University Challenge


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Genere: Talk | Famiglia |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0
Numero di stagioni: 54
Numero di episodi: 2005
Data prima messa in onda: 1962-09-21
Data ultima messa in onda: 2025-03-31

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In a 2000 match, when Paxman asked the teams, "The names 'Cheesemongers', 'CherryPickers', 'Bob [...] D M E
The oldest contestant on the regular series to date was the then-73-year-old Mrs Ida Staples. S [...] D M E
The 1972 winners were awarded "a magnificent prize of 19 etchings by British artist Elizabeth F [...] D M E
Two series from the Bamber era (1986/87) featured eight individual weeks of tournaments. Teams [...] D M E
In a match between Kings School of Medicine and Dentistry, London and Keble College, Oxford in [...] D M E
Bamber Gascoigne used to check the questions himself and would personally re-write any which di [...] D M E
Dr Ian Bayley competed twice on UC, originally on behalf of Imperial College, London, who reach [...] D M E
During the Paxman era, the opening match of the first fourteen series saw the losing team quali [...] D M E
Germaine Greer, special guest for the 1997 Grand Final, had been so convinced that a team of ma [...] D M E
Stephen Fry appeared in an episode in 1980, representing Queen's College - University of Cambri [...] D M E
Special editions have included a Red Dwarf-themed edition, cleverly re-titled Universe Challeng [...] D M E
When Miriam Margolyes appeared on the show representing Newnham College (Cambridge) in 1963, sh [...] D M E
Several former contestants (including at least two champions) have become question-setters for [...] D M E
In a quiz show feature in Radio Times, Stephen Fry named University Challenge as the quiz show [...] D M E
In the early days the show had a varying score for bonuses, which was announced by the chairman [...] D M E
In the later 2007 series, producers managed to confuse the audience by showing two picture ques [...] D M E
In 1970, a Mrs Westgate from Southampton complained to listings magazine TV Times about the Cam [...] D M E
The all-time lowest score was 10 points achieved by Sussex University in 1971. D M E
The highest score of the Paxman Era so far was Open University's 415 points against Charing Cro [...] D M E
The 1971 champions, Churchill College, Cambridge, revealed on the 'Reunited' series that both t [...] D M E
The highest match score of all time was University College, Oxford's 520 points in 1987, versus [...] D M E
In the 2000/2001 series student from Downing College, Cambridge was apparently researching a Ph [...] D M E
In 1999, Paxman asked the victorious Open University team what they would do with the trophy, g [...] D M E
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, were retrospectively disqualified from the 2008-9 series after [...] D M E
At least two contestants have returned to university in their later years solely to try to appe [...] D M E
Stephen Fry holds the record for the most appearances on the programme for a non-host. He repre [...] D M E
During the early years Bamber once successfully covered up a swear-word on camera. One contesta [...] D M E
Jeremy Paxman only accepted the role of host after a chance meeting with his predecessor. In a [...] D M E
A 1975 first round match featuring a University of Manchester team tried to derail the show by [...] D M E
The glass-effect background behind each team in the first modern incarnation read "University C [...] D M E
University Challenge features in David Nicholls' bestselling comic novel Starter For Ten, which [...] D M E
In 1999, Paxman showed a British tourist sign: "For ten points, simply tell me what it is". New [...] D M E
In the 1998 Final, Professor Richard Dawkins announced that he was hoping to see A-Levels scrap [...] D M E
At least two finalists from the regular series have gone on to win different series. Dorjana Si [...] D M E
Newspaper reports in 1994 suggested that other people considered for the role of question-maste [...] D M E
In 2003, Benjamin Zephaniah stated that he once told his mother that one day he'd get on 'Unive [...] D M E
Bamber's favourite question: "If A stands for Artichoke, B for Because, C for Curriculum, and D [...] D M E
At its peak, the programme pulled in 12 million viewers. D M E
A picture round occurred in the 1985 Grand Final match between the Open University and St Andre [...] D M E
Many of the 1962-1971 episodes are missing from the archives. D M E
In the original incarnation, the series final was a "best of three" tournament between the semi [...] D M E
The lowest score for the Paxman era so far is 15 points, achieved by Exeter in a quarter-final [...] D M E
Jesse Honey, who was in the Durham University team that made the semi-finals in the 1998-9 seri [...] D M E
Aaron Bell, part of the victorious St John's College, Oxford team in 2001, went on to become th [...] D M E
In the 1984 series, the captain of a team from York University was apparently unable to get his [...] D M E
Contrary to the impression you might get from watching Jeremy Paxman's reaction to unexpected r [...] D M E
In the Paxman era, few episodes have gone to tiebreaker. The record for a series is 3 tiebreake [...] D M E

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