The time is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, one of the most hotly-anticipated clash in University Challenge’s 55-year history will be beamed into living rooms up and down the land. For a place in this year’s final Emmanuel College will take on Cambridge rivals, Wolfson. But in reality, it’s not necessarily the teams that […]
9 years ago
If you have watched the current series of University Challenge, you’ll be very familiar with Eric Monkman. The Canadian, who captains the Wolfson College team, stole the show on his first appearance. In fact, he has been so ubiquitous that not even the brilliant Bobby Seagull can steal his thunder. It’s very close, though. There […]
9 years ago
University Challenge is in the middle of its Christmas run, which means celebrity contestants and – in theory – slightly easier questions. But it’s tough to score points on the BBC quiz when even the presenter doesn’t know the right answers. Jeremy Paxman is known for effectively turning into that teacher at school who you all […]
9 years ago
There are two types of people who watch University Challenge. On one hand you’ve got the folks who can actually answer some of the questions and try to outdo themselves week after week. And then there are those of us who will be happy to get one or two right answers and not shut up […]
10 years ago
MONKMAN!
10 years ago
We know what it sounded like, but it turns out we didn’t get the most stupid quiz answer in the history of television. Firstly, watch this… https://twitter.com/Amy__Kearney/status/775414363448569856 On first listen, it sounds like Boyle from Edinburgh names an island in the Baltic Sea as Ireland, prompting an incredulous Jeremy Paxman to pause for a moment […]
10 years ago