@sesquipedality@mendeddrum.org
2026-03-31 18:07 UTC
RE: https://mas.to/@kityates/116322494087080473
When i was an undergrad my Uni had the bright idea of entering individual colleges in University Challenge seemingly not realising that if a third of us were Oxbridge bright but unlucky, that meant two thirds of us ... weren't.
As a result I competed in our college team in the pre telly phase. I am not a quizzer, and was probably not the best pick for this, but when you split your pool in that way ...
I got all the maths questions wrong because I thought the answers couldn't possibly be that easy.
I don't think they expect their constituency to be mathematicians.
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@chiffchaff@tech.lgbt 2026-04-01 09:37
@sesquipedality@mendeddrum.org The chemistry ones always seem to be very easy. I studied chemistry a bit, but I'm in no way an expert in it any more than many other subjects, but it seems a bit unbalanced to me. Maybe chemistry is one of those niche subjects that no one really knows very much about unless you're an actual chemistry student?