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Reply 1380

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by ...mo...

You seem like an informed fan. I have a few questions.

1) do all of the universities enter?
2) are all the matches on TV.
3) why are Cambridge and Oxford allowed so many entries?

Thanks

lol, someone else has answered your question. hope their answer helped :').

Reply 1381

BJack

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by tehforum

Surely they haven't filmed all the episodes?

The series is all recorded over a relatively short span of time, to get it all done in a single academic year, probably to avoid anything like the Corpus affair from a few years ago.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 1382

ごぶりん

Original post

by Ho Chi Minh

Manchester won the last series (2011-12) and Magdalen didn't field a team. The one currently on BBC2 is 2012-13

I got the point.I did't know that University challenge extend to next year.
Thank you for your kind explanation.

Reply 1383

ごぶりん

Original post

by BJack

Both Magdalen and Manchester are on the current series of University Challenge. However, people can only be on one series of University Challenge, so the current teams are different than the ones from Brain World Cup.

Oh,you saw Brain World Cup?I've seen latest Magdalen VS Sidney match in Youtube.
I'm surprised at the team absolutely different from previous one.I know Matthew study abroad but the others are undergraduate so I thought maybe they are in this series.Any way,it was nice current Magdalen won.

Reply 1384

Cheddar

Loved that episode, amazing stuff from Manchester.

Reply 1385

Siddhu33

anyone watch today's episode?

Reply 1386

dknt

Missed it unfortunately. Will be catching up on iplayer very soon!

Reply 1387

Aeschylus

Imperial were immense tonight. That Italian PHD student is something.

Reply 1388

pink pineapple

Got about 10 right tonight, never got that many before :biggrin:

Reply 1389

wasting-time

Come one Jesus you're giving Cambridge a bad name

Reply 1390

Hedgeman49

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by Aeschylus

Imperial were immense tonight. That Italian PHD student is something.

Agreed, kid was a beast

Reply 1391

I'mBadAtMaths

Original post

by wasting-time

Come one Jesus you're giving Cambridge a bad name

Imperial are too good

Reply 1392

k9markiii

I was better than Jesus for most of the game but then they beat me at the end. The questions seemed a lot nicer than last week to me. A lot more science.

Reply 1393

Ho Chi Minh

Jesus were not the strongest and Imperial knew their stuff, but even so the questions fell well for Imperial.

Reply 1394

francescarella

fun fact: Imperial's Cottrell on tonight's episode is my boyfriend :biggrin:

woop woop

Reply 1395

Aeschylus

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by francescarella

fun fact: Imperial's Cottrell on tonight's episode is my boyfriend :biggrin:

woop woop

Tell him to get a shave :tongue:

. my mum kept saying he needed a trim!

(joking you must be very proud!)

Reply 1396

francescarella

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by Aeschylus

Tell him to get a shave :tongue:

. my mum kept saying he needed a trim!

(joking you must be very proud!)

haha don't worry i frequently make him shave (they filmed way back in feb iirc)
but yes i'm very proud. he does come across as a quirky smug **** though but that's the price you pay for fame :P he's lovely and shy and very very modest in real life.

Reply 1397

Historicity

It's probably already been mentioned but if you like University Challenge you should watch Starter for 10, it's great.

Also what times/channels is UC on?

Reply 1398

Pandora.

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by Historicity

It's probably already been mentioned but if you like University Challenge you should watch Starter for 10, it's great.

Also what times/channels is UC on?

Seconded, Starter for 10 is a great film. :yy:

Usually 8pm Mondays. :smile:

Reply 1399

username537390

Anyone else think last night's questions were ridiculously hard? Lowest I've ever got since I started watching, even harder than last season's final I reckon.