Christmas University Challenge. Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. Hello. It’s been brought to our attention that in past years of this short and seasonal contest, some teams have shown a lamentable lack of confidence in their abilities by entering having already booked tickets for the …
APPLAUSE Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. Hello. We’re about to learn the complete line-up of teams playing in the second round of this competition. 14 institutions have gone straight through, and ten teams have gone straight home. Last time, we saw the first of the …
APPLAUSE Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. Hello. Last time, we saw Emmanuel College, Cambridge, win the first of the eight places in the quarterfinal stage of this competition. Whichever team wins tonight will join them. The losers will be able only to dream of what …
APPLAUSE University Challenge. Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. Hello. Two of the younger teams in the competition play each other tonight, with a place in the second round for whichever can display a knowledge beyond their years. Both teams will know that while winning is …
APPLAUSE Christmas University Challenge. Asking the questions – Jeremy Paxman. Hello, another bout of intellectual snowballs lies ahead of us with two more teams of distinguished alumni preparing to battle it out for a place in the semifinals. We’ve now played four of the seven …
APPLAUSE University Challenge. Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. Hello. The winners and losers in this quarterfinal stage of the competition are starting to make themselves known. After five matches, the team from Ulster University has said its final goodbye, but St John’s College, Cambridge have …
Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman. APPLAUSE Hello. Our Christmas present to the country’s students is a brief respite from the rigours of this competition, because over the next few evenings their places are going to be taken by distinguished alumni of 14 of Britain’s leading …
APPLAUSE VOICEOVER: University Challenge. Asking the questions – Jeremy Paxman. Hello. The student mind is under scrutiny again tonight with a place in the second round for whichever team can tell us more about more or less anything. Tonight’s losers will earn a chance to …