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Hugo Rifkind

Why did I agree to appear on University Challenge?

12 December 2013

3:00 PM

12 December 2013

3:00 PM

The worst thing about going on University Challenge, I now know, is when you interrupt a question and get the answer wrong. This is bad, not only because you lose five points, but also because it can mess up the general filming of everything, somehow, which means they make you do it again.

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