The 10 days of Christmas

Yay! My favourite team on this year's Xmas edition of "University Challenge" (for distinguished alumni) went all the way. Are they the first entirely female team to win the whole she-bang? There's no reason why they should be, except for women being underrepresented on the program across the decades. But that's a separate conversation about boys and their contests, unequal levels of public scrutiny and so on.

Looking back at my scoresheets for the 10 episodes, I managed 21, 20, 20, 18, 33 (which I think is a PB), 20, 15, 22, 12 and 17. Average of 19. Obviously there's no pressure playing at home, where I won't be ridiculed for dumb guesses, nor penalised by host Amol when I buzz in early and get it wrong. That said, I only award a point if I answer correctly out loud before any contestant does. Just so we're clear :-)