For context, University Challenge is a cultural institution, and has been running in pretty much the same format since 1962. The teams are normally comprised of current students, but they let celebrity graduates on for the Christmas specials. It is very dry and very difficult, but given how many flashy quiz shows there are on British TV, that makes it a bit of a tonic. The host, Jeremy Paxman, is probably the most famous and revered journalist in the country. He's known for his sharp wit and relentless interview style - if you want a crash course, watch his interview with Conservative politician Michael Howard, or the brilliant news satire The Day Today, where Chris Morris is basically doing a Paxman impression. Parkinson's disease has unfortunately robbed him of the wry barbs and sharp tongue he used to inflict on contestants - he's stepping down from the show next year.

@thebrpob

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the educational, albeit somber, bit of knowledge. I am glad to have watched at least one of these shows hosted by such a man as Mr Paxman

@Myne1001

Жыл бұрын

I like his interview in "The Thick Of It" where the interviewee blinks uncontrollably

@damanorelse

Жыл бұрын

are the celebrity ones less difficult than the normal ones? I knew like 90% of the answers.

@WelshGuitarDude

Жыл бұрын

We have a fair few challenging dry quiz shows.. seems only the UK enjoy them.

@doswillrule

Жыл бұрын

@@damanorelse They tend to be a bit easier, yes - you see that on the celebrity versions of shows like Pointless and The Chase too.

Tom couldn't have looked more like a Uni student if he tried lol

@user-tr7hv2fp8q

Жыл бұрын

oh man gamer too

@colinyoung3685

6 ай бұрын

​@@besk1Beremy Baxman, successor to Bamber Bascoigne

@casualdecade

5 ай бұрын

I've never seen someone who looks more young but old at the same time

@alexdiezg

5 ай бұрын

I'm 11 months late but damn seeing AFG outside of gaming is a welcoming surprise.

@karadan100

2 ай бұрын

Like a deer in headlights.

With all the love in the world, Tom does not have a face for poker. He lives in the moment emotionally and enthusiastically.

@BlueZirnitra

Жыл бұрын

You're right. I always thought of it as awkwardness but that's a better way of putting it. When he knows he's right he can hardly contain the satisfied smirk lol.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueZirnitra there is a reason he is the one who had to figure out why other where lying and not himself. as he admits he is terrible at deceiving others.

@K..C

Жыл бұрын

You fools!!! You’ve all fell for it!!!

@ProfYaffle

Жыл бұрын

Who wants a poker face?

@BurntFrost

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfYaffle I imagine professional poker players do

Tom raised his brows at being called a broadcaster and presenter 😂

@TomDufall

Жыл бұрын

Well when the presenter mentioned titles, there were many places that could have gone...

@deyadeeznutz

Жыл бұрын

It's how he's titled on wikipedia so that's probably where they got it

@5ilver42

Жыл бұрын

@@deyadeeznutz sounds like a breach of protocol on wikipedia's part if true, aren't they only supposed to reference "legitimate" company sources, not be used as a source reference by those "legitimate" companies. or is that a breach on the shows' part? I'm confused now

@richardmillhousenixon

Жыл бұрын

@@5ilver42 As for the wikipedia thing, the reason he has an article in the first place is because he is (or was) friends with a Wikipedia admin, so they might have gone a bit overboard just to embarrass Tom

@barneylaurance1865

Жыл бұрын

@@5ilver42 Wikipedia is supposed to only reference reliable sources, there's no general rule that says other sources can't take information from Wikipedia. Yes that does mean there's a risk of circular referencing - this is just something editors have to watch out for and try to avoid case by case.

It was really cool to watch, the teams were "professor, professor, professor, and also Tom" and he not only held his own, he really stood out. I get that some of that was honed quiz show technique, but as a fan I was a little proud of him all the same

@paulbarnett227

Жыл бұрын

I watched the who thing - he could have beat Durham all by himself. He missed a couple that I would have expected him to know though.

@jaredkelly925

Жыл бұрын

@@paulbarnett227 LED was the biggest one for me that I would have thought he knew

@paulbarnett227

Жыл бұрын

@@jaredkelly925 They should have got Julius Caesar too...but they still destroyed the other team.

@kyle-silver

Жыл бұрын

@@jaredkelly925 I would have only gotten that because once he said “diode…” what other kind of diode is there?

@JasperJanssen

Жыл бұрын

@@kyle-silver diodes that do not emit (visible) light. A diode is a device with an anode and a cathode that passes current in only one direction - originally in the form of a vacuum tube (other popular tubes are triodes and pentodes), later in the form of semiconductors. The LED is a special variant. The schematic symbol shown is a diode with two arrows next to it, the arrows signify light, you can also sometimes have components where those arrows go inward (like phototransistors and photodiodes), which vary their function depending on light being present.

I love how, on a team of 50+ year-old professors, Tom is not only the captain, but a worthy leader of his team, a man seemingly tailor-made for quiz show success. The only limiting factor is, I suppose, memory, because he does so many videos (and writes so many scripts), that I would imagine some of it is bound to go in one ear and out the other, as it were. Still, being in his late 30s, that shouldn't be an issue for at least a decade (likely longer). I was, however, expecting him to turn in his red T-shirt for a red velvet suit (straight outta the '70s)...no such luck.

@VincentGroenewold

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, being a professor doesn't mean you have broad knowledge per-se, I worked in science (biology) and frequently explained my hobby (astronomy) to professors and PhD candidates who had no clue whatsoever. I always thought working in science, means you have a broad interest, but that's definitely not always the case.

@cookie_space

Жыл бұрын

@@VincentGroenewold working in science often means that you'll hyperfocus on a niche to stand out in that field. Standing out is sadly necessary to survive in that career, so it doesn't seem to be weird to me that they have deep but limited knowledge

@RJstillalive

Жыл бұрын

cant believe bro is just 38 and looks like my grandpa

@BigChiken44

Жыл бұрын

He's 50+ is his heart 🤘Which is great, generation that is 30yo now are idiots (although not as bad as zoomers, of course, but compare to zoomers anyone is renaissance person)

@confusedsquirrel

Жыл бұрын

@@BigChiken44 you must not know a lot of people younger than yourself if you talk like that. You can only completely disregard 2 whole generations like that from a perspective of ignorance. But it doesn't matter what I tell you, I'm just a worthless, no-good "zoomer." Happy Holidays to you. I hope you're not this bitter all the time.

I can't believe how harrowed and serious the atmosphere of this game show is, hahah.

@1bluecat962

Жыл бұрын

Especially after seeing Tom play with the Tech Diff so many times. Quite the difference in tone 🤣

@klaxoncow

Жыл бұрын

It's still got nothing on the seriousness of "Mastermind", though. Sat in a spotlight, on the "interrogation" chair, with the theme of "Approaching Menace" (yes, that's what the Mastermind theme tune is actually called).

@rcnhsuailsnyfiue2

Жыл бұрын

Watch a full (non-Xmas) episode. This was a leisurely affair by comparison 😂

@ms.antithesis

Жыл бұрын

university challenge is known for being one of the oldest, stuffiest, and weirdest gameshows in existence, and most people in the uk have never even watched it, but know it through parodies like the famous young one's "scumbag vs Footlights".

@adstratt

Жыл бұрын

It's because it has been on since the 60s and the format has barely changed since.

All of you are talking about how cool and amazing it is to see Tom on here, I'm just amazed to see him wearing something other than a red t-shirt or grey hoodie!

@tomw3452

Жыл бұрын

Ive seen more people point this out than anything else.

@EllaGP22

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it is literally in the videos description lol

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

But more not exchanged for his standard black suited with white shirt. the suite jacked is changed for a black sweater.

@kathrynstemler6331

Жыл бұрын

Did a double take on the thumbnail.

@watch.v-mlYITQjidyI

Жыл бұрын

go outside and familiarize with your local community: people tend to change their clothes very often. it's like magic.

Always loved University Challenge. Unashamedly clever - no gimmicks, no real elements of chance, no huge prizes - just a quiz stripped down to its utter basics. Anyone who's watching this and thinking it's hard should bear in mind that this is the easier Christmas special series. If you get an answer on a typical quiz, it means nothing. If you get an answer on this, you feel like you've achieved something - especially if the contestants don't get it.

@dan_rad

Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask. I could hold my own on this and got quite a few right. Seems very dumbed down from the normal show where I'm happy to get 2-3 questions right all show 😅

@TheLonelyBrit

Жыл бұрын

My dad has been playing along while watching for as long as I can remember. I'm going on 29 soon & he has always kept note of his score on any paper at hand. He often does quite well, sometimes even comparable to the teams themselves. He takes it quite seriously too, getting annoyed & angry when you distract him while he's watching it. I used to play alongside him a little bit, but at most I would get two or three of the answers right throughout the episode. Maximum I ever scored was 35 from a smattering of random knowledge I'd picked up.

@artyb27

Жыл бұрын

My partner and I watch and try to play along, I get barely any right but the feeling when you _do_ get one is just pure dopamine. I'm happy if I get 3-5 right in an episode. However failing to answer correctly for questions about the discipline I studied is absolutely crushing.

@rhysbaker92

Жыл бұрын

@@artyb27 bro got the same first name and initials as me 🎉

@fllthdcrb

Жыл бұрын

I got the LED one right away, but that doesn't feel like an achievement to me. 😆

never forget that this is the same man who spent a year at his university dressed as a pirate

@JoaoPedro-ki7ct

Жыл бұрын

Source?

@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8

Жыл бұрын

@@JoaoPedro-ki7ct Look up Mad Capt'n Tom

@lyricalcarpenter

Жыл бұрын

@@JoaoPedro-ki7ct kzread.info/dash/bejne/rKiNw9KwlauqY8o.html

@Stuartdouglas19

Жыл бұрын

Never Happened. .... Or is that Chris being called toast

@dougalbadger4918

Жыл бұрын

@@Stuartdouglas19 that's toast

Tom almost enjoys hearing the correct answer after his incorrect answers as much as he enjoys getting the answer right

@albingrahn5576

Жыл бұрын

that's the reason he's so good at this

@nemjef121

Жыл бұрын

The greatest men are proud of others achievements and proud of themselves to grow and learn

The introduction is so awkward, I love it. I realised while watching it that I didn't know what year he graduated and was curious, but I guess he decided that he doesn't want us to know...

@DonQuiKong

Жыл бұрын

We know his grad year relative to the captn tom year and you can probably Google which year that was.

@Radiil

Жыл бұрын

it should be 2008, thats the year where he became student council and we know that was also the year he finished his masters in

@SeanSMST

Жыл бұрын

@@Radiil I guess he means his undergrad then?

He's certainly one of the most expressive contestants I've seen on this show

@Jack-mm4cb

Жыл бұрын

😐😔😲😐

@sateddevourer5422

Жыл бұрын

I get that it’s a much more sophisticated and serious quiz show, but that doesn’t mean it has to be devoid of all life. Bit cringe to hear the “no”s from the quiz master that just sound like insults.

@fahrenheit2101

Жыл бұрын

Right behind mr hapax legomenemonon.

@bananya6020

Жыл бұрын

@@sateddevourer5422 i mean the host seems to be known for that so yeah lol

@dampaul13

Жыл бұрын

Na, I think Neil, Vyvinan, Mike, and (P)Rick were.

Tom is already an extremely good quiz show player, and he seemingly got outperformed by miss Kind here. Very strong team.

@pwndnoob4937

Жыл бұрын

He did do the very important job of team management well too though. He was constantly checking in with the others, trusting others instincts, and keeping them measured.

@kawag2780

Жыл бұрын

You can also see the team mates are visibly more relaxed as the show progressed.

@EmptyMTYT

Жыл бұрын

Professor Kind

@HawkOfGP

Жыл бұрын

@@kawag2780 Easy to get relaxed when you have a huge lead!

@asterixdx

Жыл бұрын

it’s Professor Kind not miss Kind. Please stop identifying people by their gender and instead maybe by the title they worked for.

Everyone talking about how this show is dry and serious, but as someone who is watching this for the first time I want to say this is invigorating. I could watch people doing trivia with no interruptions for hours, love this, and obviously, its always a lot of fun to watch Tom flex his endless pit of knowledge

@hutch1355

Жыл бұрын

Well if you want a back catalogue of it, University Challenge has been running since the 60s (except for a small break in the late 80s/early 90s). Paxman has unfortunately lost some of his edge due to Parkinson's but has hosted it since it started again in 1994.

@jacksont94

Жыл бұрын

AND there aren’t even any advert breaks

@twilliamspro

Жыл бұрын

@@hutch1355 i hadn't heard Paxman had been ill i thought he looked a bit unwell that explains it. He'll always be a legend

@shaun__3

Жыл бұрын

Lots of people in the comments are lowest common denominators who need a 'quiz' show with flashing lights, gimme questions and more attempts at humour than actual questions set than this. They'd rather watch The Wheel with 10 easy questions per hour.

@awerawer0708

Жыл бұрын

@@hutch1355 I appreciate that

RIP Durham, couldn't compete with the team of three professors and one Internet Trivia Man.

@kyle-silver

Жыл бұрын

I feel like a decade+ of researching random things is almost an unfair advantage

@sankang9425

Жыл бұрын

@@kyle-silver Tom destroyed everyone in only connect a decade ago, so even before he researched random things he was already very competent.

@t_y8274

Жыл бұрын

@@sankang9425 maybe he was already researching random things then, simply not as a job

@thumbdeadred

Жыл бұрын

From Durham County; does not surprise me at all. There are 2 jobs in the county, drug dealer or drug user

@QteaTheSwag

Жыл бұрын

@@thumbdeadred yes but Durham is a highly regarded university and people from all over the country go there

"I'm Tom Scott and I once ran for parliment as a pirate"

This is so subdued and straight-faced, it's by far the most british game show I've ever seen and I love it.

@moda5629

Жыл бұрын

This is the most unbritish game show I’ve ever seen. When it comes to british game shows, University Challenge is the odd one out.

@sabersz

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen The Chase? That's absolutely fantastic.

@ailaG

Жыл бұрын

British stereotype at least. Do watch a regular one, you spend most of it with a "what the heck was that question?" impression on your face, and the rest screaming "how did they know that??". I'm not even joking. British stereotype = elderly well-dressed gentleman drinking tea with a RP accent British people = the bunch of cheerful students I came across on the London Underground, dressed as pirates for probably someone's birthday, on their way to a pub. (though in retrospect there's a tiny chance that was on the Talk Like a Pirate Day)

@kaybrann

Жыл бұрын

I raise you another game show Tom Scott has appeared, Only Connect. Very stereotypically English, dry, serious and intellectual. In fact, we would just call it very BBC2.

@scarlettptheoriginal

Жыл бұрын

And it was based on an American quiz show called College Bowl that originally ran from 1953 to 1982, and which was relaunched in 2021.

I know next to nothing about anything so I can't really comment on the show but I just love how animated Tom is compared to the rest of them. That's one of the things I like about his videos too, he's just so lively and enthusiastic.

@dibby1045

Жыл бұрын

Had a decade to build a public persona.

@Milamberinx

Жыл бұрын

He's the team captain, it's his responsibility to answer the bonus questions on behalf of his team. That often makes the captains appear more animated or dynamic.

@alexmckee4683

Жыл бұрын

The quizmaster Jeremy Paxman used to be a lot more animated, he's got Parkinson's.

@fogstarmoss

Жыл бұрын

@@alexmckee4683 oh I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't mean it as a criticism of the rest of the team btw. It's just something I've noticed about him that I appreciate.

@sateddevourer5422

Жыл бұрын

@@dibby1045 He’s also just a happy and enthusiastic person, as we should all strike to be.

Considering Paxman has Parkinson's he nailed it, he will be missed on this show and I hope he can continue to boost awareness for it in his remaining years.

@jaapsch2

Жыл бұрын

I'd not watched it for a couple of years, and when I saw a recent episode was shocked by how much Paxman had changed. I didn't know he had Parkinson's, but thought it must be something like that. Good on him for doing the show for so long.

@daemonk756890

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say, he looks like he's aged a decade since I last saw him on something not thaaat long ago. Poor chap.

@AdrianBawn

Жыл бұрын

I wasnt aware of that. I did wonder why he was starting to slur his speech at times. Thats a shame.

@SenorKristobbalVLog

Жыл бұрын

@@jaapsch2 A new host has been lined up for the main show but he has done these specials for Christmas I guess as his final goodbye to University Challenge. Hope he can still find bits of TV to do moving forward

@Matthew-bu7fg

Жыл бұрын

it must be so difficult to film with that but he handled the occasion so well!

Hi people. Seeing all the comments about speech and transcription, mainly about Paxman, as well as the unprecedented views the video is getting, and Tom Scott's wise and passionate words about standardised subtitling, has led me to sensibly conclude that the video could do with some subtitles. They are now UP, ENJOY!

@thunder-hedge

Жыл бұрын

Hi

@r_mmm

Жыл бұрын

Monk should be Munch, and Hoksai is Hokusai. Non-native speaker here just wanna say thank you and thought you’d appreciate these corrections just as Tom Scott himself would.

@ExtraMaestro

Жыл бұрын

@@r_mmm thanks for the feedback!!

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

Heh, I am another non-native speaker who would have written in the exact same corrections. :D Good job on the subtitles otherwise, as far as I can tell!

@DigiYF

Жыл бұрын

If it helps, I'm not 100% certain but I believe the (indiscernible) word at 12:43 would be "gardenia". Thank you for your efforts!

so refreshing to see a quiz show that is actually about the quiz, and therefor doesn't need to be flashy at all

@MrRowntree27

Жыл бұрын

Found the american

@sateddevourer5422

Жыл бұрын

There’s a difference between just not being flash and being devoid of all life. Tom made it bearable, mostly just the small details about how the quiz master spoke makes him seem like a tosser, and very stuck up.

@Drawyah

Жыл бұрын

University Challenge, it's definitely worth a watch if you like more obscure trivia.

@pemo2676

Жыл бұрын

@@MrRowntree27 as if basically all other british quizzes are either hugely flasy with a big stupid prop, clock, or other thing, or is infact a comedy panel show, or both

@legatelaurie

Жыл бұрын

I think Jeopardy is relatively similar - of course there's the ad breaks, etc, though

There is nothing more delightful than watching this video and knowing that there exists a video of the Tech Dif crew called The Experiments wherein there is a several-minute segment dedicated to making fun of Jeremy Paxman.

@ManInDark

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and a citation needed episode about the SS Bessemer

@aoifependry1029

Жыл бұрын

Name Jeremy's?

@scotttaylor7146

Жыл бұрын

Which one?

@shrimpypierre

Жыл бұрын

Which one

@oscarcacnio8418

Жыл бұрын

I only remember Gary inexplicably making fun of Mulhern.

Toms quiz show technique and general knowledge is amazing. The way he dominated this show was outstanding.

The Bessemer process.... Recalling conversations about a giant steel ass crossing the Channel with bowel opening doors

@dxdraiba7604

Жыл бұрын

LOLOLOL...i am really hoping we get some more citation needed

"Broadcaster and Presenteer" "Uh, ok, sure, we'll go with that" eyebrows XD

15:43 You can see Tom physically flinch due to the loudness of the buzzer.

@jashton3014

Жыл бұрын

I think he was just going for the buzzer at the same time, the Bessemer process has come up several times on citation needed.

@Bananaman412

Жыл бұрын

As someone who does quiz bowl, which is essentially the same format as this show, another buzz a moment before you are expecting your own buzz can be very surprising, especially with how tense it must be to do this on the BBC.

@MyDearFrodo

Жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard at this observation, thanks 😂

As an American who has never seen this program before, I love it. It is a real throwback to before COVID when I did quiz bowl. So much fun!

@UltraMaXAtAXX

Жыл бұрын

Same. Was part of my high school's team in San Diego, 2008-2012. Miss the style. We were coached by my history teacher who was on Jeopardy.

@Platnex

Жыл бұрын

A quiz bowl is fairly accurate to how this Quiz show is, it's a no-nonsense fact show with some extraordinarily tough questions with some of the countries brightest people

@kicorse

Жыл бұрын

A bit of trivia: University Challenge is a rare example of a British adaptation of an American TV concept. It started in 1962 but its roots can be traced to College Bowl, which started in 1953. There are lots of British programmes that have been adapted for an American audience but not the opposite.

@stamfordly6463

Жыл бұрын

@@kicorse Yep "American College Bowl" is still mentioned in the credits.

@ailaG

Жыл бұрын

Watch the regular shows. Other people here aren't joking, it's bizarrely tough.

i love the bit at 2:06 where they all “yea” in unison it’s so good (and they do it every single time they get a question wrong)

@conormurphy4328

Жыл бұрын

The answer is always obvious once you know it

@noahmay7708

Жыл бұрын

The 'Shostakovich' one is great.

I knew the Bessemer one at 15:35 purley because it came up in one of the citation needed episodes which I recently rewatched. Was hoping Tom would get it, but guess you can't expect him to remember everything years later.

@ragnkja

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t really matter which team member buzzed first there, since Kind also knew it.

@janhetjoch

Жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja ik, I just hoped he remembered Gary talking about the Bessemer Steel making process.

@gingerthe2nd

Жыл бұрын

I got far too excited when it got to that because I learned it from that citation needed episode

@secondrateseth8360

Жыл бұрын

I think he was going for the buzzer there and Kind simply happened to beat him to it! It looked like his hand was moving.

@oscarcacnio8418

Жыл бұрын

Like how he talked about postal bees in the Reverse Trivia podcast, but was still surprised that postal bee deliveries were an actual thing in the first Lateral podcast.

Getting the "sort" question that fast was impressive. Surprised he didn't know the symbol for an LED though. An impressive performance nonetheless.

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

well... unless you read electrical diagrams or remembered your science/ "craftman" (workshop-type) lesson, I think most people wouldn't recognize it for it being relatively new and not often used even in school textbooks. I guess if by process of elimination, you could piece it together...

@Costelad

Жыл бұрын

Tom seems like a guy that did GCSE Systems & Control.

@crab_with_no_legs

3 ай бұрын

And, as a Russian, I am surprised he didn't know about the October Revolution. To be fair, we commemorate that in November now¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My good sir you are a legend for memorializing this.

@no1fanofthepals

Жыл бұрын

It is also saved by the BBC as well but most people probably won't access it outside the UK.

@Dribbleondo

Жыл бұрын

@@no1fanofthepals Which episode is this? (EDIT: it's the second latest xmas special). It's on IPlayer for well over a year, so it isn't getting removed anytime soon.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

@@Dribbleondo satly you can't watch those shows outside of the UK. they have a pretty strong geolocker and even with a VPN it is hard getting around.

When I saw the faces of the team, I said to my wife "Hey, it's Tom Scott". And then he shocked me by not recognising a Light Emitting Diode! How will he ever live that down?

@LelouchVee

Жыл бұрын

I bet Matt Gray will give hime a ribbing about it in the next run of TechDiff. Also, to be fair, as an engineer myself I would've given the 'diode' answer in a rush, not noticing those arrows.

@ZipplyZane

Жыл бұрын

@@LelouchVee Yeah, but when someone asks you to be more specific about a diode, the first thing I'm going to say is "light emitting diode." It's the only specific kind I can think of.

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

@@ZipplyZane anyway how many kind of diodes are there? i don't suppose it's more than 20... and the more common more than 5... I suppose resistor is a kind of diode?

@caramelldansen2204

Жыл бұрын

@@PrograError A resistor is NOT a type of diode. This is a very easy question to Google.

Tom just looks more british on a panel show than in his videos

I like how passionate tom is about this. he's very excited to press a buzzer as soon as he gets the answer, and if he gets it wrong he just shrugs like "welp, i tried" and if he gets it right he has such a proud smile on his face

@duffman18

Жыл бұрын

Tom is an enormous quiz show enthusiast. This is not the first time he's been on quiz shows on British TV, he's been on multiple different ones before this one. And also he makes his own quiz shows and publishes them on KZread and Nebula. I really wouldn't be surprised if Tom ends up hosting a quiz show for the BBC one day. He's already worked on BBC TV shows before, both as part of the crew and as part of the onscreen talent. So he must know some people there. And he's internationally famous as a youtuber. So yeah, he clearly would love to host his own quiz show on TV. And I hope that one day he's afforded that opportunity.

Can we just appreciate Tom, did this in one take.

I watched it. He smashed it out of the park!

I loved when Tom Scott said “it’s Scotting time!” And then Tom Scotted all over the place

The duo of Scott and Ms Kind is unstoppable.

It sounds like he's being announced as "young scott"

@biancamlf288

Жыл бұрын

York Scott, but I read this before watching the video and was severely disappointed that he didn't go by young Mad Capn Tom or the other.

3:18 Amazing how they know all these amazing things, then don't recognise a LED symbol.

@jakewynn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah like when this question came up I was expecting everone to buzz in. I learnt this pre-GCSE level. Not only that but its quite self explanatory given Tom knew it was a diode.

@user-uv2cp1qd1j

Жыл бұрын

Apart from Tom, they all seem to be a bit older. It may not have been in their curriculum when they were in school. So unless they’re an electrical engineer they’d have to guess.

Who else shouted "boxes of knives" when the question on Bessemer came up?

Once it happens please post the semi-finals with Tom! I’d love to see any time he gets to be on the show! We wanna see him win! Thank you for immortalizing this from a fan in the USA! Earned my sub to see future videos!

Don't think I've ever seen Tom Scott without a red T-Shirt 😂. Nice to see he has other clothes to wear.

@oz_jones

Жыл бұрын

Lateral

@nitehawk86

Жыл бұрын

He was dressed like a bond villian on Tom Scott Presents: Money

@JoaoPedro-ki7ct

Жыл бұрын

He probably is still wearing one there

I'll admit Tom is exaggerates himself a bit but no more so here than normal and I do thoroughly enjoy him, he's an efficient bloke and is smart enough to know this

Just mastermind and then Tom has been on all the posh game shows.

@MargaretUK

Жыл бұрын

Oh hell yes! 👍😁

Dude is an absolute beast even without his red shirt

I love how Tom has the exact same reaction every time he buzzes in and gets the answer right, like he was bluffing the entire time. And let's be honest, he probably was.

@beth12svist

Жыл бұрын

Bluffing may be too strong a word for a competition that tests knowledge; it's "I think I came across this five years ago somewhere and I have no idea how I remember this so there's a possibility I got this wrong but we need an answer and we need it before the other team gets it so here goes."

I love Tom’s reaction to his introduction 😂

Genuinely great to see a KZreadr who is intelligent and not just someone who reels off stuff they find on the Web. Also, I surprised myself on how many I got right myself

Always found University Challenge to be rock hard. I got 4 questions right in this video which I'm quite happy with although a few were just punts. Cool to see Tom on telly!

@Milamberinx

Жыл бұрын

The celebrity and alumni editions are always easier than the regular version.

@Raju-rx7ed

Жыл бұрын

I can get like 60-70 % right, is it really that hard for ppl?

@krashd

Жыл бұрын

@@Raju-rx7ed If you could get 60-70% of a regular episode correct then you spent your childhood reading 8hrs a day.

@StephenGibson

Жыл бұрын

Similar here. I got the 1920's, Caravan, LED & Australia. Was a passenger for the rest.

@ahappycoder2925

Жыл бұрын

Got LED, peas, and chromosomes

I like that Tom gives a little smirk at being called a broadcaster. Like he's thinking "little ol me!"

When someone like Tom is passionate and enthusiastic about what he knows and wants to share his knowledge with the world, that is a very welcome and admiral attitude to have.

@Xyponx

Жыл бұрын

Tom's general attitude is great and much needed in this world!

@michaelmccrory2220

Жыл бұрын

@@Xyponx 100%👍

You can tell Jeremy is struggling, but he’s doing a very good job, considering

@peperoni_pepino

Жыл бұрын

I think he is both getting old, but also had trouble not speaking too quickly. He is used to rattling these words at a mad pace for young adults, but here it seems like he is straining himself to speak slowly. Though the getting old part might be more important.

@tobyk8125

Жыл бұрын

@@peperoni_pepino It's not just age that is holding him back

@peperoni_pepino

Жыл бұрын

@@tobyk8125 Yeah, I'm sorry. Just age never holds someone back, but there are many diseases that are much more common in old people, so that are 'old age diseases'. I just mean that he is less physically fit than he was years ago, but of course due to his disease not laziness or anything like that.

@ellekell9317

Жыл бұрын

@@peperoni_pepino you know he has Parkinson’s Disease right?

@peperoni_pepino

Жыл бұрын

@@ellekell9317 Yeah, I know.

Thank you for this! When he tweeted about it I was hoping someone would post it to YT as I'm not based in the U.K. Cheers!

Thanks you for uploading! And wonderfully edited.

200 points to 45...didn't know public executions in the UK were still legal! Love the host's charm. Even with Parkinson's, Paxman still gets it done! Seeing Tom wear a different outfit other than a red shirt is so unreal. It's like swapping the head of a Lego minifig to a different body. It fits, but it just doesn't look right. Loved how Tom couldn't stop smirking at the beginning of the video! It was so funny to see him try to keep a straight face and eventually give up. And to be fair for the question asking about the conflict between India and which other country, when in doubt, it's usually Pakistan so I can't quite fault them for that.

That was some great captaining. I liked his "steady, listen to the whole thing" hand gestures at 4:00.

So great seeing Tom back on university challenge after so many years!

Thank you for posting this, it’s great to see. I love a lot of his videos, they are educational; and entertaining. Also I love this, yes it maybe dry; but as a person who is interested in learning it is interesting. Not only that, but I love intellectual shows/thoughts.

This show feels violently british

I knew almost none of those answers.. Except "What Component: L.E.D"... at which point I felt the smartest person.

Semi-final next Wednesday, can’t wait!! Hope Tom’s team make it!

@simonlott7422

Жыл бұрын

And having seen heat 4 on Thursday... Tom and team York are definitely in the semifinals. There are still three more heats, so we won't yet know who they will face.

@ab8jeh

Жыл бұрын

He's out unfortunately to Hull tonight!

I love the questions they use on this show so much, the way they are worded lets you draw from multiple different general knowledge topics when trying to find your answer. They're difficult questions but the topics are far-reaching and significant.

Very impressive! Always happy to get one answer correct across the whole show whenever I watch...

@fredherfst8148

2 ай бұрын

Lol…I got three…

It just goes to show how knowledgeable he is because he did English Lit at uni, and tbh a lot of the time humanities specialists on University Challenge don’t get much of a chance to shine because there can be a lot of detailed science and maths questions 😅

The LED question hurt me inside but I guess I'm an electrical engineer so I can't talk much.

Could we get a pinned comment or something just make reference to Jeremy Paxman being diagnosed with Parkinson’s saves the number of he sounds drunk comments

I'm loving the breath holding everytime he gets a question right haha

Brave to return to take part as a University Challenge alumni, when you have a reputation as someone who is knowledgeable and informed. Not so bad if you are an obscure author, but when you are well known, it must be daunting. Well done Tom. Well done York.

What a calming and comforting show

Looking forward to the next round.

Wednesday the 28th and Thursday the 29th are the two semi-finals dates for anyone interested. With 200, York will likely make one of the slots. It will be interesting to see this live!

I love that we've watched Tom soo much, that we know when he is really thinking.

if i was on this show and had to listen to this guy i would fall asleep

@xav3436

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like he's about to nod off himself lol

This is my first time seeing this show, that buzzer effect is so intense it felt like getting a brick dropped on your head.

15:44 The buzzer got Tom goooood 😂

It's crazy seeing all the people new to university challenge, it's been a staple of my life soo far

Even if Tom struggled with geography and the Bolshevik Revolution, Tom's wealth of knowledge remains one of a kind and he definitely carried the team. They were lucky to have fine member of society like him. So the Straits in Straits Settlements refers to the significant Strait of Malacca, with Singapore being the most important Straits Settlement because one who controls Singapore, controls the strait's trade. Singapore was especially important militarily for the British. That's why Singapore's surrender to the Japanese was an embarrassing loss for the British. They believed the Japanese would invade from either the south or the northeast....they invaded from the northwest on bikes.

Tom was great, but Prof. Kind was also on top of it. Was bummed when they didn't catch the Van Gogh, but I couldn't remember the names of Hokusai and Bruegel despite knowing that they were the artists responsible. I don't have a good memory for names. This took me back to Scholastic Bowl in high school. Good stuff.

200 points?! Dear god. Well done guys.

Thank you for the subtitles. Trying to understand a word was a challenge itself.

Excellent performance by the York alumni. Congratulations. I like this idea. I wish they would have an 'undergrads' series, though. The younger people are increasingly rare, having been given the elbow by 'mature' students with whom they could not possibly compete. It irritates me.

@jamesl8640

Жыл бұрын

They do a whole series with mostly younger students through the year during Christmas holidays though they get alumni in a shorter series

@graceygrumble

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesl8640 University students are usually 18-21. Some students are older because it takes longer to get a their degree. I don't think Masters or PhD students should be allowed to compete unless they are under 25. It would be good to see how young students perform and not a team of 30-40+ year-old men and women. It just seems 'wrong'.

@user-uv2cp1qd1j

Жыл бұрын

@@graceygrumble the regular series has students that are (estim) 90% of the time in their early twenties.

@graceygrumble

Жыл бұрын

@@user-uv2cp1qd1j The 10% is what I irritates me.

@duffman18

Жыл бұрын

@@graceygrumble the main series is young university students. This version of the show is a special spin off that has far far fewer episodes. You're complaining about it when you clearly don't know anything about it.

It's ya boi, doin another gameshow! The duality of tomscott.

@nitehawk86

Жыл бұрын

Tom Scott as contestant: Reserved and dignified Tom Scott as host: Technical Difficulties

was good to see toms team get the question about the bessemer steel smelting process!

@Deuling1

Жыл бұрын

I love that Tom's hand was going for the buzzer and Kind beat him to it. You can see him flinc his hand back in surprise too!

THEY GOT A STARTER FOR THE BESSAMER PROCESS! This is just lovely.

He's not wearing a red T-shirt... This is unnerving...

Impressive performance from York, truly

Tom Scott said "sort" way too fast even before I blinked

When the question about the Bessemer steel smelting process came up I could almost hear (everybody's favorite) Gary Brannan shouting about "the hot steel and the boxes of knives" from their Citation Needed show about the SS Bessemer (a ship designed by the same man, that did not do nearly so much to increase his reputation as the steel smelting process did).

i saw this randomly when it was on tv and was so suprised to see him on there i even took a picture

I'm about to rehearse later today (and perform tomorrow) my own metal-ified rearrangement of this Ellington Sugar Plum Fairy! Retitling it Meshuggah Plum Fairy of course

This is a stark contrast to the last time he was on the show where he was answering most of the questions. The team he has seems more involved

I was surprised at how much I knew, though I doubt I would have fared as well due to pressure and also time constraints. Yay, Tom's team!

Tom is living dangerously again. He killed it

Tom is a truly awesome presenter and conveys his message so clearly

@Olcixx95

Жыл бұрын

While also being really nervous on tv, even after all his years in you tube

Felt really smart for actually doing well on these questions. Mostly a coincidence since they happened to ask obscure stuff i know for once. The nonsense my brain keeps hold of usually never comes up in quizes.

Hasn’t even mentioned this! Such a humble lovely guy.

I just really love Tom Scott.

Watched this other day, he swept the floor, good lad. Was fun trying to explain who he was to my parents lol