It does not stand that collegiate universities have an unfair advantage under the current system of selection. In fact, one could make an opposing case based on the fact that the colleges have a demonstrably smaller pool of students from which to select their team compared to larger universities which don’t operate under the collegiate system.” Our companion shows around the world operate their clip fees in a different way to us, and we occasionally discuss whether or not we should be looking to fall in line with what they do.

Any country in North, South or Central America or the Caribbean which contain the letters G, E or O? In a University Challenge episode broadcast on the 5th of August 2013, Paxman refuted a formal complaint made to the BBC about the perceived bias in favour of Oxbridge, saying:That, or they’re just a bit tight. You decide. 6. What’s the story behind the Egyptian hieroglyphs on Only Connect? Professional quizzer and fact-compiling author Trevor Montague is infamous in quizzing circles for breaking Fifteen-To-One’s no-returning losing contestants rule by re-applying to appear on the show in disguise under a false name. Unit for measuring the width of printed matter, equal to the height of the type size being used? (E) Why did you only see it on Friday’s episodes? The audience were asked to save the hand-jive for the final recording of the day’s five episodes, hence its broadcast appearance only at the end of each week.

Guardian's of the Galaxy: Vol 2, He's Just Not That Into You, Licorice Pizza, The Place Beyond The Pines US abolitionsit known as 'the Moses of her people' for her work freeing slaves through the underground railroad? (HT) The Manchester troublemakers’ idea was to answer ‘Marx’, ‘Lenin’, ‘Che Guevara’ and so on to every question, though as Aaronovitch recalls “Actually, we only knew about five or six revolutionary leaders, so we ran out of that after a while”.And how was the audience so well-rehearsed in the moves? That was down to Sir Bob, according to this reminiscence from past contestant Amanda Brewerton from Kilnhurst:

Barbican, Regent's Park, Wembley Park, West Hampstead, Finchley Road, Green Park, Kilburn, Marylebone, Swiss Cottage Feels by Calvin Harris, Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift, New Rules by Dua Lipa, and Sign of The Times by Harry Styles Rather than disappear off to his dressing room during breaks in filming, he’d chat to the contestants and he’d be the one teaching everyone the hand-jive.” Bob Holness, we salute you. 5. Why has the prize money never gone up on You’ve Been Framed?It’s all down to those universities’ federal systems. As the Executive Producer of University Challenge explains here: Despite Oxford and Cambridge making up under 2% of the total UK student population, since University Challenge began around 50% of all finalist teams have been Oxbridge colleges. It’s not only due to their book smarts that the likelihood of an Oxbridge team ending up in the final is so great, but also the fact that Oxford, Cambridge and the University of London are allowed to enter multiple teams in the same series.