Is it just me or does Paxo sound pissed as a fart , especially on the introductions ??!! 😝

Actually Un bout de souffle opens with Jean Seberg selling copies of The New York Herald Tribune on the streets of Paris I mention this because it illustrates how J-LG was not the pure independent film maker he was reputed to be

They should've gotten the TechDif group for University of York

Was there an episode where the contestants had to identify tunes of Christmas Carols. Including the Gustav Holst version of In The Bleak Midwinter?

Do you have the first episode from Christmas University Challenge 2012?

I think it was more of theaters and films. I never heard a single linguistic question or any social sciences. It was history, literature, arts, mostly film and theaters and some Science.

I definitely think specialization and heavy research field on your specific study can hinder learning about general knowledge. Surprisingly teens that are voracious reader and learner has more capabilities for general knowledge. Nonetheless that was a very special edition indeed. Tom Scott is from heart ❤

Do you know if there”s an episode of Christmas University Challenge in which the Gustav Holst version of In The Bleak Midwinter plays during the music questions round?

Arif from Queen Mary seems like a diversity hire. 💀

durham got fucked

OMG the presenter speaks so slowly, My ADHD would not cope with that

This was painful to watch

When conferring, why do most teams wisper?

I think there should be a fixed time limit on answering questions. Some teams dither too much.

It is interesting that you didn't give the average age of these players, as you usually do. Just because they are much older than your usual players is no reason to do that.

Let's have it right.

Do it! Do it now!!

Come on you cunce! Let's have some UC acid!

Look at the twisted auld fruit.

Ged in dare

Betcha Paxman's pissed . . !

"What's the last word of the Communist Manifesto?" - "ASLEF" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Somebody turn that into a meme!

Absolute rubbish. Woeful geography knowledge even with a geography graduate around.

York achieved a student level result but even they were bloody ignorant about common knowledge. Corn not peas? September Revolution? The Ganges emerging in the Arabian Gulf? Get outta here. But the other lot COMPLETELY CONDEMNED THEMSELVES with the Holy Grail question. Too much ivory tower.

Element whose name comes from the Ancient Greek for yellow-green... khloros -> chlorine Element named after the Ancient Greek for the moon... Selene -> selenium No knowledge of science needed, just ancient languages!

Paxman always says "You have to come back" not "You can come back" in these Xmas episodes.

tom's face of relief when he gets a question right

tom scott just straight up being the leader of people with more degrees than him, we stan

While some of the questions are interesting, I do have to say that this is quite possibly the most boring game show I have ever watched in my life.

KIND CARRIED THO

The subtitles are hugely appreciated!

My favorite part is the content creator who uploaded this knew to put Top Scott's face for the thumbnail. Nothing else matters.

the host sounds drunk, as a non-native speaker, I don't understand much

I once though Owen Jones had promise, then he appeared to be a hack ousting good feminists, was hoping for redemption here... his last comment "we sucked" sums it up, it's not on him - but the collective...

Rembrandt?! Hahaha. This was painful to watch , so slow, so boring. These Christmas episodes are awful, but I still watch, huh.

Tom Scott beat those eggheads good. Seriously though, the standard of the career academics, stuck in their silos, was pretty poor.

Clearly (as seen before between other teams) Jeremy seemed to have something against Queen Mary, he kept telling them to hurry up; but for the same amount of time never told Exeter. He has done this before with other teams too. Quite unprofessional behavior.

Tom Scott was the most unexpected moment ever

20:00 she didn't really say this lolol lady it's the FINAL.

16:16 24:25

there was so much deliberation in this episode; very frustrating - and the comments are much better than the episode hahaha

Hall needs to have a hall named after him at Hull: Hall Hall at Hull....

Thanks for uploading these! 🥂

These questions are a lot easier than the regular program

I wonder if speeding up playback might help....

This video got me into UC and now I've watched like 3 seasons. It makes me feel like an idiot but I love it.

Oof, Tom. Saying the Ganges instead of the Indus makes me question if you're actually British......

I wish Sandi Toksveg or Stephen Fry were the moderator of this show. I know it's University Challenge, but the current moderator takes the stiff professor too far. Dry toast is more interesting.

O'Neill was the dark horse here.