University Challenge - S51E31 - Emmanuel, Cambridge v Edinburgh
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- Publicado el 20 feb 2022
- In another quarter-final match, the teams from Emmanuel, Cambridge and Edinburgh take each other on for the second spot in the semi-finals. Who will join last week's team in the semi final stage?
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 
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Malcolm is such a good team captain: knowledgeable but always checking with the team and giving them feedback.
Edinburgh really give the impression that, more than teammates, this is a group of friends who are having fun together. I don't think they're the strongest team by a long shot, but their comradery and teamwork make them a joy to watch.
@Ramboost007 mays does listen to them. If you are blind no one can help. Even Sheriff has defended him
None of these 8 knew anything about Opera
Hey, i was wondering if there's any way for me to kinda revise,study or learn this thing so i can maybe join in and answer them to instead of watching Max Zeng from Imperial popping off with his knowledge...it would be more entertaining to actually know what the answer for the question haha please let me know
@jayantshaq As long as Mays keeps listening to Zeng and Sheriff for the non-geogrpahy questions, they'll do very fine
I think they are all that, _and_ very likely the strongest team in the competition. Though Zeng, Sheriff and co. might have something to say about that.
Arguably the episode of the series so far. Incredibly tight. Really enjoyed the show tonight, two extremely well-matched opponents. Thanks as always Dave for the upload.
Another tight one for Edinburgh. I thought their match vs Bristol was the best one of the series. It ended the exact same way with Edinburgh winning on the last question
@Munteanu .Dorian 31st of the 51st in fact
Definetely an episode of the series
Woah, woah, woah woah...
That was VERY close. I was not expecting this one to be that close, but credit to both teams for making a good match of it. Very little time-wasting, good answers and an inspired guess to win it at the death. Bravo.
@LEW39 oh i see now. men and women are different sexes, and flow and passion are sexual in nature
@Spencer Twiddy The whole show was shadowed by an underlying tension, which I surmised was sexual. Young, virile men and women in extreme competition will often bring out extreme passion. Very easy to spot if you know what to look for.
@LEW39 I was honestly curious though, what was the sexual encounter I missed?
@LEW39 I doubt it
@Spencer Twiddy Boy, you are whatever I call you.
Before they started I had predicted a win by Edinburgh so was shocked, as things progressed, by how well Emmanuel was doing. Edinburgh won through but it was a squeaker!!
Thanks Dave!
To all those who have made comments on social media about Thomas "blanking" Jones: bear in mind that whoever sits in the left hand end seat (as we view the teams) is at a disadvantage compared to the other team members. The other two are both sitting adjacent to the Team Captain and therefore it is natural for them to turn towards him /her when conferring. The guy on the left hand end has to talk past the guy sitting to his left. It's not the players' fault, they should be seated in a curving arrangement so that they can all see each other rather than in a straight line. And the silly perspex screens don't help ...
True, but then again I don't see any other team "blanking" whoever sits in the left end seat the way Thomas does Jonas. He wouldn't even acknowledge him when Jonas answers a question correctly. Especially at the end when it was Jonas who buzzed and answered the winning question.
Hope everyone enjoyed this game - I most certainly didn't at the time. A quick message for all those who have commented on our 'smugness' as a team (or even just me, for all I know): we're really not (trying to be) smug; we are just trying to play some quiz and enjoy ourselves. If it comes across that way to some people then I would have to say it's not down to arrogance, or being smug (we knew if we didn't play well then Emmanuel were going to beat us); it's down to the stress of being in front of so many people and panicking about... let's say: potentially mixing up a text of Rabbinic Judaism and the text that contains the Pentateuch, for example. Anyway, this is all I have to say; hope you all enjoy the rest of the season.
i mean yall earned the right to be smug, all of you on both sides. it seems people who actually find you smug are really just insecure about their intellect.
Peano! fkn nailed it bro
Only just caught up with this match, and I have to say, that was one of the greatest saves I've ever seen in UC at the end there, on your part. Atoned for 'Talmudgate' almost instantly. Fantastic stuff!
No one on the Edinburgh team struck me as “smug”-it seemed like you were all out to have a good time _and,_ of course, win the match. And congratulations on providing the final answer - (Giuseppe) Peano, the creator of the auxiliary language _Latino sine flexione_ - which propelled your team over the top to victory!
You didn't look smug, but red is not your colour. It accentuates the chub and you look like a Christmas elf. Wear darker colour next time.
Well that was so close. Right down to the last question. Both are great teams entertaining to watch. Well done to Edinburgh. Glad that Emmanuel are not out and will be back again. 👍🏻
Cracker of a round it was ... Edinburgh suddenly don't seem invincible anymore. Too bad for Emmanuel, but good that they'll live to fight another day.
Amazing game with timing being the only deciding factor. Both teams pulled off great comebacks, with Edinburgh's helpfully a little closer to the end. Props to Emmanuel for leading for most of the match! I really hope to see them in the next stage.
Thrilling stuff between two very good teams who were a joy to watch. Reckon this is the best contest of the current series so far. Great that Emmanuel have another chance to qualify for the semi-final - they put up some fight against Edinburgh who will be a difficult team to beat. A big thank you to Dave for uploading this and for Jeremy for being a tough but fair quiz master. I live in Indonesia and look forward to UC each week - takes me back to my university days in the early 1970s.
Two immensely likable and knowledgable teams in an excellent tussle. Glad the victors didn't gave to rue their slight "buzzer happiness".
It seems Edinburgh either win by a mile or barely scrape enough points. The jump-the-gun technique on starters is still a concern and undid their momentum at times (four penalties!) but I guess their strong finish was what mattered in the end. Emmanuel Cambridge gave them a good run for their money, looking forward to their third match.
25:28 - I was like “On, no, you didn’t cost your team the win on THIS easy question. How could you?!”. But then 26:46 came, and he totally redeemed himself. 26:59 - he totally deserved that reaction, though 😂🤣🤣😂
That was a really close game and very interesting episode. 👍👌
Edinburgh made that harder than it needed to be. If they didn't jump the gun with the buzzer, the outlook of this match could have been quite different...
Indeed, they kinda flopped a bit in the beginning of the match, most team would’ve just loose their momentum but they managed this time
Have you ever seen a more amiable delightful bunch than the Edinburgh boys? 😄 And teamed with Emmanuel it made for a very enjoyable suspenseful match! Go Thetta!
Incredible match! Well done to both teams!
Thank you Dave! Rough season for me, just too busy, coming in (couple weeks ago) towards the end. You are stalwart as ever, and so very appreciated.
Thank you, Dave. My Tuesday’s nights are wonderful thanks to you.
That was a nail-biting finish. Thanks to our star Dave.
This was the best match of the series so far, imho! It was fun to watch these two teams (and their camaraderie). Thanks again for the upload, Dave!
I really enjoy the sense of camaraderie amongst the Edinburgh team.
Great stuff. Thanks Dave. Legend.
Loved this game, probably the best episode I've seen this year.
Jones...very up and down but you redeemed yourself at the very end! Cliffhanger. Thanks Dave.
Yes ..:. Well done Jones
Thanks Dave, the traditional end to my Monday evenings is complete:)
Likewise . It’s the only program I resolutely watch each week. I discovered this great ESclips channel when I missed a few episodes. The serendipity was finding the camaraderie of those who also comment here.
And YES ....Thanks Dave.
The traditional beginning to my Tuesday ' s breakfasts ' time .
U.C. is a worldwide programme due to your excellent work !
Superb match. Great fun. Thank you Dave. Live in France and this is my staple of the week. (Love "Only Connect" too, but that has finished :o) ) These are great people all round! Can't wait!!!!
OMG! It was so close!!!
Well done, both of teams!
Wow, what fun! So close! Thanks for the heart-stopper, Dave Garda!
What a game! At the very least we'll get to see Emmanuel again.
these edinburgh guys go fast and strong eventhough sometimes they lose they still go at it hard, they are simply killers... damn love watching these guys
unreal match! down to the wire!
Great match, well done Edinburgh.
Thanks again, Dave!
That was back and forth! A real nail-biter!
I can't believe I got a starter question that neither of the teams knew; Elizabeth Acevedo is a phenomenal poet and I have "The Poet X" on my bookshelf!
that was Such a great match. Thank you for sharing it!
These weekly updates are really my lifeline
Exciting nailbiter! Best so far! Thank you Dave!!!!
Glad that I am to see these UC uploads, and enjoy them, I find the advert interruptions very irritating, especially as they often fall during the answer responses.
Edinburgh are a super team, right balance of everything
Hopefully emanuel will make it to the next round!
Jones retaking the point he missed in a clutch 😆
Such a shame for Emmanuel. One of the nicest teams ever.
Thank you Dave.
A close run thing, and I'm disappointed in the result, not least for Malcolm who was player of the match IMO.
in the words of malcolm, i nominate wrathall
I'm sure Thatte was the star.
Thatte's 5/5 on starters might argue with that assessment.
Edge of the seat stuff. Thanks Dave, thumbs up.
That's a close call. Brilliant ending
whoa' that was a close one ! - Thanks as always Dave !
It's 3 am, I don't understand half of the questions nor the answers but I'm binge-watching all the episodes... Why I'm here? And why is so entertaining?
Ironic that the answer James I was accepted as the answer "to who was Mary Stuart/Queen of Scots son", in reference to his position in 1596, when he was only James VI, in a previous show this season, but obviously the play has a name, so today they got it right...
Jones absolutely shitting himself near the end, I could feel his relief through the screen.
Thanks again, Dave! Tonight I'm enjoying chicken and sausage gumbo over rice, with French bread and Abita beer!
Prefer Alotta beer myself
A fellow Cajun!
I was pleasantly surprised at how well our LSU tiger did on the College Jeopardy (beating a Princeton tiger!)
Sadly a family member died from cancer this week, they actually encouraged me to go to University many years ago, so this upload is a RIP to them.
@Dave Garda thank you for your kind words Dave, and thanks for all the uploading!
Sorry to hear of your loss Steve. We are all here for you. They would be so proud of you.
Massive thanks Dave!!
Won with a random guess, exciting match!
Quarter Final Standings Week 7:
2 wins to advance.
Imperial 2-0 ADVANCES
Edinburgh 2-0 ADVANCES
Emmanuel - Cambridge 1-1
King's - London 1-1
Reading 1-1
St. John's - Cambridge 0-1
Trinity - Cambridge 0-1
Birmingham 0-2 ELIMINATED
2 Semi-Final Slots Remain!
Quiz starts 3:00
Jones almost threw the whole game but he redeemed himself
Felt so much more sympathy for Emmanuel
MATCH STATS BELOW
*Emmanuel - Cambridge* : 145
*Edinburgh* : 150
*Starter Questions Stats*
EMMANUEL - CAMBRIDGE : 80 points
Pullinger = 0/2 {0 points}
Thatte = 5/5 {50 points}
Malcolm = 1/2 {10 points}
Wrathall = 2/2 {20 points}
Starter Questions success rate : 72.72%
EDINBURGH : 70 points
Jones = 4/6 {40 minus 10 points}
Thomas = 3/3 {30 points}
Sundar = 2/5 {20 points minus 5 points}
Karunaratne = 0/3 { -5 points}
Starter Questions success rate : 52.24%
*Bonus Questions Stats*
EMMANUEL - CAMBRIDGE : 65 points
Bonus Questions success rate : 54.17% (13/24)
EDINBURGH : 80 points
Bonus Questions success rate : 66.67% (16/24)
*In The Semifinals As It Stands*
1. Imperial
2. Edinburgh
Edinburgh will face off Imperial Zeng,
Much appreciated!
Thank you!
Edinburgh deserved to go through probably but almost ballsed it up. However, this episode proves they just aren’t good enough to beat Imperial.
I’ll be absolutely shocked if Imperial don’t win
@Max Wong Yes, there have been a few years where the real final was actually a semi with the final match of the tournament being a gimme for whomever won the semi.
Edinburgh most likely won't meet Imperial in the semis as these are the two "top seeds" which each won two straight quarterfinals.
It's Zeng. The man is a God of University Challenge (although his teammates are no slouches). But, you never know. Many teams that seemed a lock ended up losing in the final.
That was edge-of-your-seat entertainment
Thank you! Nail-biting stuff tonight.
Props to the guy nearly getting Inaccessibility Island. Impressive to even get close. Even Zeng might not have got that. Very enjoyable match.
not only would zeng get that, he’d get it 4 words into the question
How would u know Zeng wont get that pfft..
IMPERIAL ZENG
Zeng would have 100% got that, it's frankly too interesting.
No need to compare tho, to praise one. Both are amazing
I'm really proud that I was at least able to get the question at 8:45 right😅
Edit: And the one at 10:15
Ah, Germans.
That was such a nail biter! When they got the flags questions I thought they surely had it in the bag!
Couldn't keep my eyes from Ms Malcolm's ever changing facial expressions !
The answer to the incomplete physics problem at the end is 10E-11 seconds, or 10 picoseconds
Great game! I very much enjoy seeing both teams, Emmanuel a bit more perhaps for obvious reasons!
Can't wait for imperial vs edinburgh showdown in the finals!
They will probably meet in the final, if at all.
I'd have to say that Jones looks positively american in his celebration on camera. Not quite what I think of as cricket, or stiff upper lip.
Especially weird episode because it felt like Edinburgh was really off their oats a significant part of the match.
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant!!! Thanks, DG!
Just glad there's a South African representing 😂 and doing well.
@12:34 Paxo at his crankiest best
Not Rupi Kaur writing a masterpiece like The Poet X 😭😭😭💀
Ultimately (sadly, as a South African) the expected result - Edinburgh's ceiling just that wee bit higher :) Thatte is quietly in 'team of the season' territory though...
@Dave Garda, are the video thumbnails chosen at random or do you pick them based on who wins/loses?
SPOILERS
WHAT A GREAT MATCH! ‼Once again, a great team finds a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, and at the very last second! Much respect for both teams, and best of luck to each going forward!
Not really a spoiler, but I appreciate you taking the trouble to flag it up. Not many people do that.
Hey, i was wondering if there's any way for me to kinda revise,study or learn this thing so i can maybe join in and answer them to instead of watching Max Zeng from Imperial popping off with his knowledge...it would be more entertaining to actually know what the answer for the question haha please let me know
Funny how they would have won more comfortably if they had buzzed less
Niall’s usual lucky guesses didn’t work this time😚
Thomas coming fresh from the military
Wrathall should have stalled a few seconds without passing for the first of their last 5 pointers and they'd have won.
Imagine the look on Paxman's face had Wrathall said "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon". Lol
Might actually have been a legit answer depending on when these answers were finalised
Emmanuel look like they'd have all kinds of fun on an excursion.
Great battle. Thanks.
I expected this to be a runaway.
Why am I just realizing that these uploads are much better after having a glass of wine?
Everything is usually better after having a glass of wine! Though a few drinks usually improve performances. 2 beers/glass of wine is tbe ideal dose.
That was great!
that was a final. It could stop there. At least for the sake of my heart.
Am I particularly alert this evening, or was this a particularly easy round?
Saddened to learn recently that Jeremy Paxman has been diagnosed with Parkinson's. I wish him well
Who’s the next host?
Thanks Dave!
Not getting Cecil B. DeMille when spotted The Ten Commandments was painful to watch.
"Oh Jones, you impetuous buzzer! You ballsed it up!"..................
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"Oh no he didn't"
Sometimes the answers given don’t really explain the clue in the question. The answer ‘shrike’ whilst correct doesn’t tell you that the shrikes are also known as butcher birds because they impale their victims on sharp thorns, leaving the teams just shrugging with incomprehension.
It's one of things you'll have to happen to have read, maybe because you really love birds and there's a couple of long-tailed shrikes and their fluffy, hungry juvenile hanging out in your vicinity.
Plus maybe Marvel's Agents of Shield and also maybe Now You See Me 1 and 2...
@Gwydda the old country word in England for the red-backed shrike is butcher bird. The other winter visitor shrike to England is the great grey shrike. Both very rare. I've never seen either though a farmer in a rural area. See 'Birds Britannica' by Mark Cocker and Richard Mabey. I have to say in general I'm appalled by the lack of knowledge of the flora and fauna of the UK by UC contestants. They didn't even get the laburnum question on poisons.
Shrike is not a butcher bird. Shrikes don't even live in Australia, where butcherbirds are found. But shrikes do often impale their prey on thorns.
@David Bloom No. Paxman asks about a fearsome creature guarding and hanging its victims on a metal structure and is thus named after which members of the family Lanidae. He does not mention butcher birds at all
Flammula Jovis Clematis is a Travellers Joy is my big takeaway form tonight.
Boy, Edinburgh seemed to be overconfident on the interruptions, maybe because they’d waltzed through the earlier rounds and thought they could afford to take risks. It barely worked. Great match, thanks for the upload.
Not very nice for Thomas to have his back continually to Jones.
Wow!! Down to the wire!
Oh joy! It's Tuesday morning and I have tea, toast and UC!
Omaigod I got Zaha Hadid correct 😅😅😅