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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 28, 2018 0:59:57 GMT
Anyone watch tonight’s episode St Catherine’s, Oxford versus St Peterhouse, Cambridge might see an old friend on it?
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Post by emsworthian on Dec 28, 2018 8:06:58 GMT
I'm not sure who you are referring to but I enjoyed seeing ex-Conservative Party leader Michael Howard say "Beaver" as an answer to one of the questions.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Dec 28, 2018 12:00:51 GMT
Anyone watch tonight’s episode St Catherine’s, Oxford versus St Peterhouse, Cambridge might see an old friend on it? Be great on university challenge as Parsley Peterhouse??!! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 12:31:03 GMT
Anyone watch tonight’s episode St Catherine’s, Oxford versus St Peterhouse, Cambridge might see an old friend on it? i didn’t see it. Who was it? I usually watch the show, my claim to fame is that I was team captain of a beaten semi - final team in 1996! |
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Post by tonyloco on Dec 28, 2018 12:58:31 GMT
I thought it was a very entertaining episode, with both teams well matched, despite a rather uneven start, and everyone contributing sensibly, which isn't always the case on this quiz on the celebrity version or the normal one!
The old friend referred to by Phantom of London was presumably Michael Billington.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 16:31:48 GMT
I've never wanted anyone to lose as badly as Michael sodding Howard. Argh.
Billington bloody gave it away at the end too. *shakes fist*
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Post by alicechallice on Dec 28, 2018 20:08:06 GMT
Jessica Swale and Nigel Lindsay on there tonight.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 28, 2018 20:29:23 GMT
Billers wasn’t very good tonight
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Post by learfan on Dec 28, 2018 22:37:52 GMT
Jessica Swale and Nigel Lindsay on there tonight. And both useless they were too! |
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 28, 2018 22:41:42 GMT
He got 2 or 3 starter questions right, they would have won if Michael and a teammate didn’t hit the buzzer by mistake. Likewise seeing someone who went to Brasenose College, Oxford and represents an antique programme and didn’t answer on question, not even the secondary questions. I think the boy faired well.
Brave of Michael Howard to face his old foe Paxman again, at least Paxman this time didn’t ask the same question 10 times!!!
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Post by emsworthian on Dec 29, 2018 9:19:53 GMT
I'm glad Exeter lost last night as I got fed up with them conferring on starter questions. How come Peter Jackson is a legend at the BBC but he can't master the basic rules of a quiz show that has been going for decades? Very W2.
Edit: I now realise Exeter won but they failed to qualify as one of the highest scoring teams. I was just glad to see the back of both of last night's teams. |
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Post by emsworthian on Dec 30, 2018 14:30:19 GMT
Apologies. I meant Paul Jackson, not Peter Jackson and W1A, not W2. I think I have been putting too much brandy in my mince pies.
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Post by karloscar on Dec 31, 2018 8:30:42 GMT
They must dumb it down for the old codgers/clebs. I got the first eight questions in a row right (granted those included Bernstein's centenary and You'll Never Walk Alone) and even got two out of three football questions correct. Shocked at Billington's lack of arts knowledge!
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Post by Polly1 on Jan 15, 2019 16:40:20 GMT
Last night's first picture round, naming mathematical shapes. Anyone else look at the second picture and just go, "that's a bum!"? Just me, then. No, you and quite a lot of Twitter. |
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Post by freckles on Jan 16, 2019 17:14:45 GMT
Last night's first picture round, naming mathematical shapes. Anyone else look at the second picture and just go, "that's a bum!"? Just me, then. I’m afraid that was my answer... |
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