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-'''Ben Russell Jones''', also known as '''Ben R. Jones''', is a player for the [[University of Edinburgh]]. A native of South Wales, Ben is a philosophy student, and is known for his knowledge of literature, frequent use of expletives, and a hatred of science tossups. Ben made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist [[Nicholas Winter]] until 2023. He is sometimes humorously known in UK quiz circles by the nickname '''BRJ'''.
+'''Ben Russell Jones''', also known as '''Ben R. Jones''', is a player for the [[University of Edinburgh]]. A native of South Wales, Ben is a philosophy student, and is known for his knowledge of literature, frequent use of expletives, and a hatred of science tossups. Ben made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist [[Nicholas Winter]] until 2023. He is mostly known in UK quiz circles by the nickname '''BRJ'''.
 ==University Career==

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-'''Ben Russell Jones''', also known as '''Ben R. Jones''', is a player for the [[University of Edinburgh]]. A native of South Wales, Ben is a philosophy student, and is known for his knowledge of literature, frequent use of expletives, and a hatred of science tossups. Ben made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist [[Nicholas Winter]] until 2023. He is sometimes humorously known in UK quiz circles by the nickname '''Bridge'''.
+'''Ben Russell Jones''', also known as '''Ben R. Jones''', is a player for the [[University of Edinburgh]]. A native of South Wales, Ben is a philosophy student, and is known for his knowledge of literature, frequent use of expletives, and a hatred of science tossups. Ben made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist [[Nicholas Winter]] until 2023. He is sometimes humorously known in UK quiz circles by the nickname '''BRJ'''.
 ==University Career==

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 {{Infobox|Name =   Ben Russell Jones
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-|Subjects = Literature, Biology, Fine Arts, random drivel
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 ==University Career==
-Ben started his quizbowl career at Edinburgh with a really aggressive quizbowl style, based more on feel and intuition than actual knowledge, which resulted in many wild negs. He had adjusted to a far more conservative style, although as of 2023/24 season, he has returned to his old ways of negging very hard.
+Ben started his quizbowl career at Edinburgh with a really aggressive quizbowl style, based more on feel and intuition than actual knowledge, which resulted in many wild negs. He had adjusted to a far more conservative style, although as of the 2023/24 season he has returned to his old ways of negging very hard.
 At only his third ever tournament, the 2020 British Student Quiz Championships, Ben's Edinburgh B team, also featuring Rishi Sundar, Emily Luk and Daniel Polatajko, were beaten 725 to -25 by a [[Southampton]] A team including [[Evan Lynch]], who converted 17 tossups out of 24. This has become an infamous game in the UK Quizbowl community, with many claiming this inspired Ben's continuation of quizbowl.

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 Ben started his quizbowl career at Edinburgh with a really aggressive quizbowl style, based more on feel and intuition than actual knowledge, which resulted in many wild negs. He had adjusted to a far more conservative style, although as of 2023/24 season, he has returned to his old ways of negging very hard.
-At only his third ever tournament, the 2020 British Student Quiz Championships, Ben's Edinburgh B team, also including Rishi Sundar, Emily Luk and Daniel Polatajko, were beaten 725 to -25 by a [[Southampton]] A team including [[Evan Lynch]], who converted 17 tossups out of 24. This has become an infamous game in the UK Quizbowl community, with many claiming this inspired Ben's continuation of quizbowl.
+At only his third ever tournament, the 2020 British Student Quiz Championships, Ben's Edinburgh B team, also featuring Rishi Sundar, Emily Luk and Daniel Polatajko, were beaten 725 to -25 by a [[Southampton]] A team including [[Evan Lynch]], who converted 17 tossups out of 24. This has become an infamous game in the UK Quizbowl community, with many claiming this inspired Ben's continuation of quizbowl.
 Ben and Nicholas reached the final of the UK mirror of STASH in 2021, where they lost to a Seoan Webb-led [[Oxford]] team. This marked Edinburgh's first appearance in a UK final. Edinburgh's first tournament win came in 2021, when a team led by Ben, Nicholas and also former Oxford player Laura Cooper, defeated a two-man Southampton team in the final of the UK mirror of HARI.

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 At the 2023 British Student Quiz Championships, Edinburgh lost games to [[Durham]] A, Oxford A and Cambridge A in the afternoon after going unbeaten in the morning. However, they still had a mighty effect on the tournament's outcome; in the final game, Edinburgh caused an upset by defeating the unbeaten [[Imperial]] A team 255 to 185, with Ben scoring 90 of those points. This forced a one game final between Imperial A and Oxford A, in which Imperial emerged ultimately victorious.
-In November 2023, Ben led Edinburgh to a victory at the UK mirror of 2023 ACF Winter, where they defeated [[Durham]] 330-235 in the final.
+In November 2023, Ben led Edinburgh to a victory at the UK mirror of 2023 ACF Winter, where they defeated [[Durham]] 330-235 in the final. Edinburgh came joint 4th at the UK mirror of ACF Regionals, and joint 3rd with Durham at the 2024 [[BSQC]], which was won by Cambridge.
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