If you’re a member of the Contestant Hub group on Facebook you maybe saw the post about yesterday’s Manchester Evening News post about the next series of University Challenge. One of the big claims in the report is that questions will be harder for the next series. The artclae claims that this may well be in response to criticisms of questions on such subjects as the TV series ‘Love Island’ during the current series.
Personally I can’t help wondering whether this is just a
wee bit of hyperbole, understandable considering that the change of presenter
is quite probably the biggest shake up to the show since its 1994 revival. I
certainly hope that’s all it is. Be honest, how many times do you watch
University Challenge and think – blimey, the show is really dumbing down. I
wish they’d make these questions a bit harder. – I certainly don’t. I think
that the level of the questions is just about right, and this is show after
show, year after year. There are times when I’m surprised about what student
teams don’t know, but that’s not because there’s something drastically wrong
with the questions. You know, there’s things a regular pub quizzer of several
years’ standing would just know, but if you’re not one, then it’s less likely
that you would.
I wish Amol Rajan every success – he has two tough acts to
follow. But the fewer changes to a show like University Challenge – the better.
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