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'University Challenged 2016/17: Volume Eleven (17.10.16)

I rushed back from an Old Man Pub Crawl with my friend Stephen tonight to live-tweet along to University Challenge; a sentence that’s as depressing as it is dull. That’s not to say I wasn’t having a good time out - I was - but we both had our priorities, which consisted of watching the Liverpool match for Steve, and being snarky about a load of students for me. See below for examples of me at my snarkiest; snarky, snarky me. Jesus Cambridge Vs. Queens' Cambridge (17.10.16) 8:02pm: It's Monday evening. It's just gone 8pm. It's time for another round of Spot the Gimp. 8:03pm: Paxman's had a haircut. No more Wendy Craig. 8:05pm: Fairbrother is a cross between Bob Mortimer's son in House of Fools & Steve Coogan's teen 'Keanu Reeves' in Saxondale. 8:07pm: Morris Clarke looks like a wrong Osmond. 8:07pm: Price used to front The Cure. 8:09pm: Venturi...

'University Challenged 2016/17 Volume Four (01.08.16)'

Another week goes by and here we are again, ready for another Twitter’s-eye-view of University Challenge; this week’s episode was a Cambridge Vs. Cambridge showdown; what a bunch of punts. See below for my childish moment by moment commentary of tonight’s show; I apologise if I cause any offence.  Queens' Cambridge Vs. Peterhouse Cambridge (01.08.16) 8:03pm: Jeremy Paxman's still rocking the look of a weary old woman. 8:05pm: Swentenham: hair like a young Aled Jones. 8:07pm: Syvret has committed a massive, sickening crime that's yet to be discovered. 8:08pm: I'd appropriately like to hold an enquiry into whether Levinson's real. 8:10pm: Paxman even feels disdain for the question cards in his hand. 8:13pm: Adamson has the shiftiness of a man who killed the fourth of Queens' chosen contestants and taken his place. 8:15pm: Sweetenham's hair is softer than the softest hair y...