Episode 8: Darwin, Cambridge vs St. Andrew's: Sherlock and the Funny Boys

09/02/20 • 18 min

Time for Episode 8, and the personalities keep on coming! Hear our thoughts about St Andrews' Tom Sherlock and Max Holtzman, an intriguing gold earring and a pair of broken glasses. As the competition heats up, we talk about teams we'd like to see play against each other and the qualities needed to see a team through to the finals. We also talk about musicals, french painters and German towns and states! Stay tuned to the end for our best-dressed segment.

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Episode 7: Corpus Christi, Oxford vs Bristol: The Webb(ed) Wonder

Episode 7 is here, and joy of joys, we have our first true blue University Challenge personality in the form of Seoan Webb of Corpus Christi Oxford! We talk about how much Webb shone in this episode, and Tom tries to convince us that it was not a case of a single contest carrying a team. We also talk about Female Rap artists nominated for the Grammys, working cities in the UK, and cathedrals of England. We also see the return of our best-dressed segment.
Editor's note: Tom meant to say Corpus Christi was getting complacent at 6:38, not Bristol. We hope that just like Paxman, you'll accept that!

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Episode 9: York vs King's College London: An Unthinkable Number of Ducks

It's time for Episode 9 of our University Challenge Appreciation Podcast - I Got That One! This week's match sees two young teams from York and King's, London. Listen now to find out if we though these teams have what it takes to make it far in the competition. We also talk about Motown music, Charles Dickens novels that are certainly not Martin Chuzzlewit and a rather unthinkable number of ducks. Stay tuned till the end for our famed best dressed segment.