Poker
What wins: a two pair, or a three of a kind?
Three of a kind
I'm primarily a medievalist. My PhD was on medieval dream poetry, and tried to think about how we might read medieval dream poems through conventions of setting.
Dr Lotte Reinbold
Who fell in love with Liz Truss at first sight?
Trisha Paytas
Toxic
Britney Spears
When is my birthday? (Day, Month, Year)
8th July, 2006
What wins: a flush or a straight?
Flush
Her first book, Uncle Tom Mania (University of Georgia Press, 2005) is about slavery and abolition. It examines their representations in three interconnected and transatlantic forms: blackface minstrelsy, melodrama, and fiction.
Prof Sarah Meer
At the time of writing, what is Biscuit's opinion of Pippa?
Indifferent
Murder on the Dancefloor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The name of the guinea pig now in an urn in my room (RIP king)
Ziggy
Describe what a royal flush looks like.
A 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace, ALL OF THE SAME SUIT.
This focus has led me to publish on topics including contemporary literary prizes (on Han Kang's The Vegetarian and the Booker International Prize), horror cinema (on Jordan Peele's zoopolitics), and the medical humanities (on representations of multispecies reproduction, co-written with Georgia Walton).
Dr Dominic O'Key
What clothing did we give Newt?
A dinosaur costume
Price Tag
Jessie J
In which subject did I get my lowest GCSE grade?
English Literature
Statistically, what is the worst starting hand in all of poker?
BONUS POINTS: What do professionals call this?
2 and 7 of different suits.
BONUS POINTS: A 7-2 Offsuit.
She has variously authored, co-authored, edited, and co-edited four books about William Blake, including her first monograph, Blake’s Gifts: Poetry and the Politics of Exchange (CUP, 2010)
Dr Sarah Haggarty
Which Mii's face was used for the culinary delight that is Creamy Brown?
Noloadsrefused
Cannibal
Kesha
As of right now, I have 3 bands / artists that I am seeing this coming summer holiday. Name one of them.
Bruno Mars, Two Door Cinema Club, Del Amitri.
After all hands have been dealt, what are the names for the stages in which the communal cards are revealed? In order, please.
Flop, Turn, River
In general my research revolves around late medieval religious and early Reformation literature, especially the ways in which these texts speak to political and pastoral concerns.
Prof Alex da Costa
There has only been one proper argument on Big Smeg. Name one of the two individuals involved.
Robert Louis Stevenson & RuPaul
Pocketful of Sunshine
Natasha Bedingfield
Which band was on the t-shirt I was wearing before?
Vistas