University Challenge

[wrayperson]

Just watched University Challenge...no wonder Keble won..so many questions in the sphere of Frank Cottrell Boyce..an author!!

[gingejbee]

Yes, I thought it a bit one-sided, too.
And JP annoys me when he says "sickth" instead of "sixth"...!

[hellywelly4]

gingejbee - I always cringe when people pronounce it like that. Almost as bad as haitch!!!

[goodgoalie]

...and they managed to win with no contribution at all from the woman on the far right - she didn't even attempt the two maths questions, and we'd been told she was one of the youngest-ever Oxford maths grads!

Totally agree about Paxman (and others) saying sikth; and H as haitch drives me bananas

[goodgoalie]

The captain of the Cambridge team (incredibly annoying that he insisted on nominating nearly every answer in bonus rounds!) was a teacher of creative writing, so not really unfair.

Paxman gives the teams in the alumni version WAY too long to confer. In a recent edition, I was so exasperated I changed channel - something I've never done in decades of watching UC