Senehedheera here. For anyone wondering why I'm so scatterbrained in this episode, during these recordings I had some fairly serious issues with my sleep, having come off the back of a related seizure months earlier. I've since had to take a year off my PhD for counselling, psych evals and to be seen by a sleep specialist. I was most out of it this episode and I'm annoyed at my tedious performance conferring as captain, despite my teammates doing their best. I wanted to mention it here, if not to excuse myself a bit, at least to highlight how great my teammates are that we still won safely. And for anyone that thinks recordings are smooth sailing, they're anything but. Also, thanks CosmicPumpkin for uploading!
A stellar performance, and no need to be so harsh on oneself. The general aura of UC is enough to leave the best of us somewhat scatterbrained. Well played!
You did your best considering everything you've been going through! :) Echoing the other comment here -- no need to be harsh on yourself. Hope you will fully recover soon! :)
At least, delaying a bit gave your teammate Dan Grady time to hear the crucial passage so that he could come up with the right answer “Ultravox” 17:18. You and your team still put in a great performance, even without considering your particular circumstances-I doubt Birkbeck-London would disagree.
Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! Was a close match until the winning team pulled away. These questions obviously did not fit the losing team''s skillset. That often happens. The good news is, we get to see both of the talented and likeable teams again! My best to both teams, and each individual.
The random Philosophy lectures I had as part of my Accounting degree coming up trumps for me with the eudaimonia answer 😆 Picked up a few points which I was delighted with, but a heavily science-oriented one. Tough.
If the purpose of a 'test' is to maximise the difference between two teams, this week's questions were sufficiently diverse to provide that effect. Not only were the scores considerably lower than in the opening rounds [in which both these teams got scores close to 200], but it was only in the last one-third of the show that Manchester pulled ahead.
I was going to say that this was a fine performance by the winning team, though they dithered too much on the conferring. Then I saw their captain's post here. Understanadable then - hope you get your well being back soon sir.
Thanks, Cosmic P. Obviously, my brain is in a dull mode this week because I knew fewer answers tonight than I think I've ever experienced in a UC! Found the match in general and these two teams rather uninspiring tonight. Can't see the ultimate winner here (but you never know!!).
The question at 5:40 is incorrect, and not minorly. After Malcolm III's death in 1093 (not 1097), the throne was seized by his brother Donald. There was then a dispute between Malcolm's sons and Donald, which resulted in first Duncan, and then Edgar becoming king in 1097. 2 kings and 4 years skipped, not sure how that slipped through the question writers
@@asteroixiii what do you mean "didn't have divine right?" You could dispute Duncan's reign but Donald was for sure crowned king. And either way Malcolm didn't die in 1097
@@cshaffrey3438 they don't count as real kings because they didn't have the divine right of kings. God didn't bless them to be king, so they don't count as real kings.
That question set on the name origins of elements was a complete mis-step by the question setters. As questions that require teams to answer nested questions usually are. (Nested in that they have to work one thing out (e.g. what are these elements?) before another thing (what connects those names?)
UnHerd’s resident egghead asked the BBC press office if it could confirm whether there was a part of the selection process which assessed a team’s diversity. The response came back that “for over 60 years University Challenge has set out to reflect the UK’s student population and continues to do so. The latest series has continued that important tradition.”
Given the comment from the Manchester Captain below, I'm inclined to be less judgmental, but the 10/31 and 5/21 bonus rates don't inspire confidence in the future prospects of either team. Here's to hoping the other QFs are higher scoring as that's the second sub-300 game in two weeks; a trend I'm not a huge fan of. But maybe the questions were nastier here?
@@nathelondon3719I agree. I thought Paxman was often rude, especially if someone gave an answer he thought was silly. I'm old enough to remember Bamber Gascoigne and I still miss him. He would say, "Bad luck!" to a wrong answer and "I'm going to have to hurry you." Much less unpleasant.
It genuinely got them to the right answer a few times, however. Whereas one team this season seened to be wasting time in a closer match - and won by a mere 20 points. I wonder whether a time limit might be inevitable, though. I was on a pub league team (no buzzers) for 13 years and it was 40 seconds for your own, 20 if passed across. That speeded things up, since if the first team really doesn't know it's in their interest to give their opponents less time.
I don't know what this is referring to. Potatos in art? Indian states? The periodic table of elements? Shakespeare characters? I could do with less quantum mechanics questions, if that's what you mean...
Senehedheera here. For anyone wondering why I'm so scatterbrained in this episode, during these recordings I had some fairly serious issues with my sleep, having come off the back of a related seizure months earlier. I've since had to take a year off my PhD for counselling, psych evals and to be seen by a sleep specialist. I was most out of it this episode and I'm annoyed at my tedious performance conferring as captain, despite my teammates doing their best. I wanted to mention it here, if not to excuse myself a bit, at least to highlight how great my teammates are that we still won safely. And for anyone that thinks recordings are smooth sailing, they're anything but.
Also, thanks CosmicPumpkin for uploading!
A stellar performance, and no need to be so harsh on oneself. The general aura of UC is enough to leave the best of us somewhat scatterbrained. Well played!
You did your best considering everything you've been going through! :) Echoing the other comment here -- no need to be harsh on yourself. Hope you will fully recover soon! :)
I'm rooting for Manchester to win it all!! You guys are awesome.
At least, delaying a bit gave your teammate Dan Grady time to hear the crucial passage so that he could come up with the right answer “Ultravox” 17:18. You and your team still put in a great performance, even without considering your particular circumstances-I doubt Birkbeck-London would disagree.
Take care of yourself! You and your team were terrific. Cheering for you from Croatia.
I love it when McMillan buzzes, forcing Roger to sound like a chicken.
16:11 for anyone curious
Someone watches HIGNFY
@@GwyddaI’m dying😂😂😂
Was rooting for Birkbeck. McMillan is so endearing
Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! Was a close match until the winning team pulled away. These questions obviously did not fit the losing team''s skillset. That often happens. The good news is, we get to see both of the talented and likeable teams again! My best to both teams, and each individual.
MATCH STATS BELOW
*Manchester: 160*
*Birkbeck - London : 95*
*Starter Questions Stats*
MANCHESTER: 110
De Los Reyes-White = 1/2 {10}
Kullmann = 1/1 {10}
Senehedheera = 4/4 {40}
Grady = 5/5 {50}
Starter Success Rate: 91.67%
BIRKBECK - LONDON: 70
McMillan = 3/7 {30}
Mariner = 0
Chadha = 3/3 {30}
Huntley = 1/1 {10}
Starter Success Rate: 63.64%
*Bonus Questions Stats*
MANCHESTER: 50
Bonus Success Rate: 32.26% (10/31)
BIRKBECK - LONDON: 25
Bonus Success Rate: 23.80% (5/21)
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*QF Win/Loss Record*
1. [W] Manchester
2. [L] Birkbeck - London
3. ***Trinity - Cambridge
4. ***Open
4. ***Christchurch - Oxford
6. ***UCL
7. ***Sheffield
8. ***Imperial
Thank you as always! 😊
Both the teams played quite carefully without taking risks
Thanks 👍🏻
I had a feeling that the bonus conversion rate would be atrocious and I was right. It took the air out of the match.
Thanks for the upload, CP. Always appreciate your efforts.
The random Philosophy lectures I had as part of my Accounting degree coming up trumps for me with the eudaimonia answer 😆 Picked up a few points which I was delighted with, but a heavily science-oriented one. Tough.
If the purpose of a 'test' is to maximise the difference between two teams, this week's questions were sufficiently diverse to provide that effect. Not only were the scores considerably lower than in the opening rounds [in which both these teams got scores close to 200], but it was only in the last one-third of the show that Manchester pulled ahead.
I was going to say that this was a fine performance by the winning team, though they dithered too much on the conferring. Then I saw their captain's post here. Understanadable then - hope you get your well being back soon sir.
Technically speaking, 'Girl from Ipanema' was written by the wonderful Vinicius de Moraes, the (also wonderful) Tom Jobim only composed the melody.
Most people know the melody not the words
I wish University challenge makes a comeback in India was last held somewhere around 2005 I think and then stopped
Bit of a lacklustre match I thought. Congrats to the winners. Thanks to CP.
They have to put a time limit to conferring!
I was hoping that Mariner would contribute at least on the Mathematics questions.
she was too busy looking straight forward
Thanks, Cosmic P.
Obviously, my brain is in a dull mode this week because I knew fewer answers tonight than I think I've ever experienced in a UC! Found the match in general and these two teams rather uninspiring tonight. Can't see the ultimate winner here (but you never know!!).
Surely having an incredibly long quadruple barrelled surname is a cunning way of getting a bit of extra thinking time before giving your answer.
Nice idea, Andrew P Ten-Seventy-Five ; - )
The question at 5:40 is incorrect, and not minorly. After Malcolm III's death in 1093 (not 1097), the throne was seized by his brother Donald. There was then a dispute between Malcolm's sons and Donald, which resulted in first Duncan, and then Edgar becoming king in 1097. 2 kings and 4 years skipped, not sure how that slipped through the question writers
Those other two didn't have the divine right, so it doesn't count.
@@asteroixiii what do you mean "didn't have divine right?" You could dispute Duncan's reign but Donald was for sure crowned king. And either way Malcolm didn't die in 1097
@@cshaffrey3438 they don't count as real kings because they didn't have the divine right of kings. God didn't bless them to be king, so they don't count as real kings.
Results so far:
Manchester 1-0
Birkbeck 0-1
Imperial 0-0
Sheffield 0-0
UCL 0-0
Christ Church, Oxford 0-0
Born in Manchester studied in London, I was torn but Manchester were cleverer and better looking ( especially the captain!)
@4:45 The super easy math hint, two mth majors, one on each team, another person answers the question X-D
That question set on the name origins of elements was a complete mis-step by the question setters.
As questions that require teams to answer nested questions usually are.
(Nested in that they have to work one thing out (e.g. what are these elements?) before another thing (what connects those names?)
Bare knuckles round, hats off to all the contestants
So many chinese, India and Shakespeare questions
BBC and diversity - hence the appearance of at least one woman per team.
@@davidhollins870 there's literally a team in this video with no women
UnHerd’s resident egghead asked the BBC press office if it could confirm whether there was a part of the selection process which assessed a team’s diversity. The response came back that “for over 60 years University Challenge has set out to reflect the UK’s student population and continues to do so. The latest series has continued that important tradition.”
Let's play university challenge with amol
O well at least I got boustrophedon :-)
24:00 i died reading that book
Given the comment from the Manchester Captain below, I'm inclined to be less judgmental, but the 10/31 and 5/21 bonus rates don't inspire confidence in the future prospects of either team. Here's to hoping the other QFs are higher scoring as that's the second sub-300 game in two weeks; a trend I'm not a huge fan of. But maybe the questions were nastier here?
The bonuses were surprisingly hard today, significantly more difficult than the starters imo.
@@lewbasnight the difficulty seems to have been cranked up a lot
We need jungle i'm AFRAID
Paxman would have chewed up and spat out Manchester for the unbelievable amount of dithering and dilly-dallying in this match. Really frustrating.
We all miss Paxman. New guy rushes his words.
That’s because Paxman was ill and had a short fuse. Prefer the current quizmaster. He’s a gentleman.
@@nathelondon3719I agree. I thought Paxman was often rude, especially if someone gave an answer he thought was silly.
I'm old enough to remember Bamber Gascoigne and I still miss him. He would say, "Bad luck!" to a wrong answer and "I'm going to have to hurry you." Much less unpleasant.
@@johnahearn7964 Last few series, Paxman seemed to have a speech impediment. Sometimes his delivery made nonsense of the questions.
It genuinely got them to the right answer a few times, however. Whereas one team this season seened to be wasting time in a closer match - and won by a mere 20 points.
I wonder whether a time limit might be inevitable, though. I was on a pub league team (no buzzers) for 13 years and it was 40 seconds for your own, 20 if passed across. That speeded things up, since if the first team really doesn't know it's in their interest to give their opponents less time.
"Early Human League?" - Get outside and give yourself a good talking to.
Answer to the last question:
(Gustav) Vasa
Sick and tired of all these woke questions. Ho Hum.
Maybe find another show to watch, GBNews perhaps?
God forbid a general knowledge competition ask about general knowledge, eh?
Sick and tired of 'woke' as the all-purpose insult for 'anything I find challenging.'
@@Elitist20 So overused it's almost meaningless.
I don't know what this is referring to. Potatos in art? Indian states? The periodic table of elements? Shakespeare characters? I could do with less quantum mechanics questions, if that's what you mean...
I'm always surprised how clueless everyone looks on the pop music rounds, kinda makes me have less respect for their classical music knowledge
What do these two have to do with one another?
Mariner's dominatrix bona fides duly noted.