University Challenge

2001•5 series

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A test of memory and knowledge where students are asked a series of traditionally difficult and particularly specific questions that require a deep and diverse education to be able to answer. The players of the quiz are two teams of four students, who usually represent a single university, or in the case of students from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the specific college to which they belong. The competition begins with 28 teams, with one team being knocked out and the other progressing to the next round until there is finally one series champion.

Episode 1University Challenge

Episode 1. Bristol play Durham in the first match of the series. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

Episode 2University Challenge

Episode 2. The Open University and Newcastle University face off for a place in round two.

Episode 3Episode 3

The London School of Economics faces off against University College, Oxford.

Episode 4University Challenge

4/37. Coventry University makes its debut appearance against a team from Cardiff University, with a place in round two at stake. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]

Episode 5University Challenge

5/37. Cranfield University face four students from Royal Holloway in another first-round match. [S] [HD]

Episode 6University Challenge

6/37. The University of Glasgow takes on Queen's University Belfast in another first-round match in the quiz competition for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]

Episode 7Episode 7

7/37. Teams from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and the University of St Andrews put fingers on buzzers for the first time. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]

Episode 8University Challenge

8/37. Teams from the University of Sheffield and University College London take to the buzzers in another first round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]

Episode 30Manchester v UCL

Two teams, having lost their first quarter-final, need to win to stay in the competition.

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