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Old 31-10-2016, 20:47
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. (In a series where there haven't been any really stand out teams.)

If I'd a penny for every time I read that.
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Old 31-10-2016, 21:37
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And not forgetting: RIP David Bostock of SOAS.

(I wonder how far the team got in the contest.)
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Old 31-10-2016, 21:38
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The last time SOAS was on there was a tribute at the end to team member David Bostock who died shortly before the programme was broadcast . (He was the man on the far left)

I wonder if he was able make any more appearances for his team before he died? It must have been sad for his family if they watched this evening but at least they saw his team put in a stonking performance.
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Old 31-10-2016, 21:41
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Yes, I seem to remember reading the family were given a private showing before he died so he could see it. I don't know if they saw this one too.
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Old 31-10-2016, 22:01
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you wonder how on earth SOAS managed to get beat
Well technically they didn't. It was a draw, decided by fastest finger first, against an equally good team.
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Old 31-10-2016, 22:20
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Whoa. What a beatdown. Glad to see everyone contributed in the SOAS team.

RIP Mr Bostock again
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:40
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I'd love to see SOAS win the whole thing - as a tribute to Mr Bostock

They were certainly on fire last night.
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:47
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A team with an average age of 44 should do better than a team with its average age in the early twenties. My general knowledge now is much better than it was many years ago when I was at university.
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Old 01-11-2016, 10:15
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A team with an average age of 44 should do better than a team with its average age in the early twenties. My general knowledge now is much better than it was many years ago when I was at university.
Maybe, but the specialist knowledge of UC teams goes far beyond the average person's general knowledge. Thinking back, I learned some of the stuff that was in last night's questions at university (e.g. utilitarianism) but I also read a lot more books for pleasure back then, so it's probably not unusual for younger students to have a good breadth of knowledge.
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:39
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A team with an average age of 44 should do better than a team with its average age in the early twenties. My general knowledge now is much better than it was many years ago when I was at university.
OTOH there are many maths and physics questions on UC that I know I would have been able to answer back when I was 18, but have since slipped my mind.
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Old 01-11-2016, 13:42
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A team with an average age of 44 should do better than a team with its average age in the early twenties. My general knowledge now is much better than it was many years ago when I was at university.
But your knowledge of statistical significance and logical thinking is apparently still just as awful as it ever was!
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Old 01-11-2016, 14:23
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Brilliant performance from SOAS, R.I.P. Mr. Bostock.
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Old 01-11-2016, 14:42
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SOAS were terrific, especially their captain. I love how he rubbed his legs like Vic Reeves every time he got a question correct! They could go the whole way - although losing Bostock (not sure how many more rounds he'll feature in) will be a big blow. He was very good last night too.
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Old 01-11-2016, 17:03
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SOAS were terrific, especially their captain. I love how he rubbed his legs like Vic Reeves every time he got a question correct! They could go the whole way - although losing Bostock (not sure how many more rounds he'll feature in) will be a big blow. He was very good last night too.
I imagine that the entire series of UC (including the final) was in the can well before the death of Mr. Bostock. The result is known to many but is embargoed.
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Old 01-11-2016, 18:31
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SOAS were terrific, especially their captain. I love how he rubbed his legs like Vic Reeves every time he got a question correct! .
Yeah, that's what I noticed.
The guy's a flippin' genius ... and leg-rubbing weird.

I got three they didn't get, but I didn't get loads that they got.
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Old 02-11-2016, 18:52
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Really hard to watch knowing Mr. Bostock's passed. Despite having no scientists on the team they were truly excellent!

R.I.P. sir.
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Old 02-11-2016, 19:29
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Maybe, but the specialist knowledge of UC teams goes far beyond the average person's general knowledge. Thinking back, I learned some of the stuff that was in last night's questions at university (e.g. utilitarianism) but I also read a lot more books for pleasure back then, so it's probably not unusual for younger students to have a good breadth of knowledge.
Without a doubt. But UC teams aren't made up from "the average person". As it is, I have remembered the answer to a fair number of UC questions that I learned for O Levels, many decades ago. I have also learned a great deal since my university days and can now answer questions that I wouldn't have a chance of knowing the answer to when I was an undergrad.
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:23
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Really close match here
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:29
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Poetic justice that Open lost by running out of time.
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:30
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That Tolkien answer saved Edinburgh after fluffing one of the easiest rounds I've ever seen on UC - The 50s Sci-Fi stuff. To not get Day the Earth Stood Still, to mistake Invasion of the Body Snatchers for Day of the Triffids and to not get Day of the Triffids when it came up was risible.
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:33
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Poetic justice that Open lost by running out of time.
Yes! Edinburgh got so little time and was always hurried by Paxo, whereas Open seemed to have aeons of silence to luxuriate in their thoughts.

Well done, Edinburgh! Phew, that was an exhausting episode
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:35
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That Tolkien answer saved Edinburgh after fluffing one of the easiest rounds I've ever seen on UC - The 50s Sci-Fi stuff. To not get Day the Earth Stood Still, to mistake Invasion of the Body Snatchers for Day of the Triffids and to not get Day of the Triffids when it came up was risible.
We can't all be Si Fi geeks.
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Old 07-11-2016, 20:38
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We can't all be Si Fi geeks.
Not even getting one right was extremely lame at this stage.
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Old 07-11-2016, 21:04
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Not even getting one right was extremely lame at this stage.
I don't know, I'm with Jimbo. Personally I've never seen any of those movies, and only got Day of the Triffids because of the earlier guess - as in 'Oh, this might be Day of the Triffids'.

Very hard on Open, I thought. Not unfair - it's the rules - but hard. But I've never seen such a close finish in all the years I've been watching UC.
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Old 07-11-2016, 21:11
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I don't know, I'm with Jimbo. Personally I've never seen any of those movies, and only got Day of the Triffids because of the earlier guess - as in 'Oh, this might be Day of the Triffids'.
The Day the Earth Stood Still and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (been remade three times) are arguably the two most famous and widely respected of fifties SF movies. Their ignorance was only underlined by mistaking Body Snatchers for Triffids and then failing to recognise Day of the Triffids when by chance it did come up!

They should try watching some movies now and again.
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