'University Challenged': Week Thirty-Five


Lowery is the closest thing we’ve had to a classic University Challenge contestant this series, though his old-fashioned garb doesn’t provoke as much hilarity as a single, extreme facial expression from Monkman.

Oh, how I miss Monkman and his Monkmanny ways, which made each appearance comedy gold. There just hasn’t been anything to match that this year, which is very disappointing as it’s the only reason I watch it, really; I crave as many self-conscious students on the programme as possible to at least make me feel a little better about myself; when it comes to University Challenge, I’m a selfish audience member.

Even though this year’s series hasn’t excited me as much I still persist with the live tweeting most nights. Here’s tonight’s Twitter record…

8:33PM: Woodland: eyebrows like inverted commas.

8:34PM: Lowery, sponsored by affectation.

8:37PM: Thomas' hobbies include taxidermy, trapping animals with the intention of performing taxidermy on them...and the dark arts.

8:40PM: Lowery isn't a real contestant, he's the ghost of a Victorian gentleman visible in the studio due to the stone tape theory.

8:41PM: Lowery smells of mothballs.
8:43PM: Woodland's eyebrows look like late-stage tadpoles.

8:45PM: Lowery's favoured style of swimming costume.


8:46PM: Imagine Lowery walking through the Sunderland streets on a Friday night. Asking for trouble.

8:48PM: Lowery's mobile phone.



8:49PM: You just know Lowery's bow tie isn't a clip-on.

8:50PM: Imagine Lowery at a barbecue.

8:52PM: Got Bernstein and Lenny Bruce; nailing it.

8:56PM: "Wiberg? Why today? I'm all through here, on my way. There's nothing left here that I'll miss, Why send me now a night like this?"
Merton - Oxford Vs.

8:58PM: A 'What the Butler Saw' is Lowery's chosen brand of television.


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