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University Challenge 2013–14

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Series 43 of University Challenge began on 15 July 2013 on BBC Two.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/ckwkh6/university-challenge--series-20---episode-1|title=University Challenge | Series 20 – Episode 1 | Radio Times|publisher=Radiotimes.com|access-date=17 January 2014}}

Results

  • Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
  • Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
  • Teams with orange scores must win one more match to return in the next round (current highest scoring losers, teams that won their first quarter-final match, teams that won their second quarter-final match having lost their first, or teams that won their first quarter-final match and lost their second).
  • Teams with yellow scores indicate that two further matches must be played and won (teams that lost their first quarter-final match).
  • A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

=First round=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Aberdeen

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|140

| Queen's University Belfast

| 245

| 15 July 2013

St John's College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

| University of Reading

| 300

| 22 July 2013

Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|300

| style="background:orange"|150

| Christ Church, Oxford

| 450

| 29 July 2013

Durham University

| style="background:orange"|170

| style="background:#88ff88"|190

| Queens' College, Cambridge

| 360

| 5 August 2013

Loughborough University

| style="background:orange"|155

| style="background:#88ff88"|195

| Clare College, Cambridge

| 350

| 12 August 2013

SOAS University of London

| style="background:#88ff88"|230

| style="background:orange"|155

| University of Southampton

| 385

| 19 August 2013

Brasenose College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|215

| University of Manchester

| 320

| 26 August 2013

Keele University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|40}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|295

| University of Liverpool

| 335

| 2 September 2013

Balliol College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|250

| Peterhouse, Cambridge

| 395

| 9 September 2013

University of York

| style="background:#88ff88"|270

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|70}}

| University of Bath

| 340

| 16 September 2013

Pembroke College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|255

| Somerville College, Oxford

| 400

| 23 September 2013

Cardiff University

| style="background:#88ff88"|145

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|95}}

| University of Exeter

| 240

| 30 September 2013

St John's College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|115}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|260

| Downing College, Cambridge

| 375

| 7 October 2013

Aberystwyth University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|230

| Bangor University

| 340

| 14 October 2013

==Highest scoring losers play-offs==

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Durham University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|245

| Christ Church, Oxford

| 385

| 21 October 2013

University of Southampton

| style="background:#88ff88"|185

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|80}}

| Loughborough University

| 265

| 28 October 2013

=Second round=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of York

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| Somerville College, Oxford

| 375

| 4 November 2013

Downing College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|210

| Queen's University Belfast

| 345

| 11 November 2013

Clare College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|175

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|165}}

| Christ Church, Oxford

| 340

| 18 November 2013

Bangor University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|60}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|335

| University of Southampton

| 395

| 25 November 2013

Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| Peterhouse, Cambridge

| 350

| 2 December 2013

University of Manchester

| style="background:#88ff88"|325

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| Queens' College, Cambridge

| 435

| 9 December 2013

University of Liverpool

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|230

| Cardiff University

| 375

| 16 December 2013

University of Reading

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|90}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| SOAS University of London

| 330

| 6 January 2014

=Quarter-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:orange"|285

| style="background:yellow"|205

| University of Manchester

| 490

| 13 January 2014

Cardiff University

| style="background:yellow"|90

| style="background:orange"|200

| SOAS University of London

| 290

| 20 January 2014

Somerville College, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|195

| style="background:yellow"|160

| Clare College, Cambridge

| 355

| 27 January 2014

Queen's University Belfast

| style="background:yellow"|90

| style="background:orange"|290

| University of Southampton

| 380

| 3 February 2014

Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|280

| style="background:orange"|105

| SOAS University of London

| 385

| 10 February 2014

University of Manchester

| style="background:orange"|195

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| Cardiff University

| 300

| 17 February 2014

Somerville College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|215

| style="background:orange"|95

| University of Southampton

| 310

| 24 February 2014

Clare College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| style="background:orange"|125

| Queen's University Belfast

| 230

| 3 March 2014

University of Manchester

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|80}}

| University of Southampton

| 280

| 10 March 2014

SOAS University of London

| style="background:#88ff88"|165

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| Queen's University Belfast

| 310

| 17 March 2014

=Semi-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|260

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|175}}

| University of Manchester

| 435

| 24 March 2014

Somerville College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|190

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| SOAS University of London

| 295

| 31 March 2014

=Final=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:gold"|240

| style="background:silver"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| Somerville College, Oxford

| 375

| 7 April 2014

  • The trophy and title were awarded to the Trinity team of Matthew Ridley, Filip Drnovšek Zorko, Ralph Morley, and Richard Freeland.
  • The trophy was presented by Jeanette Winterson.

Spin-off: Christmas Special 2013

Each year, a Christmas special sequence is aired featuring distinguished alumni. Out of 7 first-round winners, the top 4 highest-scoring teams progress to the semi-finals. The teams consist of celebrities who represent their alma maters.

=Results=

  • Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
  • Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
  • Teams with grey scores won their match but did not achieve a high enough score to proceed to the next round.
  • A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

First Round

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Reading

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|85}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|185

| Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| 270

| 20 December 2013

University of Kent

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|100}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|160

| Lancaster University

| 260

| 21 December 2013

Keele University

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|95}}

| Aberystwyth University

| 235

| 23 December 2013

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|255

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|65}}

| Christ Church, Oxford

| 320

| 26 December 2013

St Hugh's College, Oxford

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|95}}

| University of Stirling

| 220

| 27 December 2013

University of Leicester

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|60}}

| University of Sussex

| 185

| 30 December 2013

King's College London

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|185

| University of Southampton

| 290

| 31 December 2013

==Standings for the winners==

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!Rank

!Team

!Team captain

!Score

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|1

| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| Mark Damazer

| 255

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| Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| Simon Singh

|rowspan=2|185

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| University of Southampton

| Stefan Buczacki

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|4

| Lancaster University

| Roger Ashton-Griffiths

| 160

5

| Keele University

| Ian Moncrieff

| 140

rowspan=2|6=

| St Hugh's College, Oxford

| Suzy Klein

|rowspan=2|125

University of Leicester

| Sue Cook

Semi-finals

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|185

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| University of Southampton

| 290

| 1 January 2014

Lancaster University

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| 325

| 2 January 2014

Final

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| style="background:silver"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| style="background:gold"|175

| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| 315

| 3 January 2014

The Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge team of Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Helen Castor, Mark Damazer and Lars Tharp beat Emmanuel College, Cambridge and their team of Hugo Rifkind, Mary-Ann Ochota, Simon Singh and Rory McGrath.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0 University Challenge homepage]
  • [http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc14.html Blanchflower Results Table]

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2014

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