University Challenge S54E11 - St Andrews v Cardiff

[@Elcio_Leal]

Congrats to both teams. This was a fascinating match. Thanks, CP for bringing us these wonderful episodes. I'm also delighted to see a Brazuka on the St Andrews team.

[@davidgoodliff4486]

BUZZ "Cardiff Tarsala" "Masala" I was waiting for Impala bonuses next.

[@beng6080]

sounded like she said "marsala" instead of "masala" ... like her teammate says "Mo-bile" instead of "Mo-beel" - but good that Amol let both go - good fight in the middle, this one.

[@PS-vm3we]

@@beng6080They’re testing knowledge not pronunciation

[@fredruthven4566]

@@PS-vm3we But "Marsala" is a type of wine - "masala" isn't. Two quite different things.

[@fark69]

​@@fredruthven4566Yes but marsala makes no sense in the context. Much more likely she just had a cough or something in her throat causing the abnormal utterance

[@oliviabjork]

@@fark69I think she stumbled because she realized the mistake-someone from the UK with all those accents that mess w/ rhoticity might throw an R in there even when they mean “masala” but an American would never

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

Mr. Boyling was a veritable Renaissance Man with his breadth of knowledge - an excellent quality in a team captain!

[@thetessellater9163]

I fear in a couple of decades, he will cringe at his current hair choices....

[@TheSabian321]

21:07 "Abhijit Banerjee". Damn, I remember a smiling guy from Trinity from the previous season.

[@zaphbrox8239]

That was Agnijo (or Agnito?) Banerjee .

[@TheSabian321]

@@zaphbrox8239 Agnijo I think

[@DennisDaguman]

​@@zaphbrox8239Agnijo.

[@fark69]

From Memphis, TN here and it was heartwarming to see a question round focused on Stax Records! Highly encourage people to visit the studio-turned-museum if they're ever in the American South

[@slightlygrouchy]

Fantastic game! Both teams are going to go far. I loved the fact that Cardiff kept deliberations to an absolute minimum and was always quick to answer, particularly towards the end. The epitome of fairness!

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

What a nailbiter. Love these so much, thanks for uploading!

[@cat_or_pillar]

As an American, I found that music round a bittersweet watching experience. Thanks to Mr. Rajan for livening it up a little with his reactions.

[@fark69]

Agreed! I knew all the answers, but they weren't easy!

[@cat_or_pillar]

@@fark69 Given how it played out, I'd have liked to know what the other team would have made of it!

[@fark69]

@@cat_or_pillar given their ages I can't imagine they'd have got many

[@cat_or_pillar]

@@fark69 What about the American who got the starter though? I think she'd have gotten at least that last bonus.

[@geoffpollock6892]

Yes they were, but they were my teenage years! The incredulity and shock when, walking down the school corridor between lessons, we heard Otis Redding had died is embedded in my memory. ​@fark69

[@RyuSensei42]

A new number 3 runner up and we officially have a tie for 4th place runner up. Remember, the rule in past series has been that the team that reached their score in the fastest time advances and the other team is eliminated. With that in mind, here are the current stats after 11 first round matches... Highest scoring runners up so far: 1. UCL-175 2. Durham-165 3. St. Andrews-145 4 (TIE!). Liverpool & UEA-125 Eliminated: Gonville & Caius-Cambridge-80, Manchester-75, Reading-100, Birkbeck-London-110, St. Catharine’s-Cambridge-120, Exeter-Oxford-110 Lowest scoring winner: Wadham-Oxford-180 Highest scoring winner: Bristol-325

[@zaphbrox8239]

Domo arigato, sensei.

[@RyuSensei42]

@@zaphbrox8239 どういたしまして！

[@PS-vm3we]

So which of UEA and Liverpool would qualify then?

[@RyuSensei42]

@@PS-vm3we I'm not sure.

[@PS-vm3we]

Thank you, Pumpkin! Imo not the most exciting of matches despite being a close race until the last few minutes, but Amol Rajan brings such dynamism to the show and makes every episode worth watching. Hilarious reaction to their lack of music knowledge!

[@chrishobbs58]

Hello again! What a close match! Back and forth, completely up for grabs until the end. And we might even see the losing team again. Although I don't get the sense that either team would make the championship, I won't rule that out. They will be a challenge for anyone. My best to both teams, and to each individual.

[@whoandwhen9]

6:39 Tarsala says "Marsala"

[@dn7778]

I love this moment. She catches herself and decides to soldier on. It seems to go unnoticed partly, I imagine, because "marsala" and "masala" are homonyms in many British accents. Frankly I'm glad she got away with it, given her own name.

[@PhatInAHat]

more like "Masal...... a"

[@samsowden]

Amol was very very generous

[@SalTVFan]

She turned a 6-letter answer into a 7-letter answer.

[@PS-vm3we]

@@samsowdenNah, she clearly knew the answer.

[@lucilaromero7444]

Thank you for uploading, you just made our Monday.

[@KSfan4ever]

Thank you CP! An enjoyable match with two lovely teams.

[@quantumfootball]

I found it interesting that both teams had an American, yet it was one of the Brits who buzzed in saying that the US presidential candidate needs at least 270 electoral votes to win.

[@michaelhockus8208]

26:55 our man Boyling was just the quickest draw it seems.

[@greghill7759]

@15.01 My smugness at answering each Question on Stax artists within one and a half seconds was replaced by total disbelief at not a single one being known by St Andrews. God, I feel old. F**k it... I AM old!

[@wildandbarefoot]

Tarsala makes me feel old. What a Joy she is.

[@gnomevoyeur]

I'm 52 and struggled with them. Not because they aren't classics but my memory has been muddled by covers released in my prime years. Michael Bolton anyone?

[@grimftl]

Hey, being old beats the alternative 😆

[@BlueSoulTiger]

A boomer wrote those questions!

[@greghill7759]

@@grimftl Can't agree there... I'd much rather be young!

[@acdallas6356]

Hooray for the music round and my misspent youth.

[@genevievedolan1288]

I was mortified, realizing how much my brain has aged! I knew every one of those songs but I only could name the artist in the Otis Redding one…

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@genevievedolan1288 Ha ha, very often listened to his song while having breakfast when on holiday at my biological father's in London, and could have sworn it was Ray Charles.

[@genevievedolan1288]

@@castelodeossos3947 all great songs anyway….glad I was young at that time!

[@AttilatheNun-xv6kc]

If you remember those numbers then your youth wasn't *totally* misspent.

[@thadrin]

None of them have seen "The Commitments"...

[@gabsymalone6307]

That match came to life in the last few mins after podding along at first. It confirms UCL will be back in the HSL round, and one of Liverpool/UEA won't be (EDIT: If we're going by who got to 125 fastest, I think UEA just pips Liverpool but there may be stuff in the edit we didn't see that say otherwise). Did also like everyone got at least one Starter-for-Ten, and St. Andrew's valiant effort might be enough for HSL - we'll just have to see. For Cardiff it's onwards and upwards - the 2R is shaping up nicely and we'll have to see how the cookie crumbles.

[@RyuSensei42]

In past series, the tied team which reached their score in the fastest time advanced. Not sure who that is in this case.

[@SundaraRamanR]

12:24 I thought finally there was a round here that was a shoo-in for me, but this last question stumped me. It made me realise I rarely ever see Lakshmi portrayed with her vahana: in all the common portraits out there, she's usually shown sitting on a lotus instead.

[@knightsatin]

That was close, two very good teams. Well done Cardiff, commiserations St Andrews

[@arkdeniz]

UC teams can get an opera from hearing two notes, but fail to recognise such pieces as Otis Redding’s Dock of the Bay. I despair.

[@fark69]

To be fair, Stax and Soul Music from the American South probably get little play among 20-somethings in UK academia

[@arkdeniz]

@@fark69 I suspect not many 20-somethings are big into opera either. Yet we assume that UC teams will be thoroughly grounded in it.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@arkdeniz A lot of them do not do well in any classical music area. That chap got Rossini because of the William Tell hint. Mind you, at least he knew Rossini wrote William Tell...and he knew the Vivaldi. But that's the piece of music everybody knows and the question was easy.

[@Lord_Forehead]

Thank you CP

[@operatube]

If Roger Federer cosplayed Ronald McDonald...

[@freddiethecutestcavapoo9184]

Thanks Cosmic P, as always! Hard to tell which team would ultimately pull through tonight, but I don't think either will be a great contender in future rounds.

[@HelloEveryonez678]

I guess Boyling wanted his hair dye to match their mascot?

[@PS-vm3we]

I thought they’d chosen a mascot to match his hair.

[@robertknight2556]

I got eight answers right up to mid-way, and then my brain collapsed. The 999 response was very understanding. Robert, 75, uk.

[@aliceharuna4]

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE S54E11 MATCH STATS BELOW St Andrews: 145 Cardiff: 200 Starter Questions Stats ST ANDREWS: 75 Buffet-Mogel = 2/2 {20 points} Capell = 2/3 {20 minus 5 points} Skerrett = 3/7 {30 points} Rosas = 1/1 {10 points} Starter Success rate: 61.54% (8/13) CARDIFF: 110 Gilbert = 3/3 {30 points} Tarsala = 2/3 {20 points} Boyling = 3/6 {30 points} Holm = 3/3 {30 points} Starter Success rate: 73.33% (11/15) Bonus Questions Stats ST ANDREWS: 70 Bonus success rate: 58.33% (14/24) CARDIFF: 90 Bonus success rate: 58.06% (18/31)

[@grimftl]

Thanks for that. Let's me know I wouldn't be dead weight. 😄

[@thadrin]

Can't help feeling both captains are slightly knocked by a "have a go" attitude. Seemed both teams had planned on at least taking a guess if given a shot.

[@artzyalicia5546]

Thanks Alice 😊

[@lailedcat]

26:34 no foragers on either teams it seems, that’s one more people should know about given how dangerous it is

[@jeff__w]

The questions had to be pretty easy this week, since I got 21 of them right. But what’s with those bonus questions on numbered physical laws 23:27? _That_ is utterly trivial in the worst sense of the word. _Edit:_ On reflection, I’d guess that the question writer(s) really just wanted to work in the zeroth law of thermodynamics as an answer and then came up with the other two to fill out the set, not that it makes the questions any better.

[@grimftl]

This *is* a trivia match.

[@SundaraRamanR]

Agreed, those felt like the sort of lazy questions a bad science teacher puts in, just to pad out a test.

[@jeff__w]

@@SundaraRamanR That’s a perfect description, actually.

[@PS-vm3we]

Yes, but on the other hand, it obviously wasn’t that easy either!

[@jeff__w]

@@PS-vm3we I wouldn’t tend to think that triviality is inversely related to difficulty. If the questions had been about, say, Isaac Newton’s or Johannes Kepler’s astrological signs, they probably would not be that easy, either.

[@thetessellater9163]

According to Bob Dylan, Mobile is pronounced as we do for a phone, but here it was said as "mobeel'. ??? (Stuck Inside Of Mobile... from his 1966 album Blonde On Blonde)

[@andrematosvdb]

i've always heard it as "mobeel"

[@robertknight2556]

Mobile has been a ghost town since 1881, and Mobile City nearby uses the form of 'mobeel' in its title. I'm not sure Dylan was entirely an authority on this matter.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@robertknight2556 'course not. He's from Minnesota.

[@robertknight2556]

@@VLind-uk6mb ...Well, d'uh.

[@skatefan9495]

Mobeel is the correct pronunciation.

[@annereidy7981]

Good game, thank you all!

[@michaelhockus8208]

Great contest!

[@Henk6]

So close again! It is really remarable that when it is very close near the end that they lose points

[@SC_Jolly]

Thank you!!

[@janisorveye8184]

Espero que o brasileiro volte, nunca tinha visto um participante brasileiro, estava torcendo pelo time

[@sfumato8884]

Surprised Amol gave Tarsala the nod on that “Marsala” answer

[@pattheplanter]

She was obviously suffering from hearing her name echoing the word in her head. I think Amol was correct to allow it.

[@PS-vm3we]

@@pattheplanterYeah, and it wasn’t as if she didn’t know the answer.

[@treekangaroo.7691]

Boyling gets my vote for best hair

[@olivermorten]

he’s a cardiff uni quiz society favourite 🎉

[@jeff__w]

The color is _all wrong._ (He should be wearing a teal shirt with that award-winning hair.😉)

[@castelodeossos3947]

Ha ha, how very original to vote his hair the best.

[@FMxEagle]

@@castelodeossos3947 Indeed it is 😀

[@johncartwright8154]

Did you notice the mocking echoed hair flick and grin from Tarsala towards the end of the match?

[@shanilmisra]

Tarsala answered Masala 😆

[@michaelhockus8208]

26:57 'honk..' "CARDIFF BOYLING!"

[@joaocardoso6697]

Brazilian player!! LFG!!

[@asmith6647]

How this once great programme has deteriorated

[@pedrorochadacunha8129]

1:45 BRAZIL MENTIONED ✋

[@sotonrich]

Poor captaining from St Andrews nominating Buffet-Mogel twice when she clearly indicated she didn’t know the answer

[@ubiergo1978]

Very close match but very.... "argh" at the last moment because of the lost points ='( As always, someone somewhere is always shouting an answer... in my case: TASMANIAN DEVIL !!!! (also the Galapagos Penguin), but only because I'm a Veterinarian and it was a... "classic" while studying, knowing the COYOTE, ROADRUNNER AND TASMANIAN DEVIL "scientific names and family". =P

[@aceofcups3493]

The red hair is an affront to the eyes.

[@ChrisWar666]

I won't say anything as I've been away for so long.... But..... You know...... We're the best..........🇧🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@marty9011]

A close contest but nevertheless, somewhat lacklustre. Thank you CP.

[@nibverendianstantagstagats2176]

16:05 Thick of It - KSI

[@grimftl]

From Allen, Texas - thanks CosmicPumpkin for sending some culture our way. I got 3 no/wrong answers, but only b/c I'm American and an engineer, so I would've been about average - not dead weight. But "Mo-bile?"🙄 I like that Amol doesn't waste time reading the rules. I mean, if you got on the show, you *know* what the rules are.

[@thomasbenson9022]

It means he is accustomed to seeing the city name in print, but has not heard it said aloud. There is no shame in this.

[@fark69]

Eh, ask the average, educated American to pronounce the names of British towns and you'll see some similar stuff

[@JamesTyler-p1m]

Anyone scored

[@madisonbear117]

Based on the thumbnail - I assumed this was about Fontaines DC

[@lynnstone6998]

❤

[@MoccasinsUkelele]

recifeeee

[@nathelondon3719]

Very close

[@Casedork]

14:05 a lil sus 26:17 too

[@dhq12345]

that is NOT a princeton accent

[@GordonEngels]

oops, thought I was smart...

[@chron123]

Spoiler block

[@JamesTyler-p1m]

Ronald McDonald flipped burgers

[@JJdakilla]

Poland is Polen in German……….

[@kaolodegroot1679]

Yes, that's why it wasn't correct. Hungary-Ungarn, Croatia-Kroatien, Austria-Österreich

[@michaelduffy6874]

Two good teams, but lacking in soul.

[@geoffpollock6892]

Well certainly St Andrews! They knew nowt about Stax!!!

[@treekangaroo.7691]

Apparently University Challenge recognizes Artsakh

[@FelipeSlangable]

The blood in the viens.

[@rubydaysmith8831]

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

[@Cassandra_Steel]

Buffet-Mogel if you read this I'm single and ready to get my heart broken again

[@pedrorochadacunha8129]

same 😂

[@grimftl]

Dream on, buddy 😆

[@DavidWang-x4r]

Was this your way out as to utilize at least Halloween as an excuse for all your criminal activities Rajan, instead of coming back for Christmas by using your docking experiences in China??

[@RichieRich1234RICH]

Why did Boyling come as The Joker?

[@pattheplanter]

That is the hair colour of Poison Ivy, the Joker has green hues.

[@deepthipisupati3576]

Why is the quizmasters pronunciation of Indian (Sanskrit) words so awful? Especially for someone whose ethnicity is Indian. Imagine if he butchered French or Italian or any other European language the same way 🤦‍♀️

[@enricobortolazzo2651]

Don’t worry, he butchers those, too. Loved his presenting today, though!

[@piscesgroovesupreme]

Presumably, he wants to be understood by his audience.

[@SaSa-fs8sb]

Cardiff , red hair , 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@MrBazzabee]

I like watching University Challenge ....now they don't have them posts between each other cause of Covid19 never watched it when they had. Covid was rubbish,

[@saadmelouk3466]

1:30 she has a french accent how can she be from us

[@piraka_mistika]

it's almost as though people can move and spend time in different places during childhood

[@wildandbarefoot]

Welcome to the concept "citizen of the world".

[@oakpope]

Maybe a French parent.

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@piraka_mistika Something not so very unusual since the advent of passenger jet aeroplanes.

[@piraka_mistika]

@@castelodeossos3947 Whaaaat?!

[@BernardFitzsimons]

I'm gonna go to Uni and die my hair red, that will make me unique!

[@pepsilord3058]

Have a day off bernard

[@garrington120]

Ohhh where are my Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman

[@philroberts7238]

Both have been very ably succeeded by Amol Rajan.

[@castelodeossos3947]

They certainly made it more entertaining, but Mr Rajan is better than he was at first.

[@jameshogan6142]

Indeed. God be with those days.

[@garrington120]

@@philroberts7238 Agreed he is excellent

[@pattheplanter]

Careless of you to lose them. Have you reported them missing?