#UniversityChallenge
"Battle of the Campus Quiz Kids...

Hosted by Doctor Magnus Clarke"

ABC-TV, University Challenge. TV Week, 1988.
September 30, 2026 at 11:45 AM
OMG, this is NOT a drill! 🚨😂

I’ve just met crime writer and 2016 Christmas #UniversityChallenge winner Val McDermid… and SHE KNEW WHO I WAS! 😱

I’m at The Royal Society’s annual Science Book Prize, where I was a judge in 2024 and Val was a judge too. 📚
September 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Do you read science books?

Two years ago, I was a judge for Royal Society Science Book Prize 2024 (and even brought my #UniversityChallenge pal Eric Monkman to meet legendary author Bill Bryson at awards ceremony!)

This year, I'm attending as a guest - so I'll wait in suspense for the result...
September 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
OK, here are tonight's individual scores. #UniversityChallenge
September 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A good contest tonight, but Emmanuel's strong start and finish gave them a worthy victory in the end; well done them and best of luck in the next round, and thanks to Somerville for taking part, a fun and worthy team! #UniversityChallenge
September 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Can’t count or write for shit but 23 #universitychallenge
September 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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September 28, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Oxford & Cambridge teams performed well on #UniversityChallenge tonight until a set of questions on recognising leaf outlines & tree silhouettes of common British trees Oak, Poplar, Ash and Elm. Only 1 correct answer & that looked like a guess. Education system really needs work. #naturedisconnect
September 28, 2026 at 8:06 PM
125 on #UniversityChallenge 5 starters - Tito, Oak, Lloyd George, California, Norway. 15 bonus - Rubens, Charles II, Warhol, Aramaic, Fontainebleau, Avignon, Juliet, Jeremy Irons, Bette Davis, Crimp, Pomp and Circumstance, Petrushka, Sphincter, Avon, Westmoreland
September 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I was very horizontal and fighting off sleep just before tonight's episode of #UniversityChallenge, but mustered myself for an average 21/130
September 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Yes! I played the viola part to Night on a bare mountain in the London School Symphony Orchestra. A long time ago.

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September 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM

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September 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Couldn’t get it going tonight. 14/100 #UniversityChallenge
September 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Not such a good week for me. Most of my guesses were a swing and a miss.
Still, I got Liszt in the klaxon for the win.
70 Happy with that :-)
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September 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM

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September 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
September 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Nine right answers for me this week (five starters and four bonuses). One of my better weeks.

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September 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
September 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I think Amol just likes shouting YOU MAY NOT CONFER ...

😂😂😂

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September 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Lee is now dead after the look that McGuire just shot him #UniversityChallenge #MegaMondayMindMangle #MondayMindMangle #QuizzyMonday
September 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Double #Smugsip from Somerville pair on getting a starter correct.
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September 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Did anyone else shout out Mussorgsky for the classical music starter for ten on #UniversityChallenge?

Thank you to my Dad for allowing me to watch Disney's 1940 animated Fantasia again and again and again.
September 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
They don't know Jeremy Irons?? Ffs.

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September 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Only answering the cricket question because it’s West Indies based. #universitychallenge
September 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM