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I noticed Innis was credited as a researcher for the Christmas edition of University Challenge - is this new?

I think the accidental drowning figures might be a red herring. Are people who injure themselves in skiing accidents always worse at skiing than the average person? Sometimes I might be happy to swim on the beach or in an outdoor pool on holiday, but to do it as a way of keeping fit in an indoor poo...

Stolen from another poster on another forum. "Attempts of proof are frequently met with obdurate denials. Take a look at the denial of the tobacco companies regarding the demonstrations that their products caused cancer as an example. It is abundantly clear that deniers will not readily admit their ...

C'est La Vie (original title: Le Sens De La Fete) 6/10
BlacKKKlansman 7/10
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 8/10

Our assembly, which sits in Stormont has been vacant for well over a year. Again, I imagine if that was the Scots, it might get more coverage. [/b] It is always refreshing to see counter-evidence to many Scots' belief that they are the single most put-upon group of people in the UK, Western Europe,...

Jennifer Steadman wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:51 pm

First in English [Lit]

Snap, and bang goes my theory/excuse that all the best Countdowners are mathematicians and scientists.

[/quote] The NBA is cool. It has dominant market share in fashion, music and culture. To massively oversimplify this and drizzle it in bias (and I'm a football fan), football culture is knuckle dragging neanderthals with tribalism and jingoism that occasionally give way to violence and racism. Baske...

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:42 am

- Culture-wise, basketball shits on football, and indeed all sports. The NBA is extremely good at this.

How do you mean 'culture-wise', and what in that respect does basketball do better?

Re: the Olympics, am I imagining an instance where the Russians achieved a shock victory over the Americans when they were close to their peak? If you are asking people what they feel is an issue, and a lot of them say the high scoring, I think that has to be taken seriously. Not many of us would pr...

Interesting topic and I think a lot of what I'd have said has been covered already. I may be misremembering because I was 10-14 at the time, but it seemed to me that interest in the UK did rise a little when we had the American 'dream team' playing in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. You also had Michael...

Don't Facebook-stalk Jodine like I did, because you might find spoilers.

I wondered why nobody else was wondering about the last series to have been won on a crucial, but I see now that the game in question is pretty well-kent.

Tomorrow's game looks like it could be quite close - looking forward to that.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, Zarte has only been beaten in one round so far (the conundrum against Philip).

Has anyone ever equalled or bettered that during an octorun?


(Edit: Dylan was only beaten in one round, although he failed to score in a further four.)

I wasn't 100% paying attention at the time but I didn't quite get why some people (presumably) think this journalistic 'trick' is worth paying today's challenger for.

Brett Davids wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:49 pm

Anchoveta? Someone really didn’t want Zarte breaking any records...

Aye, how much did Dylan pay Damian for that one!

Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:19 pm

My heart couldn't take THIS game, fuck off with your crucials

You looked like you were fairly panicking

Superb stuff. An argument against prioritising wins over points?

Let's not forget Carol did 28 years. So last night in a quiz, we had the question "what year did Carol Vorderman quit Countdown?". I remembered you posting about 28 years and figured it therefore had to be 2010. We thus got this question wrong and lost on a tiebreak. You owe me £51. I seem to remem...

A rather strangely dismissive article by mid-90s champion Peter Cashmore, who confirms his identity in page 3 of the below-the-line comments. He's entitled to his opinion, of course, but his criticisms of Rachel in particular defy logic. I can accept that someone might have a personal preference for...

Use terms like 'bleeding heaters' and 'tripping meters' and sound like I know what I'm talking about.

It looks like it might be.

The kind of octochamp I wanted to be: endearingly fallible.

What's the phone number for the Advertising Standards Authority?

What would you rather they talk about, though? It's pretty impossible to please everyone though, what you might hate someone else might love. Fair points. I guess it's not that easy to be entertaining for eight consecutive 1-2 minute slots. Dr Phil is certainly an honourable exception, and I quite ...

I started watching frequently again a few years ago and it seems to me that a lot of DC guests now largely talk to Nick about their own line of work (and in some cases seem more there for his benefit than anyone else's) or tell uninteresting anecdotes about minor mishaps, charity challenges, etc., w...

Not the biggest haul by any means, but quite a nice spread IMO. SCOTLAND (League): Celtic Park (Celtic) Hampden Park (Scotland/Queen's Park) Ibrox Stadium (Rangers - but only for Scotland games and cup semi-finals involving Celtic, in my case) Pittodrie Stadium (Aberdeen) Tynecastle Park (Heart of M...