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Reply 3980

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by the bear
geography questions: the answer is usually Botswana or New Zealand


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

Reply 3981

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


Guatemala is the runner-up :h:

Reply 3982

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by the bear
Guatemala is the runner-up :h:


The philosophy quote is always either Hobbes or Hegel.

Reply 3983

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by Fullofsurprises
The philosophy quote is always either Hobbes or Hegel.


"Which American state...."

usually is Arkansas or Wyoming :ahee:

hot diggety etc

Reply 3984

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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 3985

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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 3986

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by the bear
there should be an App...

:beard:


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

Reply 3987

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 3988

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

:frown:

Reply 3989

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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 3990

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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 3991

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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 3992

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

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Reply 3993

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

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

Reply 3994

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 3995

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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 3996

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by Fullofsurprises
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:


tbh i did know Butch Cassidy... but not the composer :redface:

Reply 3997

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by the bear
tbh i did know Butch Cassidy... but not the composer :redface:


My Dad likes that kind of thing - I'd heard of Henry Mancini but only recalled when Paxo read the answer out.

So do we think York are going to reach a lot higher? They were very good in that one.

Reply 3998

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by Fullofsurprises
My Dad likes that kind of thing - I'd heard of Henry Mancini but only recalled when Paxo read the answer out.

So do we think York are going to reach a lot higher? They were very good in that one.


as long as there are plenty of Heraldry questions :wink:

Reply 3999

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by the bear
as long as there are plenty of Heraldry questions :wink:


:rofl:

I kind of like heraldry - all those azure fields and escutcheons rising - very poetic.

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