@@trilliarobinson7862 That's the inexpressive face of Parkinson's. Have you watched the documentary he made about it? It's a really good watch. You can find it here on RU-vid
@@homelessRay What's that got to do with anything. It's an interesting documentary. I didn't know anything about Parkinson's. I'm glad I watched it. I know more about it now.
A fantastic final! I loved O'Neill's sheepish answers to the 1982 video games questions! No such thing as a wasted childhood. Really enjoyed the contest and series as a whole, and even picked up a few answers. Enormous thanks to Paxman, bowing out in style for his final Christmas specials (literally given his seasonal attire!) and also of course to you Tybalt for your regular uploads.
Very well played to Balliol, much the better team, and well deserved the win. But it is still a great achievement for Hull alumni to reach the final. Especially given the stereotypes around our city. I think reaching the final may have disproven some snobbish attitudes towards us. Hull also took all questions, and wrong answers especially, in good fun (as it should be in a Christmas special!) - not being too competitive, like some teams this year were. Congratulations all round for both teams from me :)
As always, many thanks to you for uploading this series. Living in Canada as I do, I rely on people like you who are kind enough to give of their time so I, and others like me, can enjoy this tournament. Thank you Miss Macbeth!
These are so much fun as they show me how much I know as opposed to the students' versions which show me how much I don't know. Thank you and Happy New Year!
Thanks so much for posting these - it’s allowed me to share these matches with family in the USA who couldn’t access the iPlayer. Hugely appreciated! Happy New Year to you all!
Apparently Paxman's Parkinsons was informally diagnosed by a doctor who saw some of the symptoms while watching him on UC! I guess this was the last UC episode recorded with Paxman at the helm. 28 years is a lifetime! Take a bow, Paxman. You will be missed. This year coincidentally also witnessed the death of Bamber.
Thank you for making the holidays a bit better. This was a great match - two worthy finalists and a very worthy winner, though the true winner is Jeremy Paxman's fabulous Christmas sweater!
Many thanks TM for posting these delightful Christmas matches! I wasn't surprised at the winning team - they've been champs all along! Happy New Year to everyone.
Cheers Tybalt. Missed watching your uploads of the middle part of the contest thanks to seeing them on the proper TV, but now I'm outside the UK again they've been great. The Semis and final were great, especially compared to some of the agonising prelims. Baliol thoroughly deserved champs.
Thanks very much for posting the competition. It's greatly appreciated in the US. I'm always impressed with the range of knowledge displayed by UC teams over the course of a competition, even if they're sometimes a bit weak on the French republics.
I thought it was fantastic. Fairly sure this was the last show Paxo filmed, some have noted his lack of tie in recent seasons, so if this a small nod to that from him or his production staff that's very well played. Hope he enjoyed a toast at the end and enjoys his retirement
I did indeed enjoy this final. Thanks for your time and effort. Being a final, it was a little more challenging than the earlier rounds, but I did get a few right.
Thank you for all the uploads! Love this BBC quizzes. We don't have anything similar in Croatia. I'm also sad to hear this is the last season Jeremy Paxton will hosting due to his health problems. It won't be the same without him, but his health is, of course, more important. Maybe Victoria Coren Mitchell can take over. She is amazing in Only Connect.
@@tybaltmacbeth Yes and yes. I love it, hideously difficult! It usually gets removed from YT but Wheelsongenius has another channel he uses. I expect you know. Sadly we have the 'hungry gap' of quizzes at the moment.
I still can’t understand for the life of me why Oxbridge are allowed to admit individual colleges. They’re not equivalent to individual universities. They don’t operate like the institutions which make up the university of London.
I think of the fact that if Oxford and Cambridge was only allowed to pick their top 4 students every year they would easily win because they would have a largest pool of student to choose from.
@@tybaltmacbeth that’s not true. Oxbridge have a combined student population of 50,000. The university of Manchester alone has a 40,000 students and it isn’t even the largest university. So they wouldn’t have more to choose from. Are you just suggesting that Oxbridge students are just cleverer than all other students therefore it would be a given that they’re teams would always be in the top?
@@peteradaniel oxbridge students may or may not be cleverer than others but they are definitely priveleged, with family and public school support, leisure to pursue interests etc without having to work as well as study. A generalization, I know as there will be 'scholarship' students to leaven the life advantages. Y
Was anyone else a bit disappointed that the questions seemed a bit skewed tonight ? There were so many literature questions but next to no science/maths. Normally the show is good at giving a mixed bag, I wonder if they do it to suit the teams...
With the starter questions, if nobody answers a science or maths question or if both teams answer incorrectly. It would get edited out from the final production. This might have been the case here.
@@zzzzoijzzzzz This is true. One of my friends appeared on the show but when she watched herself back some of the questions didnt appear. I also might have read an article on this. I'm not sure if there is a time limit or an exact amount of questions they have to go through but yes it is true.
@@zzzzoijzzzzz Here is two articles i found on it www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2016/oct/05/your-starter-for-10-is-university-challenge-cheating-us www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37550159
Did the Balliol team have some internal issues from the midway point? The captain didn't seem to want to look at the two members to his right, and also at about 23 minutes the woman says to the guy next to her "Did you get that?" to him when they got a question wrong!
@@varuns9723 These people are both Batshit insane. Kacynzski was an intellectual before what was likely a development of schizophrenia, Sargon is just a dumbass white supremacist.
