Comments on The Magpie Files: University Challenge

me and my husband always play. and I'm happy to s...

2008-10-16T13:21:00.000+01:00

me and my husband always play. and I'm happy to say I win 9 times out of 10.

I have to let him win at least one or he doesn't want to play anymore...

I had to do trivia quiz on 1948 last night at a b...

2008-10-15T12:55:00.000+01:00

I had to do trivia quiz on 1948 last night at a birthday party and I didn't get a single answer right!
Next time I will know who to invite.

By the way I adored that churchyard post, and hello to all of your friends who called by my place during the week.

Have you seen Starter For Ten? You may look at Mr ...

2008-10-15T09:28:00.000+01:00

Have you seen Starter For Ten? You may look at Mr M's UC achievements in a whole new light ;-)

I spend most of the programme shouting at the TV, esepcially when Jeremy Paxman is so snooty at people's lack of knowledge on classical subjects then demonstrates his complete ignorance of basic science. Ha!

It is wonderful when you realise you know the answ...

2008-10-15T09:12:00.000+01:00

It is wonderful when you realise you know the answers and the contestants don't, but strange how little shouting at the TV you do when you don't know what on earth they are talking about (particle physics, medieval art...)

We're not that intellectual over here... QI on a F...

2008-10-14T18:10:00.000+01:00

We're not that intellectual over here... QI on a Friday night is about our level!

I feel thoroughly inadequate - I love UC and celeb...

2008-10-14T15:29:00.000+01:00

I feel thoroughly inadequate - I love UC and celebrate in fine style (much to the childrens' disgust) if I manage to answer three or more correctly! (And that doesn't happen very often I can tell you)

MrM feels obliged to point out that he was only a ...

2008-10-14T12:58:00.000+01:00

MrM feels obliged to point out that he was only a small part of the UC team. We had a PhD student reading Social Anthropology who was ferociously bright and used to get the first 60 points singlehanded which use to intimidate the opposition until we could chip in with our offerings to the cause.

My musical knowledge nowadays does not extend much beyond the Corrs. Tempora mutantur and all that.

I agree with Thomas. There were too many post-grad...

2008-10-14T12:43:00.000+01:00

I agree with Thomas. There were too many post-grads last night. Although, I am only allowed to watch for little bits when CK is home. Apparently I get a little bit heated!

What a highly cultured son you have!Here it would ...

2008-10-14T12:02:00.000+01:00

What a highly cultured son you have!

Here it would be a dispute would be about sports and football and silly things like that!

Oh-so intellectual over there...here, the men disp...

2008-10-14T11:57:00.000+01:00

Oh-so intellectual over there...here, the men dispute film techniques or guitar riffs.

I wish I'd concentrated a bit more..I had it on in...

2008-10-14T10:40:00.000+01:00

I wish I'd concentrated a bit more..I had it on in my sewing room so it was punctuated by 'whirrrsss'if you know what I mean. I think Jeremy is a bit un-impartial (if thats a word)and very condescending.

I too watched University Challenge last night and ...

2008-10-14T08:50:00.000+01:00

I too watched University Challenge last night and thought it a bit unfair that all the St John's Cambridge team were post-graduates (brilliant thought they were). It's the same when boat race crews include postgrads!

It sounds intellectually impressive, but my only e...

2008-10-14T07:28:00.000+01:00

It sounds intellectually impressive, but my only experience has been that episode of The Young Ones in the 80s.

I'm sure that MrM was neither a punk nor a hippie...

I was a one-night champion on "Sale of the Century...

2008-10-14T04:10:00.000+01:00

I was a one-night champion on "Sale of the Century" (a TV quiz gameshow here in Australia.) To have been on University Challenge sounds so much more intellectually impressive!