University Challenge?

Anyone watch the Final tonight? I thought Magdalen, Oxford really deserved to win as their captain was much calmer! The Cambridge captain seemed to get very irritated with himself and his teammates!

Oh well, Cambridge can win the boat race, but Oxford are the more academic ones clearly! :tongue:

Reply 1

roxy potter

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Hoofbeat

Anyone watch the Final tonight? I thought Magladen, Oxford really deserved to win as their captain was much calmer! The Cambridge captain seemed to get very irritated with himself and his teammates!

Oh well, Cambridge can win the boat race, but Oxford are the more academic ones clearly! :tongue:

i logged on with the intention to start this thread to find you had beat me to it.
i though the magdalen captain was brilliant through the whole series.
the questions were so hard.

Reply 2

MadNatSci

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Hoofbeat

Anyone watch the Final tonight? I thought Magladen, Oxford really deserved to win as their captain was much calmer! The Cambridge captain seemed to get very irritated with himself and his teammates!

Oh well, Cambridge can win the boat race, but Oxford are the more academic ones clearly! :tongue:

Hahahahahahahahaa!! Yes, well :wink:

But congrats on the win to Magdelen Oxford. Sidney Cambridge will be triumphant, however, next year - rest assured of that! :biggrin:

Reply 3

Kalypso

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wooooooooooooooooooooooo magdalen :biggrin:

Reply 4

Elles

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yay..we're fabulous! :biggrin:

(i did already know the result, but still found it quite exciting! which was an achievement because normally i hate that programme..)

Reply 5

Bezza

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I watched some of it and couldn't answer many questions! I'd have to say Magdalen deserved to win

Hoofbeat

The Cambridge captain seemed to get very irritated with himself and his teammates!

He was really funny to watch though. He also couldn't sit still.

Reply 6

kingslaw

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I was supporting Cambridge for the simple bitter reason that Magdalen rejected me!

Reply 7

Hoofbeat

OP

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Bezza

I watched some of it and couldn't answer many questions! I'd have to say Magdalen deserved to win

He was really funny to watch though. He also couldn't sit still.

lol! I agree, very funny to watch! I was like sit still for gods sake!!! I managed to answer like 2 questions but they were guesses!

Reply 8

RxB

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The guy sitting on the Magdalen captain's right (so he was on her left on the screen) knew everything. A touch intimidating.

Reply 9

yawn1

Well it's no wonder Magdalen won -their bonus questions were just sooo easy! :biggrin:

Their captain really irritated me when she grabbed the trophy and wouldn't give the fellas a look in. Bossy little moo!

Reply 10

emzie

i knew the answers to 8 questions :smile:

- they must have been too easy teeheeee (coz i never usually know any!)

Reply 11

Kalypso

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yawn1

Well it's no wonder Magdalen won -their bonus questions were just sooo easy! :biggrin:

well if caius had got the starter questions, they would have got the easy bonuses! :tongue:

i managed a few qs (largely thanks to our GCSE biology teacher who drilled the names of the parts of a flower into us!)

Reply 12

Elles

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RxB

The guy sitting on the Magdalen captain's right (so he was on her left on the screen) knew everything. A touch intimidating.

he's a classicist..for some reason they always do when it comes to random trivia..ahem.."thrilling academic gems". :tongue:

Reply 13

hildabeast

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Lol I'm the reserve for our team in the next series so watch out for me next year hehe!!!

Reply 14

Bezza

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grey faerie

i managed a few qs (largely thanks to our GCSE biology teacher who drilled the names of the parts of a flower into us!)

I feel less inadequate now you reminded me about those - I could answer them too! Those guys must always be taking money out of the millionaire machine in the bar at magadalen .

Reply 15

Kalypso

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Elles

he's a classicist..for some reason they always do when it comes to random trivia..ahem.."thrilling academic gems". :tongue:

2 classicists on the team :smile:

*sulks* univesity challenge makes me feel so stupid!

Reply 16

Elles

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Bezza

I feel less inadequate now you reminded me about those - I could answer them too! Those guys must always be taking money out of the millionaire machine in the bar at magadalen .

mmm & even more fun to watch when they're drunk & attempting it..!

i think the reason i generally dislike the programme is that i'm useless, i don't think i got any! the things i find interesting & remember are just too obscure i suppose..whoops. :rolleyes:

Reply 17

yawn1

hildabeast

Lol I'm the reserve for our team in the next series so watch out for me next year hehe!!!

Wow - that's cool!

Do you have to be a second or third year to represent your college/uni? How did you manage to get a place on the reserve?

Let us know when your appearance (if you are selected) is coming up so as we can all tune in and watch you win!