Blast! I really wanted Edinburgh to get through these rounds, but they're going to have to really up their game next time. Never mind, great match, and thanks Psi as always for providing this service. You really can't understand how much pleasure being able to watch this brings me.
Adam Walker They have been very good for a non-Oxbridge team, but now it's really starting to show... As I said, I hope they improve next time, and I wish them all the best.
As do I. But when your team reaches a stage when teams like St John's, Merton, Bristol, and their old enemies Newcastle are winning more convincingly, you *really* need to rethink your admissions on UC.
Merton College look like series winners to me. Thomas is just okay but the trio of Peplow-Wiberg-Woodland are outstanding. Wiberg is the oldest and wisest, Peplow is quickest at the draw, and Woodland is a superb team captain: calm, measured, intelligent.
Merton will make great series winners, I hope they take it! Hopefully Edinburgh fight their way back too for a rematch :) Innis is a great contestant, this was a good year for captains
kiloscott I think Wiberg and Peplow are neck and neck, with Woodland not far behind. Peplow might be their strongest so far, but it could swing either way on an episode basis. Also, Wiberg being their strongest player doesn’t mean Woodland wasn’t a beast.
I'm surprised by how much he has anglicised the pronunciation of his surname, which would be /vibe:rj/ in Swedish. /viberg/ would do but /vaiberg/ seems excessive #pedantry.
I thought Heaton-Armstrong was quite impressive at times. When Edinburgh got those first bonuses with the subdivisions, I was pretty impressed but Merton is just a fantastically balanced team.
@AlexAlexon3897 In an article from Oxford about the team, it stated that the two had become good friends as a result of being on the UC team together. Therefore, I interpreted Woodland’s side looks at Peplow as a very subtle “well done”.
Merton gonna win it probably. They are very good. Woodland is incredibly fast on the thinking question starters. Carson is a great leader though, hope they make it through on their next try.
Eralen00 Probably because people like Woodland are meant to be students at two of the best universities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
I have been seeing this phrase a lot in the comments, but I don't really get the meaning of it. Woodland IS studying at Oxford. Could you please explain it?
Ivan Samodelkin 'Meant to' was referring to the 'best'. If you study at the best Uni in the world, you should be very knowledgeable, that was the whole point. But I don't find the host harsh, I think he acts as most professors at Unis.
@@castelodeossos3947Dylan won the Nobel prize in 2016 (and the Academy Award fifteen years before that), and the description says this was aired in 2018. And it's unlikely that there was a two year gap between recording and airing.
C'mon Edinburgh! We want you in the semi-finals! Btw it's interesting how Sandroid has been criticising the Stone fan club & telling everyone that UC is a quiz show, not a beauty contest, yet she's just posted a comment about Wiberg's appearance! A word beginning with 'h' comes to mind - and I don't mean hippopotamus ha ha! Well done Stone in this round! Merton are scarily good.
Forgive my ignorance. First question: Who is the only person to have won both an Academy Award and Nobel Prize. I immediately answered Bob Dylan. Have they got this wrong? 2000 Oscars - Best Original Song 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature
Then if Bristol are anything like the form they've been on in rounds 1 and 2, he'll come back and implant himself possibly in Bowes. After all, what did you say about him in their match with Newcastle? Oh yes: "Excellent knowledge of useless stuff". Looks like Brainiac also used Wiberg to implant himself in Woodland and Peblow.
Adam Walker (Friggin bot). Laughed so hard just now when u quoted me :P Hmmmm great quote tho! So maybe by now u recall when Paxman binned a Reynaud/Lin - like question? Pretty pleez!
13:15 Edinburgh down 20:110, 'convenient' Irn Bru' question pops up for the Scottish team, later another convenient easy 'anther' pops up for the Bio student. Without these 2 feeder questions, Edinburgh would have ended with 55! They do not deserve to be in the QFs, UCL shouldve been battling Merton here, wouldve been way more fun too with Raiis antics.
Well, with eight different fields some of their specialities are bound to pop up. On the top of my head there was one question about chaperone proteins that fell directly to Wiberg's lap. Edinburg have also already won one quarterfinal match so they definitely are good enough, Merton just makes almost everybody seem bad in comparison. UCL might have been equally good though, small margines so who knows?
Because god knows Irn Bru is only available and known in Scotland. It was arguably the easiest question in the episode, so take issue with that if anything. Will you call out an Oxbridge team when an Oxbridge-related question bails them out? I think not.
Funny to see Woodland dressed as some sort of high-end bartender, a job she would no doubt be rubbish at given the zero Kelvin warmth of her smiles... Stone, loose your hair, please.
I don't really like this format of questions. If we actually want to know which team knows more, we should ask all the questions to all of them, not to the first buzzing team only. They could all write their answers in a given period of time after conferring. The team that answers most questions would win. In the present format, it's just a question of who knows more starter questions.
Make a show of pub quiz. I haven't seen that on TV yet. Mix it up with football on the TV, some people playing pool and darts. It might work. Why not you bring your idea to a TV producer or something.
The sense of importance for starter questions as well as the relief of the bonus rounds is great dramaturgy. Your suggested format is fine (and arguably the most common in quizzes), but there’s nothing wrong with this one either.
Quite agree. Cricket, tennis and football could also do with similar changes in the rules, to rule out quick thinking as a factor. In fact, all competitions should have their format changed, to remove all and any human variables.
I see Woodland was invited to a Snooker Event after the recording.
Blast! I really wanted Edinburgh to get through these rounds, but they're going to have to really up their game next time. Never mind, great match, and thanks Psi as always for providing this service. You really can't understand how much pleasure being able to watch this brings me.
They've had to up their game since the series started.
Adam Walker They have been very good for a non-Oxbridge team, but now it's really starting to show... As I said, I hope they improve next time, and I wish them all the best.
As do I. But when your team reaches a stage when teams like St John's, Merton, Bristol, and their old enemies Newcastle are winning more convincingly, you *really* need to rethink your admissions on UC.
I agree with Joseph Karl, thank you so much these Psi. Bless you!
Merton College look like series winners to me. Thomas is just okay but the trio of Peplow-Wiberg-Woodland are outstanding. Wiberg is the oldest and wisest, Peplow is quickest at the draw, and Woodland is a superb team captain: calm, measured, intelligent.
Vncnt D
You've got to hand it to Merton. They know their VPs.
Another enjoyable match. Thank you psimanjuntak.
Wow! Merton really raised the bar very high. Dr. Akira's performance is so impressive. His brain seems to be otherworldly.
Dr Akira?
Are you mad?
Psi, thank you for providing knowledge and joy to the world! Merton was very impressive!
I knew every single answer.
After I heard it.
Charles Dickens This joke works so well on mobile!
Charles Dickens 😂😂😂😂😂impressive
Thanks so much for posting this. I'd love to watch a St. John's/Merton final. That would be a nail-biter!
Jeremy was impressed with Woodland
Merton will make great series winners, I hope they take it! Hopefully Edinburgh fight their way back too for a rematch :) Innis is a great contestant, this was a good year for captains
Merton is impressive
series finale is gonna be a wiberg mckeown showdown!!!
Wow, that would be exciting!
Oh yeah looking forward to that
I think Merton will beat them, with the score around 230-150
It's as it should be, unless the producers muck it up and these two teams meet in the semi-finals
Thankfully that is not going to happen; both have separate semi-finals so we still can have the desired showdown!
Peplow is really impressive!
He is terrific, and great dinner dress.
Sorry, my mistake, I thought you meant Woodland.
Is she a magician's assistant?
No, Woodland's not a magician's assistant. She *is* the magician.
Was Peplow handed some of these starters before the show? That was unbelievably fast at times.
Came for Wiberg, stayed for Peplow (and Wiberg, and Woodland... sorry, Thomas)
He looked like Monkman for a while. Damn.
His anticipation for the questions is too damn good!
Monday 12th March 2018
In love with woodland
I'm more partial to marshland personally
Positive Comment woodland gives wood
Just give the trophy to Merton already.
woodland was a beast answering
Truly! And bravo!
kiloscott I think Wiberg and Peplow are neck and neck, with Woodland not far behind. Peplow might be their strongest so far, but it could swing either way on an episode basis.
Also, Wiberg being their strongest player doesn’t mean Woodland wasn’t a beast.
Wiberg is too much of a guesser. Woodland and Peplow were doing most of the work here.
Yes he was. He did his undergrad at Oxford
Or MB BCh, rather than MD, which is a research degree in the UK
Woodland reminds me of Charlotte Coleman in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
AAAH I wish to see a St Johns vs Merton!
RIP big wang stan
Thanks so much - looking forward to this...
4:05
"Nepal"
"Is this a country?"
Thevesh Theva I'm pretty sure she was answering to whatever Peplow said.
How do you work out the answer to the question at 17:32?
Verb of "to cause pain" in 3d person sing: "Hurts". Sounds like Hertz (s^-1). Inverse unit is second.
Thank you for answering this. It completely baffled me too.
okay so I know it's all about the intellect and stuff
but how attractive is wiberg?
Diren M
Get in line! ;P
I love that he is a mix of Japanese and (presumably) Swedish. Akira Wiberg is a terrific name.
I'm surprised by how much he has anglicised the pronunciation of his surname, which would be /vibe:rj/ in Swedish. /viberg/ would do but /vaiberg/ seems excessive #pedantry.
Woodlands outfit ..when you got university challenge 9 but need to be serving canapes at 9.30
Scam lol
Woodland is so good in science👍
christine 's Cover Woodland is a computing machine at 24:06. The competition applauded her answer.
Adolphout H Carson gave her 28 for 1001, she just needed to add the 27 (and, of course, know that that’s what needed to be done)
christine 's Cover
Of course she is. She does study physics.
I thought Heaton-Armstrong was quite impressive at times. When Edinburgh got those first bonuses with the subdivisions, I was pretty impressed but Merton is just a fantastically balanced team.
Some really obscure answers given in this and yet none of them have a clue about the biggest county in their neighbouring country.
I just had a crush for woodland
Canadian who loves this (and lives near Monkman) why do they whisper to each other when the other team cannot "steal" ? :)
15:39 - Hey, looks like Thomas finally buzzed in again!
4:19 - You can almost tell this question was just unfairly geared towards Wiberg.
Pity this is TH-cam and not deviantART because I could have used a speech bubble to satirise Sandroid.
Does Woodland look reproachfully at Peplow when he makes risky interruptions? Interesting dynamic at work.
@AlexAlexon3897
In an article from Oxford about the team, it stated that the two had become good friends as a result of being on the UC team together. Therefore, I interpreted Woodland’s side looks at Peplow as a very subtle “well done”.
stone a qt
9:01 bruh I speak Urdu and I wouldn't have even got it that fast...
Merton gonna win it probably. They are very good. Woodland is incredibly fast on the thinking question starters. Carson is a great leader though, hope they make it through on their next try.
Stone was very little use to Edinburgh.
What happened to E32?
In the words of Galactus: "Now go, my Cambridge croupier! The semi finals beckon! And the Oxbridge final is upon us once more!"
Al Gore has won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize.
Um Oklahoma is the one with the panhandle Idaho doesnf have one of those
Idaho has a sort of panhandle up north, which makes it border Canada
Merton is always on fire
Bob Dylan also won both an academy award and Nobel Prize. Wtf Paxman. I TRUSTED YOU!!!
Peblow answered the question though quicker. So if you're going to blame anyone, take it up with Peblow.
Perhaps there're other clues rooted towards Peplow's answer. He answered before the question was finished reading.
Think perhaps Bob Dylan received his Nobel Prize after this was recorded.
Thanks so much!
Woodland's a little cutie.
5:56 classic Paxo!
Wang got disowned that night
stone
Woodland is so pure 💕
2:22 her getting the giggles
thomas looks like Paul Deno
Graham Norton got me here. Let's see what occurs.
Host guy seems hella harsh for no reason lol. He acts disappointed even when they get the right answer
Eralen00
Probably because people like Woodland are meant to be students at two of the best universities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
I have been seeing this phrase a lot in the comments, but I don't really get the meaning of it. Woodland IS studying at Oxford. Could you please explain it?
Ivan Samodelkin 'Meant to' was referring to the 'best'. If you study at the best Uni in the world, you should be very knowledgeable, that was the whole point. But I don't find the host harsh, I think he acts as most professors at Unis.
This Merton team are really the archetype for 'the poshos' in the Young ones.
didn't Al Gore win an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize?
G.B. Shaw ain't the only person to have won both an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize. Bob Dylan also has received both accolades.
Think perhaps Bob Dylan received his Nobel Prize after this was recorded.
@@castelodeossos3947Dylan won the Nobel prize in 2016 (and the Academy Award fifteen years before that), and the description says this was aired in 2018. And it's unlikely that there was a two year gap between recording and airing.
I think Im developing a massive crush on Woodland
#nogf
I swear the first starter for 10 is factually incorrect as Bob Dylan has also won an academy award and Nobel Prize as of 2016.
Gilbert Walker Maybe we didn't hear the whole question?
First question is wrong. Bob Dylan has also won both.
And Al Gore (didn't know till I read the comments and then checked).
C'mon Edinburgh! We want you in the semi-finals! Btw it's interesting how Sandroid has been criticising the Stone fan club & telling everyone that UC is a quiz show, not a beauty contest, yet she's just posted a comment about Wiberg's appearance! A word beginning with 'h' comes to mind - and I don't mean hippopotamus ha ha! Well done Stone in this round! Merton are scarily good.
You know why Merton are eerily good? They've got Brainiac on their team.
Being spoiled again by the thumbnail 😢
how the fuck did a posh white lad from the home counties know the word in urdu?! incredible
He probably even likes curry.
Forgive my ignorance. First question: Who is the only person to have won both an Academy Award and Nobel Prize. I immediately answered Bob Dylan. Have they got this wrong?
2000 Oscars - Best Original Song
2016 Nobel Prize for Literature
You're totally right. Damn.
We didnt hear question completely as peplow's quick buzz. Perhaps there's additional clue that root for the answer
Egg
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I have a question for Wiberg...How can one be from Sweden AND Japan :-)
He was probably born in Japan then grew up in Sweden before moving to the UK.
I think he is half-Japanese and half-Swedish.
kiloscott
Also he's doing a doctorate so he's likely to have done previous education in Japan then Sweden and finallt the UK.
kathirvel kumaresan It makes more sense than Sweden NOT Japan, or for that matter Sweden XOR Japan... ;-)
Japanese mum + Swedish dad = Smart & Cute baby Wiberg... sigh!
11:00 CS Peirce ..ti*cism not tism
Every time Merton win they still manage to look miserable at the end of the show. Such a lifeless team.
Edinburgh.
Got.
A.
Whipping.
And why? Merton have Brainiac on their team.
Adam Walker
Sigh! Yesssssss!
What were u saying?
Ah yes! To be fair, Peplow was on fire and Woodland upped her game! Sooooo, 3 brainiacs!
Then if Bristol are anything like the form they've been on in rounds 1 and 2, he'll come back and implant himself possibly in Bowes. After all, what did you say about him in their match with Newcastle? Oh yes: "Excellent knowledge of useless stuff".
Looks like Brainiac also used Wiberg to implant himself in Woodland and Peblow.
Adam Walker
(Friggin bot). Laughed so hard just now when u quoted me :P
Hmmmm great quote tho!
So maybe by now u recall when Paxman binned a Reynaud/Lin - like question? Pretty pleez!
Adam Walker
And the thought of Wiberg implanting in Woodland AND Peplow... not sure how I feel about either Lol
26:02 ;)
TIT family huehue
Woodland seems so unsure of herself.
13:15 Edinburgh down 20:110, 'convenient' Irn Bru' question pops up for the Scottish team, later another convenient easy 'anther' pops up for the Bio student. Without these 2 feeder questions, Edinburgh would have ended with 55!
They do not deserve to be in the QFs, UCL shouldve been battling Merton here, wouldve been way more fun too with Raiis antics.
Well, with eight different fields some of their specialities are bound to pop up. On the top of my head there was one question about chaperone proteins that fell directly to Wiberg's lap.
Edinburg have also already won one quarterfinal match so they definitely are good enough, Merton just makes almost everybody seem bad in comparison. UCL might have been equally good though, small margines so who knows?
Matti Matti
Nope. They slithered through with margins of 5, 5 & 15. Bottom of the current pile since R1!
Because god knows Irn Bru is only available and known in Scotland. It was arguably the easiest question in the episode, so take issue with that if anything. Will you call out an Oxbridge team when an Oxbridge-related question bails them out? I think not.
Sandroid
The end is near for Edinburgh if Bristol get back on their old form next time.
Eric Forsyth
DONT think for me! I call out this sh#t ALL THE TIME but ONLY Edinburgh team/fans are sooooooo sensitive :)))
Funny to see Woodland dressed as some sort of high-end bartender, a job she would no doubt be rubbish at given the zero Kelvin warmth of her smiles...
Stone, loose your hair, please.
Uncle Roger
The same joke was made on Twitter.
I thought of it by myself but I have no evidence to prove it.
There's always gotta be that one comment about women's appearance. Get a life.
I don't really like this format of questions. If we actually want to know which team knows more, we should ask all the questions to all of them, not to the first buzzing team only. They could all write their answers in a given period of time after conferring. The team that answers most questions would win. In the present format, it's just a question of who knows more starter questions.
See your point, but it's still cross the board fair. Also much better tv. Hard to imagine the excitement of watching constant conferring. Oh wait.
Make a show of pub quiz. I haven't seen that on TV yet. Mix it up with football on the TV, some people playing pool and darts. It might work. Why not you bring your idea to a TV producer or something.
The sense of importance for starter questions as well as the relief of the bonus rounds is great dramaturgy. Your suggested format is fine (and arguably the most common in quizzes), but there’s nothing wrong with this one either.
Quite agree. Cricket, tennis and football could also do with similar changes in the rules, to rule out quick thinking as a factor. In fact, all competitions should have their format changed, to remove all and any human variables.
19:23 I am very proud that I got this one (somehow)