Academic Competition Lovers Pillows

Universe Challenge

"There will be a winning team and a losing team. Are you OK with that?"

"It says 'break glass' but it doesn't say what glass!'

Scarcity

Tension filled the tent.

"Sorry mum, but I just don't get the decimal system..."

Miss America IQ Pageant

"It started with a simple case of peer-review."

"I hope I get rock and you get scissors, or I get scissors and you get paper, or I get paper and you get rock."

"Excuse me, Professor. I think I might have spotted a flaw in your theory!"

'Upgrades? Yes, we've programmed it to excrete a few drops of water if it should lose a chess match. You know - tears.'

Fishing Boat Derby

'And from this point follow me very carefully.'

Yale makes better lock than rival Harvard.

Max Weber

Workplace Shinanigans

Office Competitions

'What a control freak!'

'After being here for more than forty years - as undergraduate, graduate student instructor, professor - what saddens me most is that this was not the college of my choice.'

Hat Wars.

"I quit."

"Millstone is not yet a full professor."

A heated argument between dons of applied maths and ancient history.

Psychology Dept. Faculty Evaluations Today. I can't tell if it's my id or my ego, but I'm really craving a promotion.

A report on one-upmanship in TV newscasts.

'There goes Finley...turning pro.'

Rugby Mad.

Opening arguments would begin after the intimidation round.

'I won a prize for being the school swot. I killed more flies than anyone else.'

Contest to enter the University

The USA football team goes on the offensive.

'This is doing your chances of winning the 'Golden Paper Clip' award no harm at all!'

"Spell 'flower'" "F-L-O-W-E-R" "Spell 'onomatopoeia'" "This contest is rigged"

Cambridge Dons Researching Gravity.

"Rate your experience and you could win an Amazon gift voucher."