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'''Brendan Bethlehem''', aka '''bweb'''<ref>The concatenation of his initials, Brendan William Evaristos Bethlehem, which has been noted for its humorous sound. He sometimes goes by B. W. E. Bethlehem.</ref>, 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 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.
  
 
==University Career==
 
==University Career==
  
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Brendan took an unorthodox approach to the start of his quizbowl career by playing the 3-dot [[Penn Bowl]] as his first tournament. At that tournament he posted a characteristic statline of 6/6/8. Throughout the rest of the 2023/24 he played various tournaments on both Cambridge A and B, most notably leading Cambridge B to the top bracket at the [[2024 British Student Quiz Championships]]. He was also the top scorer of the team that won the 2024 Cambridge Intercollegiate Quiz, and was elected Vice-President of CUQS.
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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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It was one of the most impressive debut seasons in UK quizbowl history, with [[Thomas Hart]] stating that Brendan was "the best new player to have come onto the circuit in my four years on it" and [[Andrew Fisher]] describing him as "the best new quizbowl player the UK has had since [[Seoan Webb]]". 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 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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In the midst of all of this quizbowl, Brendan was filming the 2024/25 series of [[University Challenge]], where he represented Christ's College alongside [[Anniko Firman]], [[Linus Luu]], and team captain [[Oscar Despard]]. The humourous combination of his college and surname was much remarked-upon online. Christ's comfortably defeated Exeter College, Oxford in their first-round match and their second-round game against St Edmund Hall, Oxford will be aired on the 20th of January.
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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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At the beginning of the 2024/25 quizbowl season, Brendan received two promotions. After [[Rhys Lewis]] was unable to stay at Cambridge for his masters year, Brendan became President of CUQS and due to [[Harrison Whitaker|Harrison Whitaker's]] graduation, Brendan replaced him on Cambridge A. As part of that team, he cleared the field at the UK Mirror of [[ARCADIA]]. He also had success at open tournaments, being on the winning team at the open mirror of [[WaShBowl]] (El Otoño del Pop Cultura) and the UK mirror of [[ARGOS]] (Cien Años de Quizboledad).
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 14:56, 2 June 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Notes

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