BBC University Challenge fans 'scream' at TV over delayed 'obvious' answer

University Challenge returned with another new episode on BBC Two (Image: BBC)

University Challenge saw two teams from Oxbridge come head-to-head in tonight's epsiode of the BBC quiz show. Host Amol Rajan welcomed four students from St Catharine's College, Cambridge to pit their wits against a team from Wadham College, Oxford in a bid to reach the second round of academic quizzing.

But as the fourth of the BBC quiz's first-round matches took place, fans at home were "screaming" at their television screens, with viewers proudly announcing one of the answers.

In a round where three of the questions were medical based, TV host Amol asked the two teams: "The name of what sexually transmitted infection comes from the Greek for cloak? Its name derives from the nuclei formation of infected cells when viewed under a microscope."

St Catharine's team conferred for a lenthy amount of time, much to the annoyance of fans at home. One of the university contestants began the discussion as he laid out the options with his team, saying: "You've got gonorrhea, chlamydia..." before finally deciding that the answer was chlamydia - which proved to be correct.

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One user at home posted to X (formerly Twitter) over the answer as they said the length of the conferring had them "screaming" at the TV. They wrote: " Oi @amolrajan.

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The team eventually answered correctly after a lengthy time conferring (Image: BBC)

"I have just had to shriek 'Chlamydia!' at the TV, it’s lucky I live on my own, but God knows what the neighbours thought as I finally yelled, 'Chlamydia, FFS!' #UniversityChallenge."

Another echoed the first as they quipped: "Well that’s the first time I’ve ever shouted CHLAMYDIA at the TV #UniversityChallenge."

Someone else could not believe the content of some of this evening's questions, as they penned: "Chlamydia and pegging as answers in one episode... #UniversityChallenge."

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Last week, a "mind-boggling" question stumped BBC viewers. While the show is notorious for traditionally difficult questions, one in particular really had fans at home scratching their heads.

The question was: "Used to detect the presence of lipids, what test involves first dissolving a sample in ethanol before mixing this with water, A positive result for the presence of lipids is indicated by the formation of a milky white lipid?"

Both teams answered incorrectly as fans at home took to social media to share their predictions. Later, Amol confirmed the correct answer as "emulsion test".

BBC University Challenge fans 'scream' at TV over delayed 'obvious' answer

BBC University Challenge fans 'scream' at TV over delayed 'obvious' answer

BBC University Challenge fans 'scream' at TV over delayed 'obvious' answer

BBC University Challenge fans 'scream' at TV over delayed 'obvious' answer

BBC University Challenge fans 'scream' at TV over delayed 'obvious' answer