Some University Challenge contestants steal our hearts from the second they appear on screen - Bobby Seagull and Eric Monkman had barely answered a question before they became fan favourites.
For other students on the show though, it’s a performance later in the series that cements them as a UC legend.
Enter Sophie Rudd from Warwick University. In a nail-biting match against Bristol, Rudd claimed her place in quiz show history when she excitedly screamed an answer to take the lead and keep her team in the competition.
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Asked by Jeremy Paxman: “Which Austrian director’s first sound film was entitled M”, the Computer Science student shrieked “Fritz Lang”.
The iconic response took the team to 115 points - enough surpass their competitors, who had been in the lead for most of the show.
Viewers were pretty excited about Rudd’s epic end to the match:
Seriously, fans are obsessed with her:
Thankfully, Rudd and her team will be back on our screens in another quarter-final match soon.
Can you even imagine just how amazing a Rudd v Seagull showdown would be?