University Challenge and Only Connect 2021/2022

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Diogenes Jan 2022 10:17pm, 26 Jan 2022 66,665 posts	0 Diogenes Just watched. I got a couple of the wall connections the teams didn’t get. I think one the team members on the winning team was rather exceptional through the competition. It wasn’t just their knowledge but how quick and intuitive they were.
larkim Jan 2022 9:59am, 27 Jan 2022 16,781 posts	0 larkim We found the second wall so much easier than the first as we sort of knew what to look for, which is often the case - there's a theme from the first wall which is repeated in the second.
The Mussile Jan 2022 10:03am, 27 Jan 2022 858 posts	0 The Mussile larkim yes, I got the hidden word theme in the second wall but not the first because I specifically looked for it
Diogenes Jan 2022 10:38am, 27 Jan 2022 66,680 posts	0 Diogenes Agreed, but it was also more obvious in the second wall
Groundhog Feb 2022 1:35pm, 1 Feb 2022 3,653 posts	0 Groundhog Watched UC last night and surprisingly got a lot of African geography right. Progression through this round seems ridiculously complicated. Couldn't they just have more teams to start with?
Derby Tup Feb 2022 11:49am, 8 Feb 2022 54,067 posts	0 Derby Tup Sad news bbc.co.uk
Groundhog Feb 2022 11:56am, 8 Feb 2022 3,754 posts	0 Groundhog Sad news indeed. An interesting obituary.
larkim Feb 2022 12:13pm, 8 Feb 2022 16,935 posts	0 larkim Clearly not everyone schooled at Eton and Oxbridge is cut from the same cloth. RIP Bamber.
swittle Feb 2022 12:18pm, 8 Feb 2022 83,545 posts	0 swittle "...And seek for truth in the groves of Academe...."] (Horace, Epistles)
Derby Tup Feb 2022 4:40pm, 8 Feb 2022 54,073 posts	0 Derby Tup Skylarking, skylarking, That's what youths do today . . . (Horace, Andy)