University Challenge 2014–15

Series 44 of University Challenge began on 14 July 2014 on BBC Two. This was the 21st series to be broadcast on the BBC.[1] 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
Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Manchester 160 190 Selwyn College, Cambridge 350 14 July 2014
Oxford Brookes University 130 120 Jesus College, Oxford 250 21 July 2014
University of Bristol 190 75 Courtauld Institute of Art 265 28 July 2014
St Anne's College, Oxford 105 305 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 410 11 August 2014
St Peter's College, Oxford 205 150 University of Sussex 355 18 August 2014
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 150 140 London School of Economics 290 25 August 2014
University of Liverpool 155 130 University of Sheffield 285 1 September 2014
University of Bath 120 190 University of Glasgow 310 8 September 2014
University of Leicester 245 190 The Open University 435 15 September 2014
Trinity College, Cambridge 150 100 University of St Andrews 250 22 September 2014
University College London 230 140 University of Exeter 370 29 September 2014
Brasenose College, Oxford 35 250 Durham University 285 6 October 2014
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 135 170 University of York 305 13 October 2014
Magdalen College, Oxford 220 110 Pembroke College, Cambridge 330 20 October 2014

Highest Scoring Losers Play-Offs
Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast Date
The Open University 180 140 London School of Economics 320 27 October 2014
University of Manchester 210 95 University of Sussex 305 3 November 2014

Second round
Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Leicester 140 220 Trinity College, Cambridge 360 10 November 2014
Durham University 210 160 University of York 370 17 November 2014
Magdalen College, Oxford 225 130 The Open University 355 24 November 2014
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 200 135 University of Manchester 335 1 December 2014
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 135 160 University of Bristol 295 8 December 2014
University of Glasgow 105 170 University of Liverpool 275 15 December 2014
Selwyn College, Cambridge 100 235 St Peter's College, Oxford 335 5 January 2015
Oxford Brookes University 180 90 University College London 270 12 January 2015

Quarter-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Bristol 115 175 University of Liverpool 290 19 January 2015
St Peter's College, Oxford 240 80 Oxford Brookes University 320 26 January 2015
Durham University 95 275 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 370 2 February 2015
Magdalen College, Oxford 315 55 Trinity College, Cambridge 370 9 February 2015
University of Liverpool 100 245 St Peter's College, Oxford 345 16 February 2015
Oxford Brookes University 85 150 University of Bristol 235 23 February 2015
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 215 155 Magdalen College, Oxford 370 2 March 2015
Durham University 145 105 Trinity College, Cambridge 250 9 March 2015
University of Bristol 115 250 Magdalen College, Oxford 365 16 March 2015
University of Liverpool 100 175 Durham University 275 23 March 2015

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
St Peter's College, Oxford 120 235 Magdalen College, Oxford 355 30 March 2015
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 170 75 Durham University 245 6 April 2015

Final
Team 1ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Magdalen College, Oxford 105 255 Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 360 13 April 2015
  • The trophy and title were awarded to the Gonville & Caius Cambridge team comprising Ted Loveday, Michael Taylor, Anthony Martinelli and Jeremy Warner. Loveday later claimed that he had "learned his answers on Wikipedia".[2]
  • The trophy was presented by Will Self, who claimed to have known "about 35%" of the answers.[3]

References
  1. "University Challenge, SERIES 21 - EPISODE 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. Singh, Anita (15 April 2015). "University Challenge winner Ted Loveday: I learned my answers on Wikipedia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. "University Challenge S44E37-final Magdalen : Oxford vs Gonville & Caius Cambridge 2015". YouTube. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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