Monday evenings mean only one thing to the nation of Britain… University Challenge.

Jeremy Paxman was poised and ready to fire questions at two ridiculously intelligent teams from St John’s College, Oxford and the University of Bristol as they went head to head in the last first-round match in the competition.

As per every episode, there was one contestant that stole our attention, and on Monday it was the soft-spoken Charlie Clegg, originally from Glasgow, who is studying theology at Oxford University.

University Challenge
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Not only did we ponder whether there was any possibility he could’ve had blood ties to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats leader, but maybe the musical twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid too?

Well they are Scottish too, after all…

Soon came the moment that had us spluttering out mouthfuls of tea into our cups… We’d like to elaborate, but this video clip pretty much speaks for itself.

Assuming Charlie had tuned into University Challenge only hundreds of times, one could only guess he’d have been mentally prepared for the sound of the buzzer. Turns out he wasn’t.

And you’d think after a couple buzzes or so, the Oxford student would’ve been at ease with the screeching noise, but you’d be mistaken.

Throughout the remainder of the 30 minute show, poor Charlie couldn’t help but look like a startled deer in the headlights every time his team mates slammed their hands down.

Charlie and his team thrashed their opponents by 130 points (despite his fear of the buzzer), storming into round two.