University Challenge S53E30 Birkbeck v Sheffield

[@oyassoon]

birkbeck mcmillan

[@theresamcghee8362]

Chucky chicken sound 😂😅😊

[@blipboop5594]

I'm waiting for the compilation

[@Ramboost007]

"orangesarenottheonlyfruit?"

[@pimeson215]

@@blipboop5594 @BirkbeckMcMilllan has you covered kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5CkXoqmo9SYqq8

[@ollietaro]

​@@blipboop5594 Ha! They did one on Have I Got News For You last year 😂

[@havingalook2]

Thank you, loved it. McMillian on Birkbeck is so brilliant - he knows so much. Well done.

[@ollietaro]

I'm cheering for Birkbeck. They really support each other and are very enthusiastic and obviously happy to be there. 🏆

[@dfar5990]

They're a bit slow, especially on bonuses, and Chadha needs to be more decisive in answering. I think they may fall swiftly to a team like Imperial. But I agree that they're a enjoyable team to watch, and I hope they continue to do well. EDIT to add that they did indeed fall swiftly to Imperial. A nice and very competent team, but they bowed out at the right time and perhaps even lucked into a couple wins.

[@andreaswong8829]

I think the Japanese food questions is the first time I've ever got all 3 bonus questions correct!

[@lailedcat]

Birkbeck making some extremely good educated guesses here, great deductions.

[@Andy2kk]

Sad to see Sheffield go, all of them are adorable.

[@eleidal]

Indeed. Cameron Colclough is a gift of grace.

[@freddiethecutestcavapoo9184]

Thanks Cosmic P. Improved my Monday, as usual! A good game with no certainty of the ultimate winner for quite a while. Another 5 minutes and Sheffield could easily have come back. Mcmillan is definitely Birkbeck's saviour!

[@chrishobbs58]

Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! Another back and forth affair between two excellent teams. Really sorry to see one go, but them's the breaks. The winning team looks to be a very stong contender, going forward. My best to both teams, and each individual.

[@ShreevatsaR]

Typo in captions at 22:00 -- the answer is "sink" (not "zinc")

[@Zoomo2697]

"The Budget was introduced in the British Parliament by David Lloyd George on 29 April 1909. Lloyd George argued that the People's Budget would eliminate poverty, and commended it thus: This is a war Budget. It is for raising money to wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness. I cannot help hoping and believing that before this generation has passed away, we shall have advanced a great step towards that good time, when poverty, and the wretchedness and human degradation which always follows in its camp, will be as remote to the people of this country as the wolves which once infested its forests." "The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all." The Man who was Thursday (1908) ch. 11 G.K Chesterton

[@emmapeel829]

Wonderful match between two great teams! Commiserations - so sorry to see such a great team leave the competition. Many congrats to the winners - you were on fire!! Well done. Can't wait to see you again. Thank you CP soooo much for putting this up so quickly. Cheers!

[@ArthurKuntsler]

Shall miss Rujak and her spectrum of facial expression.

[@thelegoplumbers62]

It might just be confirmation bias on my part, but it feels like every time a "20th century composer" is mentioned in the question there's like a 60% chance it's Shostakovich.

[@flare2000x]

I feel like this series Sir William Walton has appeared several times as an answer for this.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

They could have chosen better composers in this category than the ghastly trio they did choose--Janacek and Britten for two.

[@hexagon5610]

13:04 funny that they played Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 starting with the motif "D Eb C B", read in German as "D Es C H", the initials of Dmitri Schostakowitsch

[@marty9011]

Exciting match, not obvious which team would win. Thank you CP.

[@freespirit2908]

Thank you CP. Wonderful team effort from all. Sad to see Sheffield leave. However, well done to them against a formidable opponent.

[@llttf]

Asked for a single word answer to the fish question, then gave a 2 word answer when they got it wrong!!!

[@kaytieanddreambreen4554]

Birkbeck McMillan carrying the show

[@jjjj8644]

26:31 Mariner having an allergic reaction after hearing "polymeres"

[@Ramboost007]

It's part of the meta of University Challenge now. You can't confer on starters, but you can convey to your teammates that you have no intention to answer by doing something like that. Although usually most teams just have their members raise their hands off their buzzers.

[@solenix]

sheffield's so lovable but the win was def well-deserved. mcmillan is soo impressive!!!!

[@ChrisWar666]

Ooohh, got a whole round of bonus questions right. Thanks, Whiskey Jack!

[@lancelot848]

That was such high quality. Birkbeck caught fire towards the middle and that was kinda enough to keep them ahead. Very strong again from McMillan but the others chipped in significantly as well.

[@RyuSensei42]

Results so far: 3 Semi Final Slots Remain! Imperial 2-0 ADVANCES TO SEMI FINALS Manchester 1-1 Birkbeck 1-1 Trinity-Cambridge 1-0 UCL 1-0 Open 0-1 Christ Church, Oxford 0-1 Sheffield 0-2 ELIMINATED

[@kaytieanddreambreen4554]

Birkbeck McMillan today gave me flashes of performances by Max Zeng of Imperial, the announcer was just going "Imperial Zeng" over and over again in those matches

[@castelodeossos3947]

Looked as if the Birkbeck captain was luckier than the Sheffield captain when it came to choosing one of more than one guesses.

[@slightlygrouchy]

Thank you, CP! You are truly wonderful! I absolutely loved this match. Birkbeck impressed me very much with their upbeat attitude. Sheffield might have done a little better if they hadn't been so apprehensive. Overall, I loved both teams.

[@nickychimes4719]

Yesss! It'ssssss time!!! That #birkbeckmcmillan moment

[@lindorsibande]

MATCH STATS BELOW *Birkbeck - London : 200* *Sheffield : 160* *Starter Questions Stats* BIRKBECK - LONDON: 95 McMillan = 6/11 {60 minus 5} Mariner = 0 Chadha = 2/2 {20} Huntley = 2/3 {20} Starter Success Rate: 62.50% SHEFFIELD: 85 Rujak = 3/4 {30} McGough = 3/3 {30} Colclough = 1/2 {10} Nail = 2/4 {20 minus 5} Starter Success Rate: 69.23% *Bonus Questions Stats* BIRKBECK - LONDON: 105 Bonus Success Rate: 70.00% (21/30) SHEFFIELD: 75 Bonus Success Rate: 55.56% (15/27) ----------------------- *QF Win/Loss Record* 1. [W] [W] Imperial *Q* 2. [W] [L] Manchester 3. [L] [W] Birkbeck - London 4. [W] Trinity - Cambridge 5. [W] UCL 6. [L] Open 7. [L] Christchurch - Oxford 8. [L][L] Sheffield _(eliminated)_

[@BlueSoulTiger]

Sterling work, once again. Thank YOU!

[@jamesmakey2792]

Thank you as always for doing a fantastic job with the statistics. A few other observations: 19 rounds (19 rounds completed; the game ended as the starter question in the 20th round was being asked) 22 starter questions (19 rounds + 3, as neither side answered the initial starter question correctly in the 9th, 14th and 19th rounds) 57 bonus questions (19 rounds x 3) 79 questions in total (22 starter + 57 bonus) 505 points available in total (22 x10, plus 57 x 5) 71.3% of the 505 points available were scored ((200 + 160)/505) Birkbeck 39.6% of the total points available (200/505); Starters 10/22; Bonuses 21/30: Penalties x1 Sheffield 31.7% of the total points available (160/505); Starters 9/22; Bonuses 15/27; Penalties x1 Incidentally, there were a few minor errors in your analysis, which I thought I might mention. They are extremely minor. The job that you do with the statistics is phenomenal, and it is greatly appreciated by me. I mention the following only as a matter of interest. You recorded 28 attempts at starter questions in total (i.e. 10 + 0 + 2 + 3; 4 + 4 + 1 + 4). There actually 29 attempts at starter questions in total (19 correct answers and 10 incorrect answers. This is excluding the starter question in the 20th round which was interrupted by the game ending). You recorded McMillan as getting 4 starter questions wrong (i.e. 6/10); he actually got 5 starter questions wrong (9:24, 11:02, 20:29, 26:25, 26:39). You recorded McGough as getting 1 starter question wrong (i.e. 3/4); he actually got 0 starter questions wrong. And you recorded Colclough as getting 0 starter questions wrong (i.e. 1/1); he actually got 1 starter question wrong (26:20). As I said, they are extremely minor errors. The names McGough and Colclough are somewhat similar.

[@lindorsibande]

@@jamesmakey2792 thank you so much for bringing this up James. I don't know how I've managed those errors. I shall rectify them accordingly. You are appreciated.

[@jamesmakey2792]

​@@lindorsibande Thank you, Lindokuhle. I love what you do with those statistics. It enhances my enjoyment of this show, which I love a lot already.

[@jameshogan6142]

Sad to see Sheffield go out. They were a very likeable team.

[@alexanderassaf8820]

SPOILER ALERT BRO

[@zaphbrox8239]

@@alexanderassaf8820 people worried about spoilers should not read comments before watching the quiz, IMHO

[@nicholasleow6692]

Definitely, Sheffield had a hard draw in the QF playoffs, so no shame in their elimination at this stage.

[@jameshogan6142]

Yes it's like reading the critic's reviews of a film before watching it and then complaining that they revealed the story line and gave away the ending. @@zaphbrox8239

[@gabsymalone6307]

MUCH better from both teams in comparison to their 1st QF - shame we have to say goodbye to Sheffield but I think it means all of them have given at least one correct buzz in every game, which is a nice spread of contributions ;)! But you can't ignore Mr McMillan's brilliance - that's 22 (23 including the TB) in only 4 games - don't know if they'll reach the semis but if Birkbeck can replicate that performance there's every chance!

[@Tesserae]

This week I was yelling “Brunelleschi” at my iPad.

[@nickychimes4719]

Yesss! It'ssssss time!!! That #birkbeckmcmillan moment!

[@slightlygrouchy]

"Brunelleschi" is being yelled every morning by every citizen of Florence whose view is blocked by the Dome.

[@jbloveday9538]

Great to see two teams where every member contributes well.

[@joshabrillo4237]

21:45 i believe it is sink as in carbon sink though the subtitle states zinc

[@lesleyblank6465]

Sometimes with Birkbeck, there are so many suggestions and words bandied about it''s hard to know who to attribute the correct answer to. In any case a fine collaboration.

[@thadrin]

Heck of a scrap between two very good teams, the winners inspired educated guesses the difference. The losers can go home proud.

[@vig6321]

I love you, Rujak

[@MrHatsuka1]

❤ Great match!

[@tejassuresh8221]

Man i wish University challenge makes a comeback in India with Mr Basu as the quiz master same with mastermind india those shows were amazing

[@sunkenindeaf]

25:39 --- Why did the mushroom go to the party? He was a...

[@josephkarl2061]

Bdoom cha 😂

[@jayguerero47]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA great one!

[@JanKosinski-x8h]

17’20” Chadha swallowing his saliva after correctly answering “sperm” LOL

[@vig6321]

lmaoooo

[@grimftl]

Thanks from Allen, Texas. This was a tough fight. I only got one non-answer.

[@kaytieanddreambreen4554]

Oh man, Two really solid teams. I've been rooting for Chadda's Birkbeck since the start to go far and am very nervous starting this episode

[@asteroixiii]

Captions say "Zinc" at 22:00, but should say "Sink"

[@aliceharuna4]

2nd QF, Elimination 1 Well done Birkbeck‼︎ The opportunity to hear ''♪Birkbeck McMillan'' could be avoided ending.

[@JarlBrisingr]

10:17 Amol said I pee pee lmao

[@katydoolan8514]

💀💀💀💀

[@fatladattheback8642]

Thank you CP.

[@edwardf316]

Neither team was close to getting this right so maybe it doesn't matter but did anyone else find it odd that for the second picture round they were asked to give a one-word answer but the answer has two words? Could this be a gaffe by the writers?

[@blipboop5594]

The answer they were looking for was just 'Salmon'. It's tricky because this is what they look like during spawning, very different to normal

[@Snibbo-v9v]

one word common name would be salmon

[@BeataK-ek5hw]

Yeah i caught that too, at least it gave no unfair advantage to one team.

[@DragonsEyeTours]

thanks

[@adelynne]

I am so happy I got all the Southeast Asian history ones :D

[@evukelectricvehicles]

Re: Ever-increasing download file size - while we're all eternally+internally hugely grateful to Cosmic P for his splendid efforts I do wonder why the low-res 144 option that I almost always select seems to have grown from a around 22-23 Mb to 40Mb+ in the space of a year or so. This trend seems to be occurring with many KZbin file downloads. Does anyone know if KZbin's operatives are able to slyly secrete cookies and other spyware in their zillions of video files so that they can do a little sneaky snooping whenever we download what we believe to be innocent, harmless video files? Anyone smart enough to attempt a very brainy response? Paul G

[@richardmorley9851]

Good, nail-biting match. Anyone else catch that disparaging glace of Rujak's towards her teammates, as if to say, 'you men, huh!' Thanks CP

[@jameshogan6142]

Yeah she didn't seem to be her usual cheerful chirpy self tonight but she still contributed well.

[@michaelduffy6874]

No one knows The Scarlet Pimpernel? They seek him here . . .

[@johncartwright8154]

"Is he in heaven? Is he in Hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel!"

[@murmurrrr]

Rujak was doing really well on starters, but she seemed very frustrated all game long.

[@ubiergo1978]

As usual, there's always someone shouting an answer... Here: "LUCIFER" ! =P (But that's because I live in a spanish-speaking country and "Light" is "Luz", so it was easier. =P

[@IanAndrewAuthor]

McMillan doing Belfast proud. And loving Amon as host. Jeremy who?? How hard was it to be interested and empathetic whilst strict.

[@stevecharters8965]

Apart from being cutely gorgeous McMillan is brilliant with immediate access to an obviously capacious memory.

[@lynnstone6998]

❤

[@kitsunewhisker]

buckbeckbuckbeckbuck 🐓

[@TomtheShoppingbag]

what are the odds that all the team members have the same first name which ALSO happens to be the name of the university they go to??

[@davidconnell1959]

Recently I’ve been put out by teams whispering and not sharing their thoughts during bonus rounds. That was cured today. Yikes.

[@dhq12345]

I'm offended by the gesture makes after McGough says "I'm studying history" and then throws in "and Spanish".

[@SuperHans64]

Will miss Rujak … amazing skin.

[@EssRybak]

The questions feel kind of easy this time. Maybe because it was the match between the previous two losing teams.

[@jeff__w]

I thought the questions were kind of hard this time around. I managed for once to keep count all the way through (using a counter app on my mobile) and got only 11 right. Then again, I know nothing about electronic music of the late 20th century and I’m not especially strong on Africa or southeast Asian history.

[@stuartschwartz234]

Easy??!! How many did u get right?

[@dccarajay]

I have developed a crush on Rujak. Haha

[@nathelondon3719]

You’ve still got time Sheffield sounds a bit biased!

[@jeff__w]

Amol gives that bit of encouragement to every team that is somewhat behind. (I’m never sure if the team it is directed toward finds it reassuring or a bit unnerving.)

[@raphaeleyald]

It is unnerving, condescending and pointless. They are not going to try harder or do better, because the questioner makes such a comment. The only reason I can think of why Amol would make such a comment is that Paxo used to make the same inane comment although not quite as often.

[@nickname987321]

The look of panic and disgust on Birkbeck's faces when they had to answer questions on English towns outside London. The story of divided Britain, plain for all to see. The creative writer from Ealing thinks that Derby's on the East Coast. Next please...

[@ArthurKuntsler]

Anybody know anything about watches? What's that Amol has on?

[@jeff__w]

I've been wondering that since the beginning of the series.

[@tejassuresh8221]

Looks like a hindustan machine tools watch😂