This is Justin. Between the filming of episodes, I took the time to visit my family, brush up on my studies and avoid coffee like the plague. This was perhaps our strongest challenge yet, but I’m glad to have recovered sufficiently to face a powerful Manchester team! Thank you all for watching, and have a brilliant Lunar New Year!
After a slow start out of the gate, Imperial finds its footing with standout *Justin Lee’s* answers to all three questions about 삼국유사 [Samguk Yusa] [Heritage of the Three Kingdoms] 12:34, ties the score, and then never looks back. Lee performs a similar hat trick regarding pragmatic sanctions in European history 18:42 and when asked to name _either_ of the only languages that are both members of the Austroasiatic family and are national languages 26:43, he handily and nonchalantly names _both._ Overall, he beats out Adam Jones as this match’s MVP. (Avoiding coffee works, apparently.) Adam Jones and Sourajit Debnath do their share of helping to rack up points and Suraiya Haddad provides her usual “crisp” leadership. Imperial manages to score almost double the number of starter points that Manchester does (115 to 60)-and that’s even counting three incorrect starter interruptions resulting in a 15-point penalty. And, even though their success rate in answering bonus questions is, surprisingly, a bit less than three-quarters that of Manchester’s,⭑ it doesn’t matter because Imperial gets to answer more than double the questions. Manchester is, obviously, a great team but Imperial is like a perfectly timed, well-oiled, highly efficient machine when it gets going-all the team members are fully engaged; they listen to each other, waste no time, and, above all, really know their stuff. ⭑h/t @lindorsibande’s match stats.
Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! It was like three matches in one...an early blowout, then a tight match, then a blowout the other way. The winning team is the prohibitive favorites at this point IMO. While they've been less dominating than usual in their last two matches, it's because their competition is so much stronger than earlier. I'm not a betting man, but I'd be tempted to bet large on this match's winning team to win it all. No shame in losing to them. My best to both teams and each individual.
Good job on not spoiling the result in your comment my man. Frankly, I can't see anyone beating the winners as I feel like these are the two strongest teams in the competition
The fact that Imperial had their toughest challenge till now yet they scored 200+ shows how incredible they are. They kept their minds cool and slowly took the lead. A wonderful team effort! For the first time I heard the host telling both the teams that there is plenty of time.
Thank you as always for doing a fantastic job with the statistics. A few other observations: 19 rounds (18 rounds completed; the starter and first bonus questions were asked in the 19th round before the game ended) 28 starter questions (19 answered correctly, plus an additional 9 starter questions which neither side got right) 55 bonus questions (18 rounds x 3, plus the first bonus question in the 19th round) 83 questions asked in total (28 starter + 55 bonus) 555 points available in total (28 x10, plus 55 x 5) 58.6% of the 555 points available were answered correctly ((205 + 120)/555) Imperial 36.9% of the total points available answered correctly (205/555) Manchester 21.6% of the total points available answered correctly (120/555)
I still think the finals will be University College London vs. Imperial, the ladder being led by the very formidable Lee and Jones. Jones bears a resemblance to Oscar Wilde.
As a British expat living in Tennessee I was unreasonably excited when that question about states that border 8 other states came up. I was screaming Tennessee at the TV, but alas, neither team heard me
@@jayguerero47 Yes, that meaning I did know, but according to Wiktionary 'conferment' can also mean 'The act of conferring', in which case it was not wrong. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conferment
I do like how appropriate it is that the Imperial team features four members from current and former parts of the British Empire. Hong Kong, Canada, India and England.
Debnath comes up clutch always with Maths questions. Jones wasn't at his best this episode, but I'm sure he'll come back strong. Imperial is the team to beat
It was a wonderful episode, it is a pleasure to see these intelligent young people showing their intelligence and culture. Many many thanks CP for bringing us these videos. Cheers from the hot and rainy Belem (Amazon, Brazil).
8:40 With Pele right in the middle of the picture, the guesses of 2002 and 1994 were hilarious. They picked the only two World Cup finals featuring Brazil that didn't feature Pele
Thanks, Cosmic P! I had expected a tight match and it certainly started out that way, then Manchester seemed to wither under the Imperial juggernaut! Would not be surprised to see Manchester win their second attempt, though, to make it into the next round.
That was neck and neck until Lee showed up and absolutely tore through the questions. Manchester did quite well but Imperial are just unbelievably strong here.
Kind of felt like Amol strolled through the researchers' room before this one and threw in a couple of ideas for questions he'd like to read. Looked good on him.
Well, you would, wouldn't you, here you are in the belly of the beast-- which you're about to ride -- who could resist throwing in a topic or two? As this is the first time its seems that A.A.'s fingerprints are visible, maybe it was in this episode he really cut loose. However, expect he will follow in Old Paxo's anonomous footprints -- rather than embrace the vibrant VCM approach.@@Ramboost007
Worried before the match this might be a slaughter; losers actually were ahead for the majority of the game, and actually got their best bonus performance of 12/18, along with keeping their I believe unique record among the QF'ists with no penalties yet. The winners eventually soared off - still backing them for the title but less sure after this performance - 18/37 on bonuses is actually their worst to date, but we'll see what happens ;).
@@pathina7 No he didn't. He rarely had to confer with Max Zeng because Max would just give the answer straight away if he knew it, and they had hardly any overlap in specialisms. He conferred with Fatima Sheriff on literature because they're both good at that, but that didn't come up particularly often. The reason he conferred most with Gilbert Jackson is because they had the most overlap in specialisms (art, classical music, physical science), and therefore the most need to confer on questions. He wasn't ignoring the team, he was conferring with the right people at the right time.
It wasn't a matter of conferring with- it was the matter of turning his head and just ignoring them completely. And the fact that more than a few other people commented on this is testimony on the issue. And again, why on earth out of all the many many captains would someone with this issue be singled out for lauding? And again, why only criticise this female captain with a non western surname? "The weakest link"?@@gooscarguitar
As always, there's someone shouting an answer... in my case again as a Chilean (and here, everything is football) 1970 !!!!! (It has Pelé on it, damn!, why those answers?!?!?!). xD. BTW, is it just me or Haddad was kinda off this day?. =(
I agree. Those answers were literally out of the ball park and restored my self confidence that I am just as smart as those whizz kids on certain subjects.
I think there was not a single one I knew that they were struggling with? No wait; I was repeating Lech Walesa while both teams whiffed, understandably though. You don't really see his image or hear him talked about for the past few decades, and neither team had an old person on it. I did see the Pele and not understand their guesses, but I didn't know the correct year myself. I was guessing '66 or '70.
@@charlesclark3840 In future references, remember, 66 was the Germany v/s England where 'till the end of the world, there will still be the controversy about a 101' minute England goal that Germans swear it didn't fully crossed the line. =P
Definitely watch these quizzes to learn: Today, I learned that Birmingham have their own Floozie in a Jacuzzi. My question: Is the sculpture from before or after 1988? My uncle sculpted Anna Livia, Dublin's Floozie, which was designed as a recumbant, feminine, pre-Xtian figure. And she's been replaced by a metal spike.
Hearing the phrase, immediately thought of Dublin. Seem to remember a woman semi-submerged in the middle of the O'Connell bridge. According to Wikipedia, the Birmingham one is from 1994.
My children all gained good BSc and MSc degrees, successful in their respective chosen careers and very capable in their fields, but never have anywhere near this breadth of knowledge displayed by UC contestants. This becomes evident when we play trivia games at Christmas! At 74, I have a head full of useless old bollocks that sometimes surfaces to answer an obscure question that arises here yelling the answer and startling the dogs...but not often!
We all know that UC is the ancestral home of the obscure question [duh!], but there were a few too many questions that left both teams flat-footed. Some of them were so convoluted, that even when new Paxman had finished asking the question nobody had a clue what he meant. And most of the teams had barely been born when the mullet-headed Warne was playing, so his disdain for their answers was misplaced.
Again, thank you CosmicPumpkin for bringing some culture to Allen, Texas. I did get a few right but just one no-answer. Still did better than some contestants. Not bad for a product of the Louisiana educational system. 😄
I enjoyed that. Two strong teams that got to show off some of their strengths, plus the comfort of seeing a bunch of brilliant youths perform similarly to me on sports questions.
One of the most amusing threads of this series so far has been De Los Reyes-White failing to get any of the questions on LGBTQ/CRT etc. correct, despite all the badges displayed on his hat.
Quizmaster appears very scathing about the Warne cricket question not being known. Unnecessary for him to do that, just because he happens to know the answer.
I love how all through the competition she smiles encouragingly at the team mate who gets the answer right. I think shhe's the best captain I've ever seen on UC. OK, she's ridiculously pretty too.
Such areas of knowledge are often as obscure as the complex mathematical ones - for some teams ! Also bear in mind that the show must also be entertaining, and so not just be impossible and erudite questions about 17th century philosophers and chemical reactions.
@@trilliarobinson7862 I get your point. But, for me, the subject of football is hardly entertaining. I must say,too, that the questions seemed uncommonly arcane. Some years back I could answer more than a few. Now, not one! Maybe it’s just my age…
The one about a catalyst seemed strangely simple, compared to the really obscure mathematical ones preceeding. Expecting this generation of students to know about football 30-50 years ago did seem pretty unlikely too. Ho hum. @@renzo6490
Bloody slow down, Rajan. Perrhaps he wants to bring a measure of excitement and urgency, but he almost jabbers much of the time. Neither Gascoigne nor Paxman carried on in such a manner.
How is it that almost each time after Rajan says “plenty of time, X”, X hits the buzzer and gets the starter right? Perhaps a question favoring team X is displayed on Rajan’s screen? 10’20” in this episode and many other examples. That’s why I liked Paxman’s cards so much more: no room for manipulation.
Sure he did but that could not have been followed by him reading a question favoring that team. How can we know that this isn’t the case here? Each of these teams participated thrice before, you don’t any AI crap to pick a question favoring one team and disfavoring the other
This is Justin. Between the filming of episodes, I took the time to visit my family, brush up on my studies and avoid coffee like the plague. This was perhaps our strongest challenge yet, but I’m glad to have recovered sufficiently to face a powerful Manchester team!
Thank you all for watching, and have a brilliant Lunar New Year!
新年快樂🎉
happy chinese new year
Well done and you too!
very disappointed you did not get apoptosis but great performance nonetheless!
新年快乐！祝你们比赛顺利，希望你们能夺冠😤
After a slow start out of the gate, Imperial finds its footing with standout *Justin Lee’s* answers to all three questions about 삼국유사 [Samguk Yusa] [Heritage of the Three Kingdoms] 12:34, ties the score, and then never looks back. Lee performs a similar hat trick regarding pragmatic sanctions in European history 18:42 and when asked to name _either_ of the only languages that are both members of the Austroasiatic family and are national languages 26:43, he handily and nonchalantly names _both._ Overall, he beats out Adam Jones as this match’s MVP. (Avoiding coffee works, apparently.) Adam Jones and Sourajit Debnath do their share of helping to rack up points and Suraiya Haddad provides her usual “crisp” leadership.
Imperial manages to score almost double the number of starter points that Manchester does (115 to 60)-and that’s even counting three incorrect starter interruptions resulting in a 15-point penalty. And, even though their success rate in answering bonus questions is, surprisingly, a bit less than three-quarters that of Manchester’s,⭑ it doesn’t matter because Imperial gets to answer more than double the questions. Manchester is, obviously, a great team but Imperial is like a perfectly timed, well-oiled, highly efficient machine when it gets going-all the team members are fully engaged; they listen to each other, waste no time, and, above all, really know their stuff.
⭑h/t @lindorsibande’s match stats.
Well played, all.
(Fun to hear my original home town Franklin MA mentioned, de los Reyes-White.)
Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! It was like three matches in one...an early blowout, then a tight match, then a blowout the other way. The winning team is the prohibitive favorites at this point IMO. While they've been less dominating than usual in their last two matches, it's because their competition is so much stronger than earlier. I'm not a betting man, but I'd be tempted to bet large on this match's winning team to win it all. No shame in losing to them. My best to both teams and each individual.
Good job on not spoiling the result in your comment my man. Frankly, I can't see anyone beating the winners as I feel like these are the two strongest teams in the competition
The fact that Imperial had their toughest challenge till now yet they scored 200+ shows how incredible they are. They kept their minds cool and slowly took the lead. A wonderful team effort! For the first time I heard the host telling both the teams that there is plenty of time.
Manchester Grady absolutely brilliant
No questions on synth music this week for him!
Lee is very impressive
Lee and Jones are amazing. Well done, Hong Kong.
MATCH STATS BELOW
*Manchester : 120*
*Imperial : 205*
*Starter Questions Stats*
MANCHESTER: 60
De Los Reyes-White = 1/3 {10}
Kullmann = 1/5 {10}
Senehedheera = 2/3 {20}
Grady = 2/4 {20}
Starter Success Rate: 40.00%
IMPERIAL: 115
Lee = 7/11 {70 minus 5}
Jones = 3/5 {30}
Haddad = 1/3 {10 minus 10}
Debnath = 2/2 {20}
Starter Success Rate: 61.90%
*Bonus Questions Stats*
MANCHESTER: 60
Bonus Success Rate: 66.67% (12/18)
IMPERIAL: 90
Bonus Success Rate: 48.65% (18/37)
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*QF Win/Loss Record*
1. [W] [W] Imperial *Q*
2. [W] [L] Manchester
3. [W] Trinity - Cambridge
4. [W] UCL
5. [L] Birkbeck - London
6. [L] Sheffield
7. [L] Open
8. [L] Christchurch - Oxford
Cheers
Wow, interesting that Imperial didn’t even get half of their bonuses and still cracked 200. Lee was on one
Thank you as always for doing a fantastic job with the statistics. A few other observations:
19 rounds (18 rounds completed; the starter and first bonus questions were asked in the 19th round before the game ended)
28 starter questions (19 answered correctly, plus an additional 9 starter questions which neither side got right)
55 bonus questions (18 rounds x 3, plus the first bonus question in the 19th round)
83 questions asked in total (28 starter + 55 bonus)
555 points available in total (28 x10, plus 55 x 5)
58.6% of the 555 points available were answered correctly ((205 + 120)/555)
Imperial 36.9% of the total points available answered correctly (205/555)
Manchester 21.6% of the total points available answered correctly (120/555)
I still think the finals will be University College London vs. Imperial, the ladder being led by the very formidable Lee and Jones. Jones bears a resemblance to Oscar Wilde.
I knew there was something familiar about him.
Quite right!!
Debnath is also a high contributor who has pulled out some amazing answers in clutch moments.
@@zaphbrox8239 Debnath and Haddad are both important contributors to the Imperial team.
for sure@@raphaeleyald
As a British expat living in Tennessee I was unreasonably excited when that question about states that border 8 other states came up. I was screaming Tennessee at the TV, but alas, neither team heard me
And I'm an expat who lived in Missouri, and I was doing the same thing!
@@stevebrown3559 Ah! It was you two creating all the ruckus. I could hear it all the way in Boston.
As someone who was raised in one of those states and currently lives in the other, I had no idea! Haha.
@user-rq2rs4kx5g it's not a case of "knowing where you live"; it's knowing what states border eight others. THAT'S knowledge...
It was the captain's refusal to delay the *conferring* in the bonus questions that made me believe they would be the winners.
My thoughts exactly. And learned a new word, 'conferment', thank you. Would have said 'conferral' myself.
@castelodeossos3947 you’re right - conferment was totally another word!
@@jayguerero47 Yes, that meaning I did know, but according to Wiktionary 'conferment' can also mean 'The act of conferring', in which case it was not wrong. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conferment
I do like how appropriate it is that the Imperial team features four members from current and former parts of the British Empire. Hong Kong, Canada, India and England.
Black Country, New Road - the band most likely to be watching University Challenge, especially for the music round.
Debnath comes up clutch always with Maths questions. Jones wasn't at his best this episode, but I'm sure he'll come back strong. Imperial is the team to beat
Lee and Jones have such contrasting energy
Imperial is scary. Even when Jones wasn't particularly strong, they still dominated. Manchester couldn't use stall tactics this time
It was a wonderful episode, it is a pleasure to see these intelligent young people showing their intelligence and culture. Many many thanks CP for bringing us these videos. Cheers from the hot and rainy Belem (Amazon, Brazil).
11:47 CAN'T HIDE THAT SMILE MISTER!
the great tit lmao
Great performance from Lee
Results so far:
3 Semi Final Slots Remain!
Manchester 1-1
Imperial 2-0 ADVANCES TO SEMI FINALS
Trinity-Cambridge 1-0
UCL 1-0
Birkbeck 0-1
Sheffield 0-1
Open 0-1
Christ Church, Oxford 0-1
i'm so proud to get apoptosis and epsilon ahead of imperial lmao
8:40 With Pele right in the middle of the picture, the guesses of 2002 and 1994 were hilarious. They picked the only two World Cup finals featuring Brazil that didn't feature Pele
Yeah, I thought exactly the same thing! As soon as I sawn Enrico Albertosi's name at the top, it was a no-brainer...
@@stevebrown3559 Brazil v Italy featuring Pele was really all we needed!
@@davidhollins870 I saw Albertosi's name first, so I didn't even have to look down for Pele!
98?
Football knowledge is a bizarre presence on this quiz!
So shocked and pleased to hear BCNR
That music round was like made for me. 😂
I was so happy to hear them!!
same! i was like come on !!! @@jannikpeters9665
Thanks, Cosmic P!
I had expected a tight match and it certainly started out that way, then Manchester seemed to wither under the Imperial juggernaut! Would not be surprised to see Manchester win their second attempt, though, to make it into the next round.
That was neck and neck until Lee showed up and absolutely tore through the questions. Manchester did quite well but Imperial are just unbelievably strong here.
Kind of felt like Amol strolled through the researchers' room before this one and threw in a couple of ideas for questions he'd like to read. Looked good on him.
Victoria Coren is credited as part of the question setting team for Only Connect, so this isn't a stretch
Well, you would, wouldn't you, here you are in the belly of the beast-- which you're about to ride -- who could resist throwing in a topic or two? As this is the first time its seems that A.A.'s fingerprints are visible, maybe it was in this episode he really cut loose. However, expect he will follow in Old Paxo's anonomous footprints -- rather than embrace the vibrant VCM approach.@@Ramboost007
Answer to the last question is William Cecil
Worried before the match this might be a slaughter; losers actually were ahead for the majority of the game, and actually got their best bonus performance of 12/18, along with keeping their I believe unique record among the QF'ists with no penalties yet. The winners eventually soared off - still backing them for the title but less sure after this performance - 18/37 on bonuses is actually their worst to date, but we'll see what happens ;).
Interesting that Manchester have never negged. Might be an indication that they’re not taking enough risks
You can't oubuzz Imperial they are just too good
Bro saw Pele and instantly thought it's 2002 😭
Imperial was magnificent and their captain seems to have been born for that role. She did so well, it's stunning!
Really? I thought that the captain is the weakest link. I miss Michael Mays from the Imperial Zeng’s era.
But Michael Mays ignored half of his team. @@enlisty
@@pathina7 he got better as a captain as the series progressed and was a phenomenal quizzer.
@@pathina7 No he didn't.
He rarely had to confer with Max Zeng because Max would just give the answer straight away if he knew it, and they had hardly any overlap in specialisms. He conferred with Fatima Sheriff on literature because they're both good at that, but that didn't come up particularly often. The reason he conferred most with Gilbert Jackson is because they had the most overlap in specialisms (art, classical music, physical science), and therefore the most need to confer on questions. He wasn't ignoring the team, he was conferring with the right people at the right time.
It wasn't a matter of conferring with- it was the matter of turning his head and just ignoring them completely. And the fact that more than a few other people commented on this is testimony on the issue. And again, why on earth out of all the many many captains would someone with this issue be singled out for lauding? And again, why only criticise this female captain with a non western surname? "The weakest link"?@@gooscarguitar
Said it all along, Imperial win the whole thing. UCL vs Imperial final pretty much guaranteed.
Seems like Lee could defeat most of the UC teams solo
As always a great performance from Imperial team. Very well done! :)
Very obscure questions this time
For sure. Even when I thought I knew the answer I was hesitant.
Just shows, I got 9 points, whereas the last 2-3 times, I got only 1-2.
why doesn't the quiz master just read a 100 page novella in the run up to his questions
As always, there's someone shouting an answer... in my case again as a Chilean (and here, everything is football) 1970 !!!!! (It has Pelé on it, damn!, why those answers?!?!?!). xD.
BTW, is it just me or Haddad was kinda off this day?. =(
I agree. Those answers were literally out of the ball park and restored my self confidence that I am just as smart as those whizz kids on certain subjects.
The neg with Gloria Steinem was just unfortunate, I had guessed the same when watching
I think there was not a single one I knew that they were struggling with? No wait; I was repeating Lech Walesa while both teams whiffed, understandably though. You don't really see his image or hear him talked about for the past few decades, and neither team had an old person on it.
I did see the Pele and not understand their guesses, but I didn't know the correct year myself. I was guessing '66 or '70.
I was yelling out “cable stayed”!
@@charlesclark3840 In future references, remember, 66 was the Germany v/s England where 'till the end of the world, there will still be the controversy about a 101' minute England goal that Germans swear it didn't fully crossed the line. =P
Definitely watch these quizzes to learn: Today, I learned that Birmingham have their own Floozie in a Jacuzzi. My question: Is the sculpture from before or after 1988? My uncle sculpted Anna Livia, Dublin's Floozie, which was designed as a recumbant, feminine, pre-Xtian figure. And she's been replaced by a metal spike.
The poker near croker.
Hearing the phrase, immediately thought of Dublin. Seem to remember a woman semi-submerged in the middle of the O'Connell bridge. According to Wikipedia, the Birmingham one is from 1994.
does anyone else feel like a total moron when watching this? I think I know the answers to like 3 questions per episode.
My children all gained good BSc and MSc degrees, successful in their respective chosen careers and very capable in their fields, but never have anywhere near this breadth of knowledge displayed by UC contestants. This becomes evident when we play trivia games at Christmas!
At 74, I have a head full of useless old bollocks that sometimes surfaces to answer an obscure question that arises here yelling the answer and startling the dogs...but not often!
Personally fared rather poorly this week but had 2 answers which neither team spotted - William Walton and Lech Walesa
We all know that UC is the ancestral home of the obscure question [duh!], but there were a few too many questions that left both teams flat-footed. Some of them were so convoluted, that even when new Paxman had finished asking the question nobody had a clue what he meant. And most of the teams had barely been born when the mullet-headed Warne was playing, so his disdain for their answers was misplaced.
Imperial always have endless geniuses in this competition.. respect!
Manchester went to sleep!
Again, thank you CosmicPumpkin for bringing some culture to Allen, Texas.
I did get a few right but just one no-answer. Still did better than some contestants. Not bad for a product of the Louisiana educational system. 😄
amazing that a game with 325 points between both teams felt underwhelming- good staying power by Imperial to finish strong
Also, Seneheedhera and Haddad are very shippable captains.
I wish Amol Rajan would pronounce "kilometer" properly.
I just missed it but it was a jolly good show.
I've never felt as smart as when I saw the 1970 WC final graphic
I enjoyed that. Two strong teams that got to show off some of their strengths, plus the comfort of seeing a bunch of brilliant youths perform similarly to me on sports questions.
Thank you.
Thanks CP 😀😃🥰
how did u miss bell hooks! come on guys
Haddad is a stunner!
Haddad is so pretty
Haddad is so pretty
One of the most amusing threads of this series so far has been De Los Reyes-White failing to get any of the questions on LGBTQ/CRT etc. correct, despite all the badges displayed on his hat.
Quizmaster appears very scathing about the Warne cricket question not being known. Unnecessary for him to do that, just because he happens to know the answer.
I think his reaction was fair after the team (or at least the captain) sounded super excited to hear the topic for the bonus questions
It’s only banter, pretending to think that cricket is the most important topic of all.
Being a condescending prick is part of the job description for a UC quizmaster
IMPERIAL LEE
Justin is the GOAT
Lee is very good, but I counter your claim with e.g. Gail Trimble
A good game, but not exciting. Manchester seemed a little lack lustre this week. Congrats to Imperial and well done to both teams.
3 Manchester players and their tourist spectator
HADDAD!!!!!!!!! MARRY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love how all through the competition she smiles encouragingly at the team mate who gets the answer right. I think shhe's the best captain I've ever seen on UC. OK, she's ridiculously pretty too.
Get in line mate.
@@beetorstevie I think Anthony Martinelli was the best captain (Gonville and Caius, Cambridge, 2014-2015). That was a great series
Great match. Thank you CP.
Haddad is so pretty
Haddad is so pretty
lose the hat. quit wanting attention
Sawh vs Haddad finals
Fine derby ?
Knowing football teams etc. doesn't seem appropriate for this contest.
Such areas of knowledge are often as obscure as the complex mathematical ones - for some teams ! Also bear in mind that the show must also be entertaining, and so not just be impossible and erudite questions about 17th century philosophers and chemical reactions.
@@trilliarobinson7862 I get your point.
But, for me, the subject of football is hardly entertaining.
I must say,too, that the questions seemed uncommonly arcane.
Some years back I could answer more than a few.
Now, not one!
Maybe it’s just my age…
The one about a catalyst seemed strangely simple, compared to the really obscure mathematical ones preceeding. Expecting this generation of students to know about football 30-50 years ago did seem pretty unlikely too. Ho hum. @@renzo6490
So you'd have gotten Mike Gatting then?
It's a general knowledge quiz, why shouldn't there be football content?
If you want to stick to academic topics, there's quizbowl
two rather poor teams-the fact that no-one recognised Lech Wales or Dubcek is extraordinary
The student is wearing an illegal unlicensed device on their left wrist.
Bloody slow down, Rajan. Perrhaps he wants to bring a measure of excitement and urgency, but he almost jabbers much of the time. Neither Gascoigne nor Paxman carried on in such a manner.
7:38 is that really how you pronounce his name? I always thought it was "chuh-vee-ta"
it's leh vee chih vee tah. i cringed when he said it
The pronunciation of Walesa was interesting with the 'l' sounding rather like a 'w' as in, for example Lodz.
How is it that almost each time after Rajan says “plenty of time, X”, X hits the buzzer and gets the starter right? Perhaps a question favoring team X is displayed on Rajan’s screen? 10’20” in this episode and many other examples. That’s why I liked Paxman’s cards so much more: no room for manipulation.
Paxman used to offer similar encouragement to teams, I wouldn't read too much into it.
Sure he did but that could not have been followed by him reading a question favoring that team. How can we know that this isn’t the case here? Each of these teams participated thrice before, you don’t any AI crap to pick a question favoring one team and disfavoring the other
Nah I'd say a lot of the times when he says "plenty of time" the team hasn't got going. e.g. Open vs Oxford Brookes, Edinburgh vs Manchester
Heaven forbid if the man provides some encouragement to the trailing team
It's still a TV show, part of his job is to encourage a close match so encouraging the trailing team to keep the contest exciting is fair.
Anyone else distracted by Lee's huge blinking?
Nope.
No way. Seven starters correct! He can blink whenever he wants.
@@raphaeleyald Not saying that he can or can't blink whenever he wants, just that it is distracting
He’s cute and smart - he can blink all he wants
@@enlisty Oh so ugly and dumb people aren't allowed to blink? They have to conform?
Lee carried hard in this round, Haddad was there to make faces again, and to lose points
Not agreed. She keeps the pace up high which makes them the high scoring team. Not like the dragging from Senehedheera
Thank you 🎃 .