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09-20-2016, 03:30 PM
Hilariously intense quiz-show contestant hailed a 'hero' on Twitter
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LONDON — **thing can quite rival the effect University Challenge has upon the nation.*
Sure, the questions might be nigh-on impossible to answer, but the contestants are pure TV gold.*
SEE ALSO: The chemistry between these 'University Challenge' contestants had Twitter going wild (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/university-challenge-contestants-chemistry/)
On Monday night, one guest in particular caused something of a stir on social media after viewers found him to be somewhat "intense."*
Canadian student Eric Monkman — who's studying for a masters in eco**mics at Cambridge University — seemed to take the quiz show extremely seriously.*
Some viewers were impressed with Monkman from the outset... Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/20/university-challenge-intense-contestant/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — **thing can quite rival the effect University Challenge has upon the nation.*
Sure, the questions might be nigh-on impossible to answer, but the contestants are pure TV gold.*
SEE ALSO: The chemistry between these 'University Challenge' contestants had Twitter going wild (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/university-challenge-contestants-chemistry/)
On Monday night, one guest in particular caused something of a stir on social media after viewers found him to be somewhat "intense."*
Canadian student Eric Monkman — who's studying for a masters in eco**mics at Cambridge University — seemed to take the quiz show extremely seriously.*
Some viewers were impressed with Monkman from the outset... Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/20/university-challenge-intense-contestant/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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