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On University Challenge (Illustrated)All kinds of things about the show and our three matches for anyone interested ( Read more... )

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University Challenge anonymous February 11 2009, 12:43:47 UTC

You shouldn't take your defeat to Corpus Christi to heart as you did excellently to get to the quarter-finals :) I believe most people who appear on University Challenge feel a little hard done by (I have met a few) as they think they should have performed better on the day, but luck does play a big part in success.

Having won as part of the Warwick team, I am still in awe of the might of players such has Christodoulou and Trimble and their excellent knowledge and recall. I think that a player like them is the difference between a good UC team and a great one.

I also like to add that none of my fellow team-mates hardly ever participated in quizzes either at school or at university, and our preparation for UC was scant (about two pub quizzes), hence we were learning how to play whilst "on the job". Also we were between the ages 21 - 22, with me being the only postgraduate.

P. S. The backstage pictures are really good

Re: University Challenge lystellion February 12 2009, 14:42:33 UTC

I agree with you on the 'luck' thing, I think that a lot depends on how the questions go. In some episodes, the questions seem almost deliberately written for me. Other episodes they seem almost deliberately written to make me look stupid. This means that there ends up being a 3-fold difference between episodes in the range of questions I would say I know, and I daresay that people who feel they should've done better may have had a nasty bunch of questions for them which suited the other team, as much as anything. Added to that, a lot is contingent on the 'form' both teams happen to be in. If you know what it's like to have a good episode you tend to want to have one every match ( ... )

Re: University Challenge anonymous February 15 2009, 23:44:25 UTC

Thanks for replying to my post. I'm Prakash Patel by the way. I'm quite flattered you can remember that far back about that Turner painting (and correctly too ( ... )

Re: University Challenge lystellion February 24 2009, 23:37:56 UTC

It's amazing how close your match against UEA was, it goes to show what little boundaries can separate a series. It's interesting how you say you came across differently on screen to how you are in life. I think that that needs to be kept in mind when people form judgements about people on the TV. They're not under normal circumstances.

I smiled when I read about the Durham team and their book of facts. I did try a little of that fact-learning myself, and it's hopeless. Unless you know things in context, you probably will end up forgetting them. Prime example: prior to the CC match, I read about palindromes in the green room in my trusty Schott's Original Miscellany. Our knockabout bonuses were coincidentally also on palindromes, and I'd not remembered a thing ( ... )

Re: University Challenge lystellion March 16 2009, 02:53:05 UTC

A guy at the BBC may be interested in talking to you, scroll to the bottom of this page: http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/index.html

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