'Monkmania': Cambridge University Challenge contestant goes viral
published at 11:13 British Summer Time 10 April 2017
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter
It may be the final of University Challenge tonight, featuring a team from Wolfson College in Cambridge, but something tells us that not everyone will be tuning in to see some of the greatest minds at work.
Tonight's final sees the return of a Cambridge contestant that has become a social media hit - Eric Monkman.

His facial expressions and tendency to deliver answers with an upward inflection won him a place in the hearts of many viewers.
Canadian Monkman has inspired a legion of online fans who identified themselves with the hashtag #monkmania.

"I would say Monkman is in the all time top five [contestants]," The Independent's James Rampton told the BBC.
"There's a tendency in our culture to be very homogeneous, everyone must be cool, be good looking. But Monkman, I hope he wouldn't mind me saying, is a bit of a geek."
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And if you want to see more contestants that have gone viral over the years, including one of the greatest ever exchanges on the show, you can do so here.