University Challenge 2012/2013 - Match 10
Monday rolls around again and its time for another edition of University Challenge. This weeks show saw a battle between Pembroke College Cambridge and the University of Lancaster.
Line ups -
Pembroke College Cambridge
Robert Scanes
Tom Foxall
Jemima Hodkinson
Emily Maw
Robert Scanes
Tom Foxall
Jemima Hodkinson
Emily Maw
University of Lancaster
Alan Webster
(Sorry msised the first name) Kretzschmar
Ian Dickson
George Pinkerton
Pembroke were last series runners up and were up against a team this week who had seemingly chosen, without any disrespect, a mixture of experience and youth with two mature students and two younger minds. A useful tactic? We shall see...
The opening exchanges were pretty even with buzzes from Alan Webster and Tom Foxall setting the tone for what would be a high scoring contest compared to recent week. An early picture round based on Norman Foster was a particular highlight of the early questions and indeed the picture rounds in the whole series so far have been fantastic.
It was only really after this that Pembroke started to take a lead and there conversion rate was much much higher. Lancaster picked up buzzes but just did not turn into points and this saw the trail by over 50 points as we headed into the first music round. As always on University Challenge the music rounds tend to prove to be some of the toughest and indeed tonight's caught out the teams. 150-95 Pembroke lead.
A tough picture round starter with Michael Sheen saw Alan Webster, one of the mature students, get a Paxman "We'd be here all night" rant for not answering quickly and the following picture round was a toughie with actors born in the 19th century. Certainly no leeway here! It would take a comeback of Ryder Cup proportions to land Lancaster the win now as a storming run by Pembroke plus higher conversion but them 170-105 in the lead with 4 minutes to go.
A burst of late scoring saw the tie end 200-140 with Pembroke looking like a dangerous team again this year with superb all round knowledge. Contenders for the University Challenge crown? I think so
Alan Webster
(Sorry msised the first name) Kretzschmar
Ian Dickson
George Pinkerton
Pembroke were last series runners up and were up against a team this week who had seemingly chosen, without any disrespect, a mixture of experience and youth with two mature students and two younger minds. A useful tactic? We shall see...
The opening exchanges were pretty even with buzzes from Alan Webster and Tom Foxall setting the tone for what would be a high scoring contest compared to recent week. An early picture round based on Norman Foster was a particular highlight of the early questions and indeed the picture rounds in the whole series so far have been fantastic.
It was only really after this that Pembroke started to take a lead and there conversion rate was much much higher. Lancaster picked up buzzes but just did not turn into points and this saw the trail by over 50 points as we headed into the first music round. As always on University Challenge the music rounds tend to prove to be some of the toughest and indeed tonight's caught out the teams. 150-95 Pembroke lead.
A tough picture round starter with Michael Sheen saw Alan Webster, one of the mature students, get a Paxman "We'd be here all night" rant for not answering quickly and the following picture round was a toughie with actors born in the 19th century. Certainly no leeway here! It would take a comeback of Ryder Cup proportions to land Lancaster the win now as a storming run by Pembroke plus higher conversion but them 170-105 in the lead with 4 minutes to go.
A burst of late scoring saw the tie end 200-140 with Pembroke looking like a dangerous team again this year with superb all round knowledge. Contenders for the University Challenge crown? I think so
Her first name was Anne.
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