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Sep 19, 2026
Caitlin MoranGUEST
Yeah, being self-educated, I do...
Caitlin MoranGUEST
On Mondays, I do what I call the Golden 90, which is where you watch Mastermind, then Only Connect, then University Challenge back-to-back, and I shout out the answers.
Caitlin MoranGUEST
I think I'm really good at it, but there are whole categories that don't count.
Caitlin MoranGUEST
Like, sport doesn't count.
Shadi SeyfouriHOST
Yeah.
Shadi SeyfouriHOST
I mean, it kind of reminds me of, you know, the Exa and University Challenge when they have just like they play 20 seconds of a piece and then you listen.
Shadi SeyfouriHOST
I guess that would be like the academic version would be given the score and you'd have to just guess by kind of knowing the idiom well enough or like knowing the little acronym for composers and stuff.
Nicholas MarstonGUEST
And you can have lots of fun.
PlantyHOST
arguably is the Oxford of the North.
PlantyHOST
Was it the semi-finals of University Challenge? University Challenge.
PlantyHOST
She was on Mastermind in 2006.
PlantyHOST
Does anyone know what her specialist subject was? Joe, what do you think it was?
Jon RichardsonHOST
No, it's 'cause they all look smart like Paxman.
Jon RichardsonHOST
He's really good on University Challenge-
Russell HowardHOST
Come on
Jon RichardsonHOST
... going, "Come on."
Dave MooreHOST
yeah.
Dave MooreHOST
And then I'll watch University Challenge and try and get one question right out of all of them.
Dave MooreHOST
I can't
speaker_3PANELIST
even understand the question.
speaker_0HOST
He's too much of a threat.
speaker_0HOST
So maybe that's it, you know, because he is the host of University Challenge.
speaker_0HOST
People will just associate him with being smart.
speaker_0HOST
So that leaves Amarajan tied with Mahala and Sharon Rooney at 20 to 1 odds with 4.8% implied probability.
Matt StephensHOST
Then, well, tonight in the pub, we've got a special edition
Rob HatchSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
University Challenge, haven't we? Just want to shout the situation out over.
Rob HatchSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So who's our barman?
Matt StephensHOST
James, our barman, used to work in the pub, went down to London to seek fame and fortune, found the streets were indeed paved with gold.
Matt StephensHOST
No, he went to the Royal College of Art, and he was part of a four-person Royal College of Art team to represent the Royal College of Art and University Challenge, the first time that's ever happened, and it's been aired tonight, and we're opening the pub, especially tonight.
Matt StephensHOST
Yes, that's what we're going to be doing tonight.
Matt StephensHOST
So a lot of fun.
MickHOST
I'm comfortable down here.
MickHOST
It'd be like University Challenge, innit?
TomHOST
Yeah.
TomHOST
I've been promoted.
Laura Jenkinson BrownGUEST
You go, "Oh, we learned about that over here." And like you were saying, l- linking these stories together because they're always referred back to in some way.
Laura Jenkinson BrownGUEST
There's always a question on a game show as well, on University Challenge, and it comes up time-
Fiona RadfordHOST
Mm
Laura Jenkinson BrownGUEST
... and time and time again.
Nigel PlanerGUEST
Gave it structure.
Mark WoganHOST
Gave it, and bits of dialogue like there's a scene in the train where, uh, Rik and Neil, uh, Neil is testing on the revision for the exam before they go to University Challenge, and I mean, that's a masterpiece of comic dialogue.
Nigel PlanerGUEST
Mm.
Mark WoganHOST
And I reckon that's kind of, Rik wouldn't have been able to s- stick that long at the same idea-
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