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Reply 960

I like following the individuals. Last year's stars were Orr (the Dutch guy), the Canadian guy (Watson? That might be a massive guess), there was another great person with a double-barrelled surname and a few others. Janes looks like a fun guy this year.

Reply 961

22 right tonight, have applied to be part of the Bath team. Really want to get on!

Reply 962

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by paddy__power
It's just general knowledge really and I am sad enough to watch quite a few quizzes :dontknow:


I love quiz programmes!!! :biggrin: Im not usually any good at them but i love watching them....and the challenge channel on tv...

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by paddy__power
Mastermind, Eggheads, The Chase, WWTBAM, Pointless, Only Connect

I think these are the main ones these days but I have always watched and done quizzes ever since I did bamboozle every morning against my dad since I was like 5, lol. Needless to say I rarely won unless the questions happened to be about pop music or whatever :tongue:


Pointless is my favourite :smile: Im going off eggheads, rarely watch only connect, the chase i used to watch but its on the same time as pointless now :frown:, wwtbam is good too :smile:

Reply 963

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by Sagacious
Clare, Cambridge were amazing today!

Possible finalists dare I say?

I'm still routing for one of the Oxford colleges though...


I always routed for York as its my hometown and im not at uni yet so... but they got knocked out in round 1 this year after making last years final :frown:

Do lancaster ever have a team??

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by gumball
I like following the individuals. Last year's stars were Orr (the Dutch guy), the Canadian guy (Watson? That might be a massive guess), there was another great person with a double-barrelled surname and a few others. Janes looks like a fun guy this year.


Guttenplan is the best individual ever!!!!!!
Theres someone with a funny name this year but i cant remeber what it was...they're through to round 2 so...

Reply 964

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by BeccaCath94
I always routed for York as its my hometown and im not at uni yet so... but they got knocked out in round 1 this year after making last years final :frown:

Do lancaster ever have a team??


:frown: I really enjoyed watching Durham in the first round :smile: They scored 325 points!

We need a University Challenge Christmas Special; Janes vs Guttenplan.

Edit; just checked Wiki, it was UCL that knocked York out..

Newcastle vs Birmingham next week. (Birmingham beat Trinity College, Cambridge in the first round).

Reply 965

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by BeccaCath94

Do lancaster ever have a team??


I hope so, If not I'll make one :tongue: I'd love to be on there,
agessss ago there was a guy on there that when they all said what they were reading he said "Reading furiously", I don't know why but it amused me :redface:

Reply 966

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by Sagacious
:frown: I really enjoyed watching Durham in the first round :smile: They scored 325 points!

We need a University Challenge Christmas Special; Janes vs Guttenplan.

Edit; just checked Wiki, it was UCL that knocked York out..

Newcastle vs Birmingham next week. (Birmingham beat Trinity College, Cambridge in the first round).


Woo!! :biggrin:
Oh definately!!! We could have an individuals uni challenge with 8 people (or 4 pairs) representing unis and they're all legends.......

Grrr i dont like UCL any more... :P

Ooh cool :smile: Newcastle were good werent they?

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by calamitysarah
I hope so, If not I'll make one :tongue: I'd love to be on there,
agessss ago there was a guy on there that when they all said what they were reading he said "Reading furiously", I don't know why but it amused me :redface:


Haha yeah you'll have to!! I'd love to be in the audience...i'd be a rubbish contestant!!

:eek: hahahah thats funny!! :tongue:

Reply 967

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by BeccaCath94
I love quiz programmes!!! :biggrin: Im not usually any good at them but i love watching them....and the challenge channel on tv...



Pointless is my favourite :smile: Im going off eggheads, rarely watch only connect, the chase i used to watch but its on the same time as pointless now :frown:, wwtbam is good too :smile:


Awesome.

I like multiple choice quizzes as they are much easier :yes:

I often beat people on eggheads but rarely on mastermind, for example.

Reply 968

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by paddy__power
Awesome.

I like multiple choice quizzes as they are much easier :yes:

I often beat people on eggheads but rarely on mastermind, for example.


:biggrin:

Yeah true....although pointless is my favourite and its not always multiple choice....

Well done :biggrin:

Reply 969

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by BeccaCath94
:biggrin:

Yeah true....although pointless is my favourite and its not always multiple choice....

Well done :biggrin:


being good at quizzes is only useful if you go on one and win money. I would love to go on WWTBAM but the fastest finger first is difficult.

Reply 970

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by paddy__power
being good at quizzes is only useful if you go on one and win money. I would love to go on WWTBAM but the fastest finger first is difficult.


True. Very true....

Reply 971

Clare smashed leeds last night!

Reply 972

Well done ChessPieceFace (and the rest of Clare)!

Tripped up on too many biological questions. And those opera questions were annoying... the 2nd most famous early 20th-century opera composer of each nationality (well, apart from Bartók).

Reply 973

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by gumball
I like following the individuals. Last year's stars were Orr (the Dutch guy), the Canadian guy (Watson? That might be a massive guess), there was another great person with a double-barrelled surname and a few others. Janes looks like a fun guy this year.


Were you on last year's St. John's team yourself or something? Can't see why else you would name a couple of guys who went out in the second round having lost two of their three matches as 'stars' of the series.

Reply 974

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by Ebolavirus
Were you on last year's St. John's team yourself or something? Can't see why else you would name a couple of guys who went out in the second round having lost two of their three matches as 'stars' of the series.


I'm talking about the people as... themselves. Their dress sense, accent, tone etc. They just stuck out for me.

I wasn't part of that team, college or even University, but somehow I remembered them.

EDIT:

Haha, it turns out you're right. I can't remember if Bennett-Spragg was the double-barrelled name, but it ranks up there with the all time greatest surnames. Wilson was the one I was thinking of though.

Great team in terms of people, though can't remember/comment/judge based on how well they did!

Reply 975

The double barrelled surname I can think of from last series is Haddad-Fonda, the guy in the Magdalen Oxford team, sat centre left, came from washhington state. I loved that team :love:

Reply 976

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by AspiringGenius
The double barrelled surname I can think of from last series is Haddad-Fonda, the guy in the Magdalen Oxford team, sat centre left, came from washhington state. I loved that team :love:


My favourite team was St John's, Oxford from a few years ago. Chen Parry Woodheusen and Townsend.

Reply 977

Birmingham just seem like a nice bunch of lads. They have my vote

Reply 978

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by k9markiii
My favourite team was St John's, Oxford from a few years ago. Chen Parry Woodheusen and Townsend.


I always forgot the far right member of the Magdalen team, exceot he was really good at maths and science.

I loved, when they explain whom they are at the beginning, McComish and Haddad-Fonda came out with respective Australian and American accents, and then Chan, the captain, who looked Asian and probably the least British, came out with a royal posh accent, saying he was from Leamington Spa :colondollar:

They were also quite fashionable. Although I have to say, I've watched a few of the ancient episodes form the 50s on youtube and I am waiting for the day when an Oxbridge team comes out wearing the full academic garb. :love:

Plus, your sig :love: (I'm a little too affectionate don't you think? It's 16 btw, and Pi. I can't forgive you for not having Pi)
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Reply 979

What's everyone's best score? Mines 15, but can't seem to get through the barrier :/

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