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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

90 on #UniversityChallenge 4 starters - St Elmo's Fire, Jude the Obscure, Frankfurt, Wycliffe. 10 bonus - Ghana, Yew, Snowdon, Mrs Dalloway, Mughals, Turner, 1080s, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Borodin, Strauss

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Catching up on last Monday's #UniversityChallenge 95 for me - 5 starters - Silverstone, Handel, Chariots of Fire, Rastafarianism, Queen Victoria. 9 bonus - Michael J Fox, Monaco, Tam o'Shanter, Paul Revere, Eyes, Sense & Sensibility, Walter Bagehot, Benjamin Britten, Derbyshire

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was surprised they didn't even get oak!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

125 on #UniversityChallenge 5 starters - Tito, Oak, Lloyd George, California, Norway. 15 bonus - Rubens, Charles II, Warhol, Aramaic, Fontainebleau, Avignon, Juliet, Jeremy Irons, Bette Davis, Crimp, Pomp and Circumstance, Petrushka, Sphincter, Avon, Westmoreland

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I remember my headmaster at secondary school bringing his new cane to assembly once with the warning that any boy who misbehaved would be whacked with it!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Going to talk on Richard III tonight by the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral (who was Dean of Leicester when the body was found in the car park). Richard III was a bad man - or was he?! Recollections may vary....... #RichardIII

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's King George VI not Edward

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lot of Americans on the teams and a lot of questions seemed to have an American bias but I assume this is just coincidence?

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

125 on #UniversityChallenge 6 starters - Epiphany, Rotterdam, Tortoiseshell, Gothic, Australia, Luxembourg. 13 bonus - Ghent, Beethoven, Purcell, Mendelssohn, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, Petula Clark, Lucknow, Kissinger, Vermeer, Degas, 1950s

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Three strokes for the price of one!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Naughty. Serves you right!😂

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

100 on #UniversityChallenge 4 starters - Thomas More, Soft Cell, Astronomer Royal. Stockholm. 12 bonus - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Cochlea, Mary Queen of Scots, Susanna, Kulfi, Nell Gwyn, Lady Macbeth, Ian Banks, Nevermore, Monet, Edward VI, Edward IV

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

135 on #UniversityChallenge 6 starters - Portugal, Tracey Emin,Heaven 17, fairy queen,Monet, liberty. 15 bonus - Jane Eyre, Far From The Madding Crowd, Great Expectations, Shimla, Marston Moor, Christina,7 Brides For 7 Brothers, Gene Kelly,Denmark,caddy,Shane Warne,Cezanne, Ganymede,TS Eliot,saffron

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Appledore (Kent) Flower Festival over August Bank Holiday weekend - the theme was Fun at the Fair

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

They do seem to be a bit long-winded lately

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've gone right off him this series!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

90 on #UniversityChallenge 3 starters - Rothko, Ottoman Empire, Queen Anne. 12 bonus - Romania, Timisoara, Sam Spade, Battle of the Sexes, Universal Postal Union, Beethoven, Blackwall Tunnel, Tunisia, Constable, Wilhelm II, Popes, Catalonia

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

St Martin's Church, Acrise, Kent. Quaint church in a remote and tiny parish (populaton-wise) which has a 17th/18th century West Gallery and the Royal Arms from 1689 (William III and Mary II)

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

He's been exceptionally irritating this series. Plus he isn't as clever as he likes to think he is - he has all the answers written down in front of him!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

95 on #UniversityChallenge - 4 starters - 1861, didgeridoo, Gershwin, pulmonary. 11 bonus - Don't Look Now, Linnaeus, granite, Velazquez, Gauguin, Davy, Romeo and Juliet, Maastricht, Gainsborough, keratin, Pride and Prejudice

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The questions seemed incredibly long-winded tonight - several that required 2 answers

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

105 on #UniversityChallenge 4 starters - pottery, Wright, Maya Angelou, hazelnut. 13 bonus - Auckland, Grant Shapps, Western Australia, Wallonia, Andy Roddick, Carlos Alcaraz, Roger McGough, 13th, 14th, Millet, Van Gogh, 3rd, Chopin

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Queen Elizabeth II Garden in Regent's Park which opened in April 2026

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Also enjoyed the Wartime London in Art exhibition

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Childhood in War exhibition at the Imperial War Museum last weekend, some very powerful exhibits

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

105 on #UniversityChallenge 6 starters - Jane, Reykjavik, Rhode Island, shorthand, placenta, Russia/USA. 9 bonus - Metternich, Castlereagh, Wellington, Czechia, Witwatersrand, Teddy Roosevelt, Haile Selassie, Stubbs, Le Havre

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

St Augustine's Abbey ruins, Canterbury

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Franciscan Gardens, Canterbury - beautiful peaceful spot. Gardens sadly looking rather parched due to lack of water

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Smallhythe Place, Tenterden, Kent - it was home of Victorian actress Dame Ellen Terry, who died there in 1928.

Bust and portrait of Ellen Terry in the entrance hall of the house

Front elevation of Smallhythe Place showing timbering and roses around the door and wndows

The Barn Theatre showing the stage and some costumes and props

The side elevation of the house and the cottage garden

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm not liking him much this series - so patronising to the students!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

90 on #UniversityChallenge 3 starters - Figaro, Orion, screen. 12 bonus - Cale/Kale, Pieta, Marie Curie, Crane, Strawberry Fields Forever, Chocolat, Ingmar Bergman, Durch, Wordsworth, Byron, Heriot-Watt, Poppy

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Goodnestone Park Gardens near Canterbury. Visited by Jane Austen

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Thirsk, North Yorkshire - St Mary's Church and the World of James Herriot Museum

The house where vet Alf Wight aka James Herriot lived and had his veterinary surgery - now a Museum

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Castle Howard, North Yorkshire

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A few photos of York from my trip there a couple of weeks ago

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

St Martin's Church, Canterbury - reputed to be the oldest parish church in England in continuous use

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

St Martin's Priory, Canterbury - house of Tudor origin with later additions, now belongs to Canterbury Christ Church University

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Had a PE teacher who carried a detached plimsoll sole like that (which he nicknamed "The Smiler" for some reason......you weren't smiling if you got whacked with it!)😭

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My ears were on fire after! I wasn't even being that naughty

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Primary school headmaster used to get behind you and twist both your ears if you were misbehaving. Excruciating! Worse than getting the slipper

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I had a PE teacher who slippered the whole class as we took too long getting changed.....

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

95 on #UniversityChallenge 4 starters - Hills, Bay, Radetsky March, Arles. 11 bonus - Galileo, Downs, Valley, Victor Emmanuel III, Sousa, Nicaragua, Benedict, Respighi, Lichtenstein, Gully, Third Man

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Do we get a present from everyone?

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today 25th July is the Feast Day of St Christopher - here is an image from Southwark Cathedral plus a stained glass window from the Church of SS Peter and Paul, Appledore, Kent

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Looks like it makes the arse red!

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

95 on tonight's #UniversityChallenge 4 starters - absolute, Nottingham, Napoleon/Pitt, Gilbert and Sullivan. 11 bonus - woad, Stirling, host/ghost, Ruffalo/Gruffalo, Lord Byron, Kaiser Bill and Bismarck, Disraeli, Cardigan, John of Gaunt, Portugal, Henry the Navigator

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Chris Hall @chrishall62.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I agree. Why does he sound so surprised that they know the answer?!

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