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University Challenge 2014–15

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Series 44 of University Challenge began on 14 July 2014 on BBC Two. This was the 21st series to be broadcast on the BBC.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cyt472/university-challenge--series-21---episode-1 |title=University Challenge, SERIES 21 - EPISODE 1 |magazine=Radio Times |access-date=2 February 2015}} It was won by the team from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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 had to 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 had to 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=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Manchester

| style="background:orange"|160

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

| Selwyn College, Cambridge

| 350

| 14 July 2014

Oxford Brookes University

| style="background:#88ff88"|130

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| Jesus College, Oxford

| 250

| 21 July 2014

University of Bristol

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|75}}

| Courtauld Institute of Art

| 265

| 28 July 2014

St Anne's College, Oxford

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|305

| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| 410

| 11 August 2014

St Peter's College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|205

| style="background:orange"|150

| University of Sussex

| 355

| 18 August 2014

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

| style="background:#88ff88"|150

| style="background:orange"|140

| London School of Economics

| 290

| 25 August 2014

University of Liverpool

| style="background:#88ff88"|155

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|130}}

| University of Sheffield

| 285

| 1 September 2014

University of Bath

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

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

| University of Glasgow

| 310

| 8 September 2014

University of Leicester

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

| style="background:orange"|190

| The Open University

| 435

| 15 September 2014

Trinity College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|150

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

| University of St Andrews

| 250

| 22 September 2014

University College London

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| University of Exeter

| 370

| 29 September 2014

Brasenose College, Oxford

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|35}}

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

| Durham University

| 285

| 6 October 2014

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|170

| University of York

| 305

| 13 October 2014

Magdalen College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| Pembroke College, Cambridge

| 330

| 20 October 2014

==Highest Scoring Losers play-offs==

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast Date
The Open University

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| London School of Economics

| 320

| 27 October 2014

University of Manchester

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

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

| University of Sussex

| 305

| 3 November 2014

=Second round=

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| Trinity College, Cambridge

| 360

| 10 November 2014

Durham University

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|160}}

| University of York

| 370

| 17 November 2014

Magdalen College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|225

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|130}}

| The Open University

| 355

| 24 November 2014

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| University of Manchester

| 335

| 1 December 2014

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

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

| University of Bristol

| 295

| 8 December 2014

University of Glasgow

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|170

| University of Liverpool

| 275

| 15 December 2014

Selwyn College, Cambridge

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|235

| St Peter's College, Oxford

| 335

| 5 January 2015

Oxford Brookes University

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|90}}

| University College London

| 270

| 12 January 2015

= Quarter-finals =

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

| style="background:yellow"|115

| style="background:orange"|175

| University of Liverpool

| 290

| 19 January 2015

St Peter's College, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|240

| style="background:yellow"|80

| Oxford Brookes University

| 320

| 26 January 2015

Durham University

| style="background:yellow"|95

| style="background:orange"|275

| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| 370

| 2 February 2015

Magdalen College, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|315

| style="background:yellow"|55

| Trinity College, Cambridge

| 370

| 9 February 2015

University of Liverpool

| style="background:orange"|100

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

| St Peter's College, Oxford

| 345

| 16 February 2015

Oxford Brookes University

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

| style="background:orange"|150

| University of Bristol

| 235

| 23 February 2015

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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

| style="background:orange"|155

| Magdalen College, Oxford

| 370

| 2 March 2015

Durham University

| style="background:orange"|145

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

| Trinity College, Cambridge

| 250

| 9 March 2015

University of Bristol

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|115}}

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

| Magdalen College, Oxford

| 365

| 16 March 2015

University of Liverpool

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

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

| Durham University

| 275

| 23 March 2015

=Semi-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
St Peter's College, Oxford

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|235

| Magdalen College, Oxford

| 355

| 30 March 2015

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|170

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|75}}

| Durham University

| 245

| 6 April 2015

=Final=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Magdalen College, Oxford

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

| style="background:gold;"|255

| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| 360

| 13 April 2015

  • The trophy and title were awarded to the Gonville & Caius Cambridge team of Ted Loveday, Michael Taylor, Anthony Martinelli, and Jeremy Warner. Loveday later claimed that he had "learned his answers on Wikipedia".{{cite news|last=Singh |first=Anita |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11537719/University-Challenge-winner-Ted-Loveday-I-learned-my-answers-on-Wikipedia.html |title=University Challenge winner Ted Loveday: I learned my answers on Wikipedia |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2015-04-15 |access-date=2015-06-15}}
  • The trophy was presented by Will Self, who claimed to have known "about 35%" of the answers.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TpYZL1vlQ0#t=27m40s |title=University Challenge S44E37-final Magdalen : Oxford vs Gonville & Caius Cambridge 2015 |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-04-15 |access-date=2015-06-15}}

Spin-off: Christmas Special 2014

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
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|45}}

| University of Warwick

| 240

| 20 December 2014

University of Hull

| style="background:#88ff88"|205

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|25}}

| Newcastle University

| 230

| 23 December 2014

King's College, Cambridge

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|160}}

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|150}}

| Royal Holloway, University of London

| 310

| 24 December 2014

University of Edinburgh

| style="background:#88ff88"|235

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|45}}

| University of Leeds

| 280

| 25 December 2014

Trinity Hall, Cambridge

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| Balliol College, Oxford

| 315

| 26 December 2014

University of York

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

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| University of Surrey

| 245

| 29 December 2014

Manchester Metropolitan University

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|75}}

| Goldsmiths, University of London

| 220

| 30 December 2014

==Standings for the winners==

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!Rank

!Team

!Team captain

!Score

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|1

| University of Edinburgh

| Philippa Gregory

| 235

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|2

| University of Hull

| Jenni Murray

| 205

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| Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

| Cathy Newman

|rowspan=2|195

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| Trinity Hall, Cambridge

| Adam Mars-Jones

5

| King's College, Cambridge

| Noreena Hertz

| 160

6

| Manchester Metropolitan University

| Bernard Hill

| 145

7

| University of York

| Michael Dixon

| 135

Semi-finals

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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

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

| University of Hull

| 320

| 31 December 2014

University of Edinburgh

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

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

| Trinity Hall, Cambridge

| 300

| 1 January 2015

Final

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

| style="background:silver"|{{fontcolor|white|65}}

| style="background:gold"|215

| Trinity Hall, Cambridge

| 280

| 2 January 2015

The winning Trinity Hall, Cambridge team of Tom James, Emma Pooley, Adam Mars-Jones and Dan Starkey beat the University of Hull and their team of Rosie Millard, Malcolm Sinclair, Jenni Murray and Stan Cullimore.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0 University Challenge homepage]
  • [http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc15.html Blanchflower Results Table]

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2015

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