{"id":67279,"date":"2023-10-03T11:39:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/?p=67279"},"modified":"2023-10-03T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:39:51","slug":"university-challenge-question-dubbed-trickiest-ever-leaves-thousands-stumped-but-can-you-solve-it-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkcelnews.com\/tv-movies\/university-challenge-question-dubbed-trickiest-ever-leaves-thousands-stumped-but-can-you-solve-it-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"University Challenge question dubbed 'trickiest ever' leaves thousands stumped – but can you solve it? | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS University Challenge question has been branded the "trickiest ever" leaving thousands of people scratching their head – but can you work it out?<\/p>\n

Some of the country's brightest minds were put to the test on the BBC quiz show, but one question puzzled them.<\/p>\n


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Jeremy Paxman\u00a0hosted the renowned show from 1994 to May 2023.<\/p>\n

Below is one of his most difficult questions from the show.<\/p>\n

Both teams who were competing at the time had trouble answering the question, which entailed naming a colour.<\/p>\n

Both of them were baffled by the question, but can you work it out?<\/p>\n

The question was: "The packaging for a perfume launched in the 1930s by the designer Elsa Schiaparelli is the origin of the two-word name of which colour, described in a contemporary publication as a 'crude, cruel shade of rose'?"<\/p>\n

Menkus from Imperial College London guessed that the answer might be "Chanel Pink", but they got it wrong.<\/p>\n

The following guess, "Flame Red," by Goldman of Balliol College, Oxford, was also incorrect.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So do you think you can work it out?<\/p>\n

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Just a heads up: we're looking for a two-word name for a colour that sounds like a shade of red or pink from the description.<\/p>\n

We know for definite that it's not "Chanel pink" or "flame red" so what else would it be?<\/p>\n

If you were about to answer "hot pink" or "rose blush" or even "Ferrari red" then all these answers are wrong. <\/p>\n

Are you ready to see what the answer is?<\/p>\n

The answer is shocking pink; this extremely vivid and bright shade of pink was created by well-known fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.<\/p>\n

The designer released a perfume called Shocking de Schiaparelli, which came in a brightly coloured packaging.<\/p>\n

Did you manage to get the answer right?<\/p>\n

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