University Challenge 2018/19 E15. Emmanuel - Cambridge v King's - London

[@nuagor]

21:50 Watch Tsang when the buzzer goes. :)

[@FroMaestro]

that was amazing

[@davidharder4588]

Paxman was downright friendly. Is he OK?

[@MsStack42]

CAT scan maybe, just to be on the safe side?

[@johnsmith9903]

I think they have a programmed hologram set up or something.Very odd.

[@harterton]

Yes i had to slap myself in the face just to make sure i wasn't hallucinating.

[@adamwalker9796]

This was an Oxbridge derby. And Paxman *adores* his Oxbridge.

[@ericforsyth]

Suggesting Brazil won the World Cup in 1966 was sure to draw derision, I though.

[@andyth55]

Put me down for the Daniella Cugini fan club, as well. Emmanuel are definitely my fave team of the series!

[@wayneloveday4716]

All members of the Emmanuel-Cambridge team contributing well. Thanks for uploading! 🇳🇿

[@johnpeters8731]

24:39 my face at half of these questions

[@shruthisreejith9225]

Mine was Jones' reaction at 5:19

[@ob2395]

Cugini = Amazing. She even charmed Pax.

[@gnomevoyeur]

King's were not as bad as the scoreline suggested but I died a little inside when they couldn't answer the Douglas Adams question.

[@josephkarl2061]

A little part of me wanted it to be the Bad News Drive, but hey, any Douglas Adams is always good :-)

[@k-leb4671]

I felt the same for the Futurama one.

[@aniavedissian204]

Thanks again, Ovid. It feels good to use the old noggin again :-)

[@paradoxerweise]

cugini's on fire! developing a huge crush on nair as well. i quite liked king's - london, too bad the questions didn't play to their strengths. tsang's expressiveness is both endearing and annoying but entirely enjoyable to watch.

[@Sandra27HK]

I'm putting on my crash helmet as I write this :P No offence, but, was it the camera or was Tsang's head considerably bigger than all of his teammates, kinda distracted me every time Kings was the focus during their bonuses, there I was, comparing face sizes instead of listening to the questions.

[@SuperCOCOPANDA]

@@Sandra27HK lol

[@pipster1891]

The North of England is more mysterious to these people than ancient China.

[@adamwalker9796]

You know why? None of them are from the North

[@At_the_races]

Adam Walker none of them are from Germany but they answered questions on it.

[@hopethisworks1212]

Paxman is always friendly to any team from cambridge where he did his degree. Always gives them extra time etc. I've been studying this phenomenon for a while now after it was pointed out to me. Also the trick is to get at least two americans on the team as there will always be a lot of questions about that hegemonic country.

[@josephkarl2061]

I'm not quite sure if it's good or bad, but most people who could enter this show would know bits of English or American history. Not necessarily anywhere else, but definitely those two...

[@noneone.............]

Absolutely i don't have no ideas about the questions that served by the source of the contest !. They are absolutely smart, amazing ! 🇬🇧♥️

[@spakkakiwi1]

How could you not even GUESS Futurama? A space animated series?! I've only watched a few minutes of an episode and that immediately sprang to mind

[@KSfan4ever]

Winners had a well-deserved win!

[@adamwalker9796]

Perhaps history will repeat itself.

[@Sandra27HK]

Well-rounded team!

[@JoeDoesVoices]

“You knew some very, very recondite things!” Thanks for the upload!

[@aliceharuna4]

MATCH STATS BELOW Emmanuel - Cambridge: 235 King's - London: 140 Eliminated Starter Questions Stats EMMANUEL - CAMBRIDGE: 115 McDonald = 3/3 {30 points} Nair = 5/5 {50 points} Cugini = 2/3 {20 points} Harris = 2/4 {20 minus 5 points} Starter Success rate: 80.00% KING’S - LONDON: 80 Tsang = 1/1 {10 points} Jones = 1/1 {10 points} Chater = 4/4 {40 points} Heath = 2/5 {20 points} Starter Success rate: 72.73% Bonus Questions Stats EMMANUEL - CAMBRIDGE: 120 Bonus success rate: 66.67% (24/36) KING’S - LONDON: 60 Bonus success rate: 50.00% (12/24)

[@kirthanapillay3517]

Not going to lie, I'm crushing hard on Nair.

[@Sandra27HK]

Nair was on fire!

[@madfrankiefraser2234]

You kind of need help

[@SuperCOCOPANDA]

I think this team will be one of the ones in the semi-finals at least, there was not one weak player on the team.

[@Sandra27HK]

A predictable outcome. A satisfying quiz as I felt like I was back in high school with so many easy peasy bonuses, some the contestants missed :P 20 starters + 2 misses. Emmanuel-C: 12 starters with 'Nair on Fire' at 5, McDonald 3, Cujini & Harris 2 each, though Harris incurred a penalty. Cujini was fun to watch and so animated, one could almost mistake her for an American! (no offence to Granet & Issokson, great fun too). Bonus conversion rate 67% coz of 5 full houses. King's-L: 8 starters with Captain Chater on 4, Tsang 2, Jones & Heath 1 each. Bcr 50%. The next play-off may not be so predictable, as both teams qualified with 150 each.

[@johnhammond5522]

Paxi loves his bit of posh

[@bobstephens5599]

Harris gave one question to Heath, then she gave one right back.

[@varun2275]

1966? they don't know that england won their only world cup in 1966??

[@Outwhere]

The English should obviously mention this fact a bit more often.

[@grimupnorth]

I agree that this was one of the worst answers in the history of the show. Then again, why should anyone at Cambridge know about football. Much too lower class!

[@MrExEssex]

They really displayed their nerdiness with the football questions.

[@richardwebb2348]

@@grimupnorth - chip-on-shoulder?

[@grimupnorth]

@@richardwebb2348 I prefer inverted snobbery actually.

[@AH-be6bu]

Shocking display on the Pele questions!

[@MS45636]

yeah i got 2 out of 3

[@noneone.............]

Don't give up to learn guys ! 🇬🇧♥️

[@kallemon]

How the HELL can you not know Futurama?!

[@nuagor]

9:50 Truro's not in Yorkshire!

[@josephkarl2061]

13:46 First time I've ever seen someone do that on UC :) Also, unfortunately, I think I'm developing a crush on Cugini. Whatta woman.

[@criticuttam]

Looks like it's the first time for Paxo as well. Same here. Absolutely besotted.

[@josephkarl2061]

@@criticuttam I'm actually glad to hear I'm not the only one! :D I look forward to her and her team in the quarterfinals.

[@criticuttam]

@@josephkarl2061 Hear, hear! Cheers for Cugini, her team, and her admirers! :D

[@andrewmallory3854]

Quite a character Cugini. And a very strong team that could go far.

[@clementynka1]

9:53 :-D

[@TheIncandescentSentinel]

tough one- contestants were fast!

[@reginagallico6669]

Auk and orc rhyme?

[@k-leb4671]

Well, in English accents at least.

[@ballantynemoyes8019]

I'm not familiar with the British university system. Why do some of the contestants "read" and others "study" their subject?

[@thirtythreepi]

they mean the same thing

[@jameswilliam9176]

Generally the people who go to Oxford or Cambridge tend to say 'reading'

[@ballantynemoyes8019]

Thank you, Mark and James.

[@mystmatt]

You read English and you study midwifery. One may involve life or death situations and the other is reading books and talking about the books they've read.

[@MrExEssex]

@@mystmatt Wrong.

[@alicemullen7799]

So Brazil won the World Cup in '66 did they?

[@cl4recho]

So sad to see King's go, I loved watching tsang's facial expressions! but they were no match for Cugini and Nair

[@antiolrachmor]

1966?!?!

[@lpc8278]

That hosts smack-down of Cugini at 19:59 was unnecessary!

[@susanh98110]

If I never saw Cugini again it would be too soon!

[@MsStack42]

Truro....................?

[@mjmcb1]

No way. She was a good captain, a great contestant, and the 13:46 moment was priceless.

[@Sandra27HK]

Why do some people get irritated with contestants who are a bit animated on the show? I find it quite entertaining when the questions get too boring, like 'the anatomy of fish' :)

[@harterton]

Yes by god

[@adamwalker9796]

@@Sandra27HK Morton's fork. You get animated contestants? OH MAH GGGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD, THEY'RE SO ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!! You get serious contestants? WTF IS THE POINT OF THIS CONTESTANT?!!!!

[@Tom135]

Jones, geeky gf goals

[@lawyerportal5226]

Nair is so good looking

[@davidbrown2207]

Cugini for the win; she is adorable.

[@doesntmatter9996]

walking wounded ...

[@mrjefferies90]

Buggery will do that to you

[@arcanechili]

15:26 : "Auk" and "Orc" are homophones?!?!?

[@SantomPh]

they are both prononouced Owk

[@NichaelCramer]

Presumably this is a Brit/American issue. Over here they're "AWK" and "ORK". (Likewise it's often amusing to hear Paxman or one of the contestants pronounce name of a U.S. city or other geographic features. For example, in another episode the question was to name the capital of Vermont [where I live]. The answer was "Montpelier", which Paxman pronounced as "mont-PEL-ee-ay". 'Round here it's "mont-PEEL-yer". Ditto the town back in Indiana; where I used to live] "Versailles"; i.e. "ver-SALES".)

[@k-leb4671]

@@NichaelCramer To be honest, I think Paxman's pronunciation sounds more aesthetically pleasing.

[@GiveMePopperz]

OMG I literally just watched this and my old house was like a 30 second walk from ebury street :OO

[@richardwebb2348]

not figuratively?

[@jongreenaway6025]

I live in Kings heath

[@othmane8753]

I'm kinda having a crush on Ms Jones

[@SantomPh]

mmm Cugini.

[@Sandra27HK]

Is Tsang sulking at the lack of Science questions for him as in R1, when he finally gets his second with 'osteoblasts' at 24:15, and King's is down 115 to Emma's 225? He looks soooooo pissed off compared to when he responds quite normally with his first, 'colony', at 5:05. C'mon, it's just a game, not the end of the world!

[@wayneloveday4716]

Sandroid But he was laughing a few seconds later.

[@Sandra27HK]

@@wayneloveday4716 Yes, I was puzzled by that so looked again. After his angry face, the camera cut to the rest of the team, who were smiling. I'm guessing Paxman caught Tsangs expression, as I did, and made a joke of it, though that part was edited out, could be wrong. Could be smiling nervously coz the entire team was looking to him, the science guy, for the 'elements' answer that he couldn't answer. Who cares? :)

[@neoepicurean3772]

What the hell? 3 weeks and no philosophy? What's going on? They had to squeeze out philosophy to get the feminist questions in?

[@Sandra27HK]

Feminist/female topics are here to stay, it was probably 'the anatomy of fish' or '19C rail routes' or 'national trails' etc. Take your pick! Have you noted any Philosophy students on the show in the last 3 weeks? They usually 'coincide' :) S48E10 featured Goldsmith's Cox, and we got 'Umberto Ecco' as a starter and the 'Sexy Philosophers' fun picture round. After that ...

[@neoepicurean3772]

@@Sandra27HK You can see on my profile, I intended to edit all the philosophy questions from past few seasons, but it was more labour intensive than I'd anticipated and less well received. But there was generally one philosophy starter and one bonus round per episode. The last philosophy bonus round this season was so simple too. There was PPE student and I don't think the questions coincide with the subjects they study, that would be unfair.

[@Sandra27HK]

@@neoepicurean3772 Yep it's very time-consuming. I did an Art compilation the same season as your Philosophy, though more for myself and then decided to share it. (I also did my other faves, Astronomy, Pop Culture, and all the Pic Rounds, but my laptop was stolen). It's pretty good proof that the most Art questions cropped up when Courtauld was on, I think a whopping 70 points, or when Goldman was on, as he killed the Art rounds and Balliol (a good team), went on to win the series. Some episodes didnt have even 1 Art Q. More Lit appears when good Lit students are on, as in when Guha was on recently for Goldsmiths, who declared they were crap at Science Lol It's a ratings game.

[@shalokin]

Unlucky Tsang, the price of not having an unbearable woman on your team

[@MsStack42]

You know the saying "It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees"?.....

[@pipster1891]

Are these the only people in the UK who don't know who won the World Cup in 1966?

[@BlueBlazer47]

I didn't know, and don't give a fig.