You know you're old when you're angrily shouting F*** Off! at both teams this evening when asked about Jon Savage's book about a band that released the albums 'Closer' and 'Unknown Pleasures' and they give the answers 'Genesis' and 'Rush'! Thousands they've borrowed to go to university and...
If you click on the vertical line of three dots in the text options at the top of your post window (next to the wonky pacman like pallete for text colour) you get another row of options. The last of these looks like a bagel and if you hover over it, calls itself 'Inline Spoiler'. Simply select...
Rajan's going to take some getting used to. They've gone from the donnish Bamber, to the headmasterly Paxo, to someone who comes across as a sixth form lecturer trying to befriend students by talking about Coldplay.
Try this one. Fit the 16 into four groups of four and say what links them.
Trossard
White
Bridge
Hemed
Dunk
Cook
Mooy
Ferguson
Gross
Stephens
Ward
Mac Allister
Brown
Ryan
Suttner
Colwill
Not a fan? I love 'Only Connect' as it's questions are aimed at a wider range of knowledge. The breadth of knowledge among the teams on UC is generally amazing, especially considering the youth of most of them. However, the questions rarely stray from subjects taught on University courses. I...
Disappointing that Amol Rajin, and not Samira Ahmed, has replaced Paxman, but 'University Challenge' is back next week:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/14/new-host-new-set-same-fiendish-questions-behind-the-scenes-with-the-all-new-university-challenge
The wonderful 'Only...