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Revision as of 13:58, 20 April 2023
University Challenge (UC) is a British television quiz show hosted by Jeremy Paxman. It is an official spin-off of the College Bowl program, though its format is closer to common quizbowl format (i.e. bonuses all worth five points unlike College Bowl's variable value bonus).
It has come under fire for allowing different colleges of Oxford and Cambridge to play as separate teams (i.e. Magdalen College, New College, and Oriel College, all of Oxford), allowing them a proportionally better chance at winning as an institution.
Format
There is a musical clue at around the halfway point, and two picture clues about one-quarter and three- quarters of the way.
Past results
Year | Winners | Runners-up |
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1995 | Cambridge | Oxford |
1996 | Imperial | London School of Economics |
1997 | Oxford | Open University |
1998 | Oxford | University of London |
1999 | Open University | Oxford |
2000 | Durham | Oxford |
2001 | Imperial | Oxford |
2002 | Oxford | Imperial |
2003 | University of London | Cranfield University |
2004 | Oxford | Cambridge |
2005 | Oxford | University College London |
2006 | Manchester | Cambridge |
2007 | Warwick | Manchester |
2008 | Oxford | Sheffield |
2009 | Manchester | Cambridge |
2010 | Cambridge | Oxford |
2011 | Oxford | University of York |
2012 | Manchester | Cambridge |
2013 | Manchester | University College London |
2014 | Cambridge | Oxford |
2015 | Cambridge | Oxford |
2016 | Cambridge | Oxford |
2017 | Oxford | Cambridge |
2018 | Cambridge | Oxford |
2019 | Edinburgh | Oxford |
2020 | Imperial | Cambridge |
2021 | Warwick | Cambridge |
2022 | Imperial | Reading |
External links
- Wikipedia entry
- University Challenge page on bbc.co.uk
- the 2006 film Starter for 10 is named for the British equivalent of "for 10 points" and follows the Bristol University UC team