Thank You CORPUS CHRISTI CAMBRIDGE for joining me.
So firstly, tell me what your plans
are on the short to near term guys?
I'd say, I am currently working as
a civil servant at the department for Business
Energy and Industrial Strategy, and I haven't really
thought much further into the future other than that, so.
Thanks Alex.  I'm currently a,
obviously I'm the only one still at undergrad level.
So I'M Currently going to be dispossessed at the end, so
I might use it to roll into a yeah,
just some time out and maybe if
travel is vested, to go somewhere nice for a long period of time.
Thank you.
I'm sort of in a similar position to Alex Russell. So
I'm working in a public sector audit for the National Audit
Office  in London.
Kinda Civil Service
    I guess. And other than that,
um trying to do a bit, kind of
writing stuff on the side, but mostly as
a kinda hobby basically.
So, I've defected
to Oxford and I'm working
for a DPhil in Theoretical Chemistry at
Balliol College Oxford. Ooh, Balliol won a few years ago actually, isn't it?
Yeah, I Watched that.
Okay so, I'm gonna start off with,
Who was a big fan of University Challenge growing up,
or even any other quiz show?
Well I was,
I'd watched it since I was very young,
oh it was always nice to take, as you get older
you can answer more and more of the questions, so
I say its quite fun actually getting on it now, yeah.
Yeah,
Yeah, and I was much the same,
I always used to watch it with my family on monday,
monday nights. My dad was actually on it
back in the 80s, and
we've just found his
episode on youtube luckily and he looks a lot
more useful and
much bigger hair than he has now. I might try to find that clip.
Yeah fair enough.
Yeah, some of a similar story with me as well. Actually my brother,
who I always watched the show with growing up, he was on
he show in my first year UNI actually.
Dennis, Yeah. Yeah, yeah Dennis
who was on the Worcester College, Oxford team. So also
a bit of a family connection there.
So, I have almost no family history with it at all,
and the only starter and its a really great thing to get into
ow that I have actually been on it.
And um, yeah its nice to have a team sport for that stuff.
Brilliant. So how did you guys prepare as a team?
Ian, Perhaps you can start on this. So yeah,
um we kind of figured,
it was all started out by figure out what our
various strenghts and weaknesses were. So we
kinda figured out quite quickly to be had areas we had specialized in.
Obviously, me as an English student and I liked
the Xxx questions,
um like my Xg was good at like XXXX for music and stuff like that
And then we just did practice sessions basically with
those, you know theres like quiz books you can buy with like
University Challenge style questions and just read them
to each other basically, tried to kinda simulate the experience
of the show. And yeah, did those kinda of
every couple of weeks, basically leading out to those actual takings.
I Mean it was old,
old Genie Challenge questions almost that we did.
Cause I think a few of them actually came up in the competition. It was
that we practiced.  Yeah
Yeah. Yeah
And Ian actually, I think one of your classic questions
this year was about Grandmaster Flashing the Furious 5.
I think my team were dazed upon this question.
Yes, Yes I remember that. Yeah, no that was a fun one.
So do you guys get recognized in Oxford or further affiald?
Well, I've been seen on the street
a couple of times you know, Oxford, I guess is a big
fan community at Oxford. Its just fun.
Sorry, I've had some art historians come and give me a hug
randomly on the street, Cause I don't think they
get a huge amount of representation,normally on shows like this.
Its like with the Courtald Joint,
this year I saw it. This year about art history.
I think for me its mostly been like, people at work just like
emailing me very excitedly being like 'I just saw you on TV'
sorta thing and thats been nice.
So after the experience, do you think you'll keep on quizzing as a team, or Individually?
Yeah so for me, its funny you mentioned that. Actually Me and Alex G are actually doing a
music quiz tournament online next weekend.
So, yeah definitely, I think its still swim in the whirl
kinda keen on and definitely lets take part in, so.
Yeah, um theres like a quite big
student quiz culture in Oxford right now, so
yeah quite a lot of anticipating quite a lot and, this music quiz is actually organized by
Lillian Crawford, he was on the team, which is quite nice.
I go to the local pub quiz
with, um some of my housemates most weeks
obviously, but not recently, but... Cleaning up? Cleaning up??
No. Its been a very soveriegn experience, kind of,
one victory out of 20 attempts
that we had, so.
But you always expect to lot of those seeing mate, like I would, you always expect to...
like its a different sorta quiz.
You know, I'd say pubs, discovering six 90s
questions for the first time for certain extra cash
to have bring there I can't help but
fall into those now.Thats about it.
Thank you guys. So what I'm gonna do now is, I have a
Its always like a Mr and Mrs at their weddings, but this is with
University Challenge Versions. I'm gonna ask you your questions
and you have to put up a
piece of paper with one of your surnames, who do you think is an most
approproate response.
Now I'll give you 5 seconds to think of each one.
So, the first question is,
'Who is the 'Uncle" of the team?'
5...4...3...2...1,
Raise your cards.
Ooh we got a mixture.
Quite interesting. Thinks for me me cause he has the flowing locks
and has that presence about him so.
I thought I was the baby of the team, Whats....
You are actually the youngest of the team, yeah.
Well Alex G you are an uncle to Alex R.
Yeah, yeah I mean I think its probably mainly
because
my uncle is quite into his classical music
and Alex G is defenitely our resident classical music expert so.
Very good. Okay so second question.
Who is most  likely to lose their train tickets?
5...4...3...2...1. Off we go.
Ooh, ooh we got a tie here between Ian and Alex R.
This is, this one is actually definitely me because Im the one of the..... train ticket. Yes of course!
Yeah. we've actually got an answer for that.
Yes. True. Yeah that we only will have to switch to that one.
You're going unanimous that? 10 points, that is the correct answer there.
Question three.
Who'd win Bake Off?
5...4...3...2...1.
Off you go. Ooh another debate.
He's a chemist, I mean kind of yeah.
That is true, that is true.
I've been baking, but I can't still myself anyway, and I wouldn't actually go.
I don't know, I don't trust myself. Its rather with people anyway, so you know.
I think I'm just guessing from Ian's personality really.
Yeah, I feel like I'm in a similar position to you, but I appereciate it, those are the vibes I give out.
So, the final one is, I guess your only train journey is to Manchester, for Univesity Challenge.
Who is the loudest on the Train?
5...4...3...2...1.
Oh my god! Ooh, you guys have been quite impressive in being split in most your answers.
Yeah, Yeah!
I was undecided between Stewart and Wang, I think, yeah. This is very close.
I think I'm definitely the loudest on the show, but maybe not on the train.
Train, yeah.
You know, I don't have an insight boys on public transport.
Yes!.
Well, you're never told to quiten down on the train, when you're preparing?
Um, people often ask like, what're you doing? And you know, practice questions like,'Whats goin on here?'. Yeah, gazing at you in and out.
Well, thank you so much guys,
for taking part in quiz for NHS and Best of luck for your next Steps.
Thank you so much.
