Wolfgang Hendery my favourite comment 😂

He has the expression of a Goomba.

@@ironsword7 my favorite comment :D

Bravo.

I salute you, Sir!

How very apt! Thanks for the laugh

You would have made a great revivalist preacher.

Haha, spoiler alert!

hmm im not sure, it seemed like monkman was the strongest player but his team was weaker than goldmans

I think someone deleted their comment, that's why it looks like Ben replied to himself, haha!

Franzi Sparkle Yea that's what happened, the comment said "No I think Goldman did actually"

jay g-n So how do they rank in greatest of all time?

jay g-n Mt thoughts exactly, I checked the UC website but they only do statistics for teams rather than players

and that chautari fellow as well

chill out nerd

I tried but I couldn't contain my enthusiasm! It's been a great buildup throughout the series between these great teams culminating in an exciting final, what's not to love? You're right, I am a huge nerd but hey, different people have different interests right? Mine happens to be University Challenge, and I hope you find as much enjoyment in your own passions as I do mine. =)

Well UC is one of my passions too. In fact, I've watched every series since s35 at least twice. That doesn't take away from the fact that you can't take a joke.

I thought it was funny! I even agreed with you, and wished you happiness, is that not the best way to take the joke? =)

It was patronising.

Caroline Langenberg oh no did monkman lose? :(

Oh didn't mean to spoil! Never read the comments before watching!! Haha

Yeah me too, Stephen Hawking is an amazing man and a legend.Thank you for sharing this video, this has to be the best UC final I have watched in years. Eric Monkman was entertaining and gracious in defeat when his team lost, looking forward to the next series of UC.

It is edited, I am not a moron you keyboard warrior.

The fuck are you talking about

Indeed!

I thank you also psiman. Wish you luck whatever you decide.

Pope won it for them.

agree, i think Pope made the difference. Goldman was a little lost at the beginning, but then he gathered himself.

How can he not when they blatantly keep feeding him questions on his field every episode?

that's a broader subject

Bamber died yesterday. RIP

Ah, but was Marlowe really killed in Deptford? There are a number of oddities about the whole affair and subsequent trial that have some believing the thing to have been staged to permit Marlowe to escape prosecution and to leave England.

He especially thinks it's hilarious when he doesn't know the answer. Sometimes I think he is either drunk or high during these.

Well like myself he is from Northern Ireland so it is possible.. I didn't see the whole season, I hope he did better in previous episodes but I did feel bad that he didn't say anything in the final :p

He has done better in other episodes. He's good on his subject. I don't fault him for not being the best, I find him really amusing and he was a key part of why I found the Wolfson team so likeable.

Anna Herman Good to hear you thought he was actually brilliant.

Same... I think he was a good side-kick to the Mighty Monkman.

I agree -- LOVELY gesture to have Professor Stephen Hawking there -- that was brilliant. I must disagree about 'Momkman for President' -- He is OURS -- we LOVE him & NEED him as future Prime Minister. ('wingman', Justin Yang is also Canadian -- what a formidable team they would be!). Apologies from CANADA. °⌣°

+nightowl7777 No need to apologize - I would be delighted to see Monkman elected as your PM. Don't know about you but if I were Canadian I would be perfectly happy to have Trudeau as PM until Monkman takes over.

Oh heavens NO-O-O-O. He may "look good" -- but that's where anything "good" ends. Worse than his father with his typical trend of "Tax & Spend". If we are NOT in a deficit yet -- we certainly WILL BE by the time his term expires. NOT good for those of us living in the west --- especially in "oil country" (Alberta). Bring on Monkman!! ►I am stumped with this part of this challenge -- can you help, Robert?: ►Wolfson had just completed their run of questions on all of the beheadings & under whose reign & any one of the years that these occurred. ►►Paxman then said @ 16:54 "Ten points for this. Listen carefully. Answer as soon as your name is called. "The Atomic Number of Sulphur is 16 -- what is the sum of the Atomic Numbers of the 4 Elements whose symbols spell the word "snob"? An awkward amount of seconds passed with nobody buzzing & shouting out a guess from either team to this Starter Question. ►Finally, Goldman buzzed & responded with a queried look & guessed "37" -- which was incorrect. Paxman then asked "Anyone like to buzz from Wofson?" ►►At 17:21 with an undeniably definitive hand gesture, Monkman signaled his team not to respond (I think?). More silence ensued. However, at 17:26, Yang guessed "31". Paxman declared "No, it's 36 (16-7-8&5)." ►Paxman went on to deliver another Starter Question about 'What given name links the 17th Century Queen of Sweden, known as 'The Minnerva of the North' ... (Wolfson - Monkman correctly guessed "Christina"). OKAY -- I REALLY AM confused about what transpired above -- anyone able to explain? Thanks so much in advance. °⌣°

This is how starter and bonus questions normally play out. Starters are random with no particular thematic order and if you get them right you get 10 points. The subsequent three bonus questions, worth 5 points each, are usually thematically tied to the starter.

Yes -- I fully understand how the starter questions work, etc. after enjoying watching many episodes of UC --- the two points above where I tried to emphasize with arrow markers -- where there are two markers. (Perhaps it was down to bad editing?? But I've NEVER heard this before.) For instance, Paxman said @ 16:54 "Ten points for this. Listen carefully. Answer as soon as your name is called." -- what did he mean by that?? Is he reinforcing that a contestant buzzes & must wait until he says "Balliol-Goldman" or whatever, before they give the answer -- rather than blurt it out?? Then, what was the meaning or reason behind Monkman's 3 very deliberate hand gestures?? Was he telling his team he had no idea -- was he unhappy with the question?? I have NO idea what he was flapping for!! I have no idea of the gestures & gesticulations that the Captain's might use in certain situations -- it just seemed very odd to me! Have you seen that before?? Thanks!

I know what you mean about Paxmans comment, he said several things out of place, didnt he! But actually I thought it was meant to be funny, and I found it funny.

comments like that by Paxman are the very reason why he got the job after Bamber

SDSen Paxman is supposed to be the BBC's pitbull, he has a persona to maintain.

I liked it. This sort of thing helps a person breathe and relax into the play. I thought Monkman got the joke and was actually already laughing at himself before Paxman's comment.

He was on Only Connect a few years ago (S14) with Hugh Binnie from UC S44's Magdalen team!

Yes, but unusually for Goldman he got only one out of three bonuses! Still a king though :-)

... followed by Philosophy and Physics, Goldman/Pope strengths, which they maxed :)

Angry's the new sexy.

Reece but man did he look like he was having a blast!

Holy shit I completely forgot he was even there haha.

Tom Atto I can never unsee this

or maybe he was suggesting that he didn't know.

Pretty sure he was telling them not to speak, since it's against the rules for the starter.

It was so bullshit how they lost 5 points for giving the full name but not the term, but then again Paxman did ask for the term but still, with that much knowledge he should at least be credited for.

Leborp, that's Paxo BS. See my comment above.

Hey, that´s what I said! LOL :-D R.I.P. Prof. Hawking

Haha!! I see what KOLN did there -- it was GOLDman versus MONKman -- so the comment was written as "The best - man won" -- word or letter play on their surnames. Good one, KOLN!! °⌣°

Yes, and I really loved the bridesmaid too. But that organ solo wasn’t happening. Edit: sorry, I realize now that I slipped my comment under the wrong video. It's also worth noting that weddings typically involve no more than two questions…although if Paxman were the officiant, it could turn into a long-drawn-out process…(after all, a Pope isn't available at every wedding).

+nightowl777 Took you a while to work that out, did it?

No way, Monkman was overall better. Unlucky here

they have applied their knowledge to create comfort and ease of this community - by producing Uni Challenge!

parti San The two are not mutually exclusive by any means are they ?

It would only be a test of memory if you're pretentious enough to think that you knew all of the answers and recalling them was the only thing you needed to do

Also you seem to lack a certain grasp of the English vocabulary. Do you think that 'memory' and 'intelligence' are the only options to choose from for this format? Ever heard of the term knowledge?

By a forehead.

Loved his giggle at Cosgrove who didn't know the Irish 'Clontarf' :)

Techne Poincaré was the only one I got somehow - remember reading about the millennium prize problems. Other than that only the treaty of Versailles and the South America questions were get-able for me

Techne the worst is when I don't have a clue what are they even talking about

@ Jakob -- Not only do I NOT HAVE A CLUE what is being asked -- but somehow someone replies with an answer (that I have ALSO NEVER HEARD OF) -- after Paxman has read perhaps the first five words ONLY of the Starter Question!! Thanks, Jakob -- I thought I was really losing it!! These students on each of the University Challenge teams are ALL just amazing with their breadth of knowledge & ability to recall. °⌣°

Andrea Houghton Start of July usually!

all of 66 million of us?