University Challenge S53E04 Southampton v Christ Church, Oxford

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  • @snehashisparashar2414
    @snehashisparashar2414 Před rokem +62

    The Africa questions made me miss Imperial Zeng so much.

  • @jamesbrixey8102
    @jamesbrixey8102 Před rokem +48

    Oh gosh I feel really bad for Harrington. I have a PhD in physics, and am employed in a chemistry department, have memorised the periodic table, and I didn't even notice her mistake until too late.

  • @lindorsibande
    @lindorsibande Před rokem +57

    MATCH STATS BELOW
    *Southampton : 155*
    *Christ Church - Oxford : 180*
    *Starter Questions Stats*
    SOUTHAMPTON : 75
    Harrington = 1/2 {10}
    Counsell = 0
    Wickremasinghe = 4/6 {40 minus 5}
    Meredith = 3/3 {30}
    Starter Success Rate : 72.73%
    CHRIST CHURCH - OXFORD : 105
    Dean = 1/3 {10 minus 5}
    Gorgianeh = 0
    Wotton = 9/9 {90}
    Lowe = 1/2 {10}
    Starter Success Rate : 78.57%
    *Bonus Questions Stats*
    SOUTHAMPTON : 80
    Bonus Success Rate: 66.67% (16/24)
    CHRIST CHURCH - OXFORD : 75
    Bonus Success Rate: 46.88% (15/32)
    ---------------------------------
    Top 4 Losing Scores
    1. Oxford Brookes (205)
    2. Trinity - Cambridge (175)
    3. Southampton (155)
    4. Birmingham (125)

    • @zaphbrox8239
      @zaphbrox8239 Před rokem +10

      Great job as always, @lindorsibande. Your comments are a nice, fitting end to the match. I wonder if you could also add the list eliminated teams or teams that just got knocked off. That would give an opportunity to sigh and mourn their departure. Thanks again.

    • @lindorsibande
      @lindorsibande Před rokem +8

      @@zaphbrox8239 It's always a pleasure. At your request, I shall do so. Starting next week though since no team is eliminated definitely as yet.

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 Před rokem +4

      Wotton saved his team single handedly

  • @RenatoRegalado
    @RenatoRegalado Před rokem +106

    ooof I felt so bad for Harrington she was so embarrased for saying F instead of Fe

    • @andrewclifton9772
      @andrewclifton9772 Před rokem +15

      Yes and I'm a chemist and my instant reaction to the magnetism question was Co thus Copper. I know better of course but when you are trying to think in microseconds your brain sometimes does not keep up.

    • @wildandbarefoot
      @wildandbarefoot Před rokem +2

      I though it endearing how she handled that. Just the thing. Kinda cool ..

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ Před rokem +1

      I was confused because it was a delayed reaction! haha

    • @emdawg2676
      @emdawg2676 Před 7 měsíci +6

      Bless them. These people are incredible. Anyone who puts themselves out there to answer a question is doing so in front of thousands potentially millions, and they have my utmost respect. If i get two answers per show, I'll be happy 😂

    • @skatefan9495
      @skatefan9495 Před 12 dny

      @@andrewclifton9772 I'm not a chemist and know little about chemistry, but I knew it should be Fe.

  • @Paul5-0
    @Paul5-0 Před rokem +44

    That Tesla-answer was kinda crazy, but I think they just rushed over the "9 Nobel Prizes" and "telephone-company" part of the question. Anyway, as always a joy to watch, thanks for uploading!

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 Před rokem +4

      I kept shouting Bell !

    • @skatefan9495
      @skatefan9495 Před 12 dny

      Another knowledge gap. Or maybe it was too American. I knew it was Bell Labs.

  • @ne4eHbka4444
    @ne4eHbka4444 Před rokem +70

    For a non-native speaker their reaction to the grammar question was hilarious

    • @imokin86
      @imokin86 Před rokem +15

      Absolutely. I'm an EFL teacher, the words "Present Perfect" are like a mantra I repeat every day. Also, are you a Russian speaker, with such an @-handle? Not often does one find a fellow Eastern European here.

    • @ne4eHbka4444
      @ne4eHbka4444 Před rokem +14

      @@imokin86 Yes, I am Russian and that's definitely something I will never be comfortable to bring up for the rest of my days.

    • @Outwhere
      @Outwhere Před rokem +10

      The passé simple (I had never heard of "past historic") was the main reason for me not to take French as a subject for my final exams.

    • @imokin86
      @imokin86 Před rokem +20

      @@ne4eHbka4444 I'm sorry if my question was distressing, it wasn't my intention to call you out or anything of that kind.
      I don't think we should be ashamed of our language though. It's been around for a while, and will survive the crimes of the current regime.

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ Před rokem

      Hate the country, not the people@@ne4eHbka4444

  • @jayguerero47
    @jayguerero47 Před rokem +22

    What an AMAZING quizmaster! Well done!

  • @chrishobbs58
    @chrishobbs58 Před rokem +23

    Thanks again for the upload CosmicPumpkin! This was the most curious match result I've seen so far. I make a habit of paying attention to the field of study of each contestant, and the losing team seemed to be far more well-rounded than the winners. And the losing team did indeed look better in the early stages. Then they just seemed to run out of steam. I'd need to rewatch and pay closer attention to be sure, but it seemed the winning team, particularly the captain, just started taking charge of the buzzer. I'm not sure how often the losing team actually tried to buzz and were beaten to the punch, but it seemed from here that too often there wasn't really any attempt from the losing team to answer. That said, a good effort by both teams. And my best to each contestant.

    • @raphaeleyald
      @raphaeleyald Před rokem +5

      I know you are an American. Are you old enough, as I am, to remember GE College Bowl? It was my favorite television show as a child as is UC as a 75 year old man.

    • @chrishobbs58
      @chrishobbs58 Před rokem +6

      @@raphaeleyald I do remember. I wish we'd kept it up. As it is, the only real US equivalent to UC is College Week on Jeopardy!

  • @ktuluflux
    @ktuluflux Před rokem +12

    Meredith is chill. I’ll buy him a beer.

  • @_o_-I-_o_
    @_o_-I-_o_ Před rokem +8

    Thanks for the lovely upload! Very much appreciate the quality captions.

  • @aryamanchauhan2906
    @aryamanchauhan2906 Před rokem +36

    Meredith laid-back energy and Wickremasinghe's charm really made Southampton the most likeable team so far in the show for me.
    SPOILERS
    Hoping they could comeback as the highest scoring losers.

    • @Yes_587
      @Yes_587 Před rokem +17

      Hi there! I'm Chris Meredith's sister. Just wanted to say this is a lovely comment. Seen some not very nice stuff on twitter (unsurprisingly) so this was lovely to read :)

    • @aryamanchauhan2906
      @aryamanchauhan2906 Před rokem +17

      @@Yes_587 That's a shame. Tell your brother to not take those idiots on twitter seriously. He's a genius. Hoping he and his team makes it to the next round.

    • @Yes_587
      @Yes_587 Před rokem +11

      ​@aryamanchauhan2906 Thanks very much! He hasn't seen the tweets as thankfully he doesn't use twitter, but I told him about your comment and he seemed very pleased :)

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 Před rokem +8

      ​@@Yes_587
      I actually wrote a comment saying he is charming and has Austin Powers vibes 😅

  • @carnalea2424
    @carnalea2424 Před rokem +16

    The captain Wotton won it for his team. Some of his teammates barely said a word. And I think Amol is brilliant.

  • @ljgreene3999
    @ljgreene3999 Před rokem +16

    Canadian Content at 20:20

  • @martinstent5339
    @martinstent5339 Před rokem +30

    Well done Christchurch for admitting ignorance rather than random guessing. It helps to keep things moving along quickly and smoothly. But there were a lot of “black holes” in their general knowledge! Thanks to CosmicPumpkin for the upload.

    • @XoIoRouge
      @XoIoRouge Před rokem +10

      But guessing can't hurt, right? At least in the bonus round... Might as well throw a shot in a gray area. I've seen it work once in the episode before this.
      EDIT: I got to the Japanese Cinema questions. Yeah, I'd have guessed Godzilla because it's a 1950s Japanese Kaiju movie. That's all I know about it, but it's better than what they did. Trivia Questions like this are designed to be difficult such that a wild guess in the dark doesn't work; but they're not design to prevent wild guesses. Thus, always take them - they cannot hurt.
      Unless you interrupt the starting question. Don't do that.

    • @jeff__w
      @jeff__w Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@XoIoRouge I know next to nothing about Japanese cinema but got _The Seven Samurai_ and _Rashomon_ simply from the descriptions in the questions. (Those and _Ran_ might be the only Japanese films, besides, of course, _Godzilla,_ that I can name.)

  • @gabsymalone6307
    @gabsymalone6307 Před rokem +17

    We're seeing higher aggregate scores, especially in comparison to the last two series, which I find pleasing :). Perhaps our first virtuosic buzzer of the series from the winners? Shame we may not see the losers again - they seemed rather good, but I don't know if that score will be enough, with how the series has gone so far :(.

    • @ianker7143
      @ianker7143 Před rokem +5

      Haven't watched this one yet, but the first three had far fewer obscure science questions, characterised by lots of numbers that I, fo one, found impossible to follow.

    • @archpradubsuk329
      @archpradubsuk329 Před rokem +4

      High chance we don't see them again, they are already 3rd in losers standing and there are still 8 matches left

    • @arkdeniz
      @arkdeniz Před rokem +11

      Rajan is getting through a lot more questions than late-period Paxo did.
      More questions = more points available.

  • @yuhengwang9701
    @yuhengwang9701 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Ferromagnetism is NOT the same as magnetism (there're also paramagnetism and antiferromagnetism); the chemical formula for Magnetite is Fe3O4 not Fe2O3

  • @pstim7584
    @pstim7584 Před rokem +8

    "Greek?"
    "Yeah."
    "DIANA!"

  • @michaellawlor5000
    @michaellawlor5000 Před rokem +4

    Thanks for the upload.

  • @lucilaromero7444
    @lucilaromero7444 Před rokem +9

    Thanks again for these uploads!

  • @mlml984
    @mlml984 Před rokem +6

    Winning team had an outstanding buzzer, but was very bad on bonuses. Interested in seeing how it will shake out, but predict QF elimination for them right now.

    • @mlml984
      @mlml984 Před rokem

      @@chrishobbs58 jacksonlinewritings has their bonus rate as 15/35, and their opponents' as 16/24.

  • @Esquarious
    @Esquarious Před rokem +23

    16:33 Anyone else find themselves yelling "Gojira!" repeatedly the screen?

  • @showiley
    @showiley Před rokem +6

    Enjoying the new series but the opening sure is ugly compared to what we were used to and it doesn't suit the opening music!

    • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
      @PetroicaRodinogaster264 Před 5 měsíci

      @showiley
      You can’t handle change or you just have got to have something to moan about…which is it?

  • @alphabetaxenonzzzcat
    @alphabetaxenonzzzcat Před 9 měsíci +2

    What is the make and model of gold watch that Amol Rajan is wearing?

  • @pageturner2311
    @pageturner2311 Před rokem +17

    I know it's too late for this season, but for the next one I sure hope they get rid of that (rather unattractive) computer screen the host is using to read the questions. Besides its rather archaic, obtrusive appearance, every time the camera shoots to Mr. Rajan, he seems to only be staring at that screen and never looking at the students. I'm sure that's not the case, but it's how it looks. It is a really strange set up. Attention UC producers--please bring back the question cards and get rid of that stupid grey-covered box!

  • @varoonnone7159
    @varoonnone7159 Před rokem +7

    Lowe is good looking in the classical sense but Meredith has a certain charm about him. If he let go a bit, he might be the new Austin Powers

  • @lailatyabji232
    @lailatyabji232 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I wish someone would give Rajan a cushion to sit on!

    • @himanshuaryan1703
      @himanshuaryan1703 Před 7 měsíci +1

      never thought i would find a padma awardee in the comment section of CP miss tyabji!. Regardless you should gift him one from one of our talent craftspeople.

  • @grimftl
    @grimftl Před 23 dny

    Got a few that no one answered.
    Thanks CosmicPumpkin!

  • @dn7778
    @dn7778 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Man I was really rooting for one of these teams until they served up a fat zero on the very softest Japanese cinema questions I could imagine. God damn that was shameful.

  • @DragonsEyeTours
    @DragonsEyeTours Před rokem +3

    Thanks

  • @sammysouth8372
    @sammysouth8372 Před 4 měsíci

    Wickermansinghe is going to make some guy’s life a living hell

  • @jackybraun2705
    @jackybraun2705 Před rokem +12

    I'm still trying to decide if Amol is aiming to get back to the speed of question-firing that Bamber Gascoigne used, or if he's just garbling.
    Either way it's a great contrast to Paxo as he struggled to speak towards the end of last series

    • @gabsymalone6307
      @gabsymalone6307 Před rokem +13

      TBF if you watch some of the Paxman shows from the 90s, or even 10-15 years ago, he also got through questions at a lightning pace in his prime, which I like that they're trying to get back to.

    • @stylus59
      @stylus59 Před rokem +14

      He's definitely bringing back the quick pace of Gascoigne and early Paxman, and this series is better for it.

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ Před rokem +6

      Garbling? I found his speech very understandable...

  • @skatefan9495
    @skatefan9495 Před 12 dny

    They are so smart but the gaps in their knowledge are surprising. They didn't know Rashomon? Or the Seven Samurai?

  • @MultiVince95
    @MultiVince95 Před rokem +1

    Monday 7th August 2023

  • @sammysouth8372
    @sammysouth8372 Před 4 měsíci

    So is Gorgianeh constipated?

  • @holliebatley6534
    @holliebatley6534 Před rokem

    Next time on University Challenge

  • @andersvj
    @andersvj Před 6 měsíci

    LMAO the Tesla answer. I expected better from these kids.

  • @varoonnone7159
    @varoonnone7159 Před rokem

    What does she mean we don't use anymore ? Past Historic or like we call it, Passé Simple, is frequently used

    • @gooscarguitar
      @gooscarguitar Před 11 měsíci +1

      It's used in writing but not in speech

    • @skatefan9495
      @skatefan9495 Před 12 dny

      I have never heard of past historic. The passe simple (as opposed to passe compose) is the term I learned.

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 Před 7 dny

      @@skatefan9495
      When we learn french in french as I did, we learn about Passé Composé and Passé Simple not Past Historic, term, she used
      Now, when I came to France for my studies, I had a legal english class and they taught "prétérit", a word I'd never heard of instead of "past tense"

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 Před 7 dny

      @@gooscarguitar
      That's not true, we do use it in speech albeit less frequently

  • @shariffahatikah1725
    @shariffahatikah1725 Před 6 měsíci

    Lowe is very handsome!

  • @user-ed8ks7me3w
    @user-ed8ks7me3w Před 6 měsíci +2

    I am in love with Gorgianeh, love from Indonesia!

  • @ronnieparkerscott6223
    @ronnieparkerscott6223 Před rokem +1

    Teams shouldn't be told how much time they have left.

  • @wildandbarefoot
    @wildandbarefoot Před rokem +5

    Revised Format still Jarring. ...
    Makes my sensibility Gurn.

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ Před rokem

      I'm already used to it - first episode was a bit weird haha

  • @EvilBlakey
    @EvilBlakey Před 10 měsíci

    AD 40? You mean 40 CE!

  • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
    @PetroicaRodinogaster264 Před 5 měsíci

    Could Lowe be related to Mark Zuckerberg?

  • @markofsatan9617
    @markofsatan9617 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Is Gorgianeh just there for diversity?

    • @manred1984
      @manred1984 Před 5 měsíci +8

      No, she's getting a PhD in astrophysics from Oxford, which is most probably way more than can be said for you who wrote this from your mother's basement.

  • @late8641
    @late8641 Před 9 měsíci

    What? Eight university students can't name a grammar feature I learned about English as a foreigner in school when I was 10 years old?

    • @BlueBlazer47
      @BlueBlazer47 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Most people don't consciously parse their first language.

    • @late8641
      @late8641 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@BlueBlazer47 I guess it depends on what the education focuses on. In my country (Finland) even Finnish grammar is taught to us very rigorously, so any middle schooler could definitely recognize all the tenses.

    • @BlueBlazer47
      @BlueBlazer47 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@late8641: I dated a Finn. She and her friends told me that Finnish is the most difficult European language to learn. Respect!

    • @late8641
      @late8641 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@BlueBlazer47 I know an Austrian exchange student who spoke nearly perfect Finnish after just a few months and I still can't believe it! 😂

    • @BlueBlazer47
      @BlueBlazer47 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@late8641: Finnish and German are very different languages, right? That is impressive. 🙂 My date taught me 1 to 20 in Finnish, but that was in 1999 - can't remember them now, to my shame... 😄

  • @nathelondon3719
    @nathelondon3719 Před rokem

    Is Dave Garda a-moulding in his grave? (Or not) Does anyone really know….

    • @archpradubsuk329
      @archpradubsuk329 Před rokem +10

      No, Dave Garda is just online alter-ego

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ Před rokem

      Seems like the channel and all the uploads have disappeared...

  • @johnwhitfield6935
    @johnwhitfield6935 Před rokem +2

    Can"t the BBC tell Amol to occasionally look at the contestants. Also he gets faster and faster as the quiz continues. He could easily be replaced with a robot.

    • @gooscarguitar
      @gooscarguitar Před rokem +7

      The questions getting faster as the quiz continues (which matches with Roger Tilling's voice-over getting more urgent) is a normal feature of University Challenge. Paxman did it until a few years ago.

    • @johnwhitfield6935
      @johnwhitfield6935 Před rokem

      @gooscarguitar he forgot to give the answer to 2 questions last Monday. He still doesn't enunciate his words properly. Not a patch on Paxman or Bamber Gascoigne.

  • @Ernest_Thesiger
    @Ernest_Thesiger Před rokem +7

    Stop saying "haitch"! There's no such word!

    • @TigerPrawn_
      @TigerPrawn_ Před rokem +4

      It's one of two ways to pronounce the letter H.
      "There's no such word!" Tell that to Ireland and a substantial part of the UK (and probably a lot of other places).
      Further reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H#Name_in_English

  • @deedrabbit
    @deedrabbit Před rokem +5

    Hate the way he says " of course it is". Has to interject to make himself look smart, like Paxo did. Copycat

    • @BlueSoulTiger
      @BlueSoulTiger Před rokem +3

      This makes me think about what some (conceited) mathematicians say when they omit detailing a result: "The proof is obvious" or "... is trivial"

  • @sonylivingroom3444
    @sonylivingroom3444 Před rokem +3

    Can't watch it with Amol. He is terrible, this make me very sad I hope he is temporary or can source a personality. I have to think the stage crew feel the same as they have made a desk that purposely gives Amol a small stature.