University Challenge

It was only as a matter of chance... or 'Aberystwyth Chance'... that we went. I heard of this thing to come up with a team in the Union that evening. Not wanting to go alone, I thought Alun would be a likely compatriot. Sadly I couldn't get through to him, and as it was that evening, it was off. So I went to Somerfield.

So did Alun. He produced a flyer for the same thing, and we left Somerfield, headed up to the Union and spent the rest of the evening having a rather pleasant free quiz.

Did I say rather pleasant? I meant extremely competitive, highly charged show-down of the heaving mass of the best brains Aberystwyth intelligentsia can muster... at least 400 of them.

The questions flew. Page references to encyclopoedieas were spouted, entire lists of chemical elements were recounted, ancient philosophers were quoted...

Any or all of the above information may or may not be correct. I may or may not be on the shortlist of the 'Aberystwyth Aces'. Alun may or may not be an extremely humble and/or unique person (Don't read that last comment Alun). The university may or may not yet be proud of its student caliber. The Aberystwyth team may or may not be knocked out in the first level of pre-show selection.

So many unknowns.