@@johncartwright8154indeed. But he was both the villain and the hero with three incorrect interruptions during the game. Even at the end I thought that Amol’s reaction was because he got another one wrong.
Oh MacMillan you legend. After having such a dreadful night he can only get employed by the BBC as a national treasure he finds his way to be the hero. You can't make this stuff up. Episode of the season! Thanks for the upload
"They were very strong throughout on Geography, but noticeably less so on Literature. Let's meet them again." "Hi, I'm Emma Giles, and I'm studying English Literature."
Just because somebody is studying a subject doesn't mean they should be expected to know everything about it. In fact, quite the opposite. If they knew everything about it, they wouldn't need to study it.
Loved every bit of this match. A true thriller! The way York took an early lead, fell behind and made a comeback only to be differentiated by a tie-break is a story to remember. Bachelor and Miss Smith were amazing. McMillan from Birbeck already showed himself in the first round so it was no surprise when he clutched the tie break. Also loved the fast discussions from both teams even when they were leading. True sportsmanship even after the tie where both of them congratulated each other.
For classic university challenge you have to go back to the '60s and the legendary Bamber Gascoigne (if you can find any still available!) The semi-famous British celebrity Stephen Fry appeared on it once decades ago... I'm pretty sure you'll find that one. The anarchistic British sitcom called the Young Ones did a brilliant piss-take of it back in the eighties... You got a lot of catching up to do!!!
Wow! A thrilling ride from start to nail-biting finish! It was truly delightful to watch McMillan and Mariner's arm positions in the maths answer for "complex conjugates". This was the best match of the season so far and I can't wait to see the winners again in the quarter finals. Bravo to both teams for a stunning and enjoyable match. As always, thank you CP!
21:53 Why did McMillan sound like a video game goon getting killed? "MATISSE!" "no" "AAAAACK!" 23:04 Then the entire team follows suit "Manet?" "Cezanne I'm afraid" [Birkbeck evaporates into nothingness]
I need to get a recording of " BIRKBECK MCMILLAN!" Sounds like after it Roger Tilling said it the second time he tried to change it, but it still sounds like a chicken haha
Damn - guess you can be a blessing and a curse in Mr McMillan's case 😯. All three of Birkbeck's interruptions were from him, but he did solve the TB and get the bulk of their starters again, so guess that makes up for it? That was rather devious of Rajan 😅with such a long pause for the last question as well. Also weirdly both teams seemed to swap performances - York far better on bonuses this time 16/24 vs a much poorer 14/30 for Birkbeck - oh well - let's see what happens in the next round 😊.
Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! Once again, I tried to pick the winning team ahead of time, and once again, I lost. Although this time, I don't feel so bad. What a match! Without giving away the ending, this was THE match of the season so far. Absolutely incredible comeback from the losing team, only to fall just short. Both teams can be proud of their efforts in the match. My best to all of them.
Be still my beating heart!! Fantastic match! A real nail biter😮..that pause at the end by Amal after the last question was cruel! Well done to both teams, they should all be very proud of themselves.
Considering his success at anticipating answers, at least that's how it seemed to me, what were the odds for Mr McMillan at the end? Especially with that little pause after his answer.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Jeremy Clarkson adenoid type 😆 but the lack of jazz knowledge in UC contestants sometimes drives me potty. The answer to 15:42 could only have been Marsalis 🤪 But as I say, take that statement with a heavy dose of meal mouth 😂
I loved the synchronised hand movements from Mariner and McMillan when working out the Argand diagram question [6:00 onwards], but Mariner is the maths student, so how come McMillan [the doctoral student in Irish history] also has the moves?
I found this match a bit slow-paced at first, but York's stellar comeback and the nail-biter finish more than made up for that. Bonus: a rare chance to catch Amol Rajan in a mistake ("Nouveau Roman" means "New Novel," not "New Roman"). I also don't see Birkbeck carrying off the trophy, but would love to be proved wrong!
Amazing game! Though does anybody else find it slightly unfair that the pace of question-reading always speeds up near the end, favoring any late-breaking comebacks?
Sure, but it was a good gamble. Already from the premise of the question the eye is the most likely answer, you would need to look for very specific works for any of the other four. And novels on "regeneration" seem to fit the pattern for the most likely answer - you get a lot of eyes in various (e.g. religious and occult) symbols and almost no noses/ears/fingers/tongues. I probably would have buzzed at that point too. It was also a lucky coincidence, as this particular regeneration trilogy happens to be on WWI :)
As opposed to knowing the answer? I can't see how he could have done that and expected to make it home in one piece. The question wasn't particularly obscure, at least not for someone with his subject knowledge. Rajan just couldn't resist the joke.
@@user-qq2bj5ix5n Unsure whether that's sarcasm or not because neither option makes sense here. While he gambled a lot during the round, he also got the most starters right for his team, many of them with actual confidence. On the other hand, the whole reason why we have this discussion is that he did seem to be a bit too quick on the draw - three incorrect interruptions is way over par, and his buzzing felt a bit too rushed to me. Most obviously when he knew but failed to say the correct first letters of "papillon". Still, buzzing in before you are certain is not a bad thing per se, all top quizzers do that in buzzer quizzes. It's just a game of getting the percentages just right, and he was probably slightly off on the early side today. We'll see whether he adjusts his timing for the next round.
I was going to comment on that. Not only did Birkbeck - London win the match but the team also triumphed with regard to fingernail polish this episode, I think. Danny McMillan had a sky blue (which was close to the trim of the revamped _University Challenge_ set) while Margherita Huntley was sporting a striking lime-green.
@@PhatInAHat Well, she couldn’t have been _too_ annoyed. She and Danny McMillan are wearing the identical respective fingernail polish colors in their later matchup against Manchester [S53E25].
It seems slightly unfair for Rajan to speed the questions up significantly towards the end to assist the trailing team in catching up. Then again, it does make for better television
@@hellvings And the team that's ahead cares about not letting the other team catch up. They have no reason not to try to answer the questions they hear. If they stop trying because they're in the lead, that's entirely on them.
The quizmaster's getting better and better. His routine exaggerated praises for the teams, followed by apologies for the losing team may, however, be Politically Correct in this age of undiscriminating praise/apologies, but are in fact distasteful. Part of a general trend to replace the British virtue of discretion with the American vice of insincerity (the chief characteristic of Political Correctness).
@@Octochiken Ha ha, afraid PC does in fact demand that everything be praised, with exclamations of 'awesome' about the most humdrum kindness, one's being praised to the sky for the tiniest achievement (especially children), and everyone receiving a prize. It's part&parcel of the PC aim at flattening any hierarchy of value, because hierarchies are seen as instruments of oppression. And although I was brought up to be polite, it did not include apologising for winning a match. What one used to say was 'Bad luck', which is an expression of sympathy as opposed to an apology.
The applicants have to pass a number of tests before being chosen. Discrimination against contestants for their white skin has, so far, not been a rule, although, no doubt, many wish it were.
@@castelodeossos3947 there is lot of diversity in my country we have events all round the year not just university challenge business quizzes some of the best quizzers in the world are non white people stop your belief that non whites are not talented or not intelligent
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Wow what a game.
Roger Tilling sounds like he's laying an egg when calls on Birkbeck - McMillan
He occasionally sounds almost orgasmic.
Thanks for the lol on that observation! 🐣
Greg James picked this up on the R1 breakfast show this morning!
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LMAO best comment
Amol trolling Birbeck with that pause and facial expression LOL
Poor MacMillan enduring the mischievous pause.
@@johncartwright8154indeed. But he was both the villain and the hero with three incorrect interruptions during the game. Even at the end I thought that Amol’s reaction was because he got another one wrong.
I thought that too!
Oh MacMillan you legend. After having such a dreadful night he can only get employed by the BBC as a national treasure he finds his way to be the hero. You can't make this stuff up. Episode of the season! Thanks for the upload
Good luck studying Irish history in London!
"They were very strong throughout on Geography, but noticeably less so on Literature. Let's meet them again." "Hi, I'm Emma Giles, and I'm studying English Literature."
And wasn't she just a star.
I laughed at this too. Savage!
Just because somebody is studying a subject doesn't mean they should be expected to know everything about it. In fact, quite the opposite. If they knew everything about it, they wouldn't need to study it.
@@pedropersil1535 Of course. I just thought the segue was funny.
That "birkbeckmcmillan" moment
OMG, what an exciting episode. Congratulations to both teams. By the thanks CosmicPumpkin for bringing us this videos
Loved every bit of this match. A true thriller! The way York took an early lead, fell behind and made a comeback only to be differentiated by a tie-break is a story to remember. Bachelor and Miss Smith were amazing. McMillan from Birbeck already showed himself in the first round so it was no surprise when he clutched the tie break. Also loved the fast discussions from both teams even when they were leading. True sportsmanship even after the tie where both of them congratulated each other.
That long pause by Amol just about stopped my breath 😂
For a split-second I thought MacMillan fucked up and they'd lose
It _was_ the perfect dramatic pause.
@@Ramboost007 It certainly felt like it 😄
Fantastic stuff!
He rather relished that did he not. 😁
Birkbeck-McMillan! Always gives me a chuckle
I can listen to him say it all day.
MATCH STATS BELOW
*York : 155*
*Birkbeck - London : 165*
*Starter Questions Stats*
YORK : 75
Giles = 0
E. Smith = 2/5 {20 minus 5}
O. Smith = 1/3 {10}
Bachelor = 5/7 {50}
Starter Success Rate: 53.33%
BIRKBECK - LONDON: 95
McMillan = 7/12 {70 minus 15}
Mariner = 0/1 {0}
Chadha = 1/3 {10}
Huntley = 3/3 {30}
Starter Success Rate: 57.89%
*Bonus Questions Stats*
YORK : 80
Bonus Success Rate: 66.67% (16/24)
BIRKBECK - LONDON: 70
Bonus Success Rate: 46.67% (14/30)
(Maybe) the first time in this season I saw a player w/ 10+ buzzes :)
The time Birkbeck took to answer their bonus questions: ♾
Dankie for your consistent stats over the years Lindokuhle 🙏
I was on the edge of me seat! I am absolutely loving Amol. He is brilliant as were these two teams.
Smith knowing the answers to Thai script and Sikkim was super-awesome!
And Sinhalese
I just discovered this show two days ago and I've only seen s53 matches. This is definitely the best one I have seen so far, holyy!
If you want to check out previous seasons, I recommend S46. A lot of incredible performances there.
And, of course, take a look at S51 with the legendary Max Zeng (aka “Imperial Zeng”).
@@Hekebolos2 thanks for the tip!
@@jeff__w ahh youtube has already recommended some clips from Zeng, especially the ones where he's guessing Indian place names etc. Very impressive.
For classic university challenge you have to go back to the '60s and the legendary Bamber Gascoigne (if you can find any still available!) The semi-famous British celebrity Stephen Fry appeared on it once decades ago... I'm pretty sure you'll find that one. The anarchistic British sitcom called the Young Ones did a brilliant piss-take of it back in the eighties... You got a lot of catching up to do!!!
That'a a whole rollercoaster from start to finish. What a game, and I almost wish there is a repechage. Both teams did incredibly well here.
Wow! A thrilling ride from start to nail-biting finish! It was truly delightful to watch McMillan and Mariner's arm positions in the maths answer for "complex conjugates". This was the best match of the season so far and I can't wait to see the winners again in the quarter finals. Bravo to both teams for a stunning and enjoyable match. As always, thank you CP!
Sad to be saying goodbye to mr. Bachelor, whose middle name I can only assume is Confirmed
He’s dreamy
Bachelor for life!
Funny how the team turned to him in regard to the Eurovision questions! Must be the 'tache. 😀
He's cute.
I'm here cuz the chicken-bawking sound clip of "Birkbeck MacMillan" was featured on Have I Got News For You
21:53 Why did McMillan sound like a video game goon getting killed?
"MATISSE!"
"no"
"AAAAACK!"
23:04 Then the entire team follows suit
"Manet?"
"Cezanne I'm afraid"
[Birkbeck evaporates into nothingness]
I need to get a recording of " BIRKBECK MCMILLAN!" Sounds like after it Roger Tilling said it the second time he tried to change it, but it still sounds like a chicken haha
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Damn - guess you can be a blessing and a curse in Mr McMillan's case 😯. All three of Birkbeck's interruptions were from him, but he did solve the TB and get the bulk of their starters again, so guess that makes up for it? That was rather devious of Rajan 😅with such a long pause for the last question as well. Also weirdly both teams seemed to swap performances - York far better on bonuses this time 16/24 vs a much poorer 14/30 for Birkbeck - oh well - let's see what happens in the next round 😊.
Wow, tie-breakers are always so hard on the losing team. Congrats to both teams. Thanks to CP.
Thank you, dear CP!! Great match...good effort from both teams. Many congrats to the winners.
Wow, what a ripper! Well done to all involved. Thanks from Australia 🦘
Thanks again, Cosmic P!
Well, what a match! Excellent! Tough to be the losing team in the match like that!
Great contest really well managed. Well done everyone!
Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! Once again, I tried to pick the winning team ahead of time, and once again, I lost. Although this time, I don't feel so bad. What a match! Without giving away the ending, this was THE match of the season so far. Absolutely incredible comeback from the losing team, only to fall just short. Both teams can be proud of their efforts in the match. My best to all of them.
RIGHT ON COSMIC PUMPKIN RIGHT ON
Wow, what a finish! (cheers for the upload)
Heard this on Radio 1 this morning. Greg James was saying how much he sounds like a chicken or a turkey when he says Birkbeck Mcmillan.
Be still my beating heart!! Fantastic match! A real nail biter😮..that pause at the end by Amal after the last question was cruel! Well done to both teams, they should all be very proud of themselves.
That was an awesome match! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this broadcast, always fun and enlightening 😊
Fantastic. Thank you Cosmic.
Thank you CP! I Am bit breathles. Great game!
"you really should listen to more Hip Hop from that era" haha
What a nailbiter! ❤
What a match!! Thank You Pumpkin!!!
Cracking contest!
A very exciting match. Many thanks Cosmic Pumpkin from Italy.
I'm watching from Italy too. This is one BBC programme I try never to miss. Many thank to CP!
Thanks, not just one, but many.
Thanks for the upload. Just can’t go to bed before the weekly dose 😜
Considering his success at anticipating answers, at least that's how it seemed to me, what were the odds for Mr McMillan at the end? Especially with that little pause after his answer.
There was nobody else going to buzz besides him. I had my eyes fixed on him.
From Allen, TX, thanks CosmicPumpkin.
Wow, tough questions. Only got a handful right. And what a nail-biter!
Wow that was nerve-wrecking. Really a fan of Emma Smith and Danny McMillan. Congrats to the winning team
Great match. Thanks.
Great match. I'm sorry this round has no repechage.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Jeremy Clarkson adenoid type 😆 but the lack of jazz knowledge in UC contestants sometimes drives me potty. The answer to 15:42 could only have been Marsalis 🤪
But as I say, take that statement with a heavy dose of meal mouth 😂
🎉🎉🎉 thanks for the upload 🎉
I loved the synchronised hand movements from Mariner and McMillan when working out the Argand diagram question [6:00 onwards], but Mariner is the maths student, so how come McMillan [the doctoral student in Irish history] also has the moves?
He studied maths at Cambridge.
I’ve invented a new UC drinking game:
- Take a shot every time Roger Tilling says “Birkbeck Macmillan”
Thanks CP - amazing game
This is the greatest university challenge of all time
Slow start, but what an end
Another fantastic battle in a dynamite season. Wow.
Heard McMillan on the radio for about half and hour, class in a glass.
Thanks!
I love you Huntley.
An absolute classic, what UC is all about, Thanks Cosmic
WOW!!! 👏👏👏👏
I found this match a bit slow-paced at first, but York's stellar comeback and the nail-biter finish more than made up for that. Bonus: a rare chance to catch Amol Rajan in a mistake ("Nouveau Roman" means "New Novel," not "New Roman"). I also don't see Birkbeck carrying off the trophy, but would love to be proved wrong!
Wow, what a match!
McMillan redeemed himself at the last minute. I actually stopped breathing!
Really good game to everyone involved!
Amazing game! Though does anybody else find it slightly unfair that the pace of question-reading always speeds up near the end, favoring any late-breaking comebacks?
Holy shit. banger
Just me, or does Chadha remind anybody else of Richard Ayoade? 🙂
surprising how their faces went blank when asked about F1, i thought it was a very mainstream and popular sport
Ah yes, Tanganyika and Sansibar, the famous present-day African countries.
Zanzibar.
@@castelodeossos3947 We spell it Sansibar so got mixed.
@@Gwydda 'We' being non-English? In that case, my apologies for being Anglocentric. The program is in English, after all.
@@castelodeossos3947 yeah, but don't worry, it's OK.
Nerve wrecking! It's been a while.
Birkbeck McMillan!
Wow
Black midi will be on against never mind the buzzcocks
Cosmic opumpkin very foggy focus ? Nice to see this new series with the new nc
5:56
10:57
11:28
20:30
Sounds progressivly more chicken like every time.
You're welcome.
Umm.. the airing of S53 paused or taken over by the Christmas edition?
The student series always takes a break during Christmas. Normal episodes return starting from the 1st of January
Wine questions and beer questions
Is it just me or have the last two episodes had dreadful questions?
It's not just you.
9:25 Bengali does have official status in India
Does anyone else think that Macmillan just gambled on the tiebreaker?
No way. I think he was 100% confident in his answer
Sure, but it was a good gamble. Already from the premise of the question the eye is the most likely answer, you would need to look for very specific works for any of the other four. And novels on "regeneration" seem to fit the pattern for the most likely answer - you get a lot of eyes in various (e.g. religious and occult) symbols and almost no noses/ears/fingers/tongues. I probably would have buzzed at that point too.
It was also a lucky coincidence, as this particular regeneration trilogy happens to be on WWI :)
@@AbhinavKalhanSupershock Sure, like all his other answers
As opposed to knowing the answer? I can't see how he could have done that and expected to make it home in one piece. The question wasn't particularly obscure, at least not for someone with his subject knowledge. Rajan just couldn't resist the joke.
@@user-qq2bj5ix5n Unsure whether that's sarcasm or not because neither option makes sense here. While he gambled a lot during the round, he also got the most starters right for his team, many of them with actual confidence. On the other hand, the whole reason why we have this discussion is that he did seem to be a bit too quick on the draw - three incorrect interruptions is way over par, and his buzzing felt a bit too rushed to me. Most obviously when he knew but failed to say the correct first letters of "papillon".
Still, buzzing in before you are certain is not a bad thing per se, all top quizzers do that in buzzer quizzes. It's just a game of getting the percentages just right, and he was probably slightly off on the early side today. We'll see whether he adjusts his timing for the next round.
crazy how the indian guy identified thai as tamil
Giles stole the show for me!
Was that the team mascot?
Proud to be a Bengali 🙌🏻
❤
I need someone to buy me the lauara knight knitting painting
Got a fright at 13:17
Anyone else notice McMillan's UC colored nails? Bold move for a bold man.
Well, hard not to notice, "bold move", WTF? disgusting!
I was going to comment on that. Not only did Birkbeck - London win the match but the team also triumphed with regard to fingernail polish this episode, I think. Danny McMillan had a sky blue (which was close to the trim of the revamped _University Challenge_ set) while Margherita Huntley was sporting a striking lime-green.
Standard boldness these days.
I was wondering if Huntley would be a bit annoyed at his nails clashing with hers.
@@PhatInAHat Well, she couldn’t have been _too_ annoyed. She and Danny McMillan are wearing the identical respective fingernail polish colors in their later matchup against Manchester [S53E25].
Has the announcer turned into a chicken?
BIRKBEK BUKBILLAN 🐓🐓
I know I'm totally biased here but Birkbeck took forever to answer their bonuses and McMillan is just... can he calm down??
It seems slightly unfair for Rajan to speed the questions up significantly towards the end to assist the trailing team in catching up. Then again, it does make for better television
It's not unfair. Both teams can hear the questions. The other team can extend their lead if they get them right.
Surely increasing the question pace benefits the trailing team, who cares about increasing the lead at the risk of loosing the game @@gooscarguitar
@@hellvings And the team that's ahead cares about not letting the other team catch up. They have no reason not to try to answer the questions they hear. If they stop trying because they're in the lead, that's entirely on them.
Wasn't my point. Im not going to argue anymore - I've told you the information so it's up to you wether you want to accept it or not @@gooscarguitar
@@hellvings It was your point, I've just told you it cuts both ways.
Radiohead win 🖕
The quizmaster's getting better and better. His routine exaggerated praises for the teams, followed by apologies for the losing team may, however, be Politically Correct in this age of undiscriminating praise/apologies, but are in fact distasteful. Part of a general trend to replace the British virtue of discretion with the American vice of insincerity (the chief characteristic of Political Correctness).
Sir this is a Wendy's
Political correctness is separate of undiscriminating praise. Also, the apologies to the loser may be a part of the british virtue of politeness.
@@Octochiken
Ha ha, afraid PC does in fact demand that everything be praised, with exclamations of 'awesome' about the most humdrum kindness, one's being praised to the sky for the tiniest achievement (especially children), and everyone receiving a prize. It's part&parcel of the PC aim at flattening any hierarchy of value, because hierarchies are seen as instruments of oppression. And although I was brought up to be polite, it did not include apologising for winning a match. What one used to say was 'Bad luck', which is an expression of sympathy as opposed to an apology.
Both teams very weak compared to others in the quarterfinals. No way Birkbeck make it to the semis. Giles barely contributed anything.
No diversity in these quizzes
The applicants have to pass a number of tests before being chosen. Discrimination against contestants for their white skin has, so far, not been a rule, although, no doubt, many wish it were.
Imagine a team selection based on gender, skin colour, and sexual orientation, and not on intelligence and knowledge
Chada. Of Asian descent surely.
what about the non binary with the blue nails
@@castelodeossos3947 there is lot of diversity in my country we have events all round the year not just university challenge business quizzes some of the best quizzers in the world are non white people stop your belief that non whites are not talented or not intelligent
Why do so many male contestants on this show wear nail polish?