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Series 8 |
This series ran from July 23, 2001 - March 11, 2002. In all,
31 regular season matches and 18 special matches were taped. |
Imperial College London
Darius Fidgett (captain) from Hemel Hempstead, Herts, studying
computing; Sunil Rao from India, studying information systems;
Patrick Hayes from Bury, Lancashire, studying chemistry; Lloyd
Kilford from Lowestoft, Suffolk, studying number theory. |
2002 Series Championship finalists |
Somerville College Oxford
Tim Austen (captain) from Weston Green, Surrey, studying biochemistry;
Vicky Wood from Essex, studying English literature; Luke Pitcher
from Bethnal Green, London, studying for a D-Phil in classics;
Dorjana Sirola from Croatia, studying for a D-Phil in comparative
philology. |
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Here are the scores from the regular season matches:
| First
Round |
| Hull |
185 |
300 |
Somerville, Oxford |
| LSE |
140 |
180 |
Bristol |
| Edinburgh |
150 |
190 |
Christ's, Cambridge |
| Salford |
155 |
130 |
Leicester |
| Christ Church, Oxford |
235 |
100 |
Birmingham |
| Wadham, Oxford |
235 |
120 |
Cranfield |
| Nottingham |
125 |
215 |
Keele |
| Imperial, London |
250 |
110 |
De Montfort |
| Magdalen, Oxford |
140 |
210 |
Trinity, Cambridge |
| Cardiff |
145 |
200 |
University, London |
| Downing, Cambridge |
220 |
230 |
Newcastle |
| St Andrew's |
40 |
215 |
Churchill, Cambridge |
| Durham |
200 |
140 |
York |
| St Hugh's, Oxford |
220 |
145 |
Leeds |
Highest-Scoring
Losers* |
| Downing, Cambridge |
205 |
195 |
Leeds |
| Edinburgh |
230 |
150 |
Hull |
Second
Round |
| Newcastle |
265 |
145 |
Salford |
| Edinburgh |
220 |
130 |
Wadham, Oxford |
| St Hugh's, Oxford |
190 |
140 |
Churchill, Cambridge |
| Christ Church, Oxford |
170 |
285 |
Imperial, London |
| Somerville, Oxford |
290 |
100 |
Durham |
| Downing, Cambridge |
180 |
155 |
Bristol |
| Trinity, Cambridge |
200 |
250 |
University, London |
| Christ's, Cambridge |
285 |
40 |
Keele |
Quarter
Finals
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| Newcastle |
115 |
290 |
Edinburgh |
| St Hugh's, Oxford |
135 |
270 |
Imperial, London |
| Somerville, Oxford |
270 |
145 |
Downing, Cambridge |
| University, London |
155 |
190 |
Christ's, Cambridge |
Semi Finals |
| Edinburgh |
120 |
270 |
Imperial, London |
| Somerville, Oxford |
180 |
170 |
Christ's, Cambridge |
Final |
| Imperial, London |
185 |
200 |
Somerville, Oxford |
* The tournament is single-elimination. The winners of the 14 First
Round matches advance to the Second Round along with the two highest-scoring
losers. The Second Round is also single-elimination, producing a
champion. |
| University Challenge celebrates its 40th anniversary in September
2002. In celebration, 18 special University Challenge Reunited programmes
were taped, not only reuniteing former winning teams with each other,
but pitting them against other series title winners, to play for the
Champion of Champions.
University Challenge series champions span the decades. The first
champions (University of Leicester, Class of '62) are now in their
sixties whilst the most recent winners (Somerville College Oxford,
2002) could just about be their grandchildren.
University Challenge Reunited, with its then and now contrast,
provides a snapshot of some of the brightest people of successive
generations, and how their lives and careers developed after their
15 minutes of fame. The series will explore the strengths and weaknesses
of different age groups, as the random draw of team against team
will inevitably throw up clashes between the most recent winners
and the veteran champions. |
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