University Challenge Christmas 2024 E03 - Manchester Metropolitan v Brighton

[@thetessellater9163]

Not a good strategy to interrupt with a buzz and then say nothing ! Weird.

[@jessicaellina3878]

Well, l enjoyed it!!! Good comeback from MM, especially good performance from Mann. Congrats to Brighton..thought that Taylor showed quiet confidence and good knowledge. Thanks so much 😊

[@vishvice12]

Too harsh on the Sickle Cell Syndrome

[@sanamt4945]

Agree!

[@cshaffrey3438]

Poor Mann. Absolutely carried the team and outdone more by a pretty poor captain and the rest of her own team than she was by the opposition.

[@kurttaube5527]

You're reading the comments before watching the video? Seems you're asking for spoilers.

[@SundaraRamanR]

​@@kurttaube5527KZbin on mobile puts the top comment right in your face when you open a video. That's why there's often a Spoiler Block comment (which I wish this one had too).

[@Tidus-u2w]

@@kitsunewhiskerDo you have agency? Do you have intelligence? I’m sure you’re capable of covering a portion of your screen with a book or hand before tapping full screen. You should go into every one of these videos with the foresight that people will comment on the match and that there will be spoilers. Considering participants of the show offer personal insights and commentary I absolutely don’t want comments disabled. Blaming Cosmic Pumpkin or the comment OP is just weak. Be better!

[@Messier45_Pleiades]

Manchester Met is lucky they had the vicar.

[@falco8421]

Stephenson was unbearable

[@barbarak2836]

She buzzed in twice without having any idea what the answer was so she could have a little camera time.

[@castelodeossos3947]

One of those who accept the invitation to take part in University Challenge and then don't bother to play the game properly, out of disrespect for the viewers and her fellow players.

[@JanKosinski-x8h]

Pearson ❤ you're my hero

[@Henk6]

Mann was simply amazing, so sad the rest of her team knew so little

[@emmapeel829]

Oh my, that was painful. The best team won - many congrats to them! Looking forward to the rest of the Christmas series. Thank you so much, CP.

[@accountnamewithheld]

Respect to Pearson, that's a ferocious disability to live with, yet he showed he's as sharp as any of them!

[@Messier45_Pleiades]

Why should he not be as sharp as someone without a disability? That was a patronizing remark.

[@araucariapasquale1]

@@Messier45_Pleiades I am not OP, and it would not have occurred to me to associate physical disability with mental acuity off the bat, but one can *possibly* surmise that living with an external disability that sets them apart so much, *can be* mental distracting and emotionally draining to the point of affecting one's long-term intellectual growth. Happily, clearly not, and even if it had done, what of it.

[@ryder883]

Sometimes showing respect is by not mentioning a disability someone has.

[@stephenoxf]

I know you're trying to be respectful but that's a little patronising, and tempering it with the word ferocious sends it completely the other way

[@Messier45_Pleiades]

@@ryder883 Thank you. I have a disability which is not even close to the visibility that Mr Pearson deals with, but I still do not want my intelligence judged by it.

[@teamstarpug]

Hang on, Jim Carrey starred in "How the Grinch stole Christmas". They said "The grinch who stole christmas" which is close enough. The Host said it was just "The Grinch", but that was the 2018 animated film with Benedict Cumberbatch. BBC should apologise.

[@outlimboed]

First Saville, then Huw Edwards and now this. It's a bloody outrage.

[@kurttaube5527]

Robert Pitcock. Ryan Pitcock. Tom Pitcock. Last names only, damn it. No reason to blow an answer by including unnecessary incorrect information along with the essential [and correct] information.

[@kumarvikramaditya9636]

Taylor is smart, gentle and handsome.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Even I got Coventry coat of arms for the horse and woman’s head …and I am not a pom

[@SundaraRamanR]

I noticed the points at 19:00 and was really surprised by them, because from the buzzes and time-on-screen it felt like Brighton hadn't done much at all. Turns out they'd just been quietly accumulating points.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

getting starters wrong does the damage.

[@Elitist20]

What a miserable lot of comments. It’s Christmas, folks - lighten up.

[@MrRubrick]

I agree. This is all a bit of fun. Most of these contestants are coming straight from work to take part in something they’ve probably done no preparation for.

[@knightsatin]

I'm impressed on getting 4 answers right in a row !

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

I'm unfortunate enough to live relatively close to one of MMU's campuses and I just gotta say, this performance makes perfect sense.

[@enlisty]

The better team won. Mann is fantastic though.

[@chipikalonde2920]

Mann was brilliant. Stephenson was useless. She was just guessing her answers.

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

gLaCe ChOcOLaT

[@schmidt776]

The rest of the team apart from Mann was pretty useless too.

[@chipikalonde2920]

@@schmidt776 I disagree. I think Chambers tried his best.

[@marty9011]

Thank you CP & a happy New Year to you.

[@RyuSensei42]

Did...did I just win?! Playing along I got 145. That...that's MORE than 135???? Does not compute. This doesn't happen to me even on the Christmas episodes!!

[@dendroleon]

'c'mon, y'know, the famous one!' lol

[@theresamcghee8362]

Thanks CP merry Christmas and happy new year 🎉❤

[@castelodeossos3947]

Considering that a University Challenge rule is that one need only mention the surname of a person (with rare exceptions), one might say Mr Rajah should've accepted the answer Ryan Pidcock (13:07), since the surname was right. When asking about the traditional Scandinavian cake, Mr Rajah doesn't ask for the name as it is known in its country of origin but for the name 'by which it is commonly known' (21:40), which makes the contestants think he means the English name.

[@gooscarguitar]

Correct surname can be accepted in isolation - they're giving the players the benefit of the doubt. But if they say a different first name, then they're referring to a different person. One would not accept "Alan Biden" for the name of the current US president, for example.

[@lailedcat]

The genuine shock on hearing that Chris Riddell is on university challenge

[@lynnstone6998]

❤

[@wesleyhopmans]

ty sir

[@Jasminehaydon]

Why is it "You may not confer"? Shouldn't it be " You must not confer"?

[@gooscarguitar]

'you may not' in this context means 'you do not have permission'. e.g. if someone asks "may I...?" they're asking for permission

[@Tocsin-Bang]

So painful I stopped watching!

[@robertknight2556]

If you were in such anguish that you couldn't watch anymore, wouldn't your immediate response while undergoing this turmoil to have been to dash off, I can't watch anymore! (i.e. the present rather than the past)? And the exclamation mark is entirely unnecessary.

[@annereidy7981]

Thank you!

[@ubiergo1978]

This is one of those matches were I was screaming the whole time =P, Lima, Turrón!, Thoracic!, Liszt!, (But only because I speak spanish and I'm a veterinarian so, I "cheated" there since it's not because I'm better it's just that some questions were designed for any of us xD. Specially hurtful the Turrón one.... because I HATE it (to each its own because my mother loves them, but I despise them so much it was a pain to look at the picture for so long while they didn't answer) xD PS: Honorary mention: Monotremes!!!!!!! because back in university I had to send so many papers/essays about them!!! =)

[@joemmya]

Bloody brillant woman, I bet she would give a Dracula laugh when the show is over

[@VLind-uk6mb]

"I'm completely useless...": says it all. They had the easiest questions of the week and demonstrated the argument for reducing the number of universities.

[@ProuvaireJean]

"I'm completely useless"... says the person who carried their team.

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

@@ProuvaireJean Intelligence and humility (not to mention self-deprecation) often go together

[@nope_]

Spoiler blocker 🙂

[@Yellowstonne]

So henceforth the participants are chosen based on their identity and not based on talent ? What a woke year for university challenge 😅 no one is gonna talk about it ?

[@EvilBlakey]

Normally I love watching University Challenge. Normally.

[@nathelondon3719]

It’s a good job they use buzzers and not bells! 😂

[@schmidt776]

Give us a break from DEI bs

[@adalex_4290]

not very christmassy of you schmidt

[@JanKosinski-x8h]

14'08" so clear Mann is a male

[@nathelondon3719]

How do you know?

[@June_Hee]

t h e t o w e r o f p o w e r

[@lailedcat]

The genuine shock on hearing that Chris Riddell is on university challenge