University Challenge S54E14 – SOAS v St Edmund Hall, Oxford

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  1. Thanks as always for the upload. I'm here once again to bemoan the total lack of knowledge of nearly every team about British ecology/ fauna and flora. Those bird questions were all very easy, and no, I don't know all the scientific names. The English description sufficed. Very rarely do any of the contestants seem to care or seem concerned that they have no clue. The bee basket was another example.

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  2. We just saw two incredibly low-key (and often also very hesitant) captains. I felt that the two teams were carried by Elkington and Dorn respectively, who interestingly also seemed to be their team's most cheerful members. Anyway, if SOAS can gain a bit of confidence from their performance, they should cruise into the second round. Interestingly, both teams have great problems with buzzer-speed (in fact, neither team has got any). Anyway, overall I felt that this was a fantastic match! Thank you so much for everything, CosmicP!

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  3. Thank you, Cosmic Pumpkin, for bringing some culture to Allen, Texas (*especially* after the election šŸ™„ )

    This was pretty hard. I only got one no/wrong answer which would have put me just above dead weight.

    Hasler seemed to have a speech impediment, adding an 'r' to make 'Margritte', which was allowed, like Paul McCartney singing "I never sawr them winging…" And then 'Kittis' was disqualified. Oh, well, it didn't change the outcome.

    And call me a dirty old man but Bursey is a foxemous babe with bodacious tatas. 😁

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