SPECS APPEAL
University Challenge viewers all make the same joke about BBC contestant’s seriously striking outfit
Both the teams playing had lost one quarter-final so far in the competition, which meant that the episode was an elimination match.
UNIVERSITY Challenge fans jokingly compared one contestant's peculiar outfit choice to opticians' ‘tester pair’ glasses.
Open University team captain Ann Gavaghan from Philadelphia certainly made an impression after appearing in the second quarterfinals of the BBC show.
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Amol Rajan fronted the episode, which saw two teams go against each other for the chance to win and stay in the University Challenge competition.
On the first team were Ann, Ellie Romans, Mike Holt, and James Davidson, who all had a lead in the game with an average score per game of 210.
The opposing team, Christ Church-Oxford, included their captain, Arthur Wotton, Eliza Dean, Melika Gorgianeh, and Elliot Lowe, with an average score per game of 115.
As phase two of the quarterfinals concluded last night, Amol reminded fans at home that both the teams playing had lost one quarter-final so far in the competition, which meant that the episode was an elimination match and if the teams wanted to remain in the competition they had to win.
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As the contestants introduced themselves, fans were amazed at Ann's colourful appearance.
The American native wore a unique colour block jumper with large circular black and white chunky glasses that covered most of her face.
Her black hair was styled in a funky front fridge ponytail with shaved sides.
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Fans were so taken aback by her specs that they took to X(formerly Twitter) and teased how they had a striking rebalance to optometrist trial lens glasses.
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One fan typed: “Is it clearer with lens one or lens two? #universitychallenge.”
Another joked: “ When you've got #UniversityChallenge at 8:30pm and an eye test at 9.”
A third wrote: “When you are running so late for your appearance on University Challenge, you leave the opticians wearing the tester pair.”
After tense multiple-question rounds, the gong was played, which meant the game was over.
Open University walked away with 75 points, while Christ Church - Oxford was crowned the winner with 170 points overall.
On a later outing of the University Challenge show, fans spotted a blunder after they believed a BBC announcer was making chicken sounds after announcing a contestant during the buzzer rounds.
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