l guess now is the correct time for all the Asean nations to make themselves known to the world and welcome all those outside ASEAN to visit them with sincerity and gets to understand them then to mixed up. Its very disappointing and insulting.
Mays shows great leadership skills overall, he knows who is a favourite in a subject and falls back on them. He is well rounded in his knowledge and uses logic to reach to his answer pretty well. Sheriff is clearly the wild horse in the team and will bring out the big guns when others struggle. Ofcourse, Zeng is the star of the show but the overal team dynamic is amazing and not to be dissected upon. Jackson does better in other rounds but has an approach similar to Mays. He is a natural second, this is a team game.
@Simo Z That's all you can do. First come to us, kill our leaders and become our "rulers", loot and plunder us as colonies and slaves, take away a massive wealth worth trillions of $ value, completely destroy the societies here, and then one day just leave, go back and sit in your ivory towers sipping tea, and "pity" us. Shameless to the point now where you've deleted from your school textbooks all the major events of atrocities by the British on the colonies with blatant violation of Human Rights and complete disregard to morals and ethics.. You made us poor, and now instead of reparations, you don't even acknowledge the colonial wrongdoings, but you pity us? Remember, every poor child that is dying of starvation even today in Africa, Indian Subcontinent, ASEAN countries et. al, is a direct result of the massive loot and wealth depletion by the Brits and the East India Company. Countries are still reeling to come out of it even today after their wealth and natural resources have been destroyed or snatched away for centuries.
@d4dagger a brown person, saying Jeez (jesus). See where I am pointing towards. Yes it has a lot of things to do with the race, colonial mindset and supremacy. Mays is as useless as the person calling an Indian call center to ask how to do a copy paste function in his computer. He keeps ignoring sheriff and zeng, looking first at Jackson. This Jackson is more useless. As an employer, who would you hire for competency - Mays or Zeng. Do you think Zeng won't be a good leader with so much of good critical thinking? Anybody can become a leader if given the captain's position. The point is, who is a better leader, what makes Mays a leader, his whiteness, ideally it should have been zeng. If zeng was the captain, he wouldn't even keep Mays there, no value add for his team. He'd have got someone more useful, someone who'd help him in the critical analysis, not just sit and order and put the workload on the oriental employees. Jackson btw is just useless.
Because the comments will probably miss what happened on Twitter, Imperial's captain's teammates defended him on their own accounts. 1) they have earpieces to hear each other; 2) they were conferring with the team's designated specialists on topics - Zeng's best parts this match were mainly starter questions which are no-conferring; 3) they edited out the bit where Sheriff and Mays even joke with each other about panhandles. The team's working well together and they're having fun, otherwise they don't get scores like what they have been doing.
@Flying Pen and Paper Zeng and Shariff seem to be specialists who feed Mays answers that only they know. In contrast, Jackson and Mays help each other work out answers from topics they have in common. Discussions naturally take longer than being fed a single-word answer,
i know its old news but i hope the people who are/were attacking mays have watched the other rounds of imperial, they all work so well together, their dynamic is so great to watch, to me, mays keep turning to jackson because the reader is on his left and theres one person on his left rather than two which makes it idk, like more convenient for a human being, also jackson is really good at music questions too, and in other rounds, hes always turning to the person with more skill in a subject, he knows his teammates and you can see all of them having fun, okay thats all, thank you
mays is the assurance of the team why would they attack him?i mean technically most of the questions are in the field of zeng so naturally he can answer it what do they expect
As an American geography teacher who prides himself in knowing a great deal of geography, I am very impressed with Zeng! Very surprised he knew the one about Alaska so quickly and the one about the Sea of Marmara, as well. I found myself getting annoyed with him, because I wanted a chance to think on some of the geography questions!
@Derek Lucas LOL, hilarious. I guarantee I know more about geography than you or just about anyone you know. It's been my obsession since I was a little kid. Don't believe everything you see on TV.
Zeng must have found it quite funny when they guessed his home country incorrectly for the picture round. He probably knew the answer but definitely knew it was not what they guessed.
Max "The Human Atlas" Zeng strikes again! Can't wait until they either win or get knocked out and someone makes a hypercut of every Geography question Zeng answers.
In this match, he shows us he can answer non-geography question as well. But is it me imagining it, or whenever Zeng is on there are an exceptional number of geography questions?
An abundance of geography questions tonight gave Zeng plenty of room to flex his incredible knowledge. It’s a considerable advantage to have 30-40 points *on lock* every single game, but in today’s match the advantage was far greater. One of my favorite players to watch this year!
In this round, it's apparent that Mays is a better leader than Rashid - doesn't rush into answers, look to specific teammates in their expertise and is a good all-rounder in topics. Then again, who am I to judge since I barely know any answers LOL
Even other countries' history, tbh. His depth in Ancient Indians history is impressive, too. I am from India and have studied Indian history extensively, but he manages to be even quicker. Truly impressive.
It must be disheartening to go against Imperial when you know Zeng will be good for at least about 60 points automatically. There were slightly more geography questions than normal tonight, so it was actually more like 100 (without even mentioning the non-geography questions he got). It really goes to show just how powerful a geography specialist can be in a format like this.
Every time there's a team that's weak at geography on this show you have to wonder if they've ever even watched it before. It's probably the most consistently useful knowledge base to secure a lot of points
I came here to see Zeng, but was impressed by Rashid’s leadership and the way he passed the time to his teammates to answer some questions. Bonus points for his cute smile too
@Charsiupao Yea. Especially when the topic directly falls within the specialisation or even field of studies of that particular team member, the pronounciation of the word may be subjective. That said, the question-giver is fair in accepting alternate pronounication of words that are globally disputed. Fon(tain) or Fon(tyn) being 1 of them.
@steamroller82 Better than almost every person currently living in India? Really? Even university profs and students in Indian universities whose entire job is to study it? Lmao.
I'd hardly think being Indian gives someone any advantage in knowing geography about India. It's all common knowledge that's available to the public. Zeng probably knows geography about India better than almost every person currently living in India. I play chess and know that the world chess champion is from Norway, something that many Norwegians are unaware of.
It's legitimately so impressive - after the match, Ananth (Sathyanath) told me how sure he was that Zeng pressed the buzzer before the picture was even shown to us in the first picture round, so confident was he that he'd know the answers
this was an entirely predictable slaughter, but holy hell, is there any conceivable piece of Geography trivia or question that Zeng wouldnt know the answer to?
Should be change the map of earth in place of dinosaurs live to make Zeng not scoring.. but i guess in 2 hours of studying probably he get all the information haha..
Almost impossible. In recent interview with Zeng, he mentioned about his obsession with maps and geography since the age of 3, and then 10. He spends hours day tabbing in and out of maps. He is crazy over physical geography! Such an amazing kid.
People who haven't stepped out their entire life suddenly know for how long one should look at his left side in proportion to the number of people on his right.
@NOX AL HAJJ MALIK in general you'd want most teams to be majority white, since allowing too many minorities on a quiz show increases the chance that someone might get stabbed.
The reality is that Asian schooling is not free and comes at a cost. Therefore parents take a keen interest in their children education to ensure every penny spent is well worth it. Corporal punishment is still quite common and teachers have control of the classroom unlike here in the UK. By the way I'm a teacher here in the UK having been educated in Asia
@NOX AL HAJJ MALIK intelligent? You have a very flawed notion of "intelligence" if you think knowledge means immediately intelligence. I suggest you modify your comment.
Zeng is MVP for sure. Another level. And I can imagine Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger falling off their rocking chairs if they watched this when they implied Hun Sen is Lee Kuan Yew.... 😂
Imperial just moved up in my estimation as one of the favorites to win it all. Incredible buzzer speed, a wide array of knowledge, especially in geography! Zeng is the man there! GL to both teams in their next game!
I've watched UC for a long long time. I thought I'd seen it all. But Zeng and the first picture round just absolutely floored me. He really needs to change his surname to Fogg, acquire a loyal manservant and set off on a journey. He'll never go wrong 😎
despite the fact zengs range of knowledge is limited his robotic accuracy and encyclopedic knowledge on all things geography never cease to amaze me. i look forward to his matches, the way i did with loveday, monkman and many others before and after.
I hope if he watched this back Mays had the guts to apologise to Sheriff for the snarky way he pointed out her error. Incredibly rude and disrespectful.
@Bara’a A.W it's @sheriffsciences I guess. Even Gilbert is there on Twitter. The other 2 aren't so I guess Mays isn't that affected but his teammates do see them.
@Fran no he isn't. If you watched all the episodes you'd know he doesn't only consult with Jackson. He asks all of them, but it's easier to turn to Jackson's side, and also, there isn't much to discuss with Zheng. He knows the answer immediately! If Zheng knows the answer, he would've immediately said that, and I guess Mays knows that. There were many times where Mays turned to Zheng without any discussion, because as the leader, he knows who specialized in which area
Thank you Dave! Hope you feel better soon! Amazing and very enjoyable game even though it was a slaughter. I always enjoy Rashid's debonair charm. Zeng blew me away.
“Debonair” is such an underused adjective these days unfortunately - perhaps because there are now so few worthy of it - but Rashid definitely is. Someone else said “smug” but I don’t get that vibe from him at all. He’s all class.
Absolutely cracking performance by Imperial. Zeng was as usual the king of geography , Sheriff did great with literature, Mays and Jackson were supportive and made their own contributions. All in all a very good team effort. Excited for this team. Hope we can see Reading University vs Imperial challenge soon !
Zeng died alittle when the other team tot hun sen is 🇸🇬 PM ( 21:21 - 21:44) I’m now a fan of Maximilian Zeng, he maintained humility despite been the MVP
Thanks, Dave Garda! Sheriff did really well and Zeng is out of this world. Mays and Jackson are fairly inconsiderate and often seemed to forget they are members of a team.
@AlphaOmega You are basically overthinking. Whether or not they are sincere for siding with him, is not up to us to speculate. Trying to put an issue to a group game can affect their dynamics.
@kami just because they defend their teammates to save face doesnt mean nothing was happening, i know it was edited but there's definitely something going on between them.
@AlphaOmega no, the team members defended mays on social media. the ep is heavily edited. y’all throw powerful words left and right to the point that they’re watered down.
Whether they were different races or not, it’s pretty awkward and a bit rude to just whisper to the person you’re closest to and ignore the rest of your team lol
The beauty about GPS Zeng is that he either knows or he doesn't know. Nothing in between. The same goes for Imperial in general though...a statement has been made tonight.
@Siyabonga Mchunu but its not like Jacksons input was so ridiculous that he wouldnt look at him either, and mays and sheriff laugh sometimes theres no beef lol
@zzzzoijzzzzz I had the same thought watching the match, Zeng and Sheriff were way more eficient than Jackson and despite that, Mays always seems to consult Jackson instead of them.
He correctly guessed (or seemed to guess) the South American orchestra. Strange Mays didn't seem to consult him much compared to Jackson, but I'm nit-picking in the extreme. Really a great performance from a top team.
I could understand looking toward Jackson for a subject that he specialises in, but focusing on him when Zeng and Sheriff are giving better answers consistently is odd
Thank you Dave, I hope you feel better soon! May needs to look at these videos. It was hard to watch him. But Zeng is legendary and Sheriff was not bad either.
I’m so proud of the King’s team! I’m an alum. Love to know who Rashid studies Philosophy with. I had Niall O’Flaherty. Am sorry they didn’t win. Tough game!
Zeng is good for 70+ points every game on his geographic knowledge alone. Funny thing with geography and question shows is that it is often included in questions of every category, not just geography specific ones.
Get you a man that looks at you the way Mays looks at Jackson and vice versa 🤣. Kudos to the whole team, uni challenge editing team did you dirty. For those spouting rubbish I'd recommend reading Felix where you'll hear the accounts of the team #keepthecatfree Well done to the team at Imperial and congratulations on your hard work dispelling the myth that we all are super geeky lol 🤣
Also, this just goes to show how people are fast to assume things base on videos without even witnessing the whole thing live or in person. There are always things that we xan miss when we wactch it on videos so DONT assume things
@Lanka Rocks You do realize that this isn't the only round they participated in right? There were other rounds where Jackson contributed to the team so I have to disagree with your term of "zero contribution"
It would have demonstrated better manners had Mays not automatically turned to his left every time for conference, especially to the dud of the group who was outspoken but highly fallible. Having said that, Sheriff and Zeng were fully capable of looking after themselves. Zeng doubles as a GPS.
They are all facing left. Its a lot easier to look left than right in that case. They also wear earpieces to talk. You should really watch the other Uzc episodes with imperial. He's a great captain. Just cause someone looks left more doesn't mean they are discrediting the others.
@Simon Hill you can hate you can be rasicst but you need to know that its a very sensitive topic+ no one really cares about race and colors anymore (except for, yknow cough america cough)
"These bonuses are on panhandles of the USA..." And three Imperial contestant heads automatically swivel to their right at 25:41 in deference to Max Zeng 🤣🤣🤣
Zeng should be the captain. There is something wrong with Mays, acting as if there is only one more person in his team, also he doesn't score much anyways.
Don't just watch the videos with cuts if you're gonna form an opinion based on these videos you might as well do it with full context rather than bringing down someone you know nothing about.
You must not have watched all their videos then. He always discuss with Jackson when questions on art / architecture and science is asked , the subjects they specialises in. But he never fail to consult sheriff on literature questions and zeng on geography. I would say he knows to play using the strength of each player .
Loved the last set of bonus questions! I have great memories of playing Marquez's Danzon No. 2 with my high school's orchestra. I also remember watching the Simon Bolivar Orchestra's rendition of Danzon many times (with Dudamel conducting, of course).
GPS Zeng is an absolute BEAST. But it’s also downright rude how Mays constantly consults Jackson at every question when there are two far superior teammates.
I agree, for example with geography questions and chemistry questions, Zeng's teammate don't need to consult with him and they all turn their head toward Zeng. HE KNOWS!
It’s edited, the team mates have defended him on Twitter. He’s just being logical each person has a different specialty, it’s not like a race thing like come on
Thanks for posting Dave. So thankful and happy to be able to watch this from Singapore. From a proud Singapore mother with a son (reading Law) around Zeng’s age, Congratulations Imperial, well done Zeng! So proud of you 🇸🇬. God bless.
Should ask your son to double major computer science or something. There is a glut for Law students currently, might find difficulty in employment after graduation.
Would love to see Rashid and Zeng in a team together, a star player and a captain who appreciates the strengths of each of his teammates, I bet once a geography question comes up he'd be directly nominating Zeng no questions asked
Thanks again Dave! Today's meal is another of my favorites....Fettucine Alfredo, Parmesan Chicken, Caesar Salad, Garlic Toast, and Chianti! Edit: And hope you feel better Dave!
Thanks again, Dave - I appreciate your efforts and hope you're well soon. I'm American and even I couldn't answer all of the American geo questions. I did get a couple of bonus questions that no one could answer, though.
You can drop Zeng in the middle of the Pacific, he'll still know the way home
@Luqman its fine in Australia
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LMAO 😂😂
Everytime Rashid answers correctly, he's like 'I'm so smart, I'm going to hydrate myself with this glass of water'.
@broggli broh hes just trying to stay positive
6:10 really 😂😂 over confidence 😂
He looks super gay
@Abhilash Thakur then this is clearly the first time youve seen him, hes very smart and a nice person
@Abhilash Thakur he didn’t even bother you and you are judging him
When the other team guessed that Cambodia's Hun Sen was from Singapore, Zeng must've smiled quietly. 😅
l guess now is the correct time for all the Asean nations to make themselves known to the world and welcome all those outside ASEAN to visit them with sincerity and gets to understand them then to mixed up.
Its very disappointing and insulting.
@John Browning 21:42
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@tomie myspace even I know Hun Sen is not from Singapore.
He smiled three times. 1 for Indonesia, 2 for Singapore, 3 for not knowing Hun Sen is from Cambodia.
Did Zeng simply memorise all of geography? Incredible.
@Draven Draven well that's your problem if you were bothered. His teammates had no problem because they weren't left out. Stop assuming.
@Jake Howie GPS-Zeng
@Helen Swan eidetic memory don't exist
@Fiat 500 I thought I was the only one bothered by Mays and Jackson talking to each other and left Max and Fatima like they are outsider🥺
he loves cartography as a kid. I think they all complement each other well.
"If only we had Zeng on our team." - A quote by every quiz team in history.
@KLGoodman dont forget mr kim from trinity cambridge ☺
Hutchinson's the best all-rounder this series, but Zeng's definitely Top 3 all-time best at a single subject (and easy all-time #1 in Geography)
Sheriff has had her best game so far, Mays and Jackson have good shared knowledge in humanities, and Zeng is a cheat code
She is the quickest buzzer of them all.. quicker than Zeng
Zeng is a human google maps.
Mays shows great leadership skills overall, he knows who is a favourite in a subject and falls back on them. He is well rounded in his knowledge and uses logic to reach to his answer pretty well. Sheriff is clearly the wild horse in the team and will bring out the big guns when others struggle. Ofcourse, Zeng is the star of the show but the overal team dynamic is amazing and not to be dissected upon. Jackson does better in other rounds but has an approach similar to Mays. He is a natural second, this is a team game.
@Hermione Malfoy ya…Mays always speaks to Jackson only even when Sheriff was talking to them, and Mays never look at Sheriff…
@Simo Z That's all you can do. First come to us, kill our leaders and become our "rulers", loot and plunder us as colonies and slaves, take away a massive wealth worth trillions of $ value, completely destroy the societies here, and then one day just leave, go back and sit in your ivory towers sipping tea, and "pity" us. Shameless to the point now where you've deleted from your school textbooks all the major events of atrocities by the British on the colonies with blatant violation of Human Rights and complete disregard to morals and ethics.. You made us poor, and now instead of reparations, you don't even acknowledge the colonial wrongdoings, but you pity us?
Remember, every poor child that is dying of starvation even today in Africa, Indian Subcontinent, ASEAN countries et. al, is a direct result of the massive loot and wealth depletion by the Brits and the East India Company. Countries are still reeling to come out of it even today after their wealth and natural resources have been destroyed or snatched away for centuries.
@Akhi I pity poor people like u... poor outside and inside :(
@G Vasu I pity poor people like u... poor outside and inside :(
@d4dagger a brown person, saying Jeez (jesus). See where I am pointing towards. Yes it has a lot of things to do with the race, colonial mindset and supremacy. Mays is as useless as the person calling an Indian call center to ask how to do a copy paste function in his computer. He keeps ignoring sheriff and zeng, looking first at Jackson. This Jackson is more useless.
As an employer, who would you hire for competency - Mays or Zeng. Do you think Zeng won't be a good leader with so much of good critical thinking? Anybody can become a leader if given the captain's position. The point is, who is a better leader, what makes Mays a leader, his whiteness, ideally it should have been zeng. If zeng was the captain, he wouldn't even keep Mays there, no value add for his team. He'd have got someone more useful, someone who'd help him in the critical analysis, not just sit and order and put the workload on the oriental employees.
Jackson btw is just useless.
Because the comments will probably miss what happened on Twitter, Imperial's captain's teammates defended him on their own accounts. 1) they have earpieces to hear each other; 2) they were conferring with the team's designated specialists on topics - Zeng's best parts this match were mainly starter questions which are no-conferring; 3) they edited out the bit where Sheriff and Mays even joke with each other about panhandles. The team's working well together and they're having fun, otherwise they don't get scores like what they have been doing.
@Flying Pen and Paper Zeng and Shariff seem to be specialists who feed Mays answers that only they know. In contrast, Jackson and Mays help each other work out answers from topics they have in common. Discussions naturally take longer than being fed a single-word answer,
That is why Sheriff occasionally adjust her earpiece
Zeng's speciality is also Geography.
Maybe he's his best friend. Or they're lovers.
@Flying Pen and Paper I think the reader was on his left, which is where Jackson is sitting obviously
i know its old news but i hope the people who are/were attacking mays have watched the other rounds of imperial, they all work so well together, their dynamic is so great to watch, to me, mays keep turning to jackson because the reader is on his left and theres one person on his left rather than two which makes it idk, like more convenient for a human being, also jackson is really good at music questions too, and in other rounds, hes always turning to the person with more skill in a subject, he knows his teammates and you can see all of them having fun, okay thats all, thank you
Rohan Salvi....you first
Shut up
So many delusional people trying to find faults were there are none
mays is the assurance of the team why would they attack him?i mean technically most of the questions are in the field of zeng so naturally he can answer it what do they expect
Totally agree. Zeng Geography, Sheriff Literature, Mays music and history, Jackson Biology. I think so
As an American geography teacher who prides himself in knowing a great deal of geography, I am very impressed with Zeng! Very surprised he knew the one about Alaska so quickly and the one about the Sea of Marmara, as well. I found myself getting annoyed with him, because I wanted a chance to think on some of the geography questions!
You DO have a chance. Well, you have the same amount of time that he has anyway.
Americans and geography, better love story than Twilight
@TomWatsonB1 we can have a little game of GeoGuessr and we'll see 😎
@TomWatsonB1 there's nothing to take pride being the smartest in geography in a nation where common people treat Africa as a single country lmao
@Derek Lucas LOL, hilarious. I guarantee I know more about geography than you or just about anyone you know. It's been my obsession since I was a little kid. Don't believe everything you see on TV.
Zeng must have found it quite funny when they guessed his home country incorrectly for the picture round. He probably knew the answer but definitely knew it was not what they guessed.
As an Indonesian citizen, I confirm that there is no correlation between the figure and historical Indonesian president or all the association
Ya that is right how the heck is that old guy looking like a Singapore leader tbh 😂😂😂 I was laughing in my heart too
@Mynah Lu presidential republic**
@L2 And so is Singapore
@Ramboost007 except the fact that Indonesia is a republic.
Frodo would have an easier path to Mordor if Zeng was by his side…
Zoro tidak akan tersesat kalau ada Zeng 🗿
You sir/ma'am are a legend. Most underrated comment.
He should have dropped Sam in favor of Zeng. :D
Noice
That's a good one! 😂
Max "The Human Atlas" Zeng strikes again! Can't wait until they either win or get knocked out and someone makes a hypercut of every Geography question Zeng answers.
@Marveh …Zeng really had amazing speedy buzzer skills…👍🏾
Geography is generally my strong suit, but it's next to impossible to beat Zeng to the buzzer, or even hear the full question most of the time!
@dadt I think they do that for all the teams. Too many music theory questions were asked when music college was competing.
In this match, he shows us he can answer non-geography question as well. But is it me imagining it, or whenever Zeng is on there are an exceptional number of geography questions?
If i got the time, I’d definitely try that
An abundance of geography questions tonight gave Zeng plenty of room to flex his incredible knowledge. It’s a considerable advantage to have 30-40 points *on lock* every single game, but in today’s match the advantage was far greater. One of my favorite players to watch this year!
Zeng is a freak, inspiring knowledge. He seems to know country, city, capital, state, river ACROSS time. Legend 👏
In this round, it's apparent that Mays is a better leader than Rashid - doesn't rush into answers, look to specific teammates in their expertise and is a good all-rounder in topics. Then again, who am I to judge since I barely know any answers LOL
Imperials were good equally. Zeng's Geography is incredible, but we shouldn't ignore how well the others did in other subjects
Not only is Zeng great on geography, but his knowledge of US history is amazing.
Even other countries' history, tbh. His depth in Ancient Indians history is impressive, too. I am from India and have studied Indian history extensively, but he manages to be even quicker. Truly impressive.
"I study biochemistry"
*Proceeds to outclass multiple geography majors*
It must be disheartening to go against Imperial when you know Zeng will be good for at least about 60 points automatically. There were slightly more geography questions than normal tonight, so it was actually more like 100 (without even mentioning the non-geography questions he got). It really goes to show just how powerful a geography specialist can be in a format like this.
@Kinabalu Cat probably because he studies chemistry?
Apart from world map, looks like he remembered chemistry periodic table too
Every time there's a team that's weak at geography on this show you have to wonder if they've ever even watched it before. It's probably the most consistently useful knowledge base to secure a lot of points
I came here to see Zeng, but was impressed by Rashid’s leadership and the way he passed the time to his teammates to answer some questions. Bonus points for his cute smile too
Right his smile is cute af
dudeeee when you mentioned his smile i can't stop looking at him lmao
Hes cute as well lol
I agree
@Charsiupao Yea. Especially when the topic directly falls within the specialisation or even field of studies of that particular team member, the pronounciation of the word may be subjective.
That said, the question-giver is fair in accepting alternate pronounication of words that are globally disputed. Fon(tain) or Fon(tyn) being 1 of them.
he's attractive gosh
What's impressive is that Zheng got the Chennai and Tamil Nadu faster than sathya nath who is Indian. Good on ya mate!
@steamroller82 Better than almost every person currently living in India? Really? Even university profs and students in Indian universities whose entire job is to study it? Lmao.
@steamroller82 lmao something Norwegians are not aware of , everyone knows Carlsen
@steamroller82 "something that many Norwegians are unaware of." lol. You clearly don't know norway
I'd hardly think being Indian gives someone any advantage in knowing geography about India. It's all common knowledge that's available to the public. Zeng probably knows geography about India better than almost every person currently living in India.
I play chess and know that the world chess champion is from Norway, something that many Norwegians are unaware of.
Sathyanath is also clearly south Indian in descent, probably from tamil nadu!
Zeng is so good he's buzzing before he even knows what he is supposed to answer counting on the host to continue for a few seconds after the buzz.
@Atyab Rashid just wanna let you know, I love the way you speak
Well played regardless, unlucky that so many of the starters were geography-related.
It's legitimately so impressive - after the match, Ananth (Sathyanath) told me how sure he was that Zeng pressed the buzzer before the picture was even shown to us in the first picture round, so confident was he that he'd know the answers
Zeng is surely the MVP but the point is the Imperial team would still outscored their opponents without him. Such a strong team
It would be magical if UC could do an all-stars episode where they bring back the 8 most Zeng-esque players and pit them against each other.
Yes! Monkman, Seagull, and Lovejoy. It will be nice to watch an individual version.
Emmanuel Guttenplan!
Webb
@翟 how come?
@Meevious Brandon would never appear again representing Imperial lmao 🤣
this was an entirely predictable slaughter, but holy hell, is there any conceivable piece of Geography trivia or question that Zeng wouldnt know the answer to?
@Josh Abrillo Because he has mastered geography already, it is not challenging anymore. It has become boring for him.
@Samantha Yap why is he on biochemistry?
I used to do that too. I used to know all the capital cities.
Should be change the map of earth in place of dinosaurs live to make Zeng not scoring.. but i guess in 2 hours of studying probably he get all the information haha..
Almost impossible. In recent interview with Zeng, he mentioned about his obsession with maps and geography since the age of 3, and then 10. He spends hours day tabbing in and out of maps. He is crazy over physical geography! Such an amazing kid.
If you are having problems sleeping, and want to feel humiliated, this is your show.
Everyone is suddenly a psychologist. Great stuff.
@abhi verma What do you mean. They touch grass for 15 minutes every Tuesday AND watch detective shows. They are basically professionals.
People who haven't stepped out their entire life suddenly know for how long one should look at his left side in proportion to the number of people on his right.
I was so excited for Max Zeng to buzz in for the next word after "in geography" but then the gong went
Zeng was absolutely genius. But the funny thing is that in both the teams, Asians were giving most of the answers lmao
Not us, u! I am an asian. 😂
there is always an asian who is better than us.
@NOX AL HAJJ MALIK in general you'd want most teams to be majority white, since allowing too many minorities on a quiz show increases the chance that someone might get stabbed.
The reality is that Asian schooling is not free and comes at a cost. Therefore parents take a keen interest in their children education to ensure every penny spent is well worth it. Corporal punishment is still quite common and teachers have control of the classroom unlike here in the UK. By the way I'm a teacher here in the UK having been educated in Asia
@NOX AL HAJJ MALIK intelligent? You have a very flawed notion of "intelligence" if you think knowledge means immediately intelligence. I suggest you modify your comment.
As a Singaporean teenager who loves staring at maps for fun, Zeng is my super idol now
Zeng is MVP for sure. Another level.
And I can imagine Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger falling off their rocking chairs if they watched this when they implied Hun Sen is Lee Kuan Yew.... 😂
I wonder what went through Zeng's mind when Kings fiercely discuss Hun Sen as LKY 😂
I love how Mays and Jackson will look into each other eyes lovingly everytime there's a question asked.
@hexnazar KENHCJSJS STOP
Why does Mays mosof the time check Jackson for answers ignoring the other two...
lol yeah ignoring their other 2 teammates.
And the answer they both agreed to is always wrong lmao
I love how Zeng maps out the places in his head, sometimes see him using his hand figuring out east/west and that
Zeng's map knowledge is simply out of this world.
@Jake Howie No they don't lol...Singaporeans don't travel all over the place. And the majority of them don't have geographic knowledge.
@Jake Howie Their education system is authoritarian and unWoke, so the pupils really benefit.
He is from Singapore though, they are well travelled people and have good geographic knowledge in general
Technically its in this world haha
Imperial just moved up in my estimation as one of the favorites to win it all. Incredible buzzer speed, a wide array of knowledge, especially in geography! Zeng is the man there! GL to both teams in their next game!
Zeng is so absolutely OP, I'm beyond amazed. A good quantity of geography questions in coming rounds presumably means undeniable victory for Imperial.
I've watched UC for a long long time. I thought I'd seen it all. But Zeng and the first picture round just absolutely floored me. He really needs to change his surname to Fogg, acquire a loyal manservant and set off on a journey. He'll never go wrong 😎
despite the fact zengs range of knowledge is limited his robotic accuracy and encyclopedic knowledge on all things geography never cease to amaze me. i look forward to his matches, the way i did with loveday, monkman and many others before and after.
Zeng from this season and Leo from the last season. Two truly memorable people! Leo had breadth, but Zeng just does not miss in geography.
I hope if he watched this back Mays had the guts to apologise to Sheriff for the snarky way he pointed out her error. Incredibly rude and disrespectful.
@Sharanya Ray Thank youu🦋🌹
@Bara’a A.W it's @sheriffsciences I guess. Even Gilbert is there on Twitter. The other 2 aren't so I guess Mays isn't that affected but his teammates do see them.
@Sharanya Ray do you have their account .?
@MAKE YOUR MOMMA PROUD why are you lying? Sheriff literally defended her captain on Twitter and in another video.
@SSgt Mole you are just assuming misogyny and discrimination just because someone said an 2 word opinion.
Sorry to hear you're not well Dave. Thanks again for what you do for all of us UC punters!
Excited to see which uni is next to get utterly Zeng'd in the semis
Zeng is the most humble yet a genius person
I love how Imperial looks to the right for their geography questions (Zeng) and KCL does the same for their questions on biology (Sathyanath)
Zeng is flying the Singapore 🇸🇬 flag high!
@Dylan Dylan Toriyama do you see any East Asians up there?if it was the other way round i would have said the same thing too
@Fran Many East Asians themself are very racist...but why don't you point that out.
@Fran no he isn't. If you watched all the episodes you'd know he doesn't only consult with Jackson. He asks all of them, but it's easier to turn to Jackson's side, and also, there isn't much to discuss with Zheng. He knows the answer immediately! If Zheng knows the answer, he would've immediately said that, and I guess Mays knows that. There were many times where Mays turned to Zheng without any discussion, because as the leader, he knows who specialized in which area
@Fran why are you like that?
@Fran bruh how do you know that?
Thank you Dave! Hope you feel better soon! Amazing and very enjoyable game even though it was a slaughter. I always enjoy Rashid's debonair charm. Zeng blew me away.
“Debonair” is such an underused adjective these days unfortunately - perhaps because there are now so few worthy of it - but Rashid definitely is. Someone else said “smug” but I don’t get that vibe from him at all. He’s all class.
At 26:26, it seems like Paxman has just assumed Zeng is going to be right with the geography questions. Certainly can't fault him for that.
Host: *flashes map*
Zeng: "It's free real estate."
Absolutely cracking performance by Imperial. Zeng was as usual the king of geography , Sheriff did great with literature, Mays and Jackson were supportive and made their own contributions. All in all a very good team effort. Excited for this team. Hope we can see Reading University vs Imperial challenge soon !
Zeng died alittle when the other team tot hun sen is 🇸🇬 PM ( 21:21 - 21:44) I’m now a fan of Maximilian Zeng, he maintained humility despite been the MVP
Imperial is so good and well balanced. They got 200+ every time, imagine that
What a delight to see younger people in a battle of ideas and intellectual knowledge.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm so impressed by Zeng's knowledge about geography 👏 that was so cool 😻
"Hi I am Max Zeng I am from Singapore and i Study Bio Chemistry"
Such an iconic line
I hope that Mays looks right more often in the next programme.
It's the editing.
Thanks, Dave Garda! Sheriff did really well and Zeng is out of this world. Mays and Jackson are fairly inconsiderate and often seemed to forget they are members of a team.
@AlphaOmega You are basically overthinking. Whether or not they are sincere for siding with him, is not up to us to speculate. Trying to put an issue to a group game can affect their dynamics.
@Grace T exactly
@kami just because they defend their teammates to save face doesnt mean nothing was happening, i know it was edited but there's definitely something going on between them.
@AlphaOmega no, the team members defended mays on social media. the ep is heavily edited. y’all throw powerful words left and right to the point that they’re watered down.
Whether they were different races or not, it’s pretty awkward and a bit rude to just whisper to the person you’re closest to and ignore the rest of your team lol
Proud of Max Zheng. 🇸🇬 we are rooting for u!
The beauty about GPS Zeng is that he either knows or he doesn't know. Nothing in between. The same goes for Imperial in general though...a statement has been made tonight.
@Siyabonga Mchunu but its not like Jacksons input was so ridiculous that he wouldnt look at him either, and mays and sheriff laugh sometimes theres no beef lol
@João Pedro Petric It almost feels like the guess work has been left to Jackson by default.lol
@zzzzoijzzzzz I had the same thought watching the match, Zeng and Sheriff were way more eficient than Jackson and despite that, Mays always seems to consult Jackson instead of them.
He correctly guessed (or seemed to guess) the South American orchestra. Strange Mays didn't seem to consult him much compared to Jackson, but I'm nit-picking in the extreme. Really a great performance from a top team.
So the Imperial Team won all the round with points over 200! Now that’s impressive!
I want Zeng on my team, an encyclopedia of knowledge 👍
I could understand looking toward Jackson for a subject that he specialises in, but focusing on him when Zeng and Sheriff are giving better answers consistently is odd
@Renate Frey not at all, they wear earpieces. The others even defended him on twitter.
@Ray that's literally not what's happening. They even edited out when sheriff and mats were joking about panhandles. Don't just assume.
All these comments are because he is white and the others aren’t, so racists in full force
@Ray maybe he's just best friends with Jackson, no need to be weird
I have a bot-sounding nickname and I think they're racist too. Green lozenges chop fiery ice thousand islands.
I have seen the clip of zeng answering the questions about Indian states so many times and it still blows my mind every single time
Thank you Dave, I hope you feel better soon!
May needs to look at these videos. It was hard to watch him. But Zeng is legendary and Sheriff was not bad either.
Zeng is an amazing contestant, his geography and history knowledge is unbelievable 😊
Get well soon Dave. Take loads of vitamins. And I hope all our good wishes reach you, like the best medicine, from the heart.
Fun fact : you can never get lost when traveling w/ Zeng. anyways Imperial was fire. Rashid also did pretty good.
I’m so proud of the King’s team! I’m an alum. Love to know who Rashid studies Philosophy with. I had Niall O’Flaherty. Am sorry they didn’t win. Tough game!
It's amazing that Imperial college team turn to zeng when questions are about locations
Zeng is good for 70+ points every game on his geographic knowledge alone. Funny thing with geography and question shows is that it is often included in questions of every category, not just geography specific ones.
I really like how after they introduce themselves they turn to their teammates.
Get you a man that looks at you the way Mays looks at Jackson and vice versa 🤣.
Kudos to the whole team, uni challenge editing team did you dirty.
For those spouting rubbish I'd recommend reading Felix where you'll hear the accounts of the team #keepthecatfree
Well done to the team at Imperial and congratulations on your hard work dispelling the myth that we all are super geeky lol 🤣
The two best players get completely overlooked by the Imperial captain for the person with zero contribution
@Lanka Rocks was it jackson & mays fault that those starter's questions were not his forte, yet bonus questions actually were his? Please just...stop
@Niño John Sabuero please Jackson. Stop using a pseudonym in defending your captain’s prejudice
Also, this just goes to show how people are fast to assume things base on videos without even witnessing the whole thing live or in person. There are always things that we xan miss when we wactch it on videos so DONT assume things
@Lanka Rocks You do realize that this isn't the only round they participated in right? There were other rounds where Jackson contributed to the team so I have to disagree with your term of "zero contribution"
@Ken Ceus yes i did. Jackson got zero starter. Bonus answers are a team effort. I think you were watching in a parallel universe
"She moved away from Bath" spoken like they were neighbors. I found that strangely funny.
While a man like Zeng are rare, there’s always a man like Beard in a group project lol
that's rude, stop bullying him
To be fair, he did contribute more in the previous episodes, it just happens that this round's questions are less of his expertise
It would have demonstrated better manners had Mays not automatically turned to his left every time for conference, especially to the dud of the group who was outspoken but highly fallible. Having said that, Sheriff and Zeng were fully capable of looking after themselves. Zeng doubles as a GPS.
He was looking to his left bcz his hairstyle looked cool ftom that side
@Zaph Brox I didn't think it was condescending. Seemed like a clarifier. Just my opinion.
They are all facing left. Its a lot easier to look left than right in that case. They also wear earpieces to talk. You should really watch the other Uzc episodes with imperial. He's a great captain. Just cause someone looks left more doesn't mean they are discrediting the others.
@Simon Hill haha
@Simon Hill you can hate you can be rasicst but you need to know that its a very sensitive topic+ no one really cares about race and colors anymore (except for, yknow cough america cough)
"These bonuses are on panhandles of the USA..." And three Imperial contestant heads automatically swivel to their right at 25:41 in deference to Max Zeng 🤣🤣🤣
It is a joy to see someone's lifetime of personal expertise "useless information" being rewarded with public recognition :D
Zeng should be the captain. There is something wrong with Mays, acting as if there is only one more person in his team, also he doesn't score much anyways.
Don't just watch the videos with cuts if you're gonna form an opinion based on these videos you might as well do it with full context rather than bringing down someone you know nothing about.
You must not have watched all their videos then. He always discuss with Jackson when questions on art / architecture and science is asked , the subjects they specialises in. But he never fail to consult sheriff on literature questions and zeng on geography. I would say he knows to play using the strength of each player .
Could you imagine Brandon and Zeng on the same Imperial team?
Loved the last set of bonus questions! I have great memories of playing Marquez's Danzon No. 2 with my high school's orchestra. I also remember watching the Simon Bolivar Orchestra's rendition of Danzon many times (with Dudamel conducting, of course).
Mays can waste a dangerous amount of time conferring with someone who has not the answer.
Mays himself is useless
Thank you for saying that. Must be nice to have that privilege
@B MCF gays?
It's another way of flirting
Rashid smiles a lot, he’s cute. Zeng and sheriff are very knowledgeable
Thank you Dave. Wishing you a speedy recovery. From Italy.
GPS Zeng is an absolute BEAST. But it’s also downright rude how Mays constantly consults Jackson at every question when there are two far superior teammates.
@RJTheCerealGuy Yes sir
@hihikatamari agree with me?
I agree, for example with geography questions and chemistry questions, Zeng's teammate don't need to consult with him and they all turn their head toward Zeng. HE KNOWS!
It’s edited, the team mates have defended him on Twitter. He’s just being logical each person has a different specialty, it’s not like a race thing like come on
In Asia, the Europeans will consult each other, and we asians will execute , best partnership ever
Thanks for posting Dave. So thankful and happy to be able to watch this from Singapore. From a proud Singapore mother with a son (reading Law) around Zeng’s age, Congratulations Imperial, well done Zeng! So proud of you 🇸🇬. God bless.
Should ask your son to double major computer science or something. There is a glut for Law students currently, might find difficulty in employment after graduation.
Zeng has a weapons grade mastery of geography. Hope you get well soon Dave, thanks for the upload.
They should just say "nominate Zeng for the next 3 questions".
@Wesley Hopmans true its kinda annoying but i guess its bcuz hes captain
@Wesley Hopmans what a mad lad.
I think Paxman treats every 5 point question such even if they didn't say it.
Everybody talking about Zeng, can we appreciate the great performance from Oliver Beard aswell, outstanding.
Would love to see Rashid and Zeng in a team together, a star player and a captain who appreciates the strengths of each of his teammates, I bet once a geography question comes up he'd be directly nominating Zeng no questions asked
No, a bad idea
Zeng has made us glad that he has done well. Keep it up as still it's teamwork! Well done imperial.
Thanks again Dave! Today's meal is another of my favorites....Fettucine Alfredo, Parmesan Chicken, Caesar Salad, Garlic Toast, and Chianti! Edit: And hope you feel better Dave!
@Jonny Bingham Pipe down Bingham
Why do u share what food you are eating? Shall I tell you my meals for the last week.
Thanks again, Dave - I appreciate your efforts and hope you're well soon.
I'm American and even I couldn't answer all of the American geo questions. I did get a couple of bonus questions that no one could answer, though.
Feel better, Dave! Grateful for these episodes.
"*Zeng knows Geography More than Geography knows itself*"
Would love to see a trivia show that pits Brandon Blackwell vs Max Zeng.
Hope you feel better Dave! Happy New Years
love how they call his name: IMPERIAL ZENG! as if he is from star wars or the china dynastic empire heir in waiting
When Zeng guessed three correct answers in a row and did that hair flip kinda thing in 26:13 omg cutest🥺
Mr Paxman seemed very relaxed and laid back in this episode.
It seems the surgical operation to remove the broomstick was successful and he can sit without pain again