University Challengers
University Challenge is being urged to restrict the numbers of older students - or ban them completely - because it is claimed that they have an unfair advantage due to their age.
To a certain extent they do, especially considering some of the questions asked on the programme. The claims that this is balanced by their lack of knowledge of popular culture holds some, but little, water, since popular culture is far easier to pick up than that of the past!
However, what benefits a team far more is if a wide variety of subjects is represented. Since questions range from classical music and art, to science, history, geography and many more subjects. Age makes very little difference in the end - and I know this because I, my father, and my older brother sit down and watch University Challenge most weeks and try to answer the question, usually ending up with pretty similar scores.
When it comes down to it, the age of a team is far less important than the range of subjects represented.
And for some comic relief, here’s the Young Ones on University Challenge:
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