University Challenge S53E29 Manchester v Imperial College London

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@justinleecw 4 ай бұрын

This is Justin. Between the filming of episodes, I took the time to visit my family, brush up on my studies and avoid coffee like the plague. This was perhaps our strongest challenge yet, but I’m glad to have recovered sufficiently to face a powerful Manchester team! Thank you all for watching, and have a brilliant Lunar New Year!

@mlml984 4 ай бұрын

新年快樂🎉

@coolspace2786 4 ай бұрын

happy chinese new year

@annereidy7981 4 ай бұрын

Well done and you too!

@DreamtOfSleep 4 ай бұрын

very disappointed you did not get apoptosis but great performance nonetheless!

@illusmeta631 4 ай бұрын

新年快乐！祝你们比赛顺利，希望你们能夺冠😤

@dpf2122 4 ай бұрын

Manchester Grady absolutely brilliant

@davidhollins870 4 ай бұрын

No questions on synth music this week for him!

@sharanyaray2454 4 ай бұрын

The fact that Imperial had their toughest challenge till now yet they scored 200+ shows how incredible they are. They kept their minds cool and slowly took the lead. A wonderful team effort! For the first time I heard the host telling both the teams that there is plenty of time.

@YellowJello57 4 ай бұрын

Lee is very impressive

@glenntimmermans8277 4 ай бұрын

Lee and Jones are amazing. Well done, Hong Kong.

@RTG6482 4 ай бұрын

As a British expat living in Tennessee I was unreasonably excited when that question about states that border 8 other states came up. I was screaming Tennessee at the TV, but alas, neither team heard me

@stevebrown3559 4 ай бұрын

And I'm an expat who lived in Missouri, and I was doing the same thing!

@zaphbrox8239 4 ай бұрын

@@stevebrown3559 Ah! It was you two creating all the ruckus. I could hear it all the way in Boston.

@michaeln9931 4 ай бұрын

As someone who was raised in one of those states and currently lives in the other, I had no idea! Haha.

@stevebrown3559 4 ай бұрын

@user-rq2rs4kx5g it's not a case of "knowing where you live"; it's knowing what states border eight others. THAT'S knowledge...

@chrishobbs58 4 ай бұрын

Thanks again, CosmicPumpkin! It was like three matches in one...an early blowout, then a tight match, then a blowout the other way. The winning team is the prohibitive favorites at this point IMO. While they've been less dominating than usual in their last two matches, it's because their competition is so much stronger than earlier. I'm not a betting man, but I'd be tempted to bet large on this match's winning team to win it all. No shame in losing to them. My best to both teams and each individual.

@RTG6482 4 ай бұрын

Good job on not spoiling the result in your comment my man. Frankly, I can't see anyone beating the winners as I feel like these are the two strongest teams in the competition

@arkdeniz 4 ай бұрын

I do like how appropriate it is that the Imperial team features four members from current and former parts of the British Empire. Hong Kong, Canada, India and England.

@jayguerero47 4 ай бұрын

It was the captain's refusal to delay the *conferring* in the bonus questions that made me believe they would be the winners.

@castelodeossos3947 4 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. And learned a new word, 'conferment', thank you. Would have said 'conferral' myself.

@jayguerero47 4 ай бұрын

@castelodeossos3947 you’re right - conferment was totally another word!

@castelodeossos3947 4 ай бұрын

@@jayguerero47 Yes, that meaning I did know, but according to Wiktionary 'conferment' can also mean 'The act of conferring', in which case it was not wrong. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conferment

@raphaeleyald 4 ай бұрын

I still think the finals will be University College London vs. Imperial, the ladder being led by the very formidable Lee and Jones. Jones bears a resemblance to Oscar Wilde.

@jameshogan6142 4 ай бұрын

I knew there was something familiar about him.

@elmegder.r5552 4 ай бұрын

Quite right!!

@zaphbrox8239 4 ай бұрын

Debnath is also a high contributor who has pulled out some amazing answers in clutch moments.

@raphaeleyald 4 ай бұрын

@@zaphbrox8239 Debnath and Haddad are both important contributors to the Imperial team.

@zaphbrox8239 4 ай бұрын

for sure@@raphaeleyald

@vishvice12 4 ай бұрын

Debnath comes up clutch always with Maths questions. Jones wasn't at his best this episode, but I'm sure he'll come back strong. Imperial is the team to beat

@lealbrazil 4 ай бұрын

It was a wonderful episode, it is a pleasure to see these intelligent young people showing their intelligence and culture. Many many thanks CP for bringing us these videos. Cheers from the hot and rainy Belem (Amazon, Brazil).

@lindorsibande 4 ай бұрын

MATCH STATS BELOW *Manchester : 120* *Imperial : 205* *Starter Questions Stats* MANCHESTER: 60 De Los Reyes-White = 1/3 {10} Kullmann = 1/5 {10} Senehedheera = 2/3 {20} Grady = 2/4 {20} Starter Success Rate: 40.00% IMPERIAL: 115 Lee = 7/11 {70 minus 5} Jones = 3/5 {30} Haddad = 1/3 {10 minus 10} Debnath = 2/2 {20} Starter Success Rate: 61.90% *Bonus Questions Stats* MANCHESTER: 60 Bonus Success Rate: 66.67% (12/18) IMPERIAL: 90 Bonus Success Rate: 48.65% (18/37) ----------------------- *QF Win/Loss Record* 1. [W] [W] Imperial *Q* 2. [W] [L] Manchester 3. [W] Trinity - Cambridge 4. [W] UCL 5. [L] Birkbeck - London 6. [L] Sheffield 7. [L] Open 8. [L] Christchurch - Oxford

@davidklompenhouwer555 4 ай бұрын

Cheers

@sfumato8884 4 ай бұрын

Wow, interesting that Imperial didn’t even get half of their bonuses and still cracked 200. Lee was on one

@jamesmakey2792 4 ай бұрын

Thank you as always for doing a fantastic job with the statistics. A few other observations: 19 rounds (18 rounds completed; the starter and first bonus questions were asked in the 19th round before the game ended) 28 starter questions (19 answered correctly, plus an additional 9 starter questions which neither side got right) 55 bonus questions (18 rounds x 3, plus the first bonus question in the 19th round) 83 questions asked in total (28 starter + 55 bonus) 555 points available in total (28 x10, plus 55 x 5) 58.6% of the 555 points available were answered correctly ((205 + 120)/555) Imperial 36.9% of the total points available answered correctly (205/555) Manchester 21.6% of the total points available answered correctly (120/555)

@alexf7377 4 ай бұрын

Black Country, New Road - the band most likely to be watching University Challenge, especially for the music round.

@slightlygrouchy 4 ай бұрын

Imperial was magnificent and their captain seems to have been born for that role. She did so well, it's stunning!

@enlisty 4 ай бұрын

Really? I thought that the captain is the weakest link. I miss Michael Mays from the Imperial Zeng’s era.

@pathina7 4 ай бұрын

But Michael Mays ignored half of his team. @@enlisty

@enlisty 4 ай бұрын

@@pathina7 he got better as a captain as the series progressed and was a phenomenal quizzer.

@gooscarguitar 4 ай бұрын

@@pathina7 No he didn't. He rarely had to confer with Max Zeng because Max would just give the answer straight away if he knew it, and they had hardly any overlap in specialisms. He conferred with Fatima Sheriff on literature because they're both good at that, but that didn't come up particularly often. The reason he conferred most with Gilbert Jackson is because they had the most overlap in specialisms (art, classical music, physical science), and therefore the most need to confer on questions. He wasn't ignoring the team, he was conferring with the right people at the right time.

@pathina7 4 ай бұрын

It wasn't a matter of conferring with- it was the matter of turning his head and just ignoring them completely. And the fact that more than a few other people commented on this is testimony on the issue. And again, why on earth out of all the many many captains would someone with this issue be singled out for lauding? And again, why only criticise this female captain with a non western surname? "The weakest link"?@@gooscarguitar

@Michael-sh1fb 4 ай бұрын

Great performance from Lee

@ryanmackey508 4 ай бұрын

So shocked and pleased to hear BCNR

@jannikpeters9665 4 ай бұрын

That music round was like made for me. 😂

@ryans9554 4 ай бұрын

I was so happy to hear them!!

@Nana-xc8fh 4 ай бұрын

same! i was like come on !!! @@jannikpeters9665

@thescifiZipacna 4 ай бұрын

Lee and Jones have such contrasting energy

@billgrant7262 4 ай бұрын

11:47 CAN'T HIDE THAT SMILE MISTER!

@mottiengnhat8921 4 ай бұрын

the great tit lmao

@freddiethecutestcavapoo9184 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Cosmic P! I had expected a tight match and it certainly started out that way, then Manchester seemed to wither under the Imperial juggernaut! Would not be surprised to see Manchester win their second attempt, though, to make it into the next round.

@Oonggaboong 4 ай бұрын

As always a great performance from Imperial team. Very well done! :)

@NeilRossHistoryComedyPoetry 4 ай бұрын

Kind of felt like Amol strolled through the researchers' room before this one and threw in a couple of ideas for questions he'd like to read. Looked good on him.

@Ramboost007 4 ай бұрын

Victoria Coren is credited as part of the question setting team for Only Connect, so this isn't a stretch

@NeilRossHistoryComedyPoetry 4 ай бұрын

Well, you would, wouldn't you, here you are in the belly of the beast-- which you're about to ride -- who could resist throwing in a topic or two? As this is the first time its seems that A.A.'s fingerprints are visible, maybe it was in this episode he really cut loose. However, expect he will follow in Old Paxo's anonomous footprints -- rather than embrace the vibrant VCM approach.@@Ramboost007

@lancelot848 4 ай бұрын

That was neck and neck until Lee showed up and absolutely tore through the questions. Manchester did quite well but Imperial are just unbelievably strong here.

@Ramboost007 4 ай бұрын

8:40 With Pele right in the middle of the picture, the guesses of 2002 and 1994 were hilarious. They picked the only two World Cup finals featuring Brazil that didn't feature Pele

@stevebrown3559 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I thought exactly the same thing! As soon as I sawn Enrico Albertosi's name at the top, it was a no-brainer...

@davidhollins870 4 ай бұрын

@@stevebrown3559 Brazil v Italy featuring Pele was really all we needed!

@stevebrown3559 4 ай бұрын

@@davidhollins870 I saw Albertosi's name first, so I didn't even have to look down for Pele!

@guildfordmystic 4 ай бұрын

98?

@Ken_oh545 4 ай бұрын

Football knowledge is a bizarre presence on this quiz!

@RyuSensei42 4 ай бұрын

Results so far: 3 Semi Final Slots Remain! Manchester 1-1 Imperial 2-0 ADVANCES TO SEMI FINALS Trinity-Cambridge 1-0 UCL 1-0 Birkbeck 0-1 Sheffield 0-1 Open 0-1 Christ Church, Oxford 0-1

@DreamtOfSleep 4 ай бұрын

i'm so proud to get apoptosis and epsilon ahead of imperial lmao

@gabsymalone6307 4 ай бұрын

Worried before the match this might be a slaughter; losers actually were ahead for the majority of the game, and actually got their best bonus performance of 12/18, along with keeping their I believe unique record among the QF'ists with no penalties yet. The winners eventually soared off - still backing them for the title but less sure after this performance - 18/37 on bonuses is actually their worst to date, but we'll see what happens ;).

@charmstrange1898 4 ай бұрын

Interesting that Manchester have never negged. Might be an indication that they’re not taking enough risks

@cat_or_pillar 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed that. Two strong teams that got to show off some of their strengths, plus the comfort of seeing a bunch of brilliant youths perform similarly to me on sports questions.

@shariffahatikah1725 4 ай бұрын

Imperial always have endless geniuses in this competition.. respect!

@blakefauskee2596 4 ай бұрын

Imperial is scary. Even when Jones wasn't particularly strong, they still dominated. Manchester couldn't use stall tactics this time

@theresamcghee8362 4 ай бұрын

Thanks CP 😀😃🥰

@isotropisch82 4 ай бұрын

Answer to the last question is William Cecil

@Dalexb 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@snehashisparashar2414 4 ай бұрын

Bro saw Pele and instantly thought it's 2002 😭

@jeff__w 4 ай бұрын

After a slow start out of the gate, Imperial finds its footing with standout *Justin Lee’s* answers to all three questions about 삼국유사 [Samguk Yusa] [Heritage of the Three Kingdoms] 12:34, ties the score, and then never looks back. Lee performs a similar hat trick regarding pragmatic sanctions in European history 18:42 and when asked to name _either_ of the only languages that are both members of the Austroasiatic family and are national languages 26:43, he handily and nonchalantly names _both._ Overall, he beats out Adam Jones as this match’s MVP. (Avoiding coffee works, apparently.) Adam Jones and Sourajit Debnath do their share of helping to rack up points and Suraiya Haddad provides her usual “crisp” leadership. Imperial manages to score almost double the number of starter points that Manchester does (115 to 60)-and that’s even counting three incorrect starter interruptions resulting in a 15-point penalty. And, even though their success rate in answering bonus questions is, surprisingly, a bit less than three-quarters that of Manchester’s,⭑ it doesn’t matter because Imperial gets to answer more than double the questions. Manchester is, obviously, a great team but Imperial is like a perfectly timed, well-oiled, highly efficient machine when it gets going-all the team members are fully engaged; they listen to each other, waste no time, and, above all, really know their stuff. ⭑h/t @lindorsibande’s match stats.

@slidetrombone 4 ай бұрын

amazing that a game with 325 points between both teams felt underwhelming- good staying power by Imperial to finish strong

@arlanrakhymzhan2634 4 ай бұрын

Seems like Lee could defeat most of the UC teams solo

@jordanp815 4 ай бұрын

Said it all along, Imperial win the whole thing. UCL vs Imperial final pretty much guaranteed.

@Andy2kk 4 ай бұрын

You can't oubuzz Imperial they are just too good

@marty9011 4 ай бұрын

Great match. Thank you CP.

@Ken_oh545 4 ай бұрын

Personally fared rather poorly this week but had 2 answers which neither team spotted - William Walton and Lech Walesa

@stokebailey 2 ай бұрын

Well played, all. (Fun to hear my original home town Franklin MA mentioned, de los Reyes-White.)

@TheDreamtimezzz 4 ай бұрын

Very obscure questions this time

@jameshogan6142 4 ай бұрын

For sure. Even when I thought I knew the answer I was hesitant.

@castelodeossos3947 4 ай бұрын

Just shows, I got 9 points, whereas the last 2-3 times, I got only 1-2.

@coleenocasturme 4 ай бұрын

Definitely watch these quizzes to learn: Today, I learned that Birmingham have their own Floozie in a Jacuzzi. My question: Is the sculpture from before or after 1988? My uncle sculpted Anna Livia, Dublin's Floozie, which was designed as a recumbant, feminine, pre-Xtian figure. And she's been replaced by a metal spike.

@jameshogan6142 4 ай бұрын

The poker near croker.

@castelodeossos3947 4 ай бұрын

Hearing the phrase, immediately thought of Dublin. Seem to remember a woman semi-submerged in the middle of the O'Connell bridge. According to Wikipedia, the Birmingham one is from 1994.

@Starand321 4 ай бұрын

I just missed it but it was a jolly good show.

@jesjes5255 2 ай бұрын

why doesn't the quiz master just read a 100 page novella in the run up to his questions

@mjmcb1 4 ай бұрын

We all know that UC is the ancestral home of the obscure question [duh!], but there were a few too many questions that left both teams flat-footed. Some of them were so convoluted, that even when new Paxman had finished asking the question nobody had a clue what he meant. And most of the teams had barely been born when the mullet-headed Warne was playing, so his disdain for their answers was misplaced.

@jayguerero47 4 ай бұрын

Also, Seneheedhera and Haddad are very shippable captains.

@cabie74 4 ай бұрын

Haddad is a stunner!

@danielhurst4476 4 ай бұрын

I've never felt as smart as when I saw the 1970 WC final graphic

@ubiergo1978 4 ай бұрын

As always, there's someone shouting an answer... in my case again as a Chilean (and here, everything is football) 1970 !!!!! (It has Pelé on it, damn!, why those answers?!?!?!). xD. BTW, is it just me or Haddad was kinda off this day?. =(

@jameshogan6142 4 ай бұрын

I agree. Those answers were literally out of the ball park and restored my self confidence that I am just as smart as those whizz kids on certain subjects.

@gooscarguitar 4 ай бұрын

The neg with Gloria Steinem was just unfortunate, I had guessed the same when watching

@charlesclark3840 4 ай бұрын

I think there was not a single one I knew that they were struggling with? No wait; I was repeating Lech Walesa while both teams whiffed, understandably though. You don't really see his image or hear him talked about for the past few decades, and neither team had an old person on it. I did see the Pele and not understand their guesses, but I didn't know the correct year myself. I was guessing '66 or '70.

@Tesserae 4 ай бұрын

I was yelling out “cable stayed”!

@ubiergo1978 4 ай бұрын

@@charlesclark3840 In future references, remember, 66 was the Germany v/s England where 'till the end of the world, there will still be the controversy about a 101' minute England goal that Germans swear it didn't fully crossed the line. =P

@jessicaellina3878 4 ай бұрын

A good game, but not exciting. Manchester seemed a little lack lustre this week. Congrats to Imperial and well done to both teams.

@PhatInAHat 4 ай бұрын

One of the most amusing threads of this series so far has been De Los Reyes-White failing to get any of the questions on LGBTQ/CRT etc. correct, despite all the badges displayed on his hat.

@rimservices 3 ай бұрын

IMPERIAL LEE

@drv3973 4 ай бұрын

does anyone else feel like a total moron when watching this? I think I know the answers to like 3 questions per episode.

@johncartwright8154 4 ай бұрын

My children all gained good BSc and MSc degrees, successful in their respective chosen careers and very capable in their fields, but never have anywhere near this breadth of knowledge displayed by UC contestants. This becomes evident when we play trivia games at Christmas! At 74, I have a head full of useless old bollocks that sometimes surfaces to answer an obscure question that arises here yelling the answer and startling the dogs...but not often!

@nathelondon3719 4 ай бұрын

Manchester went to sleep!

@Nana-xc8fh 4 ай бұрын

how did u miss bell hooks! come on guys

@hilberryable 4 ай бұрын

Quizmaster appears very scathing about the Warne cricket question not being known. Unnecessary for him to do that, just because he happens to know the answer.

@charmstrange1898 4 ай бұрын

I think his reaction was fair after the team (or at least the captain) sounded super excited to hear the topic for the bonus questions

@martinmills135 4 ай бұрын

It’s only banter, pretending to think that cricket is the most important topic of all.

@Ramboost007 4 ай бұрын

Being a condescending prick is part of the job description for a UC quizmaster

@user-xf7rq7uu9g 2 ай бұрын

Haddad is so pretty

@brolutin9823 2 күн бұрын

I wish Amol Rajan would pronounce "kilometer" properly.

@kingG69 4 ай бұрын

Justin is the GOAT

@BlueSoulTiger 4 ай бұрын

Lee is very good, but I counter your claim with e.g. Gail Trimble

@papes101 3 ай бұрын

3 Manchester players and their tourist spectator

@billgrant7262 4 ай бұрын

HADDAD!!!!!!!!! MARRY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@beetorstevie 4 ай бұрын

I love how all through the competition she smiles encouragingly at the team mate who gets the answer right. I think shhe's the best captain I've ever seen on UC. OK, she's ridiculously pretty too.

@zaphbrox8239 4 ай бұрын

Get in line mate.

@charmstrange1898 4 ай бұрын

@@beetorstevie I think Anthony Martinelli was the best captain (Gonville and Caius, Cambridge, 2014-2015). That was a great series

@jayguerero47 4 ай бұрын

Sawh vs Haddad finals

@ewasapmafren3138 4 ай бұрын

Fine derby ?

@kellinor 4 ай бұрын

7:38 is that really how you pronounce his name? I always thought it was "chuh-vee-ta"

@wiitabix320 4 ай бұрын

it's leh vee chih vee tah. i cringed when he said it

@Ken_oh545 4 ай бұрын

The pronunciation of Walesa was interesting with the 'l' sounding rather like a 'w' as in, for example Lodz.

@renzo6490 4 ай бұрын

Knowing football teams etc. doesn't seem appropriate for this contest.

@trilliarobinson7862 4 ай бұрын

Such areas of knowledge are often as obscure as the complex mathematical ones - for some teams ! Also bear in mind that the show must also be entertaining, and so not just be impossible and erudite questions about 17th century philosophers and chemical reactions.

@renzo6490 4 ай бұрын

@@trilliarobinson7862 I get your point. But, for me, the subject of football is hardly entertaining. I must say,too, that the questions seemed uncommonly arcane. Some years back I could answer more than a few. Now, not one! Maybe it’s just my age…

@trilliarobinson7862 4 ай бұрын

The one about a catalyst seemed strangely simple, compared to the really obscure mathematical ones preceeding. Expecting this generation of students to know about football 30-50 years ago did seem pretty unlikely too. Ho hum. @@renzo6490

@dondesmond7969 4 ай бұрын

So you'd have gotten Mike Gatting then?

@gooscarguitar 4 ай бұрын

It's a general knowledge quiz, why shouldn't there be football content? If you want to stick to academic topics, there's quizbowl

@blakiez 3 ай бұрын

The student is wearing an illegal unlicensed device on their left wrist.

@2eleven48 2 ай бұрын

Bloody slow down, Rajan. Perrhaps he wants to bring a measure of excitement and urgency, but he almost jabbers much of the time. Neither Gascoigne nor Paxman carried on in such a manner.

@nickkkyyy 4 ай бұрын

two rather poor teams-the fact that no-one recognised Lech Wales or Dubcek is extraordinary

@user-qq2bj5ix5n 4 ай бұрын

How is it that almost each time after Rajan says “plenty of time, X”, X hits the buzzer and gets the starter right? Perhaps a question favoring team X is displayed on Rajan’s screen? 10’20” in this episode and many other examples. That’s why I liked Paxman’s cards so much more: no room for manipulation.

@dpf2122 4 ай бұрын

Paxman used to offer similar encouragement to teams, I wouldn't read too much into it.

@user-qq2bj5ix5n 4 ай бұрын

Sure he did but that could not have been followed by him reading a question favoring that team. How can we know that this isn’t the case here? Each of these teams participated thrice before, you don’t any AI crap to pick a question favoring one team and disfavoring the other

@gooscarguitar 4 ай бұрын

Nah I'd say a lot of the times when he says "plenty of time" the team hasn't got going. e.g. Open vs Oxford Brookes, Edinburgh vs Manchester

@Andy2kk 4 ай бұрын

Heaven forbid if the man provides some encouragement to the trailing team

@Ramboost007 4 ай бұрын

It's still a TV show, part of his job is to encourage a close match so encouraging the trailing team to keep the contest exciting is fair.

@jesjes5255 2 ай бұрын

lose the hat. quit wanting attention

@srkbhayo 4 ай бұрын

Lee carried hard in this round, Haddad was there to make faces again, and to lose points

@TheRodoldo 4 ай бұрын

Not agreed. She keeps the pace up high which makes them the high scoring team. Not like the dragging from Senehedheera

@edwardf316 4 ай бұрын

Anyone else distracted by Lee's huge blinking?

@ianriddell1307 4 ай бұрын

Nope.

@raphaeleyald 4 ай бұрын

No way. Seven starters correct! He can blink whenever he wants.

@edwardf316 4 ай бұрын

@@raphaeleyald Not saying that he can or can't blink whenever he wants, just that it is distracting

@enlisty 4 ай бұрын

He’s cute and smart - he can blink all he wants

@billgrant7262 4 ай бұрын

@@enlisty Oh so ugly and dumb people aren't allowed to blink? They have to conform?

@seanolaoire8476 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🎃 .

@user-xf7rq7uu9g 2 ай бұрын

Haddad is so pretty

@user-xf7rq7uu9g 2 ай бұрын

Haddad is so pretty

@user-xf7rq7uu9g 2 ай бұрын

Haddad is so pretty