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What a great match! Did anyone count how many starters O'Neill secured? Two very impressive teams, so very much looking forward to the final. I think we saw the winning team today. Great breadth of knowledge and excellent teamwork. Thanks for the upload - you're a legend.
I count 9 starters for O'Neill of the 11 his side correctly answered. Worried they're a little top-heavy but we'll see if he can do it again tomorrow :).
Tybalt Macbeth thanks very much for posting this! This is one of, if not the, best of the Christmas matches I've ever seen. A great game with wonderful teams, either of which could have won. Congratulations to today's winner and I really look forward to seeing them in the final!
Thanks Tybalt! Shame those two teams weren't in the final together rather than the semi as I think they were by far the best ones in the competition. Some superb buzzing in by O'Neill!
I really liked how on the spelling round, Edwards had a look of "I've never even heard of that word before" before BOOM have that for a spelling! Haha that really was impressive!
Finally a great match on the Christmas edition where both teams were good and fought hard with no sign of pompousness or self-importance. Too bad Exeter had to go. These two teams would have been the perfect finale to wind up 2022 UC.
A fabulous semi-final. Difficult to suggest otherwise that the winner of this one should win it outright. Found tonight's epsiode a little harder than the previous semi, but still quite happy with my own score. Delighted also with another flag round 😁 Thanks as always for the upload. Looking forward now to tomorrow's grand finale!
I did not expect a question about Spoonbridge! As a Minnesotan I knew instantly that it was a cherry. Kind of funny to watch the team work it out from just "shiny stone fruit"!
Great match, the best yet! Baliol could spell, but it's hard to imagine they actuall attended school, I mean maths in any secondayry school would include the rules for odd numbers and the name for part of a circle. OK. maybe they didn't have set theory, but I'm still surprised considering how much they knew bout practically everything else!
Congrats. I also got them even though it’s just an increasingly neglected hobby. Very pleased with getting Telemann, almost suggested Scarlatti for the Handel. Many great questions this match.
I like shouting out the answer before he even starts asking the question, I got magnesium tonight on the minerals bonus round. Getting a music bonus right, before the track starts is my favourite. I got Mignight Cowboy harmonica a few weeks back.
O'Neill can easily play Seth Rogen in his biopic. and... To Reeta Chakrabarti (if she's reading this) - should you ever need a place to sit, my face would be more than willing to rise to the occasion.
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What a great match! Did anyone count how many starters O'Neill secured? Two very impressive teams, so very much looking forward to the final. I think we saw the winning team today. Great breadth of knowledge and excellent teamwork. Thanks for the upload - you're a legend.
I count 9 starters for O'Neill of the 11 his side correctly answered. Worried they're a little top-heavy but we'll see if he can do it again tomorrow :).
Agreed, really good showing by both sides. Balliol look very good indeed!
Agreed…and some good techniques for arriving at the answer.
I like him. He is knowledgeable, workmanlike and modest.
Save some buzzer questions for the rest of us O’Neill
Would have made a worthy final - probably the two best teams in the competition.
Hard to believe it was in the same series as UCL v Aberdeen. Doesn't feel like a heat versus a semifinal so much as two different leagues...
Tybalt Macbeth thanks very much for posting this! This is one of, if not the, best of the Christmas matches I've ever seen. A great game with wonderful teams, either of which could have won. Congratulations to today's winner and I really look forward to seeing them in the final!
You're welcome and yes this was by far the best Christmas match in the series
Thanks Tybalt!
Shame those two teams weren't in the final together rather than the semi as I think they were by far the best ones in the competition. Some superb buzzing in by O'Neill!
Not only were they the best ones in the competition, I loved the fact that neither of them wasted time on questions they didnt know.
@@tybaltmacbeth - absolutely right! UC simply must institute proper time limitations on answering.
Now THAT was a heck of a good match! Two great teams, sorry to see one of them go. Thanks v much TM for that little bit of quizzy heaven!
Glad you enjoyed it
I really liked how on the spelling round, Edwards had a look of "I've never even heard of that word before" before BOOM have that for a spelling! Haha that really was impressive!
How refreshing to have a game when the teams don't dither!
Amen! Preach!
My wife, who only listens in passing, was chuckling at how irritated Paxman was getting with the previous semi-final...
Indeed. Best game so far in the christmas break. Kudos to both teams
@@johniscariot5582 are you related to Judas perchance? 🤔
Finally a great match on the Christmas edition where both teams were good and fought hard with no sign of pompousness or self-importance. Too bad Exeter had to go. These two teams would have been the perfect finale to wind up 2022 UC.
Great Scott!
I do wonder who you could be referring to.
A fabulous semi-final. Difficult to suggest otherwise that the winner of this one should win it outright. Found tonight's epsiode a little harder than the previous semi, but still quite happy with my own score. Delighted also with another flag round 😁 Thanks as always for the upload. Looking forward now to tomorrow's grand finale!
Hell of a match, better performances than most student teams.
Excellent match! Two very good teams..and dare l say...prompt answering! Very enjoyable...thanks!
Hallelujah! A match worthy of UC. What a pity one of these teams is out. They were both very impressive. Thanks for these uploads.
Glad you enjoyed it Lucy
Thank you.
Minnesota makes another appearance with our beautiful Spoonbridge and Cherry! Iconic, glad they got it!
I did not expect a question about Spoonbridge! As a Minnesotan I knew instantly that it was a cherry. Kind of funny to watch the team work it out from just "shiny stone fruit"!
This semi is Premier League the other was League 1 if that. Unless the questions are loaded in Hull's favour the end result is not in doubt.
Great match, the best yet! Baliol could spell, but it's hard to imagine they actuall attended school, I mean maths in any secondayry school would include the rules for odd numbers and the name for part of a circle. OK. maybe they didn't have set theory, but I'm still surprised considering how much they knew bout practically everything else!
kicking myself for not guessing odd even if I never heard of that formula
Thanks for taking the trouble again, Tybalt.
Ms Kiss certainly made the Americans look good.
Whoa! O'Neill...
Excellent contest. Thanks.
Looking forward to the final tomorrow.
thanks for uploading this.
You're welcome
O'Neill got to be the definition of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Almost 100% correct openeres, but seems to think he don't for the most of the time :D
O'Neill was the dark horse here.
Got all the classical music questions correct at least...but that's my specialty subject...
Congrats :)
Congrats. I also got them even though it’s just an increasingly neglected hobby. Very pleased with getting Telemann, almost suggested Scarlatti for the Handel. Many great questions this match.
Is the music far louder than any other sound in this for anyone else?
Much appreciated, Mr. Macbeth.
*Miss😛
@@tybaltmacbeth Oops...sorry 'bout that!
@@jazzhonk21 No worries :)
I like shouting out the answer before he even starts asking the question,
I got magnesium tonight on the minerals bonus round.
Getting a music bonus right, before the track starts is my favourite.
I got Mignight Cowboy harmonica a few weeks back.
Close going for a bit.
how'd they get odd wrong
Honestly, to some of us, maths sounds and looks like Chinese
why does the host constantly look and sound so bored and annoyed?
Because he is a capitalist
Because he's Paxman.
@@ooftv7236 Because commies are such a happy bunch and those living under its regime are always so carefree.
he has Parkinson’s. He’s slightly more cheerful and much quicker in old episodes.
O'Neill can easily play Seth Rogen in his biopic.
and...
To Reeta Chakrabarti (if she's reading this) - should you ever need a place to sit, my face would be more than willing to rise to the occasion.
High caste Indians are fussy where they sit.
You have weird taste my friend, but I am not one to judge
This is the kind of drunk comment that makes us wake up again tomorrow.
When did the term titular replace eponymous in English? I must be getting old! 🥴🧓
They have different meanings.
Harry Potter is the titular hero of the novels. Daniel Ratcliffe played Harry Potter in the eponymous films. (Is that right?)
I think eponymous means that the name of the character, or performer etc is the title of the piece eg Jane Eyre, or the album The Doors.