University Challenge 2018/19 E21. Goldsmiths v Glasgow. 17 Dec 2018

University Challenge 2018/19 E21. Goldsmiths v Glasgow. 17 Dec 2018. Jeremy Paxman

[@varun2275]

Guha single handedly contributing to the defeat and almost victory of goldsmith

[@watson956]

The Herbert drinking game - get it right, take a sip. (seriously though - good game!)

[@drlovepants6608]

A thirst for knowledge?

[@AMHFD]

Glasgow team is adorable, I like them :)

[@SuperCOCOPANDA]

Did not expect that comeback from Goldsmith's , still, the best team won. Every player was useful on the Glasgow team whereas the Goldsmith's had two warm bodies.

[@At_the_races]

The strangest game I’ve seen, Guha will go far.

[@girlgirl4548]

Thanks for posting the video so quickly!

[@DesElmes]

Back in the 1997-98 series, when New Hall, Cambridge themselves went down to -15 before getting some questions right, Paxo said things like "Takes you up to a magnificent minus five" and "Brings you to a majestic zero". None of that here - he's obviously going soft in his old age. The audience didn't seem greatly excited by Goldsmiths' comeback, either...

[@Satire-yj9jq]

@@icetech6 IKR?! ISSOKSON IS SO ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!

[@paulabraham2550]

​@@icetech6 : I agree, but only because Issokson was supremely irritating. The rest were alright; they just couldn't make up for her.

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

25:48 Just 1mm away from pulling off the greatest comeback ever!

[@aniavedissian204]

Many thanks for the super-quick upload. That was an exciting match! Bad luck, Goldsmiths :-(

[@Satire-yj9jq]

BAD LUCK?! THIS MATCH WAS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jayantshaq]

That was the greatest detrimental performance by a player I have seen on UC. With Issokson's amazing personality--which I think was not half responsible for their oh-so-nearly-a-comeback; she was good at the trivia bit too--and Guha's all-around majesty, Goldsmiths was probably my favourite team, sigh. Would love to see Guha on another quiz somewhere some time.

[@jayantshaq]

Goodness, I just discovered that Guha is a fine journalist off whose excellent review in The Hindu I once bought, and tremendously enjoyed, "Ghachar Ghochar" by Vivek Shanbhag.

[@mehrcat1]

Issokson really annoyed me from the first match, I can't stand her, such a show-off.

[@samaadhibharadwaj]

@@jayantshaq Guha's father is Ramachandra Guha - of India after Gandhi fame.

[@maxferguson4363]

Big up Glasgow for having a picture of the Boyd Orr on the desk

[@MultiVince95]

Monday 17th December 2018

[@KSfan4ever]

Thanks for posting this so quickly! I love the sound of Issokson's rich speaking voice.

[@watson956]

I liked that she had so much fun with it all!

[@Satire-yj9jq]

SHE'S SO ANNOYING!!!!!!

[@oyassoon]

@@Satire-yj9jq at least she don't type in caps

[@DakshChhokra]

Whiteford's Kurtezegat(In a nutshell) t-shirt and KZbin shoutouts are greatly appreciated.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

I've never heard of the Kamchatka Peninsula, yet today I encounter it both here and on Only Connect.

[@GandWizard]

I can imagine - I only knew it instantly because of Risk.

[@petetrott7568]

Clearly you have never played Risk.

[@lcflngn]

The connections are often surprising.

[@drjwww]

Wasn't Lewis from Glasgow one of the Dandies on last series' Only Connect?

[@PaulisterSR]

Yup, he was!

[@lcflngn]

Funny, usually goes the other way round.

[@lcflngn]

Wait sry, Lewis?

[@lcflngn]

Oh Barn, sry, of course now I recognize him.

[@PaulisterSR]

@@lcflngn Yup, Lewis Barn is the one you're looking for.

[@meatzombify]

It's a sun bear! It's a sun bear!

[@josephkarl2061]

I got about 10 questions this time round. They weren't by any means easy ones, but they all addressed the bits and pieces of esoteric knowledge I have cluttering up my brain. I feel quite proud of myself - that is until next time, when I'll get maybe 1 or 2...

[@rino09876]

Is Guha ok? I'm worried.

[@pardox28]

UC ends on a question about another UC. Too bad Goldsmith didn't know it. What a comeback that might have been.

[@aliceharuna4]

MATCH STATS BELOW Goldsmiths: 125 Eliminated Glasgow: 135 Starter Questions Stats GOLDSMITHS: 50 Guha = 4/10 {40 minus 20 points} Cox = 1/1 {10 points} Issokson = 2/3 {20 points} Robinson = 0 Starter Success rate: 50.00% GLASGOW: 90 Barn = 0/1 Whiteford = 1/1 {10 points} Hampson = 4/6 {40 points} Herbert = 4/6 {40 points} Starter Success rate: 64.29% Bonus Questions Stats GOLDSMITHS: 75 Bonus success rate: 71.43% (15/21) GLASGOW: 45 Bonus success rate: 25.00% (9/27)

[@TFreckle]

27:48 isn't that the guy from Peterhouse Cambridge??

[@federicoandre5717]

Yes, definitely Oscar Powell (did I spell it correctly?). I've seen this in other episodes: when former contestants come watch the match as part of the audience, the camera focuses on them and they show them at the end. Makes me think, do they only show the audience at the end if a former contestant (or someone famous) is present? Could that be why they sometimes show it and sometimes they don't?

[@cristixav]

I liked the Goldsmiths team so much :(

[@LivingChords]

i can't believe how long it took them to get Beethoven (although granted, I didn't know most answers)

[@Satire-yj9jq]

IKR?! EEEEEEEDDDDDDDIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTSSSSSSSS!!!!#!##!

[@anglaismoyen]

It's only his most famous piece and possibly the most famous piece of music of all time.

[@garethbelk4065]

mmmmmm a delicious mackeral, u dont see many blow-up mackeral??

[@resnonverba137]

Not an easy challenge.

[@jc3drums916]

It seems like every time Steve Reich comes up on a UK quiz show, his name is mispronounced. The ch is pronounced sh, not k.

[@almasfromuk1075]

The indian student is very smart..

[@Dax893]

New Orleans is yawning her face off. Fukuoku is not a place.

[@yvettecompaijen7474]

I'm guessing she has some form of Gilles de la Tourette, which happens to be most prevalent in her face

[@adamwalker9796]

Whiteford's had a haircut, I see...

[@gabbyjabberson9576]

Glasgow hopeless on Scottish questions.

[@Satire-yj9jq]

IKR?! UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!! MORE SO THAT TWO MEMBERS ARE FROM SCOTLAND!!!! EVEN MORE UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@denisrock01]

No offence, but Glasgow is the weakest quarterfinalist so far