University Challenge- more like universally challenged
I do enjoy a bit of University Challenge every now and then. I like the highbrow feel of it that I must be intelligent by proxy for even daring to watch it. Intelligent I am not. Well, I’m ok in truth, just not clever enough to a) dream about being selected for my university team and even b) focus long enough to understand the questions being asked let alone answer them. Paxman adds another dynamic too. The dynamic that he petrifies me half to death in the way he asks the questions, then scoffs when the contestant gets, like me, nowhere near the answer. My favourite University Challenge moment, although fictional, was the Young Ones’ appearance. I loved Vyvyan’s Daily Mirror Big Book of Facts on the train journey and then when they stamped through the set when they lost when in reality the teams sit side by side I hope my kids watch a) University Challenge and b) the Young Ones