Trueblood's breadth of knowledge was very impressive - yes, he is studying medicine - but someone needs to prevent him from wearing that hoodie on his next appearance as he kept nervously playing with its left tie string...
Am I the only person who was really fed up with the Tropical Medicine captain coming over all girly & pretending to be shocked every single time she answered correctly?
Am I the only person who was really fed up with the Tropical Medicine captain coming over all girly & pretending to be shocked every single time she answered correctly?
Well, she practically won the game for her team, so who cares. Apart from the guy on her left, the other two hardly answered any question.
LSE was unlucky, although I'm surprised they didn't shout out Australopithecus for their last question.
I think London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used up all the nameplate letters, hence the Beeb could only put LSE instead of its full name.
Yep, the LSHTM probably have the longest name of any team who has competed. Then you look at LSE's team which only used 15 letters in the whole of the 4 surnames.
I was a bit surprised to see that only half of the contestants were British, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not to be honest. One the one hand are they saying that the non British students seemed to have more knowledge so got in the teams or are they saying that British Universities are better than the ones in their home countries.
I was a bit surprised to see that only half of the contestants were British, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not to be honest. One the one hand are they saying that the non British students seemed to have more knowledge so got in the teams or are they saying that British Universities are better than the ones in their home countries.
I'm not sure it means that much TBH. The LSE has always had a world-wide reputation (Jim Hacker notwithstanding ) and therefore attracts the best and the brightest - and JFK - from everywhere. Maybe it just illustrates that the other half (the british students) are just as good as the best from elsewhere?
P.S. Yes, I got Barber of Seville before the question was asked, too
Finally caught up 8 eps in 2 days. Totally forgot the new series started ages ago.
I felt bad for St Anne's because had they had a better draw they would have got the best loser or even won it.
Gonville and Caius had the word "peaked too early" written all over it but we shall see
And, why was Courtauld on the show? How did they survive the rounds before becoming the final 28?
Some memorable girls this series. That green Sailor Moon girl and the cute LSHTM captain:D
What a match between Leicester and Open U. Leicester is definitely a dark horse and should go far. Not a bad match by Open U at all and they should win the next match to get to R2
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Agreed. He knew a lot of stuff about a lot of stuff. I was impressed.
The thought of being told 'Dr Trueblood will see you now' and then seeing his face would terrify me.
I noticed that he just kept raising an eyebrow, a la Roger Moore.
He reminded me of a Harry Enfield character, maybe Mr Cholmondley-Warner?
"If you see it, say it"
It was mnemonic, not pneumonic.
Although LSE only got 140 points Paxo remarked that they got more points than some oher winners and that they could be back as one of the runners up.
Ooh, thank you for this. I also thought he said pneumonic and was confused when HUM was given - that would have been a very silent M indeed!
LSE was unlucky, although I'm surprised they didn't shout out Australopithecus for their last question.
Ah the brilliant Bela Lugosi. I heard that quote in his voice. I see the teams weren't up on their vampire quotes.
Yep, the LSHTM probably have the longest name of any team who has competed. Then you look at LSE's team which only used 15 letters in the whole of the 4 surnames.
I managed to get the Barber Of Seville question before Jeremy had got half of what you had to answer out.
P.S. Yes, I got Barber of Seville before the question was asked, too
And very impressive they were too. Will Scottish universities be in any further series that is the starter for ten. ;-)
Not when they can have fifty million Oxbridge colleges instead ;-)
I felt bad for St Anne's because had they had a better draw they would have got the best loser or even won it.
Gonville and Caius had the word "peaked too early" written all over it but we shall see
And, why was Courtauld on the show? How did they survive the rounds before becoming the final 28?
Some memorable girls this series. That green Sailor Moon girl and the cute LSHTM captain:D
Mr. Brown has a cute beard.
OH - and UC got on the Guardian this week
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/15/gutted-university-challenge-paxman-diversity
Interesting.