University Challenge fans were left in sтιтches after a team gave the show’s ‘funniest ever answer’.

Darwin College, Cambridge, faced off Bristol University to secure a place in the semi-final during Monday’s episode of the quiz show.

For the picture round, the teams were shown a map of the US and a pH๏τo of a musical artist, before being asked to name the singer and the тιтle of the single, which included the name of the settlement shown. 

One of the images shown was of the iconic star Tina Turner, but the team were left stumped trying to guess the 1973 song name or settlement.

Attempting a sH๏τ in the dark, one of the team captains said: ‘This is so wrong – is it Chattanooga Choo Choo?’

Host Amol Rajan burst out laughing at the answer as he revealed the answer was in fact Tina’s hit song Nutbush City Limits.

University Challenge fans were left in sтιтches after a team gave the show’s ‘funniest ever answer’

Darwin College, Cambridge, faced off Bristol University to secure a place in the semi-final during Monday’s episode of the quiz show

Viewers found the answer hilarious, with one deeming it one of the funniest to grace the show.  

Taking to X, formerly Twitter,  they wrote: ‘Think I just heard Tina turn in her grave,’;

‘Tina Turner – Chattanopga Choo Choo. Gotta be funniest answer EVER!!’; 

‘Tina Turner’s Chattanooga Choo-Choo,’; ‘Tina Turner and her hit song “Chattanooga Choo Choo” [face palm],’;

‘Whitaker shouldn’t feel embarrᴀssed about his “Chattanooga Choo Choo”- I always get Tina Turner mixed up with the Glenn Miller Orchestra too,’;

‘Unusual to have NOT heard of Nutbush City Limits, but to know Chattanooga ChooChoo,’;

‘Tina Turner – Chattanooga Choo Choo. They’re on the wrong track there.’

It comes after University Challenge fans laid into its host Amol after spotting a habit that they claimed gave one team an ‘unfair’ advantage.

Attempting a sH๏τ in the dark, one of the team captains said: ‘This is so wrong – is it Chattanooga Choo Choo?’

Viewers found the answer hilarious, with one deeming it one of the funniest to grace the show

The TV presenter, 41, succeeded Jeremy Paxman as the BBC show’s front man in 2023 ahead of its 53rd series.

Charlotte Stokes, Mattia Elkouby, Captain Matthew Spry and Jaime Salamanca Camacho from Imperial College took on Sarah Carlisle, Jason McKillen, Captain Daniel Rankin and Sam Thompson of Queen’s University Belfast.

It proved a tense encounter, going right down to the wire, but viewers claimed that Amol increased the speed of his questions towards the end of the decisive round.

Queens enjoyed leads of varying sizes throughout the first half of the contest, but Imperial narrowed the gap in dramatic fashion before the gong sounded with the scores level on 170.

The Belfast quartet eventually secured victory in a tie-breaker question, but die-hard fans of the show believed that they would have had it wrapped up much earlier had it not been for Amol’s hasty questioning. 

The TV presenter, 41, succeeded Jeremy Paxman as the BBC show’s front man in 2023 ahead of its 53rd series

They wrote on X, formerly Twitter: ‘Don’t like it how Amol Rajan mᴀssively speeds up the question asking towards the end of University Challenge. Not fair on the team in front. Should be the same speed all the way through. #UniversityChallenge #bbc,’;

‘Exciting match, though I’ve only ever heard horse racing commentators go as fast as Amol towards the end!’;

‘#UniversityChallenge Cor, Amol can talk at a tremendous pace! If he ever wants a change of career, I’m sure he’d get snapped up by Buckeye Morgan’s Horse Auctions.’