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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
University Challenge stumps an entire team with ‘easy' music question – but do you know it?
UNIVERSITY Challenge left an entire team stumped with an 'easy' music question - but do you know it? The long-running quiz - which 4 A music question on University Challenge stumped an entire team Credit: BBC 4 The group conferred with each other - but failed to find the correct answer Credit: BBC 4 Amol Rajan hosts the long-running quiz Credit: BBC Since 2023, journalist and broadcaster A recent episode saw an entire team left flummoxed by a music question. The instalment featured the University of Bath team face off against the University of Southampton. Tracks played through speakers while teams had to name the right artist. More on University Challenge Ahead of one song, Amol, 42, offered the Southampton side a helpful hint. He said: "This singer sang this song in honour of her collaboration with Marvin Gaye." But while it played, the team seemed none the wiser as to the singer's identity. They conferred with each other, but were collectively unable to land on the right name. Most read in News TV As a result, the group chose to "pass" on the question - with Amol revealing the correct answer as Diana Ross. Writing online, several viewers were left irritated by the "easy" question. University Challenge contestant admits 'I don't understand the question' as they struggle to answer in quarter-final - but could you get it right? One penned: "Geeks, you might know all sorts of elements but if you don't know The Boss Miss Ross, I can't help you." Another commented: "P**s easy music round." While a third simply shared: "This is a boring match." Previously, a University Challenge UCL went up against Open University for a spot in University Challenge 's semi-final. Amol asked: "All three answers begin with the same letter. In graph theory, what adjective is applied to a graph in which every possible pair of vertices by a unique edge?" Hardest Quiz Show Questions Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Earlier this year, The 1% Club - Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left The Chase - The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up The four players were left equally dumbfounded as they struggled to come up with an answer. While everyone glanced at each other worried, they turned to teammate Jack. Through a smile, he quipped: "I don't understand the question." University Challenge airs on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. 4 The team seemed disappointed to have not worked out the answer Credit: BBC
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
University Challenge stumps an entire team with ‘easy' music question – but do you know it?
Have a listen to the song and see if you can figure out the answer mind melt University Challenge stumps an entire team with 'easy' music question – but do you know it? UNIVERSITY Challenge left an entire team stumped with an 'easy' music question - but do you know it? The long-running quiz - which pits university teams against each other - first launched in 1967. Advertisement 4 A music question on University Challenge stumped an entire team Credit: BBC 4 The group conferred with each other - but failed to find the correct answer Credit: BBC 4 Amol Rajan hosts the long-running quiz Credit: BBC Since 2023, journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan has presented the programme. A recent episode saw an entire team left flummoxed by a music question. The instalment featured the University of Bath team face off against the University of Southampton. Tracks played through speakers while teams had to name the right artist. Advertisement Ahead of one song, Amol, 42, offered the Southampton side a helpful hint. He said: "This singer sang this song in honour of her collaboration with Marvin Gaye." But while it played, the team seemed none the wiser as to the singer's identity. They conferred with each other, but were collectively unable to land on the right name. Advertisement As a result, the group chose to "pass" on the question - with Amol revealing the correct answer as Diana Ross. Writing online, several viewers were left irritated by the "easy" question. University Challenge contestant admits 'I don't understand the question' as they struggle to answer in quarter-final - but could you get it right? One penned: "Geeks, you might know all sorts of elements but if you don't know The Boss Miss Ross, I can't help you." Another commented: "P**s easy music round." Advertisement While a third simply shared: "This is a boring match." Previously, a University Challenge struggled with a difficult question - admitting they "didn't understand" it. UCL went up against Open University for a spot in University Challenge's semi-final. Amol asked: "All three answers begin with the same letter. In graph theory, what adjective is applied to a graph in which every possible pair of vertices by a unique edge?" Advertisement Hardest Quiz Show Questions Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the "worst" question in the show's history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: 'From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?' The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000. - Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the "worst" question in the show's history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: 'From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?' The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000. The 1% Club - Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: "Edna's birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen's birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir's birthday must be the 'X' of January." It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir's birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence. - Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: "Edna's birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen's birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir's birthday must be the 'X' of January." It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir's birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence. The Chase - The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: "Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?" The options were - sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots - with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes. The four players were left equally dumbfounded as they struggled to come up with an answer. While everyone glanced at each other worried, they turned to teammate Jack. Through a smile, he quipped: "I don't understand the question." University Challenge airs on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Advertisement
The Sun
2 days ago
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- The Sun
University Challenge stumps an entire team with ‘easy' music question – but do you know it?
UNIVERSITY Challenge left an entire team stumped with an 'easy' music question - but do you know it? The long-running quiz - which pits university teams against each other - first launched in 1967. 4 Since 2023, journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan has presented the programme. A recent episode saw an entire team left flummoxed by a music question. The instalment featured the University of Bath team face off against the University of Southampton. Tracks played through speakers while teams had to name the right artist. Ahead of one song, Amol, 42, offered the Southampton side a helpful hint. He said: "This singer sang this song in honour of her collaboration with Marvin Gaye." But while it played, the team seemed none the wiser as to the singer's identity. They conferred with each other, but were collectively unable to land on the right name. As a result, the group chose to "pass" on the question - with Amol revealing the correct answer as Diana Ross. Writing online, several viewers were left irritated by the "easy" question. University Challenge contestant admits 'I don't understand the question' as they struggle to answer in quarter-final - but could you get it right? One penned: "Geeks, you might know all sorts of elements but if you don't know The Boss Miss Ross, I can't help you." Another commented: "P**s easy music round." While a third simply shared: "This is a boring match." Previously, a University Challenge struggled with a difficult question - admitting they "didn't understand" it. UCL went up against Open University for a spot in University Challenge 's semi-final. Amol asked: "All three answers begin with the same letter. In graph theory, what adjective is applied to a graph in which every possible pair of vertices by a unique edge?" Hardest Quiz Show Questions Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the "worst" question in the show's history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: 'From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?' The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000. The 1% Club - Viewers of Lee Mack's popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: "Edna's birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen's birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir's birthday must be the 'X' of January." It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir's birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence. The Chase - The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: "Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?" The options were - sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots - with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes. The four players were left equally dumbfounded as they struggled to come up with an answer. While everyone glanced at each other worried, they turned to teammate Jack. Through a smile, he quipped: "I don't understand the question." 4
Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
University Challenge's 'easy' music question stumps every single BBC contestant - but can YOU beat the odds and solve it?
One seemingly 'easy' music question left every single University Challenge contestant stumped in a recent episode of the game show. 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.'
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
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- Daily Mail
University Challenge question leaves every single BBC contestant stumped - but can YOU defy the odds and solve it?
A University Challenge question left every single contestant baffled as they struggled to correctly guess the answer on Monday night. The beloved BBC show, which is presented by Amol Rajan, returned for a brand new run of episodes. Kicking off this week, it was UCL v SOAS as the two universities battled it out to progress to the next round. However, 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.' Kicking off this week, it was UCL v SOAS as the two universities battled it out to progress to the next round by putting their best students forward 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.'
