“None of us take it for granted” “If I wanted an easy life I would have gone to oxford” Trinity reserve fulfilled every private school stereotype in existence
That's why 3 of the trinity cambridge guys went on to Oxford for postgraduate studies (their captain for a masters) and Matthew and Aled for PhDs at Magdalen college Oxford ;) speaks for itself.
The irony of the "In Da Club" beat as the music choice while the team is being announced at 11:08. "You can find me in da club". Nope, you'll find none of these in da club.
"The clever men at Oxford Know all that's to be known, But none of them no half as much As intelligence Mr Toad!" Sung By 'Toad' From 'The Wind In The Willows' ( 1906 ) Kenneth Graham ( 1859 - 1932 )
The most questions I have got right on an episode is 20. 7:27 and 28:35. When I was about 11 - 15 I used to go to bed with the 1986 RAC Guide Book. I learnt the approximate populations of towns and cities in the UK.
+Mike Fuller I can tell about 95% of towns and cities in England, with a population of about 50,000 or more, by the shape of the built up area on a map.
Oxbridge colleges shouldn't have their own teams. They do teaching but they don't award degrees. You can't really call an institute that don't award degrees as having university status.
41:38 There would never be anything like this in American television, it expects too much of the viewers, it expects too much of the contestants -> I agree that it expects too much of the US viewers, land of FOX News but there are plenty of more than qualified college students.
+Widmerpool99 Apparently, comprehending my comment also expects too much of you. I said there are plenty of more than qualified college students, but FOX News type of viewers wouldn't like a show like this.
rosecolouredglasses You made it seem as though all of the US watches dumb Fox News. "Land of Fox News". Wth? Basically, Republicans won't like this show. As an American I agree, they don't like facing facts.
That student is clueless. We have Jeopardy that runs 5 days a week, with questions just as challenging. I believe that's why Monkman was so good, no buzzer hesitation, smart, and quick with answers
I searched each & every corner of the internet for "University Challenge S20E27 - Christmas special (4)" with no luck. It would be much appreciated if you could upload it or send me a link for the video. Regards.
Cameron , it may not be on anymore but university challenge was the British offshoot from the American College Bowl or something like that.... Referenced in the great film Diner
@@Isleofskye just going into my third year reading Economics at UCL so it turned out ok-ish in the end. Hoping I'll have better luck with my Master's applications!
Sorry, but I object to Cameron Quinn's comment that there would never be anything like this on American television. There WAS something EXACTLY like it. It was called College Bowl, and it ran for twelve years on U.S. TV and another 30 years on radio. This month, it was announced that there would be a new run of the show. I was on my college's team for three years in the 1980s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Bowl
I think that Sudan has been just as tortured as Ethiopia over time! I have got as many as 20 questions right on an episode watching from home. The Brave The brave do never shun the light; / Just are their thoughts and open are their tempers; / Freely without disguise, they love or hate; / Still are they found in the fair face of day, / And heav'n and men are judges of their actions. Nicholas Rowe ( 20 / 6 / 1674 - 6 / 12 / 1718 ) Poet and Dramatist who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715. The 4th British Poet Laureate between Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715 ), Irish Poet and Playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1692 and Laurence Eusden ( 1688 - 1730 ), English Poet and Playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1718. Lawrence Eusden was the youngest British Poet Laureate, who received the bays on the 30 December, 1718 at the age of 30 years and 3 months. The post of British Poet Laureate used to be for life but New Labour changed the post to 10 years after the death of Ted Hughes in 1998. I am a bit nutty about this sort of thing! Cheers - Mike.
Well then, why does Jeremy Paxman think so highly of such ability to answer these questions?! A lot of times I have only got 4,5 or 6 questions right. I like dolphins! Good point! Thanks for the reply sd2787! With Best Wishes! Cheers - Mike.
Hi, sd2787! Thanks for the reply! This seems like a profound declination of my intelligence! I don't understand! You may be cleverer than me! With best wishes, sd2787! Cheers - Mike.
The criteria for joining university challenge is wrong! It shouldn't be based on the initial tests alone, but also be based on things like confidence under pressure and thinking under pressure. A really intelligent nerd may crack under pressure!
Mr. Cameron Quinn needs to go back to school. For him to say "there would never be anything like this on American television" when GE College Bowl ran on American television for 12 years (1958-1970) is just hilarious! And guess what Mr. Smarty Pants, it was a radio show before that. Stick to French and philosophy!
he is right though, I'm American and I wanted something like this on television right now but sadly our television are full of crappy reality show. So, he is right and you can't blame the guy for thinking that way.
Unbeknownst to Magdalen Oxford, a storm was brewing at Caius College Cambridge. A storm by the name of Loveday.
Dan Woodward Loool
Dan Woodward
omd 😂😂😂😂
Hapax legomenon
“None of us take it for granted”
“If I wanted an easy life I would have gone to oxford”
Trinity reserve fulfilled every private school stereotype in existence
Good for him. "Be yourself" is a pretty reasonable motto to follow. Sumjarnah?
That's why 3 of the trinity cambridge guys went on to Oxford for postgraduate studies (their captain for a masters) and Matthew and Aled for PhDs at Magdalen college Oxford ;) speaks for itself.
That Trinity team is surprisingly insufferable.
surprisingly?
@@krislove1167 sarcasm fella
The irony of the "In Da Club" beat as the music choice while the team is being announced at 11:08.
"You can find me in da club".
Nope, you'll find none of these in da club.
17:25 _If I wanted an easy life I'd have gone to Oxford_ :]]]
Aww it's the "modular arithmetic" guy!!!
Love Binnie
I found him on Only Connect.
*"what is the price of a pint of milk?"*
Silence.....
Homogenized, Chocolate, Raw Milk, 2%, Skim, Butterfat, filtered, UHT, Soy, Evaporated, Condensed, Goat, Sheep, Coconut, Buffalo, Almond Milk... must be more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_of_milk_question
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17826509
www.nytimes.com/1992/02/05/us/bush-encounters-the-supermarket-amazed.html
More important?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index
www.economist.com/news/2020/07/15/the-big-mac-index
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge actually won that year. The brother was right, his sister's team had no chance.
"after a long night"
yep we believe you
Dominic Freeland Jesus
22:00 the ogham script is pronounced 'o' as in 'though' followed 'um' as in 'rum'. I expected more from you oddly dressed candidate.
Whoever made this documentary has great taste in music... I see dat Alt-J
"The clever men at Oxford
Know all that's to be known,
But none of them no half as much
As intelligence Mr Toad!"
Sung By 'Toad'
From 'The Wind In The Willows' ( 1906 )
Kenneth Graham ( 1859 - 1932 )
Your spelling sucks
I watch a movie and the day after I've already forgotten the plot, it's like we're two different species lmao
The most questions I have got right on an episode is 20.
7:27 and 28:35. When I was about 11 - 15 I used to go to bed with the 1986 RAC Guide Book. I learnt the approximate populations of towns and cities in the UK.
+Mike Fuller I can tell about 95% of towns and cities in England, with a population of about 50,000 or more, by the shape of the built up area on a map.
congratulations
+feltbeatz river
Thank You!
Is that Stephen Fry at 2.28?
brontewcat yea
Yes
It’s 2:28 if your doing time stamps don’t you know anything about UA-cam
@@CricketEngland No I don’t know how to do time stamps, but if you understood what I meant then that’s enough for me.
@@brontewcat you use : not .
I thank everyone that posts University Challenge and also Mastermind. There's nothing like this on US TV.
If you like ridiculously tough quiz shows, look up Only Connect. Some of these people have since been on it.
Urmmm we watch Big Bang Theory, I think we know where Pasadena is!
They should do these every fuckin' year! It amazing what these students went through just to get on the show.
0:04 Ron Weasley
Oxbridge colleges shouldn't have their own teams. They do teaching but they don't award degrees. You can't really call an institute that don't award degrees as having university status.
14:01 The full Kwasi. Watched the beginning of that series before Michaelmas term
41:38 There would never be anything like this in American television, it expects too much of the viewers, it expects too much of the contestants
-> I agree that it expects too much of the US viewers, land of FOX News but there are plenty of more than qualified college students.
+rosecolouredglasses It's based on a US show called College Bowl. So there was once upon a time something like it.
+Widmerpool99 Apparently, comprehending my comment also expects too much of you. I said there are plenty of more than qualified college students, but FOX News type of viewers wouldn't like a show like this.
rosecolouredglasses
You made it seem as though all of the US watches dumb Fox News. "Land of Fox News". Wth?
Basically, Republicans won't like this show. As an American I agree, they don't like facing facts.
That student is clueless. We have Jeopardy that runs 5 days a week, with questions just as challenging. I believe that's why Monkman was so good, no buzzer hesitation, smart, and quick with answers
Monkman is Canadian
There will never be another Gail Trimble
I searched each & every corner of the internet for "University Challenge S20E27 - Christmas special (4)" with no luck.
It would be much appreciated if you could upload it or send me a link for the video.
Regards.
40:30 Oh Cameron no coincidence your Denby coffee cup is in Imperial blue.😂
Cameron , it may not be on anymore but university challenge was the British offshoot from the American College Bowl or something like that.... Referenced in the great film Diner
The Irish script on her bag is spelled 'Ogham' but not pronounced 'Ogg-ham' - rather Ohm - like the unit of electrical resistance ;-)
Damn, 20:28 gives me memories, I4 was the same room the college used to interview applicants last year
Jeremy 'Paxo' Paxman - cos he's 'stuffy'?
Thanks for the University Challenge videos!
390 points. bloody hell.
You've got to be telegenic?
Imagine the ones that failed.
I know too cruel.
Edinburgh has a very distracting library.
We were all state school educated? really now, would that be a state school in an affluent area or a state school in Peckham..think about it.
Have my TSA tomorrow morning; applied to read PPE @ Magdalen - looking to Binnie to spur me on in these darkest of hours
it didnt go well
@@pro-ductionspelis2455 aww. Hope things got better.
Well , how did you get on, my friend ?
@@Isleofskye just going into my third year reading Economics at UCL so it turned out ok-ish in the end. Hoping I'll have better luck with my Master's applications!
Thanks for your reply.
Good Luck :)
why did they make the lady @4:36 the captain?? I didn't understand what she said.
She said she was one of their mates that's why they have chosen her.
What the hell does that guy say at 16:10, just after he says maths can be quite serious??
'I do quite a lot of Gilbert and Sullivan operetta' ..
25:50, what a ledge
i recognise the voice but who is it???
+thegirlwhocriednbhd It's Richard Osman off Pointless
Damn, the balding guy around the 40 minutes mark is now quite big on youtube as a polyglot.
jmy450 who?
Hapax legomenon
Sorry, but I object to Cameron Quinn's comment that there would never be anything like this on American television. There WAS something EXACTLY like it. It was called College Bowl, and it ran for twelve years on U.S. TV and another 30 years on radio. This month, it was announced that there would be a new run of the show. I was on my college's team for three years in the 1980s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Bowl
I'd be scared shitless!!!
I think that Sudan has been just as tortured as Ethiopia over time! I have got as many as 20 questions right on an episode watching from home. The Brave The brave do never shun the light; / Just are their thoughts and open are their tempers; / Freely without disguise, they love or hate; / Still are they found in the fair face of day, / And heav'n and men are judges of their actions. Nicholas Rowe ( 20 / 6 / 1674 - 6 / 12 / 1718 ) Poet and Dramatist who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715. The 4th British Poet Laureate between Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715 ), Irish Poet and Playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1692 and Laurence Eusden ( 1688 - 1730 ), English Poet and Playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1718. Lawrence Eusden was the youngest British Poet Laureate, who received the bays on the 30 December, 1718 at the age of 30 years and 3 months. The post of British Poet Laureate used to be for life but New Labour changed the post to 10 years after the death of Ted Hughes in 1998. I am a bit nutty about this sort of thing! Cheers - Mike.
Well then, why does Jeremy Paxman think so highly of such ability to answer these questions?! A lot of times I have only got 4,5 or 6 questions right. I like dolphins! Good point! Thanks for the reply sd2787! With Best Wishes! Cheers - Mike.
Hi, sd2787! Thanks for the reply! This seems like a profound declination of my intelligence! I don't understand! You may be cleverer than me! With best wishes, sd2787! Cheers - Mike.
So you replied to comment 2 years ago, 6 years ago ? :)
Was that the World War Z theme? Lmao
8:17 Lithium? 10:24 Kingston-upon-Hull
Looked it up on Wikipedia 8:17 Deuterium
Lithium???? Jesus...
@@benjaminpike
Lol!
I thought that guy to the left at 4:31 was a statue the instant this scene came up, then it started to move.
7:10
What's the song that starts at 27:45
to build a home by the cinematic orchestra
KYLE LAM FROM THE SUITS ON ONLY CONNECT
Rest in Peace Bamber Gascoigne
The middle letter in the word "sixth" is X...not K. And the middle letter in the word "fifth" is not silent.
You're bang on but don't ever move to the Firf of Forf. You'll be ridiculed. (Only scherzo-ing.)
Ughhhh
1:56 You never seem to have a wet trout to hand at moments when you really need one, do you?
55:30 - "Just a slight trim around the sides please, mate."
Upon reading your phrase, the haircut of 21:12 popped into my head.
@30:30 Mitchell 😍
to be quite frankly: when it comes to quizzes, I am proper rubbish, but I love to watch them. I guess that makes me worse than any geek.
Was Hugh Grant a Public School Boy and what school did he attend?
Latymer Upper School (Public School in West London) then New College, Oxford University.
5.26 wtf?
I know just as much as these people know, if not more, Paxman!
amazing video ....
None of these people are as clever as Sarah Palin ( b.1964 ). Her ability to explain politics on the spot is fantastic!
Mike Fuller now you make me wanna go read her up haha
1965.
around 42:00 dude got sincere
Never liked Paxo, as he’s impatient and irritable.
He's very snarky for a 'host'
@5:26 you're fooling nobody..."Suzy"
The criteria for joining university challenge is wrong!
It shouldn't be based on the initial tests alone, but also be based on things like confidence under pressure and thinking under pressure.
A really intelligent nerd may crack under pressure!
Why don't they allow non-British Universities to participate in the contest? Rather unfair.
Person in the purplish top at 47:29??? I'm a little confused.
Bunch of snobs
You twat
Mr. Cameron Quinn needs to go back to school. For him to say "there would never be anything like this on American television" when GE College Bowl ran on American television for 12 years (1958-1970) is just hilarious! And guess what Mr. Smarty Pants, it was a radio show before that. Stick to French and philosophy!
That was 45 years ago...
he said television, and its particularly right i guess
he is right though, I'm American and I wanted something like this on television right now but sadly our television are full of crappy reality show. So, he is right and you can't blame the guy for thinking that way.