University Challenge Final

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C'mon Eric beat that smug Goldman.

ask them who was the star of Malcolm in the middle?
what's the name of the dog in Frasier?
what is the name of the African prince in the marvel black panther comics.
what colour is the sky?

they only know specialized knowledge. in a syllabus. can they fit a plug,
change a light bulb? use their knowledge in an everyday situation.

Ask them to build a boat.

Dont think thered be enough time,the programmes only half an hour long.

or maybe son of Roy trotter and that woman that used to be a man! Oh yes Hayley!

TOO DIFFICULT FOR TV SHOULD BE ON RADIO

when is it on tv? tia.

Next Monday night.

The nation awaits.

@zorrostrikes -- ask them who was the star of Malcolm in the middle?
what's the name of the dog in Frasier?
what is the name of the African prince in the marvel black panther comics.
what colour is the sky?

they only know specialized knowledge. in a syllabus. can they fit a plug,
change a light bulb? use their knowledge in an everyday situation.

The problem with UC now is that it has turned into a glorified pub quiz. Too often we are no longer marvelling at the students' wide general knowledge but at the three months they've spent revising arcane facts on wikipedia. They'd know Frasier's dad's dog's name not because they've seen the programme but because the medical student on the far left was assigned to study comedy series on imdb.

I am constantly amazed at what they know.  I don't think you can just 'learn' that range of stuff.

Well!

Proof that Monkman is human?

A terrific final, the result of which was in doubt until the closing minute.

The best side won for my money, a stronger unit than the one-man-and-his-right-hand-man opponents.

Incidentally, Monkman and his merry men were comfortably beaten by Edinburgh earlier in the series, a fact that appears to have been erased from collective memory and the Stalinist media.

I'm pleased that his shouting, interrupting antics were a major factor in the defeat. They cost him 15 points in deductions and handed the questions over for a more considered reflection. One of those questions (the 'Monza' answer) was the decisive one that sealed the deal.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4399324/University-Challenge-viewers-let-Monkman.html

It's a fine line how much a team is prepared to gamble to snatch an extra few crucial starter questions. When you are behind with time running out then more risk needs to be taken.

A good final however am pleased Baliol won as Monkman's celebrity status seems to have gone to his head.I'm not that comfortable seeing Professor Hawking on television;it was difficult to make out that he was actually alive.

Monkman had a very short attention span when conferring with his team-mates causing him to make unnecessary snap decisions - even when not under time pressure.

I felt Goldman's team had easier questions once they had got the starters right.  I think the subjects of the questions suited them.

I got the 3 reptiles countries and the 3 authors right on the bonuses, plus Monza and a couple of others but no starters.

The Aussie came good on some of his strong subjects and everyone has now forgotten he doesn't know the name of any deserts in his homeland.

Agree with you about Prof. Hawking. I thought all the episodes were recorded over the space of a few days before the series broadcasts begin.

Aftertiming here but the family are mightily impressed that I came up with the Reubens/Titian answer with my near zero knowledge of art, obviously this is the start of a successful run of guesses so i will be placing some long priced doubles on the nags this afternoon.

Trainstopper;I wouldn't get too carried away with your success....the artist's name is Rubens not Ruebens.

Posy, I will bin my long priced doubles plan, blimey it doesnt take much for confidence to get shattered

I got the SNOB = 36 question right. 40 years after writing chemistry on the UCCA form, I can just about remember the first couple of rows of the periodic table.

Monkman was odd but fun, though not up to the standard of Corpus Christi Trimble or Emmanuel Guttenplan. I wonder if he is slightly deaf. At times he appeared not to hear his teammates and his shouting the answers suggests he cannot hear his own voice properly either.

I'm not that comfortable seeing Professor Hawking on television;it was difficult to make out that he was actually alive.

Just looked him up. Stephen Hawking is 75 years old.

From Wikipedia: The diagnosis of motor neurone disease came when Hawking was 21, in 1963. At the time, doctors gave him a life expectancy of two years.

30 years ago I tried to read his book A Brief History of Time....think i gave up on page 3.