the quality of undergraduate teaching received.(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
Seems if this were true, it's less about how good unis are and more about how lucky they are to have such people going there... -
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?I think travelling the country and being immersed in the history of places is one of the ways people on there generally pick up information about history, UK county flags etc. etc. I know what you mean though, some of them do seem to be able to reel off masses of very odd information!
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Re: How are the people on University Challenge so knowledgeable?I agree. The word "genius" is bandied around too freely in my opinion. It seems to be used for almost any minor achievement which trancends the lowest common denominator.(Original post by 3nTr0pY)
I object to them being called geniuses. Memorising a huge number of facts is a very impressive feat but in my opinion, genius is the creative spark which links seemingly disparate facts and ideas enabling new solutions to be found.
Perhaps they haven't been able to answer any of the questions since then(Original post by ROYP)
you asked this like 2 weeks ago.
those unknown paintings aren't that unknown to specialists in the subject
