Great to see Ulster join us in the second round. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time this millennium that two former polytechnics have made it this far!
One of the best question-spreads I've seen in a looooong time on UC (apart from the Dutch bonuses for Dihal Lol). Overall quite tough compared to last week's walk in the park as only a 33% (both teams exactly the same) bonus conversion rate compared to 70% (Merton 64% King's a whopping 87%) last week. Goes to show a high-scoring team is not necessarily a better team. Breadth of Ulster's knowledge pretty solid. Hope to see more of them as they bring a few laughs too, here and in their first appearance th-cam.com/video/mEx3nvwKGCA/w-d-xo.html
St. Anne's were just not a very good team. Sorry, but it's the truth. Their range of knowledge appeared non-existent. Glad they didn't squeak their way into the second round.
Racking my brain to think why the men would think the woman on their team would know about feminism. Afraid the best I can come up with is that it's because she's a woman, and because on UC, usually the women players are well familiar with feminist writers, etc. Have so far never heard of a man reading women's studies, although they know no doubt exist.
It's the first time I've ever felt genuinely smarter than the whole of one of the teams...definitely smarter than Chandramohan. Every time she answered, her body language said, "I don't have a f-ing clue". Jamieson I think answered one and didn't had the good sense to not answer if he didn't know...
I really enjoy this quiz show, but I find the contradiction between the British pronunciations of foreign place names and their pronunciation of their own words to be weird. For instance, in this episode, Paxman pronounces "Casa Bianca" with an "a" pronunciation like that of the English word "hat," yet as a speaker who uses a sort of RP English accent he of course has no trouble saying "cahn't" and "bahth" and so on. What's so hard about pronouncing "Casa Bianca"?
Gary Rector Could it be due to the place name Casa Bianca being Spanish in origin? I know as a General American English speaker I pronounce vowels differently in Spanish and other languages, whether it is correct to do so or incorrect but in a good hearted effort haha.
All Britons pronounce 'a' in Spanish/Italian words with the hard sound of 'hat'. See pronunciation of Milan, pasta, Casablanca, Mario, Duvall. See also British pronunciation of 'mall'.
All languages have their own pronunciation of names in foreign languages, and in some cases their own spelling of names in foreign languages, and that includes Spanish pronunciation/spelling of names in foreign languages. An example is 'Istanbul', which in Turkish has stress on the second syllable but in English has stress on the first syllable. Only recently have people begun often to pronounce certain names the way they are pronounced in the original language. Sometimes to show off but more often (IMHO) because they learned the name in the foreign language.
THE SECOND BEST UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND, AND THEY PLAY LIKE THIS?! LONDON SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK (KING'S NOT THAT DISGRACE OF ST. ANNE'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
- This is the most times Jeremy Paxman has interacted with the contestants this season with his response to their ridiculous answers. - How does Ulster fuck up the Japanese innovations categories? Those were easy. - Dear God St. Anne's how the fuck do you think Aung San Suu Kyi is a Muslim when she's trying to kill the ones in her country? - Holy fuck "mansplaining" made it to UC. - I love the Ulster captain's adorable lean every time he answers a starter.
No, I'm not Chinese, I'm Filipino :) I've only visited HK once for an academic conference. I guess I just expected more cinephiles on University Challenge? Wong Kar Wai's films have a huge cult following all over the world.
You know you've blown it when you suggest Aung San Suu Kyi as a Muslim Nobel Prize winner...
Of all people..
That's more and more fucked up.. everytime I think about it.
Maybe this episode was filmed BEFORE Suu Kyi's sh*t hit the fan?
I like how Royle whispered “isn’t she Muslim” and his face showed his disapproval when she answered.
Is she a Catholic Muslim or a Protestant Muslim ? Come on Ulster ,, ☘☘☘☘👩🎓👨🎓🧑🎓👩🎓
Great to see Ulster join us in the second round. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time this millennium that two former polytechnics have made it this far!
Those were some brilliant question choices; the question setters are the real heroes of this match. Thanks for the upload!
Thanks for the upload mate!!
Rip St Anne's. Going to miss Royle's face
Thank you for sharing! Ulster is a good team. They may surprise us in upcoming matches!
One of the best question-spreads I've seen in a looooong time on UC (apart from the Dutch bonuses for Dihal Lol).
Overall quite tough compared to last week's walk in the park as only a 33% (both teams exactly the same) bonus conversion rate compared to 70% (Merton 64% King's a whopping 87%) last week. Goes to show a high-scoring team is not necessarily a better team.
Breadth of Ulster's knowledge pretty solid. Hope to see more of them as they bring a few laughs too, here and in their first appearance th-cam.com/video/mEx3nvwKGCA/w-d-xo.html
St. Anne's 'were really comprehensively outplayed' Love it!
Dihal's gaze looks like there's no one in there
LOL Funny coz it's true. She seemed pretty humourless too, which I guess is understandable...
St. Anne's were just not a very good team. Sorry, but it's the truth. Their range of knowledge appeared non-existent. Glad they didn't squeak their way into the second round.
Probably most undeserved 90pts in any programme of UC I saw
10:18 Question about feminism and all the men on Ulster lean in towards their female member lol (in their heads - why would we know about that)
John Pederson That's depressing
Only she did know...
That’s unfair, you can see the guy on the left suggesting an answer. It looked as if the captain was looking at him at the point in question.
Racking my brain to think why the men would think the woman on their team would know about feminism. Afraid the best I can come up with is that it's because she's a woman, and because on UC, usually the women players are well familiar with feminist writers, etc. Have so far never heard of a man reading women's studies, although they know no doubt exist.
Total fail on the NZ questions 🙄🇳🇿 Many thanks for uploading.
Wayne Loveday The questions were a bit obtuse, in my opinion. But that may just be me...
right?! Iguanas would freeze their tits off and we don't have echidnas or platypuses 😶
St Anne's Cambridge??? You mean Oxford right?
You're right. When I'm writing the title, I just guess whichever feels better :-)
14:09 - The one Jeremy Corbyn got wrong on Celebrity Gogglebox.
Yanis Varoufakis went to Ulster University?
YEAH ,,he went there to play basketball ,,
It's the first time I've ever felt genuinely smarter than the whole of one of the teams...definitely smarter than Chandramohan. Every time she answered, her body language said, "I don't have a f-ing clue". Jamieson I think answered one and didn't had the good sense to not answer if he didn't know...
I was on fire
I really enjoy this quiz show, but I find the contradiction between the British pronunciations of foreign place names and their pronunciation of their own words to be weird. For instance, in this episode, Paxman pronounces "Casa Bianca" with an "a" pronunciation like that of the English word "hat," yet as a speaker who uses a sort of RP English accent he of course has no trouble saying "cahn't" and "bahth" and so on. What's so hard about pronouncing "Casa Bianca"?
Gary Rector Could it be due to the place name Casa Bianca being Spanish in origin? I know as a General American English speaker I pronounce vowels differently in Spanish and other languages, whether it is correct to do so or incorrect but in a good hearted effort haha.
All Britons pronounce 'a' in Spanish/Italian words with the hard sound of 'hat'. See pronunciation of Milan, pasta, Casablanca, Mario, Duvall. See also British pronunciation of 'mall'.
Its all Greek to me
All languages have their own pronunciation of names in foreign languages, and in some cases their own spelling of names in foreign languages, and that includes Spanish pronunciation/spelling of names in foreign languages. An example is 'Istanbul', which in Turkish has stress on the second syllable but in English has stress on the first syllable. Only recently have people begun often to pronounce certain names the way they are pronounced in the original language. Sometimes to show off but more often (IMHO) because they learned the name in the foreign language.
@@robertjack686 In British English, there are two standard pronunciations of 'mall': one as 'all', the other as 'pal'.
In most University Challenge I've watched, the contestants' knowledge of biology is dismal.
It was probably worst last year with Sheffield. Why? Because one of the students *Was* studying biology.
Average age of 50? Hmmm
must be vetrans we dont usually live that long come on Ulster ☘
I hate the mannerisms of the Ulster team.
Wait till we start throwing stones Come on ULSTER💣☘☘☘☘👩🎓👨🎓🧑🎓👩🎓
both girls in st annes are hot
Leopoldo Petrieska what an observation
What a shame, this match was also their last.
@@SvobodovaEva Par for the course in UC comments. The women's looks, attire, sexiness, etc.
THE SECOND BEST UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND, AND THEY PLAY LIKE THIS?! LONDON SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK (KING'S NOT THAT DISGRACE OF ST. ANNE'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
- This is the most times Jeremy Paxman has interacted with the contestants this season with his response to their ridiculous answers.
- How does Ulster fuck up the Japanese innovations categories? Those were easy.
- Dear God St. Anne's how the fuck do you think Aung San Suu Kyi is a Muslim when she's trying to kill the ones in her country?
- Holy fuck "mansplaining" made it to UC.
- I love the Ulster captain's adorable lean every time he answers a starter.
You could even see him holding back on others...like the answer near the end when the captain answered, "gangrene"
I've a feeling Ulster will go far
It started going downhill for St. Anne’s when they didn’t know Bang Bang was the opening for Kill Bill in my opinion 🤦🏽♀️
Only then?
I think they only put in a Dutch bonus question set out of charity
cute how the dutch accent comes out when Dihal gets those dutch questions
Paxman: 'How convenient to have a Dutch person on the team!'
Me: 'How convenient to have Dutch bonuses for the only Dutch person on UC!' :)
They should have known Sir Tim Berners Lee.
Lelyshtaht is- FLEVOLAND xD
18:21 hilarious
Also, how could St Anne's have missed the Hong Kong Cinema questions? Those were some of the easiest bonuses this season :(
PJ Mariano you Chinese?
I live in HK and while I did recognize the names after the fact, I really only knew John Woo before he was named.
No, I'm not Chinese, I'm Filipino :) I've only visited HK once for an academic conference. I guess I just expected more cinephiles on University Challenge? Wong Kar Wai's films have a huge cult following all over the world.
But quite a mouthful to remember under the pressure lights of UC on set I guess :)