University Challenge and the quest for perfect recall Read moreIn the semi-final against Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Monkman scored 120 of his team’s 170 points, answering 18 of all the 45 correctly answered questions, including almost half the 10-point starter questions. I think they’re just trying to be funny.”Bobby Seagull, a friend and admirer of Monkman despite being a member of the Emmanuel Cambridge team that lost in the semi-finals, tweeted that the final will be “unmissable”. A Twitter user reacted with incredulity and alarm: “Did Goldman just ANSWER BACK to Paxman?! RIP Goldman u r wiv da angles now.”Nerd-shamers and perverts: why University Challenge is going viral Read moreBalliol reached the finals by beating Edinburgh by 215 to 140, a performance Paxman described as “terrific”. Their college has made it to the finals twice before, in 1964 and 1974, but lost on both occasions.

Source: The Guardian April 09, 2017 13:57 UTC