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Bamber Gascoigne for me too, every time.
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Just learn the flags...it's worth 25 points
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Not to get Weisz and Lange was pitiful.
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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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Not to get Weisz and Lange was pitiful.
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I did not recognise either of them. Not everyone goes to the cinema regularly or reads celebrity magazines.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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Just watched the programme - took me a long time to find this thread - thanks Serial Lurker
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know Michael Caine's real name.
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Just watched the programme - took me a long time to find this thread - thanks Serial Lurker
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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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I was particularly interested that Mary Ann Brailsford and Sir Dave Brailsford both had mentions in questions tonight.
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Wow. Mr Crawford was on fire. Good to see a mature team play like this.
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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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I always get the feeling paxo isn't overly fond of the open university teams
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I always get the feeling paxo isn't overly fond of the open university teams
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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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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His tie was more Michael Crawford than Mr Crawford. Well done wrinklies!
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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.
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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.
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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She has such distinct eyebrows...

