University Challenge

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by Sinnoh

It did help with that question that in the run-up to the last US election I looked up every election on wikipedia in the past hundred years.

These are the trials for getting on to the university's team for University Challenge

Lol, hope you found time to eat.

Reply 5983

GreenCub

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by Saracen's Fez

All things considered that's a bit of an awkward time for a Quiz Soc to have events, given it's the night all the major TV quizzes are broadcast! :lol:

The mighty Catz are back on for their second round next week!

Yeah it's a bit odd. At Cambridge quiz meetings also occur on Monday evenings.

Just caught up on yesterday's episode - got 23 questions this time. There was less of the comically easy questions that came up earlier this series, but that 1/16 as a percentage one came pretty close...

Reply 5984

Just for once I'd like to see Paxman cut off a team for taking too long in bonuses. I've never seen it happen, but it really should have this time. Emmanuel were absolutely stalling at the end. Though there were a couple times when I wanted St Cats to get on with it.

Reply 5985

Volunteer Section Leader, Clearing and Applications Advisor

after a slow start i got into my stride and finished with a magnificent hat trick of birds :smug:

8 past the students this week:

i) Gauguin

ii) Paternoster

iii) Japanese :ninja:

iv) Pillow Book

v) Perquisite

vi) Redshank

vii) Redstart

viii) Redwing

:hat2:

it was interesting to see Catz were kitted out in some kind of uniform ? :hmmmm2:

Reply 5986

Saracen's Fez

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by the bear

it was interesting to see Catz were kitted out in some kind of uniform ? :hmmmm2:

Was a very deliberate plan to go on there and be a memorable team!

(edited 4 years ago)

Reply 5987

a very exciting match.... Bristol clawed their way back only to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory :emo:

i only got 2 past the students...

i) Hilbert

ii) Recherché .... tbh that was rather recherché :getmecoat:

Reply 5988

That was a really good one. Got 24 questions in total, but then again they did get through a fair few questions.

Ones I got that they didn't:
Rechercher
Wyoming
Root

Reply 5989

GreenCub

Just caught up. I didn't keep track of how many I got but surely having an entirely-German picture round when they had a player from Germany on one of the teams can't have been unintentional.

Reply 5990

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by Saracen's Fez

Was a very deliberate plan to go on there and be a memorable team!

I thought it made a nice picture, I wouldn't like to see it happen regularly on UC, but it looked good.

Reply 5991

I was worried St Hilda's might finish on 0!

Reply 5992

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by Sinnoh

I was worried St Hilda's might finish on 0!

they were in Dire Straits for quite a while ....

i managed to get 6 past the students this week:

i) Noisome

ii) Multi Factorial

iii) Chantry

iv) Suzanna

v) Paris

vi) Prophase

:hat2:

Reply 5993

Just caught up. All very embarrassing, I genuinely thought Hilda would stop on zero! Reminded me of that episode when one of the Ox teams "surged up to zero" winning congratulations for that from Paxo. :teehee:

Trinners appear to be fairly titanic.

Reply 5994

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by the bear

they were in Dire Straits for quite a while ....

i managed to get 6 past the students this week:

i) Noisome

ii) Multi Factorial

iii) Chantry

iv) Suzanna

v) Paris

vi) Prophase

:hat2:

Noisome was unaccountably hard, couldn't for the life of me think what it was and then it hit me when revealed as being fairly obvious. :rolleyes:

I also got Chantry but that was because I visited a cathedral with my mum a few months ago.

Reply 5995

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by Fullofsurprises

Noisome was unaccountably hard, couldn't for the life of me think what it was and then it hit me when revealed as being fairly obvious. :rolleyes:

I also got Chantry but that was because I visited a cathedral with my mum a few months ago.

i pronounce the N word differently from Mr Paxman... for me it is nwah-zohmmm not noise-ohm :rolleyes:

Reply 5996

Volunteer Section Leader, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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by the bear

i pronounce the N word differently from Mr Paxman... for me it is nwah-zohmmm not noise-ohm :rolleyes:

Is it meant to be noizsum or noysum?

Reply 5997

Saracen's Fez

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by Fullofsurprises

Trinners appear to be fairly titanic.

Will be interesting to see if they get drawn against Edinburgh before the final or if that's the final! :lol:

Reply 5998

GreenCub

I didn't keep track of how many I got but there was noticeably more history than usual this week (though it wasn't immensely varied).

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