University Challenge S54E07 - Reading vs. Exeter

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  • Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2024

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  • @jayguerero47
    @jayguerero47 Месяц назад +87

    Newman is an excellent captain. I like the way he states his answer. Not rising inflection but confident downward inflection.

  • @RyuSensei42
    @RyuSensei42 Месяц назад +62

    Highest scoring runners up so far:
    1. UCL-175
    2/3. Liverpool-125
    2/3. UEA-125
    4. St. Catharine’s-Cambridge-120
    Eliminated: Gonville & Caius-Cambridge-80, Manchester-75, Reading-100
    Lowest Scoring Winner: Wadham-Oxford-180
    Highest scoring winner: Bristol-325

    • @freddiethecutestcavapoo9184
      @freddiethecutestcavapoo9184 Месяц назад +2

      Serves to remind me how incredibly poorly the normally top-notch teams fielded by Manchester did this year! It just was not their year at all!

    • @RyuSensei42
      @RyuSensei42 Месяц назад +1

      @@freddiethecutestcavapoo9184 Agreed. You can practice all you like, but when you're actually in the studio and the lights are in your face, you never know how you're actually going to perform.

  • @KSfan4ever
    @KSfan4ever Месяц назад +26

    Thank you so much CP! My treat for the week.

  • @zaphbrox8239
    @zaphbrox8239 Месяц назад +32

    21:26 If only Amol had said "you may not discuss"! Not sure if Reading noticed, but there is a burnt bear on their table. Also, there is an entire episode on Moorcroft's shirt by Seinfeld. That said, Moorcroft was the star of today's show.

  • @emmapeel829
    @emmapeel829 Месяц назад +17

    Fabulous! And made my highest score ever! Thank you CP - so appreciate this.

    • @michaeln9931
      @michaeln9931 Месяц назад

      Mine too! An unbelievable 8 starters and a little over a dozen bonus questions. Last game was my all time low in an opening round, so I'm glad to have made a comeback, haha.

    • @emmapeel829
      @emmapeel829 Месяц назад +1

      @@michaeln9931 Well, not that we're keeping score (but we are keeping score 😍 ), I had 10 starters and 16 bonuses. A banner day for both of us! Well done you!

    • @michaeln9931
      @michaeln9931 Месяц назад

      @@emmapeel829 Nicely done! If we got to sit at home with no pressure, we could have made great team members! 😂

  • @jocelynjaquiery635
    @jocelynjaquiery635 Месяц назад +18

    Thanks, CP. The highlight of my morning.

  • @TheSabian321
    @TheSabian321 Месяц назад +22

    Moorcroft and Mouelhi are both really good, Carr and Newman, while not as fast, are good at answering the bonuses. This team might go far.

  • @chrishobbs58
    @chrishobbs58 Месяц назад +18

    Hello again! The losing team put up a good fight in the middle, but was blitzed in the beginning and the end. And so we say goodbye to them. The winning team is a force to be reckoned with. My best to both teams, and to each individual.

  • @theresamcghee8362
    @theresamcghee8362 Месяц назад +13

    Thank you soich cosmicpumpkin so kind of you. I love watching these ❤🎉

  • @slightlygrouchy
    @slightlygrouchy Месяц назад +6

    Thanks a bunch, wonderful CP! As for the match itself, I got a shockingly high number of answers (namely 15), which means that the questions were comparatively easy this time around. Usually, I only get one - if I am lucky! Exeter produced real teamwork and everyone contributed! Carr stood out to me, though! She seems wonderfully tenacious.

  • @araucariapasquale1
    @araucariapasquale1 Месяц назад +11

    The music round was FIRE 🔥

  • @pjn7136
    @pjn7136 Месяц назад +55

    There is something about one player on each team that seems different… oh wait, they are old people like me! 😂

    • @Ramboost007
      @Ramboost007 Месяц назад +11

      The music round of 1980s British New Wave acts must have been a piece of cake for you and them lol

    • @Outwhere
      @Outwhere Месяц назад +2

      @@Ramboost007 It took way too long to say Duran Duran.

  • @marty9011
    @marty9011 Месяц назад +8

    Another thrashing. The winning team is very strong. Thank you CP.

  • @aliceharuna4
    @aliceharuna4 Месяц назад +45

    UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE S54E07
    MATCH STATS BELOW
    Reading: 100 Eliminated
    Exeter: 240
    Starter Questions Stats
    READING: 45
    Selvaramesh = 0
    Finkelstein = 4/7 {40 minus 10 points}
    Snook = 1/1 {10 points}
    Rock = 1/2 {10 minus 5 points}
    Starter Success rate: 60.00% (6/10)
    EXETER: 120
    Moorcroft = 5/5 {50 points}
    Carr = 1/1 {10 points}
    Newman = 1/1 {10 points}
    Mouelhi = 5/5 {50 points}
    Starter Success rate: 100.00% (12/12)
    Bonus Questions Stats
    READING: 55
    Bonus success rate: 61.11% (11/18)
    EXETER: 120
    Bonus success rate: 72.73% (24/33)

    • @zaphbrox8239
      @zaphbrox8239 Месяц назад +11

      Thanks! If not for this, I would not have realised that Mouelhi got 5 starters! Seems like the quiet, efficient, and deadly assassin.

    • @artzyalicia5546
      @artzyalicia5546 День назад +1

      100%? Jesus Christ, good for them though 👏🏾

  • @ohood4863
    @ohood4863 Месяц назад +3

    Carr and Moorcroft are a wonderful duo! The rest of the Exeter team work amazingly together but these two stood out to me.
    This match got me loads of points, too :)

    • @operatube
      @operatube Месяц назад +1

      Really? It seemed like Carr just repeats Moorcroft's answers to Newman

  • @MrPotsy81
    @MrPotsy81 Месяц назад +7

    Thanks, Cosmic Pumpkin. I actually didn't feel too stupid this time. Got a few. I'm a math Numpty, but got Parallelogram.😳

  • @tdawgluxor1060
    @tdawgluxor1060 Месяц назад +4

    Carr: I'll wear the craziest outfit!
    Moorcroft: Challenge accepted!

  • @gabsymalone6307
    @gabsymalone6307 Месяц назад +7

    Not many starters-for-ten answered - 18 in total which is lower than average, but 24/33 is mighty fine work from Exeter. We're definitely not seeing Reading again - second round continues to be set up nicely with how the scores are coming in ;). I also make it that 6/7 qualifying teams have bonus rates of 2/3 or more. Only Wadham, Oxford from 2 weeks back had one below that - not sure what it means but let's hope it continues ;).

  • @michaelgartly3753
    @michaelgartly3753 Месяц назад +28

    The oldies were pretty hopeless on the oldie questions.

  • @timothywalker1388
    @timothywalker1388 Месяц назад +17

    Not seen a finalist tonight. Also think both were allowed too much prevarication time.

    • @sophitsa79
      @sophitsa79 Месяц назад +8

      He was so generous! He must have been in a very very good mood

    • @VLind-uk6mb
      @VLind-uk6mb Месяц назад +4

      Not very good on popular culture.

  • @jessicaellina3878
    @jessicaellina3878 Месяц назад +5

    Congratulations to Exeter! Seem like a strong team. Reading didn,t seem to be cohesive and dithered a lot. Always enjoyable nonetheless. Thanks for our much anticipated Monday entertainment! 😁

  • @davidfekete2012
    @davidfekete2012 Месяц назад +5

    I love that Moorcroft wore a puffy shirt. Somewhere, Jerry Seinfeld is feeling quite proud.

    • @BB1-l2k
      @BB1-l2k 13 дней назад

      With Newman as the captain. "But I don't want to be a pirate."

  • @profpartout6609
    @profpartout6609 Месяц назад +7

    Nice work winners!

  • @knightsatin
    @knightsatin Месяц назад +6

    Good result for Exeter - well done.

  • @ZENmud
    @ZENmud 18 дней назад

    My first episode of these contests; grew up in the Sixties with the USA "College Bowl" with similar format (not sure it was structured similarly, with eliminations)... and enjoyed the farcical "Colorado University of Boulder Trivia Bowl" in 1978.
    Face to face team competitions are ❤❤❤

  • @ubiergo1978
    @ubiergo1978 Месяц назад +12

    As always, someone, somewhere is always shouting an answer... here: COPPER!!!, but of course, that's only because I'm Chilean. xD

  • @lucymariposa
    @lucymariposa Месяц назад +7

    Sad to see Reading get cooked - we'll make it to the final again one day!!!

    • @wildandbarefoot
      @wildandbarefoot Месяц назад +3

      Yes. It's sad when the team you follow gets trumped. I support Manchester who were trounced last week. So sad. I almost didn't watch this week. Lol

  • @kirthanapillay6405
    @kirthanapillay6405 Месяц назад +1

    I really enjoyed watching Reading. I hope they're not too disappointed. They did a great job, especially Rock.

  • @eleidal
    @eleidal Месяц назад +4

    How can so few have liked this so far? I'm stumped, like them.

  • @SC_Jolly
    @SC_Jolly Месяц назад +5

    Thank you!

  • @KitHogan
    @KitHogan Месяц назад +45

    Moorcroft is the goat

    • @raantaaro
      @raantaaro Месяц назад +8

      honestly what a legend

    • @bejay69
      @bejay69 Месяц назад +27

      Mouelhi did pretty well also.

    • @VLind-uk6mb
      @VLind-uk6mb Месяц назад +7

      He's amazing.

    • @bandofather
      @bandofather Месяц назад +3

      Okay but wtf was he wearing lawl

    • @KitHogan
      @KitHogan Месяц назад +1

      @@bandofather the goat uniform

  • @thadrin
    @thadrin Месяц назад +2

    Decent performance from the winners, they do need to pay more attention to the actual questions though. Not sure we've seen a winner here when compared to dome others we've seen so far, but potential for a deep run certainly and you never know.

  • @thetessellater9163
    @thetessellater9163 9 дней назад

    Exeter such a strong team, each scoring good points, balanced, and well managed.

  • @jamespires3383
    @jamespires3383 Месяц назад +5

    Prime University challenge this one

  • @qwertyTRiG
    @qwertyTRiG Месяц назад +3

    I didn't do too badly on the bonus questions, but I don't think I got any of the starters.

  • @jamiengo2343
    @jamiengo2343 Месяц назад +1

    I did pretty well on this which was good to see aha, quite a few of the history and sports questions especially

  • @cole523
    @cole523 Месяц назад

    Loved the questions this week! Heartbroken to discover no one's seen RHPS lol

  • @kevincaldwell4707
    @kevincaldwell4707 Месяц назад +5

    08:00 in and Exeter is kicking butt...

    • @Zoomo2697
      @Zoomo2697 Месяц назад

      Thankfully they then were off the 'mark' with Nitrogen! 😮😂

  • @kieranharford8755
    @kieranharford8755 Месяц назад +3

    SnookRock- good name for a band

  • @freddiethecutestcavapoo9184
    @freddiethecutestcavapoo9184 Месяц назад +3

    Thanks, Cosmic P.
    Exeter has a fairly balanced team and I could see them going on to near the end (although I wouldn't put money on a final win!!).

  • @davidtydeman1434
    @davidtydeman1434 Месяц назад +7

    These questions are getting harder 😂👏👏👏

    • @arthurgordon6072
      @arthurgordon6072 Месяц назад +10

      I disagree. I managed way more than I normally do!

  • @garypollard1821
    @garypollard1821 2 дня назад

    Snook 🔥 but also a splendid team captain.
    Poor old Salvaramesh might as well have texted in her contribution.

  • @clairebrett6615
    @clairebrett6615 Месяц назад +4

    Always nice to hear Gauteng being mispronounced on a quiz show

  • @jamesmah3063
    @jamesmah3063 Месяц назад +27

    Bro studies biomedical sciences and doesnt know the number of chromosomes in a typical human gamete. What is Reading doing

    • @Gamrider
      @Gamrider Месяц назад +9

      A levels stuff.

    • @maddybullimore8605
      @maddybullimore8605 Месяц назад

      i was thinking the same, that's GCSE knowledge!!

  • @gauephat7760
    @gauephat7760 Месяц назад +6

    I for one cannot believe Moorcroft is a weeaboo

    • @Kai-cl3ps
      @Kai-cl3ps Месяц назад +1

      Wdym its written all over their face 😅 congrats to them too🎉

  • @beardsleysarah6371
    @beardsleysarah6371 12 дней назад

    The question on gametes was wrong. Gametes can be produced either by meiosis or mitosis, depending on the type of organism. In plants, for example, gametes are produced from haploid cells by mitosis.

  • @someangel-shape6797
    @someangel-shape6797 Месяц назад +5

    22:20 in what bizarre world is that a regency dress?!?

  • @grimftl
    @grimftl Месяц назад

    From Allen, Texas, thanks to CosmicPumpkin for taking the trouble to upload this.
    Today was a good day for me. I got 5 no/wrong answers.

  • @vlera8447
    @vlera8447 Месяц назад +3

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @FRANKTHRING1
    @FRANKTHRING1 Месяц назад +2

    The lack of knowledge of classic Cinema is astounding. Don`t young people look at old movies anymore !

  • @LaBla-a
    @LaBla-a Месяц назад +3

    Moorcroft-chan is so cute!
    Exeter Fighting!
    頑張って!

  • @paristen8556
    @paristen8556 Месяц назад +1

    In spite of all the unanswerable (by me) biology questions I still managed to get 220, once again placing myself between the winners and the losers. I really liked the fiendish 'flags of countries/metals exported' question, where I got exactly zero.

  • @wildandbarefoot
    @wildandbarefoot Месяц назад +6

    Interestingly the expression "to cock a snook" is not as much fun as it may suggest. Its just the action of putting thumb to nose and waving fingers is a childishly insulting way, which im sure Exeter never would do. Its also a fish.
    Also, nice to see a couple of old duffers like myself on the teams, though it does seem a bit unfair to younger generations. Im always impressed by how well informed the young people are on this programme.

    • @marty9011
      @marty9011 Месяц назад +4

      I think Rock was too slow.

    • @MrPotsy81
      @MrPotsy81 Месяц назад +2

      @@marty9011 And showed much angst.

  • @JamesTyler-p1m
    @JamesTyler-p1m 21 день назад

    I applied to Exeter

  • @JamesTyler-p1m
    @JamesTyler-p1m 21 день назад

    Snook is gorgeous

  • @himselfwastaken
    @himselfwastaken 13 дней назад

    it's always cape verde

  • @JanKosinski-x8h
    @JanKosinski-x8h Месяц назад +2

    Did Selivaramesh contribute anything?

    • @mjmcb1
      @mjmcb1 Месяц назад +2

      There is a phenomenon in TV quiz shows called 'studio freeze'. In spite of all the practice they provide beforehand, even the smartest can suddenly find their brain has frozen in that particular moment. That said, I can't forgive not knowing that gametes don't have pairs of chromosomes.

  • @readMEinkbooks
    @readMEinkbooks Месяц назад

    If you are part of a team on this show don't sit on the end furthest from the quiz master as the rest of the team will ignore you.

  • @Joe-nb3fs
    @Joe-nb3fs Месяц назад +2

    C'mon!

  • @lynnedavenport3298
    @lynnedavenport3298 Месяц назад +27

    Carr should have been the captain of Exeter since she kept telling Newman what to do.

    • @Narwhaltat
      @Narwhaltat Месяц назад +9

      And repeating other people's answers as if they were her idea! She struck me as a bit of a deadweight ..

    • @wildandbarefoot
      @wildandbarefoot Месяц назад +3

      I though she showed character. But then I like bolshy women. It's fatal.

    • @fragilemaileagle
      @fragilemaileagle Месяц назад +4

      @@Narwhaltat she did get the satire answer, even though they went with kaleidoscope

    • @puzzles7413
      @puzzles7413 Месяц назад +12

      @@Narwhaltat I don't think she was repeating Moorcroft's answers as if they were her ideas; I think she was trying to help Newman hear what Moorcroft had said. idk though obviously, we can't know what was going on in her head

    • @Kai-cl3ps
      @Kai-cl3ps Месяц назад +3

      @@puzzles7413i agree, seems like theres a lot of women-haters on this side of the internet, sadly 🥲

  • @Eso20213
    @Eso20213 Месяц назад

    Proper league one tie

  • @nathelondon3719
    @nathelondon3719 Месяц назад +1

    Here’s a starter for Mourli….😂

  • @arkdeniz
    @arkdeniz Месяц назад +6

    I am always envious of people, like Moorcroft, who have no difficulty flossing their teeth. Mine are jammed in tighter than Scrooge.

  • @chishmilongo
    @chishmilongo Месяц назад +2

    First!

  • @alij8920
    @alij8920 Месяц назад

    Exeter a really good all round team, Reading only had Rock and Finkelstein taking part. Really wish the editors had excluded the many many times Selvaramesh adjusted her top while answering nothing at all.

  • @kieranharford8755
    @kieranharford8755 Месяц назад +3

    Some need a haircut for their mental health wellbeing like Muelhi

    • @kathyhird1394
      @kathyhird1394 Месяц назад +1

      I got fixated needs a good wash

  • @Gamrider
    @Gamrider Месяц назад +4

    Carr. Marry me

  • @davidconnell1959
    @davidconnell1959 Месяц назад +5

    Either Rock is younger than he looks or he doesn’t pay attention.
    So many missed questions were giveaways for somebody born before 1970!
    That sci-fi run especially.

    • @darkmoney7762
      @darkmoney7762 Месяц назад +3

      It's a common occurrence for people around his age to forget what they have learned after just a short time. You forgot to include that possibility.

    • @jessicaellina3878
      @jessicaellina3878 Месяц назад +1

      He was a ditherer..gave the impression that the answer was on the tip of his tongue but he couldn't quite get it out.

  • @英語で学ぶ会計入門
    @英語で学ぶ会計入門 Месяц назад +1

    Cheating surely having a guy as old as the bizarrely named Newman in the Exeter team. Why not make it for undergraduates between the ages of say 18 and 25? I get a moderate number of the questions, but often simply because of being a lot older I was at 20!

    • @NeilRossHistoryComedyPoetry
      @NeilRossHistoryComedyPoetry Месяц назад +7

      Yes, but if you look at the real standouts of UC over the years they have all been undergradauate age (Monkman, Seagall, Trimble, Blackman, Zeng, etc.) With the older students there is the tendency to forget what they came into the television studio for . . . Anyway, I suspect the BBC is as loathe to announce a policy of blatant ageism as the next publically funded broadcaster. Peace from Canada.

    • @dertyp1769
      @dertyp1769 Месяц назад +5

      Arent most of the (younger) guys postgraduate or phd students too?
      Anyways, I personally don't really feel a disconnect to the older students at my uni, so i wouldn't mind getting represented by them.

    • @gooscarguitar
      @gooscarguitar Месяц назад +1

      Well no it isn't, because they don't necessarily do better than younger players. In 2018-19 a team with an average age of 19 beat a mature college from Cambridge in the semi-finals. I don't think Imperial hasn't had a single player over 30 in its previous 4 appearances

    • @PeteRedgrass
      @PeteRedgrass Месяц назад +2

      It‘s a quiz for students (not necessarily for young people) and has been that way since the 1960s. It doesn’t need to be changed.

    • @SvobodovaEva
      @SvobodovaEva Месяц назад +2

      What a weird suggestion

  • @sophitsa79
    @sophitsa79 Месяц назад +4

    24:13 🤦‍♀️

  • @chrisrigg3753
    @chrisrigg3753 Месяц назад

    16:40 for all those that came from sports team