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'''Brendan Bethlehem''', aka '''bweb''', is a quizbowl player who studies Linguistics at [[Cambridge]] and is the incumbent President of the Cambridge University Quiz Society. From North London and educated at the extremely posh Westminster School, he is noted for being able to buzz well on almost all the distribution and for having a humourous surname.
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'''Brendan Bethlehem''', aka '''bweb''', is a quizbowl player who studies Linguistics at [[Cambridge]] and is the current President of the Cambridge University Quiz Society. From North London and educated at the extremely posh Westminster School, he is noted for being able to buzz well on almost all the distribution and for having a humorous surname.
  
 
==University Career==
 
==University Career==
  
Brendan took an unorthodox approach by playing the 3-dot [[Penn Bowl]] as his first tournament, at which he posted a characteristic statline of 6/6/8. Throughout the rest of the 2023/24 season he played various tournaments on both Cambridge A and B, garnering a reputation for powering a lot and negging even more. Most notably he led Cambridge B to the top bracket at the [[2024 British Student Quiz Championships]]. In the 2023/24 UK Player Poll, Brendan placed 16th on the overall ranking and dominated the newcomers ranking, being ranked 1st by 62% of the voters.  
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Brendan started playing quizbowl in the 2023/24 season, starting with Penn Bowl and then playing various tournaments on both Cambridge A and B, garnering a reputation for powering a lot and negging even more. Most notably he led Cambridge B to the top bracket at the [[2024 British Student Quiz Championships]], narrowly losing to Imperial A after a protest was resolved in Imperial's favour.
  
Brendan took part in the 2024/25 series of [[University Challenge]], for Christ's College, Cambridge along with captain [[Oscar Despard]], [[Linus Luu]] and [[Anniko Firman]]. They defeated [[Warwick]] 175–170 to win the series final. The humourous combination of his college and surname ("Christ's Bethlehem") was much remarked-upon online.
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Since July 2024, Brendan has been the President of Cambridge University Quiz Society, succeeding [[Rhys Lewis]]. He is also currently serving as [[UKQB]]'s Outreach Officer. He has head-edited for British Novice 2025 and COOT 2026.
  
Since summer 2024, Brendan has been the President of Cambridge University Quiz Society, succeeding [[Rhys Lewis]] and being re-elected in May 2025. He also succeeded Rhys as head editor for [[British Novice]] and [[COOT]]. Having permanently replaced [[Harrison Whitaker]] on Cambridge A after his graduation, they won the 2024/25 UK mirrors of [[ARCADIA]] and [[BSQC]], as well as being on the winning teams at [[ARGOS]] and [[WaShBowl]] Open.
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Brendan formed part of the Christ's College, Cambridge team which won the 2024/25 series of [[University Challenge]] along with captain [[Oscar Despard]], [[Linus Luu]] and [[Anniko Firman]], defeating [[Warwick]] 175–170 in the final. The humorous combination of his college and surname ("Christ's Bethlehem") was much remarked-upon online.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 30 December 2025

Brendan Bethlehem
Bweb.jpg
Noted subjects Belief, Linguistics, History, Biology, Chemistry, Classical Music
Current college Cambridge (2023-)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Brendan Bethlehem, aka bweb, is a quizbowl player who studies Linguistics at Cambridge and is the current President of the Cambridge University Quiz Society. From North London and educated at the extremely posh Westminster School, he is noted for being able to buzz well on almost all the distribution and for having a humorous surname.

University Career

Brendan started playing quizbowl in the 2023/24 season, starting with Penn Bowl and then playing various tournaments on both Cambridge A and B, garnering a reputation for powering a lot and negging even more. Most notably he led Cambridge B to the top bracket at the 2024 British Student Quiz Championships, narrowly losing to Imperial A after a protest was resolved in Imperial's favour.

Since July 2024, Brendan has been the President of Cambridge University Quiz Society, succeeding Rhys Lewis. He is also currently serving as UKQB's Outreach Officer. He has head-edited for British Novice 2025 and COOT 2026.

Brendan formed part of the Christ's College, Cambridge team which won the 2024/25 series of University Challenge along with captain Oscar Despard, Linus Luu and Anniko Firman, defeating Warwick 175–170 in the final. The humorous combination of his college and surname ("Christ's Bethlehem") was much remarked-upon online.