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'''Ben Russell Jones''' is a player for the [[University of Edinburgh]]. Ben is a generalist with specialisms in poetry and classical music, and made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist [[Nicholas Winter]] until 2023. He is sometimes known by the humorous nickname ''The Notorious BRJ''. | '''Ben Russell Jones''' is a player for the [[University of Edinburgh]]. Ben is a generalist with specialisms in poetry and classical music, and made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist [[Nicholas Winter]] until 2023. He is sometimes known by the humorous nickname ''The Notorious BRJ''. | ||
Revision as of 08:27, 27 May 2023
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| Noted subjects | Literature, Fine Arts, 20th C. History |
| Current college | University of Edinburgh (2019-) |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Ben Russell Jones is a player for the University of Edinburgh. Ben is a generalist with specialisms in poetry and classical music, and made up the core of Edinburgh's A team with fellow generalist Nicholas Winter until 2023. He is sometimes known by the humorous nickname The Notorious BRJ.
University Career
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 and his rapid improvement.
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.
At the 2022 British Student Quiz Championships, Edinburgh reached the final against Cambridge, following a triumph in the play-in game against Oxford, which saw Edinburgh power nearly a third of the tossups. Cambridge won the first game of an advantaged final 340-235.
In 2023, Ben won the open UK mirror of Penn Bowl, alongside Nicholas Winter and Leo Howard, defeating 'Broken Hearts' in the final.
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.