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A little on the low side in terms of points scored so far but did this week bring the LEWKS! Hear us talk about the teams from LSE and University Oxford, dinosaurs disrupting rail networks, and our thoughts about how the Queen probably enjoyed her weekly dose of UC. Stay tuned till the end for an obvious best-dressed!
Another great episode with another team almost cracking the 200 mark! This week sees Open University face off against Newcastle. Hear us talk about funny miscommunications, diversity in the things we know and wishing Paxman would cite more Beyonce lyrics. Stay tuned till the end for our best-dressed.
We are back after a longer-than-usual wait and what a cracker of an episode to kick things off! Interruptions flying all over the place, high scores, sartorial lewks - what more could you ask for? We talk about Paxman's incredible run as host and the choice of Amol Rajan as replacement. Hear us discuss some favourite questions and of course, the best-dressed. It's good to be back!
Well here we are, almost six months later with the grand finale of season 51 of University Challenge! This was a closer than expected fight with two sets of equally matched players and some of the best quizzers we have seen on the series so far. Listen on to hear our thoughts on these wonderful teams, diplomatic arias, the modern vestiges of Prussia and all the realness. Stay tuned till the end for a sparkling best-dressed.
Twenty-eight teams entered, and now we are down to the last two. Edinburgh tried their best, but Reading have come out on top, and now we have a truly remarkable finale to look forward to. Not just a final, but a rematch! Until then, we talk about the teams' performances and the usual gamut of exciting questions, tangents and, of course, the world-famous best-dressed segment.
The end is in sight, and favourites Imperial have cemented a place for themselves in the final despite the best attempts of Emmanuel. Join us as we talk about the fantastic semi-final match that just occurred, as well as diversions on 1930's history, the joy of learning and how author-insert fan fiction is older than you think. Also, Yvonne set's the record straight about some claims made throughout this season.
We are finally out of the labyrinth of the Quarter Finals and are down to the final four teams of this season of University Challenge. St Johns put up a brave fight and kept on coming back fighting, but this time Reading won out. However, the sportsmanship of Hutchinson was not lost on us. Join us as we discuss this incredible match, as well as English loan words, a fun movie round and the horrors of differentiation.
Don't let the low score fool you, this was an intense game of University Challenge made all the more challenging by the truly brutal questions asked this time around! Both teams have done so well, but alas we have to say goodbye to King's London as Emmanuel has secured a place in the semi-finals with the literal skin of their teeth. Join us as we discuss this crazy match, as well as learning in real-time what the 'kitchen-sink' movie genre is about and try to wrap our heads around that picture round.
There you have it, another team has been knocked out of the quarter-finals of University Challenge. Trinity were strong, but in this high-stakes Cambridge derby, it was St John's that came out on top. How the teams performed, as well as musing on Japanese Prints, the romance of shipwrecks and how 1981 and 1982 were very interesting years.
The end of the quarter-finals is in sight as Edinburgh join Imperial in the Semifinals. Despite several lost points and a concerted effort from the Emmanuel team, the last Scottish University in the competition clinched it at the very last. Join us as we dissect the teams' performances, as well as tangents on the importance of editing in film, the nightmares that are Matrices and the sneaky reemergence of English Geography.
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