University Challenge

[teamsaint]

They certainly weren't grrrrrrrrreat!

so paxo gave them a frosty reception?

[Nick Armstrong]

so paxo gave them a frosty reception?

Guess who's having who for breakfast!

[Serial_Apologist]

so paxo gave them a frosty reception?

Not stuffed them?

[mangerton]

Cali's picture above reminds me of a prayer written by some wag.

"Lord, let me not be like porridge - stodgy, and slow to stir. Rather, let me be like corn flakes - crisp, and ready to serve."

[Richard Tarleton]

A low-scoring contest - considering how few points the losers scored, there was room for the proper team to have scored a lot more. Paxo didn't even try to sweeten the pill for the losers.

Curious - the music starter was Habanera. A past interpreter of the role of Carmen was none other than Clara Louise Kellogg, 1842-1916

[Nick Armstrong]

Curious - the music starter was Habanera. A past interpreter of the role of Carmen was none other than Clara Louise Kellogg, 1842-1916

Richard - as so often, you astound us!

[Nick Armstrong]

Cambridge derby tonight, all police leave cancelled.







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(Lots of amusing 'social media' reaction to the bloke from King's in his leather vest ...!)

[mercia]

I agree with Syd that what with the Xmas jumper next to him, some sort of wager was going on

[Pabmusic]

When I first saw the King's team, I couldn't help thinking of The Young Ones and Scumbag College.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3HvchF49AM

[Dave2002]

I agree with Syd that what with the Xmas jumper next to him, some sort of wager was going on

Not seen it yet, but maybe someone had been watching Dragons' Den.

[Richard Tarleton]

I thought the music starter was a bit rough - some dreadful piece of minimalism. The lad Lin from Kings said John Adams - a perfectly fair answer if you ask me, they're all very much the same, he should have got the points. As a result the other team got three sitters on operas set in Egypt.

Anyway the good news is we won't be seeing the Kings team again.

Scumbag College

[MrGongGong]

I thought the music starter was a bit rough - some dreadful piece of minimalism. The lad Lin from Kings said John Adams - a perfectly fair answer if you ask me, they're all very much the same, he should have got the points. As a result the other team got three sitters on operas set in Egypt.

I guess you don't listen to music much?

Mozart, Beethoven whatever it's all the same innit


a "fair" answer BUT the wrong one

[Richard Tarleton]

Quite a bit actually MrGG. Just not a fan of minimalism. A genre that does my head in - possibly a question of brainwaves, I'm sure there must be an academic paper or two on it but it's never long before I feel a knot of tension building up at the back of my head. Doesn't affect everyone the same way, obviously.

But that's beside the point - I thought it a bit of a stretch for the starter. Maybe as one of the bonus questions.

[MrGongGong]

Quite a bit actually MrGG. Just not a fan of minimalism. A genre that does my head in - possibly a question of brainwaves, I'm sure there must be an academic paper or two on it but it's never long before I feel a knot of tension building up at the back of my head. Doesn't affect everyone the same way, obviously.

But that's beside the point - I thought it a bit of a stretch for the starter. Maybe as one of the bonus questions.

I thought it was a quiz where the questions were about music
not about what people like?

I thought it was a very simple starter question as Glass is really easy to identify (he does tend to use the same phrases in lots of pieces just like Mozart).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thought it a bit of a stretch for the starter. Maybe as one of the bonus questions.

Like all questions, it was dead easy if you knew the answer.

(You're right - "John Adams" was a closer bet than the alternative suggestion "Benjamin Britten". Sorry - "Benjamin Britten???" (in that "who gives a ... darn" tone of voice). But people with an average age of c.20 are more likely to have encountered Philip Glass' Music than they are to have heard - well, Britten's.)