Watch As University Students Fail To Answer Easy IRON MAIDEN Questions On A British Game Show

Game shows are part of what make broadcast television tick. In the UK, there is a show called University Challenge which has two teams of students from competing universities engaged in a game of trivia.

Metal Hammer notes on a recent episode, the team from Downing College in Cambridge were given three questions about the legendary British heavy metal band Iron Maiden for a possibility of 15 points (five per question) and they were able to score a total of zero points. The questions were:

1. The five word title of which 1982 album appears in the book of revelations after the words here is wisdom let him who hath understanding count what?
2. Four words that appear before Thy Kingdom Come in St Luke's gospel form the title of which track from Number Of The Beast concerning a condemned man?
3. Which track from Number Of The Beast shares its title with a 1960s television series filmed largely in an Italian village in North Wales?

The answers are:

1. The Number of the Beast
2. “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
3. “The Prisoner”

What the hell are these kids learning in Cambridge anyway? If you'd like to see the kids sweat, here's the video all cued up, thanks to MetalSucks: