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Toggy
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 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:12 pm Post subject: University Challenge |
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I really enjoyed this series and was delighted to see Trinity win the trophy last night.
I was very impressed by the Slovakian chap on the Cambridge team, also the captain Morley was a very bright lad. |
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becky sharp
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Yes it's been a good series,Toggy.....nice to hear Jeremy praise both teams at the end. 
I like the trophy.. a very nice looking object. Is there a new one every year,I wonder?
Another favourite quiz of mine, Fifteen-To-One, is back on Channel 4 with Sandi Toksvig taking the role that William G Stewart used to be so good at.
I always preferred it to Countdown. |
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Shaky Fan
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| Challenge TV have just got the rights to the 1st series of the original 15 To 1 and will be starting to show it soon. |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's been a great series this year and I'm glad Trinity won although I was hoping SOAS would have got through their semi final.
I think my next door neighbour was on 15 To 1 years ago but I can't remember how he got on and I never saw it on TV!
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oldraver
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: University Challenge |
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| Toggy wrote: | I really enjoyed this series and was delighted to see Trinity win the trophy last night.
I was very impressed by the Slovakian chap on the Cambridge team, also the captain Morley was a very bright lad. |
I went through the entire series, thinking he was Polish! The semi-final was best, I thought, when they were behind to Manchester, and looked as if they were going to get beaten, until they went turbo charged in the last ten minutes. Astounding.
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Helen May
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Me too Becky. I'm hoping the other team wins but I won't hold my breath. It will be a miss until the next season begins.
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FleetingEileenM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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I always back Oxford against Cambridge, stemming from my schooldays when we had a netball match at the time of the Boat Race and I was always in the Oxford team (I think I liked dark blue more than light blue). It was a good final tonight. There was one question which I was able to answer when none of the students could. Unfortunately I now can't remember what it was  . |
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Helen May wrote: | Me too Becky. I'm hoping the other team wins but I won't hold my breath. It will be a miss until the next season begins.
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Well they did just that,Helen!
| FleetingEileenM wrote: | | I always back Oxford against Cambridge, stemming from my schooldays when we had a netball match at the time of the Boat Race and I was always in the Oxford team (I think I liked dark blue more than light blue). It was a good final tonight. There was one question which I was able to answer when none of the students could. Unfortunately I now can't remember what it was . |
I can never remember which is which,Eileen.. 
A decent final and Mr Monkman looked genuinely happy for the other team.
Good sportsmanship.
Jeremy seemed happy when Mr Monkman got a question wrong...surely not.  |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:30 am Post subject: |
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I was pleased with the outcome Becky and I think Jeremy enjoyed it too!
I always mixed the colours up as well, until last summer at the son of a close friend's wedding, the wedding party ties and table accessories were in Cambridge blue as the bride and groom met there.
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becky sharp
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| Helen May wrote: | I was pleased with the outcome Becky and I think Jeremy enjoyed it too!
I always mixed the colours up as well, until last summer at the son of a close friend's wedding, the wedding party ties and table accessories were in Cambridge blue as the bride and groom met there.
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Which is..?   |
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Helen May
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Mid to pale blue with a touch of turquoise thrown in. Well that was the colour of the ties!
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Helen May wrote: | Mid to pale blue with a touch of turquoise thrown in. Well that was the colour of the ties!
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I'll see if that sticks,Helen... |
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FleetingEileenM
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| becky sharp wrote: | A decent final and Mr Monkman looked genuinely happy for the other team.
Good sportsmanship.
Jeremy seemed happy when Mr Monkman got a question wrong...surely not. |
That was a funny moment and I think Jeremy said something like "That was an absolutely useless answer"! I was reading about Eric Monkman and he seems genuinely bemused by all the attention being heaped on him. Some chap met him in the street and asked for a selfie with him as "my girlfriend loves you" . His parents and older sister are all doctors. Sis said fondly of him that he is a little eccentric . |
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becky sharp
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| FleetingEileenM wrote: | | becky sharp wrote: | A decent final and Mr Monkman looked genuinely happy for the other team.
Good sportsmanship.
Jeremy seemed happy when Mr Monkman got a question wrong...surely not. |
That was a funny moment and I think Jeremy said something like "That was an absolutely useless answer"! |
Yes!.. | FleetingEileenM wrote: | | I was reading about Eric Monkman and he seems genuinely bemused by all the attention being heaped on him. Some chap met him in the street and asked for a selfie with him as "my girlfriend loves you" . His parents and older sister are all doctors. Sis said fondly of him that he is a little eccentric . |
I think she might have something there... |
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oldraver
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Mr Monkman was on last year as well, wasn't he? There's a touch of Roy Cropper about him. Anyway, that's not why I've posted.
I got two answers that none of the finalists got. The second one was "dog" but unless I watch it again, I can't remember the first. That said, half of the questions might as well be in Esperanto.
Also, regarding Mr M, I found myself wondering how costly his two inaccurate "buzzing early" answers were. Could have made all the difference.
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becky sharp
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| oldraver wrote: | | Mr Monkman was on last year as well, wasn't he? There's a touch of Roy Cropper about him. Anyway, that's not why I've posted. |
Yes! ...his long lost son?
| oldraver wrote: | I got two answers that none of the finalists got. The second one was "dog" but unless I watch it again, I can't remember the first. That said, half of the questions might as well be in Esperanto.
Also, regarding Mr M, I found myself wondering how costly his two inaccurate "buzzing early" answers were. Could have made all the difference. |
His eagerness to buzz in early was a little uncharacteristic...perhaps he was a little nervous. He made some rather strange movements with his arms at one point...wonder what that was all about. |
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FleetingEileenM
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| becky sharp wrote: |
His eagerness to buzz in early was a little uncharacteristic...perhaps he was a little nervous. He made some rather strange movements with his arms at one point...wonder what that was all about. |
I have just watched it again and I think he was trying to delay a too-eager answer to a tricky maths question, adding up the numbers of four elements.
The answer I knew which they didn't was Jacques Tati …possibly a little lightweight for their superior brains? Their answer was Jean Luc Godard.
NB Tati was a comedic genius IMO |
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oldraver
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That was it, Eileen..Monsieur Hulot's Holiday! I was amazed nobody got it.
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becky sharp
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| FleetingEileenM wrote: | | becky sharp wrote: |
His eagerness to buzz in early was a little uncharacteristic...perhaps he was a little nervous. He made some rather strange movements with his arms at one point...wonder what that was all about. |
I have just watched it again and I think he was trying to delay a too-eager answer to a tricky maths question, adding up the numbers of four elements. |
Right,thanks for that,Eileen..it just looked ever so odd.
| FleetingEileenM wrote: | The answer I knew which they didn't was Jacques Tati …
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| oldraver wrote: | | That was it, Eileen..Monsieur Hulot's Holiday! |
That makes three of us who knew it...  |
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becky sharp
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| I'm enjoying,as usual, the Christmas editions of University Challenge with the (slightly ) older contestants but was astonished that none of Ekow Eshun's team knew that Boadicea was the Queen of the Iceni tribe.. I thought that was common knowledge..obviously not. |
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Schizoidman
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I knew the 'Iceni' answer!
I always watch UC, and also Only Connect. It's the UC final tonight! |
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Helen May
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I've really enjoyed this Christmas series.
I've not watched many Only Connect episodes, maybe I should give it a try.
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becky sharp
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| Schizoidman wrote: | I knew the 'Iceni' answer!
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That makes two of us then...
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I always watch UC, and also Only Connect. It's the UC final tonight! |
An evenly matched contest until the last few questions. Quite pleased with myself I knew the Edna Ferber question, which none of the people asked knew.
Only Connect together with University Challenge is my regular Monday night viewing.
A while ago,for some unknown reason, they moved Only Connect to Friday nights...obviously proved an unpopular move as it was soon returned to it's Monday slot. |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:59 am Post subject: University Challenge New Season |
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It's that time of year again 8.30pm BBC2 and Jeremy Paxman!
Makes you feel as if summer is over but I'm looking forward to watching.
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers Helen.
No Only Connect - they're usually a twosome on a Monday? |
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Helen May
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Not sure about that Becky, didn't they move Only Connect to a Friday?
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becky sharp
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| Helen May wrote: | Not sure about that Becky, didn't they move Only Connect to a Friday?
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They did,Helen, but I thought they moved it back to Monday. |
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Helen May
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Just checked and it's Nadya's cookery programme at 8pm. Maybe when that has finished they will start Only Connect again.
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| That could well be the case - thanks Helen. |
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Helen May wrote: | Just checked and it's Nadya's cookery programme at 8pm. Maybe when that has finished they will start Only Connect again.
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New series starts next Monday, at 8, before University Challenge,Helen. |
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Helen May
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Oh thank you for that Becky I'll give it a go!
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Helen May
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:22 pm Post subject: Another New Season Uni Challenge Begins! |
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Yep it's come round again and it starts tonight at 8.30.
Seems earlier than usual, but looking back in this thread it isn't!
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becky sharp
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just catching up with this series,Helen.
I associate U.C. with Winter rather than Summer. |
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Helen May
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I would have said it usually would have started after or around the August Bank Holiday but it must have moved forward gradually!
I did wonder if there would be a series what with lockdown, but they must record them even more in advance than I imagined.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Young chap,on last week's programme, with the sticking plaster keeping his glasses together reminded me of Jack Duckworth. |
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becky sharp
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| Good to see Only Connect back last night with appropriate Covid measures. I was beginning to wonder where it was. |
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Fog on the Tyne
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Glad to see it back Becky, I even got a couple of answers correct tonight
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becky sharp
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On the odd occasion,Foggy, I've got a question right when the contestants haven't. (And it is an odd occasion)
Assuming the other team can't see The Wall I've often wondered why they don't have the same wall for both. |
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Fog on the Tyne
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I sometimes think it would be fairer for the teams if they used the same wall but it wouldn't be much fun watching the same wall done twice
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