University Challenge

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Pickle2 replied

5 March 2009, 17:16
Originally posted by expat View Post

Would you like to be?

yes.
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Alf W replied

5 March 2009, 17:15
Well if she's so damn smart they should have got her to fill in the application form and read the bleedin' rules!!

Hopefully once the Oxbridge lot at the BBC have been replaced by the new generation of Meeja Studies poppets then this fixation with Oxbridge and making everyone know just how superior it is will fade away (and we won't have to have their boring, who gives a toss rowing race on the TV every year).

I wouldn't have gone even if they hadn't turned me down for a place!
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expat replied

5 March 2009, 17:08
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

What about the earlier rounds? Will they be replayed too?

Just done a check. In all earlier rounds, Gail Trimble scored more on her own than the entire opposing team; and until the semi-final, she scored more single-handed in each match than twice the opposing team's total score.

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moorfield replied

5 March 2009, 16:24
Originally posted by Alf W View Post

Oxford have got previous for cheating at University Challenge. They should be banned from taking part.

I think they should all have one big mud wrestle to sort out this kerfuffle.
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Svalbaard replied

5 March 2009, 16:20
Originally posted by expat View Post

Would you like to be?

Not sure about being publicly humilitated, but... *ahem*
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Alf W replied

5 March 2009, 16:16
Oxford have got previous for cheating at University Challenge. They should be banned from taking part.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7922672.stm
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Bagpuss replied

5 March 2009, 16:16
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph...b_1357512c.jpg

cor

http://sallyinnorfolk.com/wp-content...9/image001.jpg
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expat replied

5 March 2009, 15:51
Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post

Not all the losing teams might want to be publicly humiliated by Gail Trimble all over again.

Would you like to be?
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Tarquin Farquhar replied

5 March 2009, 15:39
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

What about the earlier rounds? Will they be replayed too?

Not all the losing teams might want to be publicly humiliated by Gail Trimble all over again.
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BrilloPad replied

5 March 2009, 15:28
What about the earlier rounds? Will they be replayed too?
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Tarquin Farquhar started a topic University Challenge

5 March 2009, 15:27
University Challenge

I think that, instead of disqualifying an entire team for one member, they should do a re-match. Indeed, let Corpus Christi play with three against Manchester's four. I'm sure that Gail Trimble could wipe the floor with those redbrick kids single-handed, again.
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