DP angry with me over University Challenge

You're right, it's mostly a general knowledge quiz. So if you're widely read and curious you'll do well. It's not going to reward someone who eg has a phd in, say, maths but never switches on the radio or reads anything outside their own subject. I didn't realise people actually sit at home totting up their own points, that's definitely going to cause a few egos to get bruised when people start comparing scores.

He sounds insecure and its not attractive

Is he usually like this if you win a game or do better than him?

He wanted to feel superior to you and he couldn't, so he's pissed off.

I have fairly good general knowledge and, if an opportunity comes up to use it, my husband often asks "How on earth do you know that?" Nine times out of ten it's because it was mentioned casually in a book I read 20 years ago, not because I have any in depth or useful knowledge of the subject!😄

You didn't usually join in so he thought you didn't know the answers, now you've proved him wrong. It's not a LTB offence but it's pretty mean spirited of him to be so annoyed.

He ask you to play and then was upset you won?

That’s very unattractive.

Sounds like he wanted to be able to get one over on you, but couldn’t.

We also watch UC (DC and I). If they want to keep score we combine our scores as a team and measure against the UC teams , not one another.

And having a good memory! I’m bright, curious, well read, acquire all sorts of interesting information…. And promptly forget it.

Asking you to join in and then saying 'don't win now because you've decided to' is so bloody stupid. No wonder you beat him.

What an horrible attitude he has. He wanted to feel superior to you.

My now ex didn’t speak to me for 3 days because I beat him at chess once. He was the junior area champion when he was a teen (🙄😂) and I beat him in 3 moves and he went off in a huff and was so annoyed with me! Ridiculous.

I don't know about easy - but I usually manage to get a decent amount of points. I remember it being discussed at work years ago and I said I have whatever number of points and my senior manager looking at me gobsmacked because she thought she had done well at half that number.

Like you - I had a good, well-rounded education, and I'm a big reader, which helps I think. I am quite bright, but by no means exceptionally so.

Oh dear! Sorry but I feel bad for both of you here. Mainly you, because you didn't set out to piss him off, yet he reacted so badly. But also him, because it's extremely annoying when you regularly try to succeed at something, and then someone else comes along and tries it and blows you out of the water with zero effort.

Whatever you do, don't tell him you "don't find it that hard"!

Ok so your DP is suffering from.Male Fragile Ego Syndrome. He can either get the fuck over himself or he can dump you and find an ignorant airhead who will be impressed at his ability to remember thr official State Bird of various states of the USA and other vital bits of knowledge, and restrict himself to only associating with people stupider than him. I recommend option 1.

Well, that's unattractive.. I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of University Challenge (I am rubbish at it) but it's not on for him to denigrate you in that way. He should be chuffed such an intelligent, educated woman wants to be with him...

Does he position himself as a very intelligent person, as in its sort of how he sees himself? I can see why he might take a bit of a hit to his ego if so but still...

He’s disappointed because he was expecting to thrash you and get to gloat.

I’d keep an eye on that. You aren’t there to bolster his self esteem by making him look good.