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Old 25-08-2016, 15:36
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Bamber Gascoigne for me too, every time.
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Old 29-08-2016, 20:16
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Just learn the flags...it's worth 25 points
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Old 29-08-2016, 20:24
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Not to get Weisz and Lange was pitiful.
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Old 30-08-2016, 01:05
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Who did Pinder remind me of? There was a captain in last year's UC that looked exactly like him.

These people could get all the difficult answers but man they flopped all those geography questions - Savannah?

That head jerk by Hodge was so cute. And Barton looked lovely (especially his byebye at the end)

And poor Rachel Weisz - after all years of hard work in cinema she was still not recognised by these people She has such distinct eyebrows...
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Old 30-08-2016, 08:23
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Not to get Weisz and Lange was pitiful.
I did not recognise either of them. Not everyone goes to the cinema regularly or reads celebrity magazines.
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Old 30-08-2016, 10:51
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Do you own a television?
I don't see the relevance of that comment. It all depends on which programmes you choose to watch. I didn't recognise them either, but then there are very few I would. I'm not proud of the fact, but then again I don't really care.
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Old 30-08-2016, 12:51
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I did not recognise either of them. Not everyone goes to the cinema regularly or reads celebrity magazines.
Add me to the 'me neither's. Have to say I'm always a bit baffled by questions like these. I know University Challenge makes an effort not to be too elitist, and I'm all for that, but celeb pics seems to me like going a bit too far down that route.
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Old 30-08-2016, 13:03
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Another me neither here.

I have a pretty good answer rate on both Mastermind and UC - but I don't watch much telly, go to the cinema rarely, and don't read celebrity magazines - so asking me to identify an actress I may have seen once or twice in a long life is hit and miss.
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Old 30-08-2016, 13:25
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Add me to the 'me neither's. Have to say I'm always a bit baffled by questions like these. I know University Challenge makes an effort not to be too elitist, and I'm all for that, but celeb pics seems to me like going a bit too far down that route.
They are more than "Celeb" pics though. we are not talking about the Kardashians (reality Tv non entities if you don't know) . Cinema is part of culture. Culture is part of having a broad knowledge. Lange and Weisz are not household names but they are known primarily for what they do as actors, not "who they are" for it's own sake.
Yes it can be hit and miss but there are four on the teams, so 4 times the likelihood someone knows them, however relatively obscure they are.
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Old 30-08-2016, 17:11
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Another me neither here.

I have a pretty good answer rate on both Mastermind and UC - but I don't watch much telly, go to the cinema rarely, and don't read celebrity magazines - so asking me to identify an actress I may have seen once or twice in a long life is hit and miss.
Same here. I've accidentally caught Weisz in a few 'Mummy' films with Brendan Frazer but that's all.
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Old 30-08-2016, 19:47
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I knew her, but couldn't name her, I was shouting at the TV " she was in Tootsie " which was less than helpful in retrospect.

Sorry, but General Knowledge is knowledge of a wide range of stuff, the clue's in the name.

You have a gap in your General Knowledge if you can't name The Monkees or know Michael Caine's real name.
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Old 30-08-2016, 23:03
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Film is part of the culture and those two pics are probably the 2 of the most famous, hardworking actresses who get to this stage in their careers because of their talent instead of anything else (Rachel Weisz even is a Cambridge graduate, know your alumna)

I guess we are okay to ridicule them just for once when the team fail to give the most obvious answers (Surprised they got Gillian btw)
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Old 05-09-2016, 20:32
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Just watched the programme - took me a long time to find this thread - thanks Serial Lurker

Am I the only one that watches?
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Old 05-09-2016, 20:45
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know Michael Caine's real name.
Which is now Michael Caine!

https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...e-changes-name
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Old 05-09-2016, 21:21
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Just watched the programme - took me a long time to find this thread - thanks Serial Lurker

Am I the only one that watches?
No - but we were all watching Only Connect when you posted.
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Old 05-09-2016, 22:30
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Was it planned that two 'mature' teams should play one another? Not including Paxo the average age was 45. (Not that there is anything inherently wrong in that, just an odd coincidence.) Ms. Banks was pretty phenomenal though.
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Old 05-09-2016, 23:10
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I was particularly interested that Mary Ann Brailsford and Sir Dave Brailsford both had mentions in questions tonight.
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Old 05-09-2016, 23:48
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Wow. Mr Crawford was on fire. Good to see a mature team play like this.
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Old 06-09-2016, 08:40
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Good one last night I thought - once the Open University got into their stride there was only going to be one winner.

They all answered at least one starter but Crawford was particularly good.
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Old 06-09-2016, 09:37
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I always get the feeling paxo isn't overly fond of the open university teams
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Old 06-09-2016, 09:48
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I always get the feeling paxo isn't overly fond of the open university teams
When the OU won back in 1999 he criticised the team quite strongly for being against the spirit of the competition. Apparently some of the team members had joined the OU simply to be eligible to go on University Challenge. Perhaps he still feels this is the case.

However, last night he seemed relatively less than sneery towards them, even complimenting them on the fact that they had done so well despite only meeting earlier that day.
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Old 06-09-2016, 12:45
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When the OU won back in 1999 he criticised the team quite strongly for being against the spirit of the competition. Apparently some of the team members had joined the OU simply to be eligible to go on University Challenge. Perhaps he still feels this is the case.

However, last night he seemed relatively less than sneery towards them, even complimenting them on the fact that they had done so well despite only meeting earlier that day.
There's a school of thought that says that older students have an unfair advantage because they're likely to have a wider knowledge of art, music, literature and so forth. However, they've only won twice in 45 series.
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Old 06-09-2016, 19:51
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His tie was more Michael Crawford than Mr Crawford. Well done wrinklies!
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Old 06-09-2016, 20:00
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There's a school of thought that says that older students have an unfair advantage because they're likely to have a wider knowledge of art, music, literature and so forth. However, they've only won twice in 45 series.
That's because we weren't included for a good many years despite the teams being extremely knowledgeable and far from "ringers". However we didn't devote the same effort into picking teams as certain other high prestige Universities. There is now a far more rigorous selection procedure involving tests, trials and practice matches against the very wonderful OU Staff and, this year, our equally wonderful Student Association Executive (who very nearly beat the final team).
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Old 06-09-2016, 22:59
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There's a school of thought that says that older students have an unfair advantage because they're likely to have a wider knowledge of art, music, literature and so forth. However, they've only won twice in 45 series.
Oh noes! It's "unfair" for one group of people to know more than another - in a quiz about deep general knowledge.

Next we'll be hearing that it's "unfair" that older people have more money that millenials - because they've had a lifetime to save.
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