University Challenge

I enjoyed this match a great deal.

I didn't do enormously well - somewhere in the 13/14 region - but I did beat them on a few things such as Edward II and Titian.

I mentioned the eyebrows weeks ago

Haha, he's also been anointed with a full spread in the Indie.
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/university-challenge-contestant-oscar-powell-from-peterhouse-cambridge-gets-twitter-talking-after-a6764601.html

surprised that JP did not go ballistic when someone said that π was an integer....

I think Ms Woods has plans for young Oscar... certainly her left eyebrow does.

bear™ was devastated to get none of the stanza questions right

he did beat the brains with....

-2

Prometheus

Trent/Mersey

it's getting harder !

surprised that JP did not go ballistic when someone said that π was an integer....

It was funny the way they rolled their eyes on hearing that the questions were about canals in the Midlands. There was kind of a sign on the desk saying "no Northern type stuff here please".

Bear never fails to beat the students! Do you get most of the ones they get right?

You did well to get one of the paintings, I found those quite hard.

I managed to get cloisonné, for some odd reason I knew that.

bear™ was devastated to get none of the stanza questions right

he did beat the brains with....

-2

Prometheus

Trent/Mersey

it's getting harder !

surprised that JP did not go ballistic when someone said that π was an integer....

I was hoping for zymurgy and zyzzyva to make appearances.

Titian is the only one I seem to be able to regularly identify. I believe I also got Caravaggio but I may be mis-remembering.

I'm generally terrible at science, maths, classical music, opera, ballet, art and geography. I'm not sure how I get anything right



I was so annoyed that I couldn't think of Prometheus - it was at the top of my tongue

bear™ urgently needs to learn Renaissance Painters and Russian Composers

"by what nickname is Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian better known in bodybuilding circles ?"

I always guess Shostakovich, Dvorak, Brahms or Debussy depending on the question I will occasionally throw in some Rachmaninoff if I'm feeling adventurous.

bear™ is similar with the painters... it is a pick and mix of Cranach, Botticelli, Rubens, Titian, Varese, Tintoretto...

I can identify Titian reasonably well and am not too bad with van Dyck of Friedrich for example but I'm really rather awful in general.

same here: Watteau / Davide is always "do you feel lucky ?"

and Goya / El Greco "make my day !"

last night bear™ said Goya

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.

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

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

It was last night.