I'm updating my CV...

[major_clanger]

...to delete any reference to Imperial College. Out of sheer embarrassment.

Because I've just caught up with Monday's University Challenge on iPlayer.

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[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

There are reasons I don't watch that programme.

What have they done now?

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Booted out in the first round, after having been beaten 215-95 by first-time entrants The University of the Arts, London.

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Must be a biassed set of questions...

This will be investigated, and those responsible will be dealt with.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

Plenty of science questions: the Arts people got more of them right, you see...

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

It was a really flukey run of the dice actually - the Arts team got given all the science bonuses, including some very hardcore ones, and Imperial got given all the arts bonuses.
But Arts were a fundamentally sound side, and Imperial were just a bit rubbish.

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, UCA? There's one of their campuses in Epsom...

[flick.livejournal.com]

Ha! I shall be smug, now, yes?

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

[Sighs] Yes. You may now be smug.

[flick.livejournal.com]

TBH, given most of the people at UAL, I'm actually more astonished.

What were they students of? Most of the courses are things like hairdressing and pattern cutting (only I am allowed to say that, naturally. And there is quite a lot of history of art as well)!

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

It was fairly obvious that the one in the coloured dress had a reasonable knowledge of chemistry - but she was studying "drawing".

One friend of mine studied design at Central St Martins College which is part of that institution.

[flick.livejournal.com]

(Also, I feel obliged to point out, much to my annoyance there is No Comma in the name. This typifies many things about UAL.)

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

Yeah - my friend elfy's temporary adopted college.

I love the way that Paxman kept on asking the arts team science questions, and the science team arts questions. Only trouble is we couldn't answer, and they could!

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

As brixtonbrood says, it was an unfortunate fluke as to how bonuses came out. But yes, the UAL team were not as bad at answering science questions as the IC team were at arts and humanities ones.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

Also when watching the programme I answered a lot of questions which "we" didn't get. That is quite unusual for me and suggests that the IC team was not really up to par.

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

Could be worse, you could have gone to Jesus, Oxford. Thrashed by another of your almae matres.

[non-trivial.livejournal.com]

There have been some seriously high first-round scores this series - Edinburgh and Magdalen look like teams to watch.

(As the Manchester team didn't make it to filming this year,* I'm not sure who I should be rooting for...)

*Not through any lack of quizzing ability.