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Title: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: TightEnd on March 28, 2017, 05:16:47 PM anyone been watching the phenomenon that is Monkman on university challenge?
(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/eb5e7891e1ff6959a39e97e9efc20e064c13b1ee/285_0_2051_1232/master/2051.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=c6bd7d2e32de931e58a86471c9742485) a fierce brain, a unique style, a competitive edge...one of the very best on UC that i can recall https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/28/university-challenge-contestants-viral-eric-monkman?CMP=twt_gu Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: hector62 on March 28, 2017, 05:59:40 PM Yes he is very good. The questions since the quarters have been very tricky too.
Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Newportlad on March 29, 2017, 12:11:51 AM UC has been of the highest standard this year, with some very good teams and quirky characters.
I forget the name of the team which lost on Monday, but i kept thinking that their captain, Bobby Seagull would have been good in The Apprentice. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Sheriff Fatman on March 29, 2017, 01:25:52 PM UC has been of the highest standard this year, with some very good teams and quirky characters. I forget the name of the team which lost on Monday, but i kept thinking that their captain, Bobby Seagull would have been good in The Apprentice. The losing team was my old college, Emmanuel, so I'm one of the few to be disappointed that Monkman (and Wolfson) made it through to the final. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on March 29, 2017, 07:09:30 PM anyone been watching the phenomenon that is Monkman on university challenge? (https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/eb5e7891e1ff6959a39e97e9efc20e064c13b1ee/285_0_2051_1232/master/2051.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=c6bd7d2e32de931e58a86471c9742485) a fierce brain, a unique style, a competitive edge...one of the very best on UC that i can recall https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/28/university-challenge-contestants-viral-eric-monkman?CMP=twt_gu He looks like the love child of Chompy & nirvana. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: nirvana on March 29, 2017, 09:00:39 PM anyone been watching the phenomenon that is Monkman on university challenge? (https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/eb5e7891e1ff6959a39e97e9efc20e064c13b1ee/285_0_2051_1232/master/2051.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=c6bd7d2e32de931e58a86471c9742485) a fierce brain, a unique style, a competitive edge...one of the very best on UC that i can recall https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/28/university-challenge-contestants-viral-eric-monkman?CMP=twt_gu He looks like the love child of Chompy & nirvana. Haha, great show on Monday, rare defeat for me Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: TightEnd on April 04, 2017, 11:43:24 AM the final next week
Wolfson v Bailliol Monkman v Goldman Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: TightEnd on March 13, 2018, 10:33:17 AM When you’re on University Challenge at 8.00 but have to defend your world snooker title at the Crucible at 10.00
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DYHZTQfWAAMCNlu.jpg) Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on August 15, 2018, 09:11:41 AM Step aside Monkman, nirvana & Chompy - UC has a new star. Anyone see this guy overwhelm Monday's Show? Correctly answered 13 starter questions. (http://i.imgur.com/prZSMko.jpg) (https://imgur.com/prZSMko) Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Chompy on August 15, 2018, 10:07:12 AM Golfinos was incred. A mix of super pleased with himself and nerd under pressure. Lovely scenes.
For the record, I'm 0-4 down this series. Must be in sharp decline here given the standard of opposition. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: DaveShoelace on August 15, 2018, 10:25:01 AM I got 4 questions right on this week's show including all three Chris Morris bonus questions. Just saying.
Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: nirvana on August 15, 2018, 12:23:24 PM Golfinos was incred. A mix of super pleased with himself and nerd under pressure. Lovely scenes. For the record, I'm 0-4 down this series. Must be in sharp decline here given the standard of opposition. Haha..your TV reception is probably a few seconds behind..can't think of any other reason Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on August 17, 2018, 07:45:08 AM "Monkman - BBC" Monkman & Seagull to get their own TV Show. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45217265 Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: DaveShoelace on August 17, 2018, 07:48:21 AM You'll love this documentary Tikay
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5HYFU0ou_w Starts with the history of quizzes on the beeb and ends with the rise of the 'professional quizzer' which has shades of poker. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on August 17, 2018, 07:56:51 AM You'll love this documentary Tikay YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5HYFU0ou_w Starts with the history of quizzes on the beeb and ends with the rise of the 'professional quizzer' which has shades of poker. Ha, thanks Barry, I've already got it on "tape", but good nudge, I'll watch it again. In the opening sequence, did you see the little segment from Michael Miles's "Take Your Pick" where they did the "Yes-No Interlude"? Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on August 17, 2018, 07:58:47 AM Times have changed oh-so-much, & I suppose mainly for the better, but as a cheap & cheerful & completely free game we played at school, was there ever a better game than the Yes-No Interlude? Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: DaveShoelace on August 17, 2018, 08:02:19 AM Times have changed oh-so-much, & I suppose mainly for the better, but as a cheap & cheerful & completely free game we played at school, was there ever a better game than the Yes-No Interlude? The trick is to have a bunch of alternate words like 'definitely' and 'definitely not' lined up. I recall being quite good at that at school. I went to see Paul Sinha (who is a chaser, comedian and featured a lot in that doc) do stand-up and he did a Q&A afterwards. I asked him what the secret was to retaining all the facts and he said that with few exceptions all the big quizzers memorised a lot of this stuff from an early age. Kevin Ashman had memorised state capitals and whatnot by the time he was four apparently. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on August 17, 2018, 08:05:29 AM Times have changed oh-so-much, & I suppose mainly for the better, but as a cheap & cheerful & completely free game we played at school, was there ever a better game than the Yes-No Interlude? The trick is to have a bunch of alternate words like 'definitely' and 'definitely not' lined up. I recall being quite good at that at school. I went to see Paul Sinha (who is a chaser, comedian and featured a lot in that doc) do stand-up and he did a Q&A afterwards. I asked him what the secret was to retaining all the facts and he said that with few exceptions all the big quizzers memorised a lot of this stuff from an early age. Kevin Ashman had memorised state capitals and whatnot by the time he was four apparently. Damn you Barry, you were supposed to say "yes". Or "no". (http://i.imgur.com/qTDuGcg.jpg) (https://imgur.com/qTDuGcg) Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: DaveShoelace on August 17, 2018, 08:06:44 AM Times have changed oh-so-much, & I suppose mainly for the better, but as a cheap & cheerful & completely free game we played at school, was there ever a better game than the Yes-No Interlude? The trick is to have a bunch of alternate words like 'definitely' and 'definitely not' lined up. I recall being quite good at that at school. I went to see Paul Sinha (who is a chaser, comedian and featured a lot in that doc) do stand-up and he did a Q&A afterwards. I asked him what the secret was to retaining all the facts and he said that with few exceptions all the big quizzers memorised a lot of this stuff from an early age. Kevin Ashman had memorised state capitals and whatnot by the time he was four apparently. Damn you Barry, you were supposed to say "yes". Or "no". (http://i.imgur.com/qTDuGcg.jpg) (https://imgur.com/qTDuGcg) I almost did but deleted it Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Supernova on October 14, 2018, 05:23:51 PM Has anyone been watching Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain on BBC2? Along with Eric Monkman Bobby Seagull was also apparently a cult favourite among University Challenge fans when they competed for rival Cambridge colleges during the 2017 series. They also published a quiz book together in 2017.
If not here's a link to the iplayer Episode 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bl1vp2/monkman-seagulls-genius-guide-to-britain-series-1-1-england Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: RED-DOG on October 14, 2018, 05:38:43 PM Has anyone been watching Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain on BBC2? Along with Eric Monkman Bobby Seagull was also apparently a cult favourite among University Challenge fans when they competed for rival Cambridge colleges during the 2017 series. They also published a quiz book together in 2017. If not here's a link to the iplayer Episode 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bl1vp2/monkman-seagulls-genius-guide-to-britain-series-1-1-england Added to my burgeoning list. Thank you kindly Ma'am Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: tikay on October 14, 2018, 05:50:20 PM Has anyone been watching Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain on BBC2? Along with Eric Monkman Bobby Seagull was also apparently a cult favourite among University Challenge fans when they competed for rival Cambridge colleges during the 2017 series. They also published a quiz book together in 2017. If not here's a link to the iplayer Episode 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bl1vp2/monkman-seagulls-genius-guide-to-britain-series-1-1-england I enjoyed them muchly on UC, but that Genius Guide missed the spot for me. All a bit forced, &, well, boring. The sort of thing snobs like Nirvana would claim to enjoy. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: nirvana on October 14, 2018, 10:56:20 PM Has anyone been watching Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain on BBC2? Along with Eric Monkman Bobby Seagull was also apparently a cult favourite among University Challenge fans when they competed for rival Cambridge colleges during the 2017 series. They also published a quiz book together in 2017. If not here's a link to the iplayer Episode 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bl1vp2/monkman-seagulls-genius-guide-to-britain-series-1-1-england I enjoyed them muchly on UC, but that Genius Guide missed the spot for me. All a bit forced, &, well, boring. The sort of thing snobs like Nirvana would claim to enjoy. I specialise in inverted snobbery these days. Saw about 3 mins of that programme, had to turn it off and get back to 'Eat well for Less'. Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Supernova on October 15, 2018, 05:09:04 PM Darren wasn't impressed. I'm a bit of a Science geek and there's still alot I don't know so I found a few of the places they visited interesting. I doubt they'll get a second series unless there are radical changes.
Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Tal on October 15, 2018, 06:27:45 PM Darren wasn't impressed. I'm a bit of a Science geek and there's still alot I don't know so I found a few of the places they visited interesting. I doubt they'll get a second series unless there are radical changes. How radical? Wolfson, Monkman...and Johnny Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman on ice? Wolfson and Monkman go to Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman v Predator? Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: nirvana on October 15, 2018, 06:51:34 PM Darren wasn't impressed. I'm a bit of a Science geek and there's still alot I don't know so I found a few of the places they visited interesting. I doubt they'll get a second series unless there are radical changes. How radical? Wolfson, Monkman...and Johnny Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman on ice? Wolfson and Monkman go to Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman v Predator? Haha, this was funny :-) Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Supernova on October 20, 2018, 07:42:09 PM Darren wasn't impressed. I'm a bit of a Science geek and there's still alot I don't know so I found a few of the places they visited interesting. I doubt they'll get a second series unless there are radical changes. How radical? Wolfson, Monkman...and Johnny Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman on ice? Wolfson and Monkman go to Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman v Predator? I meant a better scriptwriter! Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Tal on October 20, 2018, 08:17:34 PM Darren wasn't impressed. I'm a bit of a Science geek and there's still alot I don't know so I found a few of the places they visited interesting. I doubt they'll get a second series unless there are radical changes. How radical? Wolfson, Monkman...and Johnny Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman on ice? Wolfson and Monkman go to Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman v Predator? I meant a better scriptwriter! I know...but I'll be honest: I'm starting to like the Johnny Vegas one... Title: Re: Wolfson, Monkman Post by: Supernova on October 25, 2018, 05:28:57 PM Darren wasn't impressed. I'm a bit of a Science geek and there's still alot I don't know so I found a few of the places they visited interesting. I doubt they'll get a second series unless there are radical changes. How radical? Wolfson, Monkman...and Johnny Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman on ice? Wolfson and Monkman go to Vegas? Wolfson and Monkman v Predator? I meant a better scriptwriter! I know...but I'll be honest: I'm starting to like the Johnny Vegas one... :) On the bright side Only Connect is back and the challenge to answer more than one question correctly is on! |