
University Challenge's 'easy' music question stumps every single BBC contestant - but can YOU beat the odds and solve it?
The BBC programme sees the best young minds in the UK compete in a knockout tournament, answering questions on a wide range of cultural and academic topics.
This time, four students from the University of Bath battled against opponents from the University of Southampton.
After having navigated rigorous questions on science, literature and maths, it was the music section that left both teams baffled.
The round saw music clips played through studio speakers, and the contestants were tasked with naming the artists behind the songs.
Host Amol Rajan gave the Southampton team a hint, saying the first artist based the song on her friendship with Nellee Hooper.
The clip played, and the team answered correctly that it was Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork.
The next clue was: 'This singer sang this song in honour of her collaboration with Marvin Gaye.'
But as the clip played, the team looked clueless. They turned to one another for answers, but each was more unsure than the last.
One team member shook his head, and admitted: 'I don't know,' before his teammate passed on behalf of the group.
Amol revealed: 'It's Diana Ross,' at which the team were obviously dejected.
Meanwhile, agitated fans were shouting at the TV screen at home, with many online shocked at the 'easy' question.
'P**s easy music round,' wrote one, while another chimed in: 'This is a boring match.'
Fans were quick to point out the seeming disparity between the simpler music section and the show's other categories.
One shared an image of a sketch by comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with the caption: 'And then the music round is all sort of Pop Music, and b***er me, I got three right! Boom! I is on fire, isn't it?'
A fourth wrote: 'Geeks, you might know all sorts of elements but if you don't know The Boss Miss Ross, I can't help you.'
It follows a similar loss on a recent episode of the quiz programme, where UCL and SOAS were the two universities fighting to progress to the next round.
One question Amol, 42, put to the students left them dumfounded as they tried to give the presenter an answer.
Amol asked them: 'In what present-day country was a territory that was given the name 'Island of the True Cross' by Pedro Álvares Cabral during a trading expedition to India in 1500?
'Perhaps attempting to avoid becalm waters in the Gulf of Guinea, Cabral sailed south-west under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, claimed the place for the Crown of Portugal.'
UCL tried their best to answer, with Doherty blurring out 'Goa,' but Amol told him it was incorrect.
Mozayen then had a go, simply saying: 'Sri Lanka?' but was promptly told that also wasn't correct.
Have you managed to correctly guess the answer?
The answer was in fact Brazil.
Meanwhile, BBC viewers were recently reduced to tears as University Challenge host Amol Rajan sobbed over a bereavement 'too painful to think about' in an emotional new documentary.
Amol Rajan Goes To The Ganges, released on BBC One last month, followed the journalist and broadcaster on a life-changing trip to his birth country of India.
The hour-long documentary came after the British-Indian presenter lost his father three years ago and struggled to come to terms with it.
Amol did not take his emotional journey alone - his mother accompanied him and provided a steadying presence throughout its ups and downs.
He noticed on the trip his mother, a practising Hindu, 'seemed to have an emotional toolkit that I lacked'.
Amol was touched by fans' admiration of his mother, posting on X during the broadcast: 'If you're one of the thousands of people watching this on BBC One and thinking my mum is a legend, I confirm you are absolutely correct.'
To a suggestion she do the famous Thought For The Day segment on Radio 4's Today programme, which he hosts, he replied: 'My mum is the most extraordinary person. She'd be fantastic.'
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