Oh gosh I feel really bad for Harrington. I have a PhD in physics, and am employed in a chemistry department, have memorised the periodic table, and I didn't even notice her mistake until too late.
Great job as always, @lindorsibande. Your comments are a nice, fitting end to the match. I wonder if you could also add the list eliminated teams or teams that just got knocked off. That would give an opportunity to sigh and mourn their departure. Thanks again.
That Tesla-answer was kinda crazy, but I think they just rushed over the "9 Nobel Prizes" and "telephone-company" part of the question. Anyway, as always a joy to watch, thanks for uploading!
Yes and I'm a chemist and my instant reaction to the magnetism question was Co thus Copper. I know better of course but when you are trying to think in microseconds your brain sometimes does not keep up.
Bless them. These people are incredible. Anyone who puts themselves out there to answer a question is doing so in front of thousands potentially millions, and they have my utmost respect. If i get two answers per show, I'll be happy 😂
Absolutely. I'm an EFL teacher, the words "Present Perfect" are like a mantra I repeat every day. Also, are you a Russian speaker, with such an @-handle? Not often does one find a fellow Eastern European here.
@@letranger2000 I'm sorry if my question was distressing, it wasn't my intention to call you out or anything of that kind. I don't think we should be ashamed of our language though. It's been around for a while, and will survive the crimes of the current regime.
Thanks again for the upload CosmicPumpkin! This was the most curious match result I've seen so far. I make a habit of paying attention to the field of study of each contestant, and the losing team seemed to be far more well-rounded than the winners. And the losing team did indeed look better in the early stages. Then they just seemed to run out of steam. I'd need to rewatch and pay closer attention to be sure, but it seemed the winning team, particularly the captain, just started taking charge of the buzzer. I'm not sure how often the losing team actually tried to buzz and were beaten to the punch, but it seemed from here that too often there wasn't really any attempt from the losing team to answer. That said, a good effort by both teams. And my best to each contestant.
I know you are an American. Are you old enough, as I am, to remember GE College Bowl? It was my favorite television show as a child as is UC as a 75 year old man.
Meredith laid-back energy and Wickremasinghe's charm really made Southampton the most likeable team so far in the show for me. SPOILERS Hoping they could comeback as the highest scoring losers.
Hi there! I'm Chris Meredith's sister. Just wanted to say this is a lovely comment. Seen some not very nice stuff on twitter (unsurprisingly) so this was lovely to read :)
@@Yes_587 That's a shame. Tell your brother to not take those idiots on twitter seriously. He's a genius. Hoping he and his team makes it to the next round.
@aryamanchauhan2906 Thanks very much! He hasn't seen the tweets as thankfully he doesn't use twitter, but I told him about your comment and he seemed very pleased :)
Well done Christchurch for admitting ignorance rather than random guessing. It helps to keep things moving along quickly and smoothly. But there were a lot of “black holes” in their general knowledge! Thanks to CosmicPumpkin for the upload.
But guessing can't hurt, right? At least in the bonus round... Might as well throw a shot in a gray area. I've seen it work once in the episode before this. EDIT: I got to the Japanese Cinema questions. Yeah, I'd have guessed Godzilla because it's a 1950s Japanese Kaiju movie. That's all I know about it, but it's better than what they did. Trivia Questions like this are designed to be difficult such that a wild guess in the dark doesn't work; but they're not design to prevent wild guesses. Thus, always take them - they cannot hurt. Unless you interrupt the starting question. Don't do that.
@@XoIoRouge I know next to nothing about Japanese cinema but got _The Seven Samurai_ and _Rashomon_ simply from the descriptions in the questions. (Those and _Ran_ might be the only Japanese films, besides, of course, _Godzilla,_ that I can name.)
We're seeing higher aggregate scores, especially in comparison to the last two series, which I find pleasing :). Perhaps our first virtuosic buzzer of the series from the winners? Shame we may not see the losers again - they seemed rather good, but I don't know if that score will be enough, with how the series has gone so far :(.
Haven't watched this one yet, but the first three had far fewer obscure science questions, characterised by lots of numbers that I, fo one, found impossible to follow.
Ferromagnetism is NOT the same as magnetism (there're also paramagnetism and antiferromagnetism); the chemical formula for Magnetite is Fe3O4 not Fe2O3
Winning team had an outstanding buzzer, but was very bad on bonuses. Interested in seeing how it will shake out, but predict QF elimination for them right now.
never thought i would find a padma awardee in the comment section of CP miss tyabji!. Regardless you should gift him one from one of our talent craftspeople.
I know it's too late for this season, but for the next one I sure hope they get rid of that (rather unattractive) computer screen the host is using to read the questions. Besides its rather archaic, obtrusive appearance, every time the camera shoots to Mr. Rajan, he seems to only be staring at that screen and never looking at the students. I'm sure that's not the case, but it's how it looks. It is a really strange set up. Attention UC producers--please bring back the question cards and get rid of that stupid grey-covered box!
Man I was really rooting for one of these teams until they served up a fat zero on the very softest Japanese cinema questions I could imagine. God damn that was shameful.
@@skatefan9495 When we learn french in french as I did, we learn about Passé Composé and Passé Simple not Past Historic, term, she used Now, when I came to France for my studies, I had a legal english class and they taught "prétérit", a word I'd never heard of instead of "past tense"
I'm still trying to decide if Amol is aiming to get back to the speed of question-firing that Bamber Gascoigne used, or if he's just garbling. Either way it's a great contrast to Paxo as he struggled to speak towards the end of last series
TBF if you watch some of the Paxman shows from the 90s, or even 10-15 years ago, he also got through questions at a lightning pace in his prime, which I like that they're trying to get back to.
@@BanalayerPete1972 I guess it depends on what the education focuses on. In my country (Finland) even Finnish grammar is taught to us very rigorously, so any middle schooler could definitely recognize all the tenses.
@@late8641: Finnish and German are very different languages, right? That is impressive. 🙂 My date taught me 1 to 20 in Finnish, but that was in 1999 - can't remember them now, to my shame... 😄
No, she's getting a PhD in astrophysics from Oxford, which is most probably way more than can be said for you who wrote this from your mother's basement.
It's one of two ways to pronounce the letter H. "There's no such word!" Tell that to Ireland and a substantial part of the UK (and probably a lot of other places). Further reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H#Name_in_English
Can"t the BBC tell Amol to occasionally look at the contestants. Also he gets faster and faster as the quiz continues. He could easily be replaced with a robot.
The questions getting faster as the quiz continues (which matches with Roger Tilling's voice-over getting more urgent) is a normal feature of University Challenge. Paxman did it until a few years ago.
@gooscarguitar he forgot to give the answer to 2 questions last Monday. He still doesn't enunciate his words properly. Not a patch on Paxman or Bamber Gascoigne.
Can't watch it with Amol. He is terrible, this make me very sad I hope he is temporary or can source a personality. I have to think the stage crew feel the same as they have made a desk that purposely gives Amol a small stature.
The Africa questions made me miss Imperial Zeng so much.
Oh gosh I feel really bad for Harrington. I have a PhD in physics, and am employed in a chemistry department, have memorised the periodic table, and I didn't even notice her mistake until too late.
MATCH STATS BELOW
*Southampton : 155*
*Christ Church - Oxford : 180*
*Starter Questions Stats*
SOUTHAMPTON : 75
Harrington = 1/2 {10}
Counsell = 0
Wickremasinghe = 4/6 {40 minus 5}
Meredith = 3/3 {30}
Starter Success Rate : 72.73%
CHRIST CHURCH - OXFORD : 105
Dean = 1/3 {10 minus 5}
Gorgianeh = 0
Wotton = 9/9 {90}
Lowe = 1/2 {10}
Starter Success Rate : 78.57%
*Bonus Questions Stats*
SOUTHAMPTON : 80
Bonus Success Rate: 66.67% (16/24)
CHRIST CHURCH - OXFORD : 75
Bonus Success Rate: 46.88% (15/32)
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Top 4 Losing Scores
1. Oxford Brookes (205)
2. Trinity - Cambridge (175)
3. Southampton (155)
4. Birmingham (125)
Great job as always, @lindorsibande. Your comments are a nice, fitting end to the match. I wonder if you could also add the list eliminated teams or teams that just got knocked off. That would give an opportunity to sigh and mourn their departure. Thanks again.
@@zaphbrox8239 It's always a pleasure. At your request, I shall do so. Starting next week though since no team is eliminated definitely as yet.
Wotton saved his team single handedly
That Tesla-answer was kinda crazy, but I think they just rushed over the "9 Nobel Prizes" and "telephone-company" part of the question. Anyway, as always a joy to watch, thanks for uploading!
I kept shouting Bell !
Another knowledge gap. Or maybe it was too American. I knew it was Bell Labs.
ooof I felt so bad for Harrington she was so embarrased for saying F instead of Fe
Yes and I'm a chemist and my instant reaction to the magnetism question was Co thus Copper. I know better of course but when you are trying to think in microseconds your brain sometimes does not keep up.
I though it endearing how she handled that. Just the thing. Kinda cool ..
I was confused because it was a delayed reaction! haha
Bless them. These people are incredible. Anyone who puts themselves out there to answer a question is doing so in front of thousands potentially millions, and they have my utmost respect. If i get two answers per show, I'll be happy 😂
@@andrewclifton9772 I'm not a chemist and know little about chemistry, but I knew it should be Fe.
For a non-native speaker their reaction to the grammar question was hilarious
Absolutely. I'm an EFL teacher, the words "Present Perfect" are like a mantra I repeat every day. Also, are you a Russian speaker, with such an @-handle? Not often does one find a fellow Eastern European here.
@@imokin86 Yes, I am Russian and that's definitely something I will never be comfortable to bring up for the rest of my days.
The passé simple (I had never heard of "past historic") was the main reason for me not to take French as a subject for my final exams.
@@letranger2000 I'm sorry if my question was distressing, it wasn't my intention to call you out or anything of that kind.
I don't think we should be ashamed of our language though. It's been around for a while, and will survive the crimes of the current regime.
Hate the country, not the people@@letranger2000
Thanks again for the upload CosmicPumpkin! This was the most curious match result I've seen so far. I make a habit of paying attention to the field of study of each contestant, and the losing team seemed to be far more well-rounded than the winners. And the losing team did indeed look better in the early stages. Then they just seemed to run out of steam. I'd need to rewatch and pay closer attention to be sure, but it seemed the winning team, particularly the captain, just started taking charge of the buzzer. I'm not sure how often the losing team actually tried to buzz and were beaten to the punch, but it seemed from here that too often there wasn't really any attempt from the losing team to answer. That said, a good effort by both teams. And my best to each contestant.
I know you are an American. Are you old enough, as I am, to remember GE College Bowl? It was my favorite television show as a child as is UC as a 75 year old man.
@@raphaeleyald I do remember. I wish we'd kept it up. As it is, the only real US equivalent to UC is College Week on Jeopardy!
Thanks for the lovely upload! Very much appreciate the quality captions.
What an AMAZING quizmaster! Well done!
Meredith is chill. I’ll buy him a beer.
Thanks again for these uploads!
Canadian Content at 20:20
Meredith laid-back energy and Wickremasinghe's charm really made Southampton the most likeable team so far in the show for me.
SPOILERS
Hoping they could comeback as the highest scoring losers.
Hi there! I'm Chris Meredith's sister. Just wanted to say this is a lovely comment. Seen some not very nice stuff on twitter (unsurprisingly) so this was lovely to read :)
@@Yes_587 That's a shame. Tell your brother to not take those idiots on twitter seriously. He's a genius. Hoping he and his team makes it to the next round.
@aryamanchauhan2906 Thanks very much! He hasn't seen the tweets as thankfully he doesn't use twitter, but I told him about your comment and he seemed very pleased :)
@@Yes_587
I actually wrote a comment saying he is charming and has Austin Powers vibes 😅
Thanks for the upload.
16:33 Anyone else find themselves yelling "Gojira!" repeatedly the screen?
Hai....!
Not that one, but the next question, I couldn't help myself 😄
I was yelling "Seven Samurai!" and "Rashoman!"
Well done Christchurch for admitting ignorance rather than random guessing. It helps to keep things moving along quickly and smoothly. But there were a lot of “black holes” in their general knowledge! Thanks to CosmicPumpkin for the upload.
But guessing can't hurt, right? At least in the bonus round... Might as well throw a shot in a gray area. I've seen it work once in the episode before this.
EDIT: I got to the Japanese Cinema questions. Yeah, I'd have guessed Godzilla because it's a 1950s Japanese Kaiju movie. That's all I know about it, but it's better than what they did. Trivia Questions like this are designed to be difficult such that a wild guess in the dark doesn't work; but they're not design to prevent wild guesses. Thus, always take them - they cannot hurt.
Unless you interrupt the starting question. Don't do that.
@@XoIoRouge I know next to nothing about Japanese cinema but got _The Seven Samurai_ and _Rashomon_ simply from the descriptions in the questions. (Those and _Ran_ might be the only Japanese films, besides, of course, _Godzilla,_ that I can name.)
What is the make and model of gold watch that Amol Rajan is wearing?
"Greek?"
"Yeah."
"DIANA!"
We're seeing higher aggregate scores, especially in comparison to the last two series, which I find pleasing :). Perhaps our first virtuosic buzzer of the series from the winners? Shame we may not see the losers again - they seemed rather good, but I don't know if that score will be enough, with how the series has gone so far :(.
Haven't watched this one yet, but the first three had far fewer obscure science questions, characterised by lots of numbers that I, fo one, found impossible to follow.
High chance we don't see them again, they are already 3rd in losers standing and there are still 8 matches left
Rajan is getting through a lot more questions than late-period Paxo did.
More questions = more points available.
Ferromagnetism is NOT the same as magnetism (there're also paramagnetism and antiferromagnetism); the chemical formula for Magnetite is Fe3O4 not Fe2O3
Winning team had an outstanding buzzer, but was very bad on bonuses. Interested in seeing how it will shake out, but predict QF elimination for them right now.
@@chrishobbs58 jacksonlinewritings has their bonus rate as 15/35, and their opponents' as 16/24.
The captain Wotton won it for his team. Some of his teammates barely said a word. And I think Amol is brilliant.
I wish someone would give Rajan a cushion to sit on!
never thought i would find a padma awardee in the comment section of CP miss tyabji!. Regardless you should gift him one from one of our talent craftspeople.
I know it's too late for this season, but for the next one I sure hope they get rid of that (rather unattractive) computer screen the host is using to read the questions. Besides its rather archaic, obtrusive appearance, every time the camera shoots to Mr. Rajan, he seems to only be staring at that screen and never looking at the students. I'm sure that's not the case, but it's how it looks. It is a really strange set up. Attention UC producers--please bring back the question cards and get rid of that stupid grey-covered box!
Agree.
Lowe is good looking in the classical sense but Meredith has a certain charm about him. If he let go a bit, he might be the new Austin Powers
Enjoying the new series but the opening sure is ugly compared to what we were used to and it doesn't suit the opening music!
@showiley
You can’t handle change or you just have got to have something to moan about…which is it?
Wickermansinghe is going to make some guy’s life a living hell
Man I was really rooting for one of these teams until they served up a fat zero on the very softest Japanese cinema questions I could imagine. God damn that was shameful.
Got a few that no one answered.
Thanks CosmicPumpkin!
Thanks
They are so smart but the gaps in their knowledge are surprising. They didn't know Rashomon? Or the Seven Samurai?
Monday 7th August 2023
What does she mean we don't use anymore ? Past Historic or like we call it, Passé Simple, is frequently used
It's used in writing but not in speech
I have never heard of past historic. The passe simple (as opposed to passe compose) is the term I learned.
@@skatefan9495
When we learn french in french as I did, we learn about Passé Composé and Passé Simple not Past Historic, term, she used
Now, when I came to France for my studies, I had a legal english class and they taught "prétérit", a word I'd never heard of instead of "past tense"
@@gooscarguitar
That's not true, we do use it in speech albeit less frequently
So is Gorgianeh constipated?
Next time on University Challenge
I'm still trying to decide if Amol is aiming to get back to the speed of question-firing that Bamber Gascoigne used, or if he's just garbling.
Either way it's a great contrast to Paxo as he struggled to speak towards the end of last series
TBF if you watch some of the Paxman shows from the 90s, or even 10-15 years ago, he also got through questions at a lightning pace in his prime, which I like that they're trying to get back to.
He's definitely bringing back the quick pace of Gascoigne and early Paxman, and this series is better for it.
Garbling? I found his speech very understandable...
LMAO the Tesla answer. I expected better from these kids.
Lowe is very handsome!
Could Lowe be related to Mark Zuckerberg?
AD 40? You mean 40 CE!
What? Eight university students can't name a grammar feature I learned about English as a foreigner in school when I was 10 years old?
Most people don't consciously parse their first language.
@@BanalayerPete1972 I guess it depends on what the education focuses on. In my country (Finland) even Finnish grammar is taught to us very rigorously, so any middle schooler could definitely recognize all the tenses.
@@late8641: I dated a Finn. She and her friends told me that Finnish is the most difficult European language to learn. Respect!
@@BanalayerPete1972 I know an Austrian exchange student who spoke nearly perfect Finnish after just a few months and I still can't believe it! 😂
@@late8641: Finnish and German are very different languages, right? That is impressive. 🙂 My date taught me 1 to 20 in Finnish, but that was in 1999 - can't remember them now, to my shame... 😄
Teams shouldn't be told how much time they have left.
Southampton’s captain swinging on her chair made me feel seasick…but she was a good captain.
Revised Format still Jarring. ...
Makes my sensibility Gurn.
I'm already used to it - first episode was a bit weird haha
Is Dave Garda a-moulding in his grave? (Or not) Does anyone really know….
No, Dave Garda is just online alter-ego
Seems like the channel and all the uploads have disappeared...
I am in love with Gorgianeh, love from Indonesia!
Is Gorgianeh just there for diversity?
No, she's getting a PhD in astrophysics from Oxford, which is most probably way more than can be said for you who wrote this from your mother's basement.
Stop saying "haitch"! There's no such word!
It's one of two ways to pronounce the letter H.
"There's no such word!" Tell that to Ireland and a substantial part of the UK (and probably a lot of other places).
Further reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H#Name_in_English
Can"t the BBC tell Amol to occasionally look at the contestants. Also he gets faster and faster as the quiz continues. He could easily be replaced with a robot.
The questions getting faster as the quiz continues (which matches with Roger Tilling's voice-over getting more urgent) is a normal feature of University Challenge. Paxman did it until a few years ago.
@gooscarguitar he forgot to give the answer to 2 questions last Monday. He still doesn't enunciate his words properly. Not a patch on Paxman or Bamber Gascoigne.
Hate the way he says " of course it is". Has to interject to make himself look smart, like Paxo did. Copycat
This makes me think about what some (conceited) mathematicians say when they omit detailing a result: "The proof is obvious" or "... is trivial"
Can't watch it with Amol. He is terrible, this make me very sad I hope he is temporary or can source a personality. I have to think the stage crew feel the same as they have made a desk that purposely gives Amol a small stature.