Just watched University Challenge...as I posted on Wednesday...no surprise again that Keble won... so many starter questions angled in the sphere of Cottrell Boyce...I'm surprised JP went along with it.
Yes, couldn't believe the number of literature questions, but Cottrell Boyce knew the answers to the other subjects as well - all Reading could do was giggle like children. Embarrassing
I think it was deliberate after about 10 minutes, they'll always be remembered as the first team to score 0, a good pub quiz question in the future, no-one will remember Keble's win.
Most of them aren't famous exactly though, just very distinguished in their careers. I only knew Katy Brand and the Springwatch guy from the few episodes I saw.
Disappointing finale. Reading were lucky to win their semifinal.
If you go to the top of the TV Topic and scroll to see what's being chatted about, your thread gives the winner in your opening lines, Jim's thread below it says 'Spoilers' - so one wouldn't know what is within.
Wrayperson, that's what I initially thought, but if anyone looks at the 'TV' section, your whole opening post is shown. Jim's version, with SPOILERS, is the preferred version - this subject/debate comes up quite regularly, usually in relation to sports results.
Going a bit too far with this 'spoiler alert' thingummy-jig, people. Okay, evident that Keble won but you had to scroll down to discover Reading's abysmal 'nil points'. And anyone watching will soon realise that Keble were the only team actually trying.
I have just watched it - and I can't say I agree that Mr Cottrell Boyce had questions in his 'sphere' more than anyone else - he simply answered more quickly and more often, as did the rest of his time, and that is why they won.
I have now watched this twice and Reading simply were not up to the standard required. They were extremely slow in answering any kind of question and in the few occasions when they did, they were wrong.